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Speaker 3: The NFL Power Rankings, presented by Energizer. That man on
Speaker 3: the other side of the screen as Eric Get Home.
Speaker 3: He does these every week from his home in Chicago.
Speaker 3: My name is Andrew Siciliano in the studio.
Speaker 2: In Los Angeles.
Speaker 3: Not a lot of movement Eric at the top of
Speaker 3: the rankings this week. We had some big names that
Speaker 3: had the week off and really nothing to juicy here.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 4: I try to give you something. I can only drop
Speaker 4: the Jaguars four spots. They stay in the top eight
Speaker 4: for now. But wait until you get to that bottom
Speaker 4: twenty four. There's all kinds of movement.
Speaker 3: Wait for me to start the show. By the way,
Speaker 3: there's nothing in interesting here. No, there is something interesting here,
Speaker 3: I promise, because one and two are playing each other
Speaker 3: this week. Philadelphia is one coming off the by Kansas
Speaker 3: City also off a by moving up. The Ravens are
Speaker 3: moving down, followed by the Lions. At four, the Niners
Speaker 3: at five, the Dolphins, the Cowboys, and the Jaguars.
Speaker 2: One of the reasons there isn't a lot of movement
Speaker 2: here in.
Speaker 3: The top ten, at least in these top eight, is
Speaker 3: because a lot of those teams had buys. The Jaguars
Speaker 3: came off thereby they got punched in the mouth by
Speaker 3: the Niners.
Speaker 2: We'll get to that in a second.
Speaker 3: But the game of the week, and what a primetime
Speaker 3: week we have, oh by the way, is Monday night
Speaker 3: in Arrowhead a rematch eric of the last Super Bowl,
Speaker 3: maybe a preview of the next Super Bowl.
Speaker 2: Will James Bradbury be called for holding.
Speaker 5: Yet to be determined? Right, that's the key factor I think.
Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean I think a lot of people
Speaker 4: remember that game and say, Eagles could have won this thing, right,
Speaker 4: they outplayed the The Chiefs are a big portion of
Speaker 4: that game. Seem to let things slip away, obviously, And
Speaker 4: it's fascinating as we talk about kind of the whole
Speaker 4: league this year and people sort of bemoaning the fact
Speaker 4: there isn't, you know, that elite group at the top.
Speaker 4: There may not be that one superstar team right now,
Speaker 4: everyone has at least one question but these are two
Speaker 4: pretty darn good teams and maybe a little different from
Speaker 4: what we saw in February. I mean, this Chiefs defense
Speaker 4: has gotten better. I'd argue the Eagles defense has taken
Speaker 4: a step back at least in terms of covering receivers
Speaker 4: and giving up pass play. So you know, those could
Speaker 4: be two huge factors right there, and I think the
Speaker 4: Chiefs maybe come in with a tiny edge even though
Speaker 4: the Eagles.
Speaker 5: Are a top our rankings this week. How do you
Speaker 5: see it?
Speaker 3: I never thought I would say that maybe this is
Speaker 3: the week the Chiefs pass game finally gets going with
Speaker 3: MVP Patrick Mahomes because they're facing the Eagle secondary. But
Speaker 3: after getting out to the twenty one to nothing lead
Speaker 3: over the Dolphins at halftime in Germany, that offense Eric
Speaker 3: kinda went to sleep. As absurd as it sounds, maybe
Speaker 3: facing the Eagles is what this team needs.
Speaker 2: Does that sound silly? It's possible.
Speaker 5: No, I don't think so at all. Right, I mean,
Speaker 5: I think they have.
Speaker 4: To gain trust in their receivers, right, it can't just
Speaker 4: be the Kelsey show. You know, they can't lean too
Speaker 4: much on one guy as we've seen in the past,
Speaker 4: So you know, I mean there have been a few
Speaker 4: teams that have been able to slow Kelsey down, and
Speaker 4: so you can get Rashi Rice going, if you can
Speaker 4: get some of those secondary weapons going a little bit,
Speaker 4: I think that just opens up all kinds of possibilities
Speaker 4: for them.
Speaker 3: All Right, so it's one and two, it's Philadelphia and
Speaker 3: Kansas City. I'm assuming the winner of this game is
Speaker 3: number one next week. If it's the Eagles, they clearly
Speaker 3: hang on to number one at number three right now.
Speaker 2: The Baltimore Ravens.
Speaker 3: They dropped only one, and a lot of people I
Speaker 3: pressed you last week, Eric thought that this team was
Speaker 3: it maybe still is the best team in football through
Speaker 3: ten weeks, but they could not close out the Browns
Speaker 3: in one of the games of the year. Cleveland steals one.
Speaker 3: You're still bullish. I would have to think on the
Speaker 3: Ravens if they're.
