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NFL Nation reporters
Welcome to Week 12 of the NFL regular season. We person updated our Power Rankings!
Our powerfulness sheet -- a radical of much than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities -- person evaluated however teams are stacking up done 11 weeks.
After suffering losses this weekend, wherever bash the Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and New York Jets land? And however acold bash the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders emergence aft notching wins?
In summation to our updated rankings, we checked successful with NFL Nation reporters crossed the league and asked them to sanction 1 idiosyncratic oregon facet of their squad that is underachieving this season. Whether it is simply a player, coach, presumption radical oregon circumstantial on-field play, we place wherever determination is simply a request for betterment connected each squad.
Let's instrumentality a look astatine the updated rankings.
Jump to a team:
ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND
JAX | KC | LV | LAC | LAR | MIA | MIN
NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF
SEA | TB | TEN | WSH
1. Kansas City Chiefs (8-2)
Week 11 ranking: 1
What/who is underachieving? Special teams
The Chiefs are among the champion successful the kicking crippled twelvemonth successful and twelvemonth retired -- but not truthful overmuch this season. They've struggled with returns, successful particular, with a fumbled punt instrumentality being the biggest play successful 1 of their 2 losses. Harrison Butker besides has been inconsistent with a tract extremity complaint of 72.7%, which would beryllium the lowest of his six-year vocation if the play ended today. -- Adam Teicher
2. Philadelphia Eagles (9-1)
Week 11 ranking: 2
What/who is underachieving? Special teams
Entering Week 11, the Eagles ranked 3rd connected offense, 4th connected defence and 4th overall, according to Football Outsiders' defense-adjusted worth implicit mean (DVOA) metrics. Everything is top-notch -- with the objection of peculiar teams, which is ranked 22nd. There person been mishaps successful astir each game, ranging from roughing the kicker infractions to getting bushed connected fake punts. It's been a spot of a high-wire enactment that seems destined to wounded Philadelphia successful 1 of these games. -- Tim McManus
3. Buffalo Bills (7-3)
Week 11 ranking: 5
What/who is underachieving? Ball security
The Bills' discourtesy started the play looking unstoppable, and portion Josh Allen's wide show has been down implicit the past 4 weeks since the bye, the portion has been hurting itself by turning the shot over. The Bills person the third-most turnovers successful the league (18) -- 8 successful the past 4 games -- and Allen is 2nd successful the NFL successful interceptions (10). The Bills besides pb the league successful turnovers per thrust (17%). Protecting the shot consistently with 4 AFC East games to spell volition beryllium cardinal down the stretch. -- Alaina Getzenberg
4. Miami Dolphins (7-3)
Week 11 ranking: 4
What/who is underachieving? Special teams
Yes, the Dolphins' defence hasn't met its lofty expectations entering the season, but extracurricular of punter Thomas Morstead, Miami's peculiar teams person been 1 of the worst units successful the NFL. Jason Sanders has deed conscionable 76.5% of his tract goals this season, leaving Miami with the fifth-worst tract extremity complaint successful the league. The Dolphins besides are averaging a league-worst 5 yards per punt instrumentality and allowing a league-high 30.15 yards per footwear return. There person been highlights, similar a blocked punt returned for a touchdown successful Week 9, but determination are plentifulness of areas for betterment arsenic the play enters its last stretch. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques
5. Dallas Cowboys (7-3)
Week 11 ranking: 9
What/who is underachieving? Run defense
After allowing much than 200 yards rushing successful back-to-back games against the Lions and Packers, the Cowboys were overmuch amended against Minnesota, giving up conscionable 73 yards. But for the season, the tally defence has been lacking. The Cowboys person allowed astatine slightest 117 yards successful 7 games and person fixed up 43 runs of 10 yards oregon more. With Saquon Barkley, Jonathan Taylor, Derrick Henry, Travis Etienne Jr., Miles Sanders and Dameon Pierce remaining connected the schedule, the tally defence volition beryllium tested. If the defence genuinely wants to beryllium elite, it volition person to basal up to the test. -- Todd Archer
6. Minnesota Vikings (8-2)
Week 11 ranking: 3
What/who is underachieving? Pass defense
Some well-timed interceptions and sacks person minimized the harm of what has been 1 of the NFL's astir porous walk defenses. Opponents are completing 69% of their passes, the second-worst antiaircraft people successful the league. It's not arsenic if those throws are peculiarly short. At an mean of 7.8 aerial yards, they are higher than the league average. The Vikings' brushed sum leaves them vulnerable, unless 1 of their playmakers tin compensate. -- Kevin Seifert
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Ryan Clark, Rex Ryan and Dan Orlovsky question whether the Vikings are worthy of sitting adjacent the apical of the NFC.
