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NFL Nation reporters
Welcome to Week 11 of the NFL regular season.
Our powerfulness sheet -- a radical of much than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities -- person evaluated however teams are stacking up done 10 weeks.
After a play that featured immoderate chaotic finishes, determination is simply a shuffle successful apical 10 of our rankings. Who is No. 1 aft the Philadelphia Eagles' nonaccomplishment connected Monday night? How did the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills fare aft overtime losses? And which squad made the biggest leap successful the rankings this week? All of those questions are answered below.
In summation to our updated rankings, we checked successful with NFL Nation reporters crossed the league and asked them for an update connected the subordinate oregon manager they enactment connected "hot spot watch" successful our preseason Power Rankings. Have the seats cooled disconnected successful the archetypal fractional of the season, oregon are they starting to vigor up?
Let's get to it.
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 (7-2)
Week 10 ranking: 2
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Edwards-Helaire played conscionable 4 snaps and didn't get the shot successful Sunday's triumph implicit the Jaguars, portion Isiah Pacheco ran for 82 yards and Jerick McKinnon caught six passes. It's excessively aboriginal to accidental Edwards-Helaire won't again person an interaction connected the Chiefs, but it seems a foregone decision that the Chiefs volition diminution the fifth-year enactment connected his declaration adjacent year. -- Adam Teicher
2. Philadelphia Eagles (8-1)
Week 10 ranking: 1
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Jalen Hurts
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
With Hurts eligible for a declaration hold aft the play and the Eagles holding 2 first-round picks successful April's quarterback-rich draft, this was wide viewed arsenic a prove-it twelvemonth for Hurts -- and helium decidedly has truthful far. He is squarely successful the MVP treatment acknowledgment successful ample portion to his passing improvements. Entering Monday's crippled against the Commanders, Hurts' completion complaint sat astatine 68.2% -- sixth champion successful the NFL and up astir 7 points from past year's people (61.3%). -- Tim McManus
3. Minnesota Vikings (8-1)
Week 10 ranking: 4
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: C Garrett Bradbury
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
The Vikings' caller enactment radical committed to evaluating Bradbury this season, and helium has rewarded that decision. Bradbury has played each but 2 snaps and ranks No. 10 successful ESPN Analytics' tally artifact triumph complaint metric. As for interest astir past struggles successful walk protection, helium ranks No. 17 successful the walk artifact triumph complaint metric. Add it each up, and Bradbury has been an above-average halfway successful 2022 and is connected his mode to being a precedence escaped cause this winter. -- Kevin Seifert
4. Miami Dolphins (7-3)
Week 10 ranking: 6
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: CB Noah Igbinoghene
Temperature of spot close now: Hot (but tolerable)
Igbinoghene turned successful noteworthy performances against the Vikings and Steelers successful Week 6 and Week 7, respectively, signaling a winning interception against Pittsburgh. He has logged 37 full snaps successful 2 games since, which is an upward inclination from the steadfast scratches helium was logging astatine the opening of the season. He inactive has a agelong mode to spell toward solidifying a semipermanent roster spot, and his fifth-year enactment is apt each but declined astatine this point. But this coaching unit appreciates his enactment ethic and demeanor. All anticipation is not yet abandoned. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques
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Stephen A. and Dan Orlovsky statement whether Tua Tagovailoa is simply a legit campaigner for NFL MVP.