Speaker 4: I thought about do I move them down to four?
Speaker 4: Do I keep them at three? What do I do
Speaker 4: with them?
Speaker 5: And I've had that, you know, the kind of debate
Speaker 5: all season long.
Speaker 4: When teams have these kind of I don't say unexpected
Speaker 4: losses or shocking losses, but losses that there were games
Speaker 4: that they were in control of.
Speaker 5: Right if the defense.
Speaker 4: Stops the Browns one time in the second half, they
Speaker 4: probably win this game. And really it's come down to
Speaker 4: there's almost been a pattern history now of the Ravens
Speaker 4: giving up these kinds of games in the past. Right,
Speaker 4: the defense can't get off the field, can't get that
Speaker 4: one stop. You know, Lamar Jackson's passing proficiency in the
Speaker 4: fourth quarter the last two years, by the way, has
Speaker 4: been lower in the fourth than in the other any
Speaker 4: of the other three quarters. So you know, look, they've
Speaker 4: a've allowed as almost as many points in the fourth
Speaker 4: quarter and overtime this season as they have in the
Speaker 4: previous three combined. So you know, often it comes down
Speaker 4: to depth, you know, the ability to finish off games.
Speaker 5: It's not that one key thing you could point to.
Speaker 4: You I'm not sure there's a common denominator between these losses,
Speaker 4: but you know, Drew Beffert and they haven't been able
Speaker 4: to do it. So that's kind of their achilles heeal
Speaker 4: until proven otherwise.
Speaker 3: Yeah, they couldn't close out the Steelers below a ten
Speaker 3: point lead there, they couldn't close out the Colts either,
Speaker 3: eventually lost that game in overtime. There is a theme,
Speaker 3: and they also have a huge game coming up this week.
Speaker 3: I mentioned the great primetime schedule. How about the Bengals
Speaker 3: and the Ravens to open up Week eleven on Thursday
Speaker 3: Night Football in Baltimore. Both of these teams are banged up.
Speaker 3: Cincinnati maybe without its two ends, without Hendrickson and without
Speaker 3: Sam Hubbard. Baltimore's got a long list of injuries. The
Speaker 3: two quarterbacks are gonna play, though, which is significant. Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow. They are good to go. It is a
Speaker 3: great start to Week eleven. Right behind the Ravens, you
Speaker 3: have the Lions who came into La well rested and
Speaker 3: basically got into a punch out, a shootout with Brandon
Speaker 3: Staley and Justin Herbert and Dan Campbell threw his guts
Speaker 3: on the able, let's put it that way, and they
Speaker 3: pulled this thing out.
Speaker 4: Nice self editing there, good job. I appreciate it, Yeah,
Speaker 4: I do.
Speaker 5: It was clever.
Speaker 4: But I mean, look at this point, everything we've seen
Speaker 4: from Dan Campbell fourth and two tie game. You know,
Speaker 4: minute forty five left Chargers, what twenty six yard line?
Speaker 4: I think that's a green light for him. Right, They're
Speaker 4: gonna go, And I.
Speaker 5: Think a lot of people thought we'll just kick the
Speaker 5: field goal and play defense.
Speaker 4: But if you had seen the Lions defense, which had
Speaker 4: allowed five straight touchdowns in their previous five drives, I
Speaker 4: don't think Campbell had that thought anywhere close to his mind.
Speaker 4: They played it right, got the Chargers to use their
Speaker 4: final timeout.
Speaker 5: Kicked the game winner.
Speaker 4: It's a great road victory, you know, gets the Chargers
Speaker 4: team that you know, at least nominally speaking, is talented.
Speaker 4: So look, it's probably their worst defensive half of football
Speaker 4: this season.
Speaker 5: Is it a concern? Maybe? Maybe not. I'm not sure.
Speaker 5: I mean, look, I just this Detroit team.
Speaker 4: Obviously, we saw the Baltimore game, you know, a couple
Speaker 4: of weeks ago, we've seen this one.
Speaker 5: They're starting to show some cracks.
Speaker 4: But they have an offensive line andrew that completely dominated
Speaker 4: that came outside a handful of plays. It was really
Speaker 4: impressive pass blocking and run blocking. That was the engine
Speaker 4: that made this victory possible.
Speaker 5: In my opinion.
Speaker 3: The five on that offensive line, as you point out
Speaker 3: left to right, from Decker to Sool, they were fantastic,
Speaker 3: had almost a perfect day, and this team found a
Speaker 3: way to win again. And if you think, if you
Speaker 3: open your mind to the opportunity or the possibility rather
Speaker 3: of the Chiefs beating the Lions, and then I'm sorry,
Speaker 3: the Chiefs beating the Eagles and the Lions beating the
Speaker 3: Bears this week, and we could be sitting here next
Speaker 3: week on Tuesday taping the show Eric and the Lions
Speaker 3: and Eagles could be sitting there with the same record.