7. Baltimore Ravens (7-3)
Week 11 ranking: 6
What/who is underachieving? Deep passing game
Lamar Jackson has struggled to agelong the field, connecting connected conscionable 24.2% of his passes (8-of-23) that person traveled astatine slightest 20 yards successful the air. That's the second-worst completion complaint successful the NFL (ahead of lone Zach Wilson). It's not a astonishment that Baltimore has struggled to agelong the tract since Marquise Brown was traded this offseason and Rashod Bateman went connected injured reserve aft six games this play due to the fact that of a ft injury. Defenses are going to stack the container against the Ravens until Jackson tin marque them wage for doing so. -- Jamison Hensley
8. San Francisco 49ers (6-4)
Week 11 ranking: 8
What/who is underachieving? Special teams
The 49ers invested heavy successful this radical successful hopes of improving what was the 26th ranked portion successful the league successful 2021, arsenic measured by expected points added (EPA). The instrumentality enactment of Ray-Ray McCloud III, successful particular, has been noticeable arsenic of precocious and looks to beryllium a beardown addition. But the kicking crippled remains a question mark, arsenic Robbie Gould has an 81.3% tract extremity complaint and has had 2 kicks blocked, portion punter Mitch Wishnowsky has had an effort deflected, arsenic well. -- Nick Wagoner
9. Tennessee Titans (7-3)
Week 11 ranking: 11
What/who is underachieving? Passing game
The Titans' passing crippled has shown signs of beingness implicit the past 2 weeks. But Tennessee's 1,830 passing yards are bully for conscionable 31st successful the league. No 1 subordinate has emerged arsenic a dominant, go-to pass-catcher for the Titans. Only 2 players person posted a 100-yard receiving crippled this season. Rookie Treylon Burks was a beardown campaigner to look arsenic a apical receiver for the Titans, but a turf toed wounded clipped Burks for 4 games erstwhile helium was getting adjacent to having a breakout performance. Burks returned to enactment successful Week 10 with 3 catches, and successful Week 11, helium posted 5 receptions for 111 yards. -- Turron Davenport
10. New York Giants (7-3)
Week 11 ranking: 7
What/who is underachieving? Wide receivers
Get Daniel Jones immoderate help; it has been 4 years. This year's radical has flopped again. Kadarius Toney was traded; Kenny Golladay has been nonexistent (four catches, 51 yards ... this season); Sterling Shepard is retired for the remainder of the run pursuing country connected his near ACL; and rookie Wan'Dale Robinson finished his rookie play with six games aft suffering a close ACL injury connected Sunday. The Giants person started in-season additions Marcus Johnson and Isaiah Hodgins already this season, and Darius Slayton is their starring receiver. No wonderment their receivers person produced the 26th-most yards (1,323) and conscionable 5 touchdowns. -- Jordan Raanan
11. Cincinnati Bengals (6-4)
Week 11 ranking: 13
What/who is underachieving? Run defense
One of Cincinnati's strengths from past play has softly gotten importantly worse. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the Bengals let their opponents to person connected third-down rushes 69.6% of the time, which is worst successful the league. Getting antiaircraft tackle DJ Reader backmost successful the fold should boost the unit, but Cincinnati has been gashed connected the crushed acold excessively often this season. -- Ben Baby
12. Seattle Seahawks (6-4)
Week 11 ranking: 12
What/who is underachieving? WR Dee Eskridge
There aren't a batch of choices connected the Seahawks because, arsenic a team, they've overachieved based connected extracurricular expectations. But they haven't gotten overmuch from Eskridge, their 2021 second-round pick. He produced sparingly during an injury-shortened rookie season, and helium hasn't done overmuch this year, either, with 7 catches for 58 yards. Eskridge's explosiveness should marque him a large play waiting to happen, but arsenic Seattle's 4th receiver, his champion accidental mightiness beryllium connected peculiar teams present that helium has taken implicit kickoff instrumentality duties. -- Brady Henderson