5. Buffalo Bills (6-3)
Week 10 ranking: 3
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
After caller events, determination is simply a lawsuit to beryllium made that Dorsey's spot is hot, but that seems a spot strong. The Bills pb the league successful yards per play (6.5) and third-down conversion percent (52.4%), but they haven't scored a second-half touchdown successful 3 games (the past 1 was successful the Week 6 triumph implicit Kansas City). Recent performances by Josh Allen person played a important relation successful the shortcomings (two interceptions successful 3 consecutive games for the archetypal clip successful his career), but the violative struggles surely besides autumn connected Dorsey, who has enactment to bash to get things backmost connected track. -- Alaina Getzenberg
6. Baltimore Ravens (6-3)
Week 10 ranking: 7
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: LB Patrick Queen
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
Queen has recovered his niche playing alongside recently acquired Roquan Smith, producing the champion play of his three-year vocation arsenic a weakside linebacker. He leads the Ravens with 58 tackles and has recorded 3.5 sacks. "He's becoming 1 of the ascendant linebackers," Ravens manager John Harbaugh said. "You benignant of spot him increasing up close earlier our eyes." But Queen's aboriginal is uncertain successful Baltimore. The Ravens' precedence volition beryllium signing Smith to a semipermanent extension, which decreases the chances of Baltimore picking up Queen's fifth-year enactment this offseason. -- Jamison Hensley
7. New York Giants (7-2)
Week 10 ranking: 11
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Daniel Jones
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
The Giants' starting quarterback, an impending escaped agent, has played the champion shot of his career. Jones is eighth successful the NFL with a 60.2 QBR. That's astir 8 points higher than his vocation average. Jones has besides seemingly solved his turnover problem. His 4 turnovers are the 2nd fewest among quarterbacks who person started each their teams' games this season. With each win, it's looking much and much apt that Jones returns adjacent year. -- Jordan Raanan
8. San Francisco 49ers (5-4)
Week 10 ranking: 10
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: OT Mike McGlinchey
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
McGlinchey has had his struggles, astir notably successful a nonaccomplishment to Kansas City, but the 49ers inactive judge he's having a coagulated year. Among tackles, helium ranks successful the mediate of the battalion successful ESPN Analytics' walk artifact triumph rate. He is acceptable to beryllium an unrestricted escaped cause aft the play and though the Niners would similar to bring him back, that's going to beryllium mostly connected however his marketplace shakes out. That's hard to task close now, but coagulated violative linemen usually bash good connected the unfastened market. -- Nick Wagoner
9. Dallas Cowboys (6-3)
Week 10 ranking: 5
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Coach Mike McCarthy
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
No substance what the Cowboys did successful the regular season, McCarthy's occurrence was ever going to beryllium determined by the playoffs. There are issues that request to beryllium fixed, particularly the tally defense. But McCarthy deserves a ton of recognition for keeping the Cowboys afloat during Dak Prescott's five-game absence. Yet helium was brought to Dallas to bash what Jason Garrett couldn't bash -- get past the divisional round. Once the playoffs rotation around, the clocks reset for McCarthy and Prescott. -- Todd Archer
10. New York Jets (6-3)
Week 10 ranking: 8
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: WR Denzel Mims
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
Mims requested a commercialized astatine the extremity of the preseason (request denied) and was a steadfast scratch for the archetypal six games. Although his aboriginal is successful doubt, helium has emerged implicit the past 3 games arsenic a utile player. Ironically, helium got a accidental due to the fact that different subordinate (WR Elijah Moore) was deactivated for a crippled aft requesting a trade. Mims has lone 4 receptions, including a immense third-down catch, but his cognition has improved, according to the coaches. It volition beryllium absorbing to spot what happens with his relation with WR Corey Davis (knee) expected to instrumentality this week. -- Rich Cimini
11. Tennessee Titans (6-3)
Week 10 ranking: 12
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Ryan Tannehill
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
Tannehill missed 2 games earlier returning to station his champion passing show since the play opener by completing 19 of 36 passes for 255 yards and 2 touchdowns Sunday. The Titans are going to support relying connected the rushing onslaught and asking Tannehill to marque a play oregon 2 per crippled to assistance them triumph portion not turning the shot over. So far, his 8 touchdowns to 3 interceptions acceptable the bill. The proverbial timepiece started ticking connected Tannehill erstwhile Tennessee drafted Malik Willis, but the Titans person remained steadfast that the rookie's improvement volition beryllium a ground-up process. Expect to spot Tannehill backmost adjacent season. -- Turron Davenport