13. Washington Commanders (6-5)
Week 11 ranking: 17
What/who is underachieving? Passing game
Washington invested successful a caller backmost (Carson Wentz) and drafted a wide receiver successful the archetypal circular (Jahan Dotson) to brace with Terry McLaurin and a steadfast Curtis Samuel. Yet the passing onslaught has struggled, ranking 21st successful yards per game, 25th successful yards per effort and 28th successful completion percentage. The reasons vary: Wentz needed clip to afloat acclimate successful the offense, but the extortion didn't springiness it to him, and the tally crippled near the Commanders successful atrocious third-down situations. Injuries person played a role, to Wentz, Dotson and choky extremity Logan Thomas. And portion they're 4-1 with backmost Taylor Heinicke, it's much a relation of the tally crippled and defence -- and immoderate timely throws by him. But with the extortion improving and players getting healthy, the passing crippled could amended down the stretch. -- John Keim
14. New England Patriots (6-4)
Week 11 ranking: 14
What/who is underachieving? Passing offense
The Patriots are the lone squad successful the NFL without a first-quarter touchdown, and Mac Jones has taken astatine slightest 4 sacks successful 3 consecutive games. Prior to this stretch, helium lone had 1 crippled successful which helium took astatine slightest 4 sacks. The extremity successful the offseason was to simplify the discourtesy and hopefully let the Patriots to play faster, but it hasn't produced the desired results. -- Mike Reiss
15. New York Jets (6-4)
Week 11 ranking: 10
What/who is underachieving? QB Zach Wilson
Look, nary 1 expected Wilson to beryllium Josh Allen successful twelvemonth two, but the 2021 No. 2 wide prime hasn't improved arsenic overmuch arsenic hoped. His completion complaint (55.6%) is the nonstop aforesaid arsenic past play -- and that's not good. Yes, Wilson has chopped down connected his interceptions. And, yes, his QBR is up (from 28.2 to 45.2), but his wide bid of the presumption and his fundamentals person regressed successful immoderate respects. The Jets would beryllium 8-2 if Wilson had been simply mean successful his 2 losses. -- Rich Cimini
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Rex Ryan calls retired Zach Wilson for not taking the blasted for his lousy show against the Patriots.
16. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-5)
Week 11 ranking: 15
What/who is underachieving? Offense
It's nary concealed that Tom Brady has a wholly rebuilt interior violative enactment and that Rob Gronkowski and Antonio Brown are nary longer connected the team. But this group's scoring accumulation has astir been chopped successful fractional this year, and it has mode excessively overmuch endowment for that to happen. The Buccaneers are starting to pat into their potential, but they're inactive having to trust mode excessively overmuch connected the defence -- Jenna Laine
17. Los Angeles Chargers (5-5)
Week 11 ranking: 16
What/who is underachieving? Run defense
The Chargers are allowing an mean of 5.5 yards per carry, which is worst successful the league. Yes, they're bladed up front, with injuries to borderline rusher Joey Bosa and linemen Austin Johnson, Otito Ogbonnia and Christian Covington, but it's inexplicable however poorly they person stopped the run. Coach Brandon Staley has often blamed their inability to halt explosive runs, which is true. The Chargers person allowed among the astir runs of much than 40 yards and 50 yards this season, but present entering Week 12, it is simply a occupation they indispensable correct. -- Lindsey Thiry
18. Atlanta Falcons (5-6)
Week 11 ranking: 20
What/who is underachieving? TE Kyle Pitts
The expectations connected Pitts mightiness person been unfair to commencement the season. While helium enactment up a 1,000-yard run arsenic a rookie, the choky extremity fundamentally moved into a caller discourtesy with a caller quarterback, Marcus Mariota. And helium is being asked to bash antithetic things successful a run-heavy offense, similar artifact much -- thing helium takes immense pridefulness in. But the receiving accumulation is not adjacent adjacent to a play ago, with 28 catches for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns. Pitts near Sunday's crippled against the Bears with an MCL wounded successful his close genu and was placed connected injured reserve connected Monday, meaning helium volition beryllium retired astatine slightest 4 games. -- Michael Rothstein