12. Seattle Seahawks (6-4)
Week 10 ranking: 9
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Drew Lock
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
The Seahawks privation to re-sign Lock this offseason for the aforesaid crushed they wanted to get him from Denver successful the Russell Wilson trade: They judge helium has the makings of a starting quarterback. Lock didn't get blown retired successful Seattle's QB conflict truthful overmuch arsenic helium started successful the way presumption and didn't person capable clip to drawback Geno Smith, particularly aft an ill-timed bout with COVID-19 halted his momentum. Lock's viability arsenic a starter remains to beryllium seen, but the Seahawks could bash overmuch worse than re-signing him to stay Smith's backup. -- Brady Henderson
13. Cincinnati Bengals (5-4)
Week 10 ranking: 13
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: CB Eli Apple
Temperature of spot close now: Boiling hot
Whether it was a benching oregon an wounded situation, it's precise wide Apple's semipermanent aboriginal successful Cincinnati is successful question aft the season. Rookie CB Cam Taylor-Britt supplanted Apple during the 2nd fractional of the team's Week 7 triumph implicit the Atlanta Falcons. Taylor-Britt was a second-round prime successful 2022, the aforesaid twelvemonth Apple signed a one-year hold with the Bengals. Though, Apple volition commencement the remainder of the twelvemonth with Chidobe Awuzie retired for the season, giving him an accidental to amusement to others successful the NFL that helium tin beryllium a starter successful 2023. -- Ben Baby
14. New England Patriots (5-4)
Week 10 ranking: 14
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Adviser/OL manager Matt Patricia
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Bill Belichick's content that a bully manager tin beryllium moved to immoderate presumption -- adjacent if his superior inheritance is connected the different broadside of the shot -- is being enactment to the test. One of Belichick's superior concerns has to beryllium that QB Mac Jones, aft a promising rookie season, hasn't taken the expected Year 2 jump. Belichick thinks highly of Patricia, who volition apt ever person a spot connected his staff, but the results to day spark questions astir whether Patricia's existent presumption is the close fit. -- Mike Reiss
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-5)
Week 10 ranking: 17
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Kyle Trask
Temperature of spot close now: Warm
Kyle Trask did capable successful preseason to fulfill his critics and his cheering squad. He showed glimpses of poise, but the maturation conscionable hasn't been astatine the complaint that evokes immoderate assurance if abruptly he's thrust into a No. 2 role. This season, helium has been inactive each game. -- Jenna Laine
16. Los Angeles Chargers (5-4)
Week 10 ranking: 15
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: DL Jerry Tillery (cut connected Nov. 10)
Coach Brandon Staley said determination came a constituent erstwhile it was evident that some sides needed to determination on. "Where we're headed arsenic a squad wasn't going to beryllium compatible with Jerry and wherever he's trying to go," Staley said. Tillery appeared successful 7 games this play and recorded a sack and forced fumble. -- Lindsey Thiry
17. Washington Commanders (5-5)
Week 10 ranking: 18
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Carson Wentz
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
He's determination betwixt lukewarm and blistery but fixed his past fewer seasons, and the scrutiny helium faces, Wentz's spot ever trends toward hot. He has missed the past 4 games portion connected injured reserve. Wentz started disconnected strong, with 7 touchdown passes successful the archetypal 2 games, but successful the adjacent 4 games helium threw 3 touchdown passes and the discourtesy scored a combined 47 points. The issues don't each stem from Wentz -- he's a byproduct of shaky walk extortion portion besides learning a caller offense. But his declaration is not guaranteed beyond this season, truthful adjacent though Washington gave up aggregate draught picks for him, Wentz volition person to play good and amusement betterment erstwhile helium returns. -- John Keim
18. Green Bay Packers (4-6)
Week 10 ranking: 24
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: LT David Bakhtiari
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
Just erstwhile it seems similar Bakhtiari is afloat go, his genu contented flares up. For example, 2 weeks agone astatine Detroit, helium dropped retired astatine halftime and past decided helium was bully to spell for the game's last series. Last period astatine Washington, his genu didn't consciousness close the time earlier the crippled and helium was a scratch contempt practicing astir of the week. The Packers mightiness person a pugnacious determination to marque this offseason due to the fact that helium is simply a large subordinate erstwhile available, but helium is owed a batch of wealth ($17.5 cardinal successful wage and bonuses) adjacent season. -- Rob Demovsky
1:51 Dan Orlovsky, Ryan Clark and Rex Ryan sermon what went close for the Packers' discourtesy vs. the Cowboys.
19. Arizona Cardinals (4-6)
Week 10 ranking: 23
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Coach Kliff Kingsbury
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Kingsbury is inactive connected the blistery seat, which would've started burning up beneath him if Arizona had mislaid to the Los Angeles Rams connected Sunday. But the triumph didn't chill his backside. He's inactive nether the microscope astatine 4-6. Another mates of losses and the bye week mightiness beryllium longer than conscionable a weekend. -- Josh Weinfuss
20. Atlanta Falcons (4-6)
Week 10 ranking: 16
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: DL Marlon Davidson (cut connected Oct. 25)
The Falcons chopped Davidson from injured reserve aft 2 lackluster seasons and 29 tackles with 1 sack, 1 tackle for nonaccomplishment and his vocation item for Atlanta -- an interception instrumentality for a touchdown against Tom Brady successful 2021. Another subordinate to ticker connected the blistery spot would beryllium QB Marcus Mariota. Among the instrumentality base, determination are large questions and helium has go a polarizing topic. He has done bully things for Atlanta, peculiarly moving the shot and getting the Falcons successful the close plays, but his issues with accuracy (61.9% completion percentage) and his decision-making leads to questions astir his medium- and semipermanent aboriginal arsenic Atlanta's starter. -- Michael Rothstein
21. Indianapolis Colts (4-5-1)
Week 10 ranking: 27
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Coach Frank Reich (fired Nov. 7)
Unfortunately for Reich, we nailed this one. He was fired successful the midst of his 5th play aft a 26-3 nonaccomplishment to the Patriots. Reich was beset by a revolving doorway of quarterbacks during his tenure, starring to dilatory starts to seasons and inconsistent results. He is inactive highly regarded and volition privation to manager again. We'll spot what the marketplace thinks of him successful the coming months. As for his replacement, Jeff Saturday, he's embarking connected an endeavor unprecedented successful the modern epoch -- becoming a caput manager without immoderate assemblage oregon pro experience. He'll either revolutionize NFL hiring oregon beryllium a comic footnote successful history. -- Stephen Holder
22. Los Angeles Rams (3-6)
Week 10 ranking: 19
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: S Taylor Rapp
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
Taylor Rapp was a campaigner for the blistery spot during the preseason successful portion due to the fact that it's pugnacious for a squad to person galore candidates six months aft winning the Super Bowl. Rapp was the prime due to the fact that helium was entering the last play of his rookie contract, and Los Angeles has not typically re-signed safeties to large contracts. The 2 safeties the Rams drafted successful April, Quentin Lake (sixth round) and Russ Yeast (seventh round) person combined for lone 1 antiaircraft snap, but the squad could inactive take to determination connected from Rapp erstwhile helium hits escaped bureau -- Sarah Barshop
23. Cleveland Browns (3-6)
Week 10 ranking: 20
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Coach Kevin Stefanski
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
Sure, Stefanski has been without backmost Deshaun Watson, who is acceptable to instrumentality successful Week 13 aft an 11-game suspension. Even so, the 3-6 Browns person massively underachieved to this point. Stefanski has done good calling plays for an discourtesy that ranks successful the apical 10 successful efficiency. But the squad overall, particularly defensively, has performed acold beneath its endowment level. Unless the bottommost wholly falls out, Stefanski's occupation astir apt isn't successful jeopardy yet. But his spot is warming up -- and could beryllium connected the enactment successful Watson's archetypal afloat Browns play successful 2023. -- Jake Trotter
24. New Orleans Saints (3-7)
Week 10 ranking: 21
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Jameis Winston
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Jameis Winston was injured successful Week 1, and the squad sat him successful favour of Andy Dalton successful Week 4 aft Winston's respective failed attempts to play done it. But with the team's grounds successful escaped autumn and 2 consecutive weeks of violative struggles, it doesn't look retired of the question that Winston could play again this season. For now, Winston is successful limbo, some for 2022 and his aboriginal successful New Orleans beyond this season. -- Katherine Terrell
25. Chicago Bears (3-7)
Week 10 ranking: 25
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: S Eddie Jackson
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
The Bears person an important determination to marque with Jackson if they envision him arsenic portion of their semipermanent plans with his $13 cardinal basal wage successful 2023. As acold arsenic his on-field production, the escaped information has made the astir of his bounce-back play and portion Chicago's defence has struggled, Jackson has provided enactment and stableness successful the secondary. Jackson is tied for the second-most interceptions successful the NFL (four), has allowed a 73.5 passer standing erstwhile targeted and is the Bears' progressive person successful tackles (51). His sum skills look similar however helium performed successful 2019, and his quality against the tally has been an wide positive. -- Courtney Cronin
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Rex Ryan and Ryan Clark sermon Justin Fields' caller occurrence moving the shot successful the Bears offense.
26. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-7)
Week 10 ranking: 26
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: RT Jawaan Taylor
Temperature of spot close now: Cold
Taylor has been amended successful 2022 than helium was successful his archetypal 3 seasons erstwhile helium gave up a league-high 40 sacks successful 49 games and had a walk artifact triumph complaint of 84.5% (which ranked 56th among violative tackles). Taylor has fixed up 4 sacks and has a walk artifact triumph complaint of 87.6% (39th among tackles), and helium had a two-game agelong earlier successful the play erstwhile helium played the champion shot of his career. He has done capable for the Jaguars to see signing him to an hold -- but the squad could inactive fto him locomotion and spell with third-year subordinate Walker Little successful 2023 due to the fact that it's already implicit the projected headdress and has 4 players with headdress hits of $19 cardinal oregon much already connected the books. -- Michael DiRocco
27. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-6)
Week 10 ranking: 29
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: ILB Devin Bush
Temperature of spot close now: Lukewarm
To beryllium clear, this isn't a referendum connected Bush's show this season. The Steelers' 2019 first-round prime has played beauteous good this season, racking up 47 combined tackles and 3.5 stuffs. Bush responded good to Brian Flores' summation to the coaching staff, and caput manager Mike Tomlin is pleased with Bush's show truthful far, saying that helium was starting to execute to his pre-ACL teardrop level. The Steelers, though, didn't prime up Bush's fifth-year option, making him a escaped cause aft this season. There's inactive the anticipation helium could instrumentality connected a short-term woody similar the 1 information Terrell Edmunds signed successful the 2022 offseason. -- Brooke Pryor
28. Denver Broncos (3-6)
Week 10 ranking: 22
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Russell Wilson
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Hot, successful a he's not going anyplace -- helium signed a five-year, $245 cardinal hold successful September -- but helium amended find immoderate touchdowns oregon he's going to request a abstraction shuttle vigor shield benignant of way. The Broncos are the lowest-scoring squad successful the league, their violative enactment is decimated by injuries, their champion moving backmost and 1 of their champion receivers are connected injured reserve, and 2 different receivers are besides hurt. Other than that, things are fine. -- Jeff Legwold
29. Detroit Lions (3-6)
Week 10 ranking: 30
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Jared Goff
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Not overmuch has changed since the offseason. Goff is alert this is simply a immense twelvemonth for his career, arsenic he's trying to beryllium he's inactive a starter successful the league successful lawsuit the Lions determine to spell successful different absorption travel the offseason. Goff and the Lions' discourtesy got disconnected to a blistery start, starring the league successful points per crippled done the archetypal 4 weeks, earlier going acold with 5 consecutive losses. But they person precocious turned it astir with back-to-back wins for the archetypal clip since Weeks 6-7 of the 2020 season. -- Eric Woodyard
30. Carolina Panthers (3-7)
Week 10 ranking: 31
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: Coach Matt Rhule (fired connected Oct. 10)
Rhule's spot decidedly got excessively hot. Interim manager Steve Wilks isn't connected a blistery seat, arsenic helium has done an admirable occupation frankincense acold going 2-3 with immoderate pugnacious decisions, peculiarly astatine quarterback. But if helium wants to support the occupation afloat clip successful 2023, Wilks volition person to get this squad adjacent to .500 and stay a origin successful a anemic NFC South that is inactive winnable. -- David Newton
31. Las Vegas Raiders (2-7)
Week 10 ranking: 28
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: DE Clelin Ferrell
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
Considering Ferrell was a amazingly steadfast scratch for Sunday's stunning nonaccomplishment to the Colts, contempt being somewhat productive for an unproductive defense, well, that's not a bully omen, right? Ferrell, the No. 4 wide prime of the 2019 draft, has 10 tackles, a walk defended and 0.5 sacks successful 8 games with nary starts, for an underachieving 2-7 team. Writing connected the wall? Stay tuned. -- Paul Gutierrez
32. Houston Texans (1-7-1)
Week 10 ranking: 32
Who was connected the blistery spot successful preseason: QB Davis Mills
Temperature of spot close now: Hot
The Texans' games person mostly travel down to the 4th quarter. There person been a fewer games successful which Mills had the accidental to pb the squad to a triumph with his arm. But helium conscionable hasn't. The last 4th is his worst, arsenic helium has a passer standing of 62 and has thrown 5 interceptions with lone 2 touchdowns. The discourtesy has averaged 3.3 points successful the 4th quarter, ranked for 30th successful the NFL. And the Texans person converted lone 8 3rd downs successful the 4th quarter, which besides ties for 30th successful the NFL. For Mills to beryllium helium is the Texans' QB of the future, helium needs to marque plays successful the last frame. -- DJ Bien-Aime
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