19. Green Bay Packers (4-7)
Week 11 ranking: 18
What/who is underachieving? Defensive coaching staff
General manager Brian Gutekunst gave antiaircraft coordinator Joe Barry and his unit a portion with 7 first-round picks positive 4 seasoned escaped agents who were expected to assistance offset what everyone knew would beryllium a modulation twelvemonth for the Packers' offense. The antiaircraft unit has been dilatory to set successful games and from week to week. Coverage breakdowns and an inability to halt the tally (the Pack fertile 24th successful rushing yards allowed per game) person helped ruin this season. -- Rob Demovsky
20. Arizona Cardinals (4-7)
Week 11 ranking: 19
What/who is underachieving? Outside walk rush
The Cardinals' walk unreserved hasn't been heavy babelike connected the borderline rushers similar it has been successful the past. Of Arizona's 19 sacks this season, lone 5.5 person been from borderline rushers. Last season, astatine slightest 15 of the Cardinals' 24 sacks done 10 games were from the edge. Losing Chandler Jones has been a large origin successful the borderline rush's struggles. This season, the Cardinals person relied heavy connected an interior push, namely from J.J. Watt and Zach Allen, who relationship for 9 of the 19 sacks. Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph said those 2 are, essentially, the Cardinals' walk unreserved astatine this point. -- Josh Weinfuss
21. New Orleans Saints (4-7)
Week 11 ranking: 24
What/who is underachieving? Defensive backs
Defensive backmost was considered 1 of the Saints' deepest positions successful the offseason. But with the commercialized of C.J. Gardner-Johnson (now starring the league successful interceptions), injuries to Marshon Lattimore (six missed games) and Bradley Roby (on IR), and disappointing results from escaped cause additions Marcus Maye and Tyrann Mathieu, this radical hasn't lived up to expectations. There are agleam spots, specified arsenic the emergence of rookie Alontae Taylor. But this radical -- with conscionable 2 squad interceptions -- and the defence arsenic a full haven't performed arsenic hoped. -- Katherine Terrell
22. Indianapolis Colts (4-6-1)
Week 11 ranking: 21
What/who is underachieving? Offensive line
The Colts relied excessively heavy connected the mentation that having 3 coagulated players connected the violative enactment could marque up for weaknesses astatine near tackle and close guard. It turns retired they were not lone incorrect astir that, but they besides overestimated the show they'd get from their returning veterans. The Colts person had a revolving doorway astatine near tackle, which is simply a look for disaster, arsenic good arsenic close guard. Add to that the stunning regression of Pro Bowl halfway Ryan Kelly and 1 of this team's perceived weaknesses has go a detriment to the full offense. The cascading effect tin beryllium seen successful the driblet successful accumulation by the Colts' apical accomplishment players, with moving backmost Jonathan Taylor and wideout Michael Pittman Jr. experiencing respective vocation lows successful yards per unreserved and yards per catch. -- Stephen Holder
23. Detroit Lions (4-6)
Week 11 ranking: 29
What/who is underachieving? Run defense
With the Lions winning 3 consecutive games for the archetypal clip since 2017 and caller disconnected limiting Giants moving backmost Saquon Barkley to conscionable 22 yards disconnected 15 carries, it's not an perfect clip to constituent this out. But overall, defending the tally is inactive a anemic point. Detroit is allowing 153.7 rushing yards per crippled (second astir successful the league) and 5.18 yards per rushing effort (third most). -- Eric Woodyard
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Liz Loza and Daniel Dopp interruption down the phantasy productions of Jamaal Williams and D'Andre Swift.
24. Los Angeles Rams (3-7)
Week 11 ranking: 22
What/who is underachieving? Offense
Even earlier backmost Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Cooper Kupp were injured, this Rams' discourtesy didn't look similar the portion that won the Super Bowl past season. A batch of that has to bash with the unbelievable fig of injuries they person dealt with connected the violative line. The Rams person utilized a antithetic starting violative enactment successful each 10 games this season. According to Elias Sports Bureau, they are the lone squad successful the Super Bowl epoch (since 1966) to usage a antithetic starting five-man violative enactment operation successful each of their archetypal 10 games of a season. Los Angeles hasn't been capable to determination the shot consistently each season, and that continued Sunday successful the Rams' nonaccomplishment to the Saints. -- Sarah Barshop
25. Chicago Bears (3-8)
Week 11 ranking: 25
What/who is underachieving? Pass rush
The Bears' inability to make unit connected opposing quarterbacks is simply a superior problem. Not a azygous antiaircraft lineman has much than 2.0 sacks this season. As a team, the Bears fertile 31st with 15 sacks done 11 games, and the uptick of blitz packages to manufacture much unit isn't capable to close the ship. Chicago walked distant without sacking Marcus Mariota successful Week 11 and lone got unit connected 4 of the Atlanta quarterback's 20 dropbacks. A operation of accomplishment and strategy has the Bears ranked 27th successful sack complaint (4.82%), 24th successful tackles for nonaccomplishment (43) and past successful backmost hits (31). -- Courtney Cronin
26. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-7)
Week 11 ranking: 26
What/who is underachieving? Pass rush
The Jaguars person conscionable 16 sacks (tied for 29th successful the NFL), which is simply a immense disappointment considering they person a brace of first-round picks connected the edges. Travon Walker, who was the 2022 No. 1 wide pick, has 2.5 sacks and six QB hits. Josh Allen, the 2019 No. 7 wide pick, has 3 sacks and a team-high 13 QB hits. Allen is among the league leaders successful QB pressures (34, tied for 14th), but the Jaguars were expecting much from him. The team's champion rusher is reserve Dawuane Smoot with 5 sacks. -- Michael DiRocco
27. Las Vegas Raiders (3-7)
Week 11 ranking: 31
What/who is underachieving? Pass rush
Sure, antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby is tied for 5th successful the NFL with 9 sacks, but nary different Raiders subordinate has much than one. Chandler Jones, the free-agent pickup who signed a three-year, $51 cardinal woody to articulation Las Vegas, is credited with fractional a sack; that is little than signifier squad call-up Tyler Hall, a cornerback. And arsenic a team, the Raiders person a league-low 13 sacks. -- Paul Gutierrez
28. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-7)
Week 11 ranking: 27
What/who is underachieving? Red portion offense
The Steelers person underachieved successful much than 1 country this season, but the astir glaring is the reddish portion offense. They are scoring touchdowns connected astir 48% of reddish portion trips. Even though they managed to people TDs connected 3 of 5 specified trips successful Sunday's loss, the Steelers haven't scored capable points overall, averaging conscionable 17 points per game. Sunday's show mightiness beryllium a motion things are adjacent to turning around, but the discourtesy won't person proved thing until it is consistent. -- Brooke Pryor
29. Cleveland Browns (3-7)
Week 11 ranking: 23
What/who is underachieving? Entire defense
On paper, the Browns boast 1 of the astir talented defenses successful the league. In reality, it has inexplicably been among the worst. The antiaircraft backfield continues to endure busts successful sum astatine inopportune moments, and the antiaircraft beforehand has been thoroughly porous against the run. The Browns haven't been capable to unit galore turnovers, either (only 8 each season). The effect is simply a portion that ranks adjacent to past successful existent points allowed (26.9) and expected points allowed (minus-66.84). Cleveland is present connected the verge of being eliminated from the postseason earlier December, and an underachieving defence is the biggest reason. -- Jake Trotter
30. Denver Broncos (3-7)
Week 11 ranking: 28
What/who is underachieving? OFFENSE
That's right, it's successful each caps. Everybody from the coaches to backmost Russell Wilson to each subordinate crossed the enactment bears immoderate responsibility. Coach Nathaniel Hackett and Wilson should get astir of the heat, but the Broncos person had excessively galore mistakes, excessively galore funny calls, excessively galore what-was-that decisions by Wilson, excessively galore fumbles and acold excessively fewer touchdowns. The league-leading database of players connected injured reserve, including moving backmost Javonte Williams, has not helped, but the recap of this play volition beryllium topped with this offense's failings. -- Jeff Legwold
31. Carolina Panthers (3-8)
Week 11 ranking: 30
What/who is underachieving? Quarterback
There's a elemental crushed the Panthers are 3-8: poor play astatine quarterback. Baker Mayfield is 1-5 arsenic the starter with a league-worst 17.8 Total QBR. PJ Walker is 2-3 arsenic the starter with a Total QBR of 23.8, which would beryllium adjacent to past if helium had capable playing clip to qualify. It hasn't been pretty, and there's a accidental Sam Darnold could beryllium named the starter this week. Darnold's Total QBR past play (38.6) was amended than lone 2 qualified quarterbacks. -- David Newton
32. Houston Texans (1-8-1)
Week 11 ranking: 32
What/who is underachieving? QB Davis Mills
Mills had an accidental this play to beryllium helium could beryllium the signal-caller of the future. But helium has regressed successful a fewer important categories from his rookie campaign. Mills' completion complaint was 66% then, and it is 61.9% now. His passer standing is 10 points little this year, and helium has already thrown 11 interceptions, which has surpassed his rookie full of 10. -- DJ Bien-Aime
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