Speaker 3: Atop the NFC as it stands now, the Lions are
Speaker 3: number four. Right behind them we find the San Francisco
Speaker 3: forty nine Ers. They are our team of the Week,
Speaker 3: presented by Truest. We asked last week, which of these
Speaker 3: teams in Jacksonville, the Niners of the Jaguars, is going
Speaker 3: to come out of thereby looking better? This thing was
Speaker 3: over early. You throw Chase Young in there, you bring
Speaker 3: back Deebo and Trent Williams. That battle station is fully operational.
Speaker 5: That's a great way to put it right.
Speaker 4: And I think we had this bye week to sit
Speaker 4: there and say, how many things are going wrong with
Speaker 4: the forty nine ers. Three straight losses start pulling our
Speaker 4: hair out. Well, whatever boxes they had, they checked them
Speaker 4: pretty much all. Like you said, pass rush, not just
Speaker 4: Young and Bosa, but also the interior guys that They
Speaker 4: were a little more freed up in this game, but
Speaker 4: Purdy was spectacular, arguably his best performance start to finish.
Speaker 5: It really reminded me a lot in.
Speaker 4: Terms of how they took over the game so early
Speaker 4: as that Week one win in Pittsburgh. They went in
Speaker 4: there that was expected to be a tight contest, maybe
Speaker 4: low scoring. They dominated from start to finish, really put
Speaker 4: their foot down earlier, and this could.
Speaker 5: Have been a bigger margin.
Speaker 4: I guess for the Jaguars, you say, what does this
Speaker 4: mean for them? But for the forty nine ers, it's
Speaker 4: really a case of that looked like the team that
Speaker 4: started the year five and zero and not the one
Speaker 4: that dropped three straight.
Speaker 3: And I cannot emphasize again what kind of a steel
Speaker 3: Chase Young was. I mean, you give up a compensatory three,
Speaker 3: which is basically a fourth round pick, and if you
Speaker 3: lose them in free agency, you get back a compensatory three.
Speaker 3: In all likelihood, they're getting Chase Young for free. His
Speaker 3: first snap, he's basically standing up like Miles Garrett was
Speaker 3: at middle linebacker. They're playing a five man front. Trevor
Speaker 3: Lawrence had no idea what to do, and that defense
Speaker 3: dominated and look, hey, the Niners are back as if
Speaker 3: they had ever left. Hey, look, the Cowboys are back,
Speaker 3: you know, one week after us again questioning their late
Speaker 3: game clock and everything management against the Eagles. They just
Speaker 3: roll all over the New York Giants. And I'll be honest, Eric,
Speaker 3: I don't know that I learned.
Speaker 2: Anything about the Cowboys this week.
Speaker 3: It's almost like, you know, it's an early season SEC
Speaker 3: school paying some multi directional school from wherever to come in.
Speaker 2: And give them a game, and they could play the
Speaker 2: bench in the second half.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't I'm with you. I don't know how
Speaker 4: much we can glean. I think there are a couple
Speaker 4: of things that came out of this game. One, Cowboys
Speaker 4: are pretty good at home. That's now twelve straight they won.
Speaker 4: They've dominated every single opponent they've played in Dallas this year.
Speaker 4: The question is whether it matters, right, can they win
Speaker 4: the division and get that home playoff game? That's obviously
Speaker 4: their best hope to take advantage of that. Tough games
Speaker 4: down the stretch too, But you might be able to
Speaker 4: take something away from what the Cowboys offense did against
Speaker 4: the Giants defense. There were some times during this season
Speaker 4: where the Giants defense acquitted itself.
Speaker 5: Well, we know they liked the pressure. Dak was terrific.
Speaker 4: Ceedee Lamb has been his guy for a while now,
Speaker 4: but obviously in the last six weeks or so, he's
Speaker 4: been terrific. But Brandon Cook's development that was the breakout game.
Speaker 5: I think they needed.
Speaker 4: His confidence, their confidence in him really impressive to see
Speaker 4: him coming out of the slot and performing the way
Speaker 4: he did.
Speaker 3: I'm a big Tommy DeVito fan Syracuse. Never thought I
Speaker 3: would see Tommy Vetos starting on the road in Dallas
Speaker 3: as a rookie NFLT bad form. If only they have
Speaker 3: let him throw the ball on that fourth and three,
Speaker 3: down seven to nothing, maybe the momentum would have swung
Speaker 3: the other way.
Speaker 2: We are all Tommy DeVito's dad. Coming up next.
Speaker 3: There was a team that six weeks ago we thought
Speaker 3: might have two top ten picks. That team is now
Speaker 3: in the top ten in the power rankings.
Speaker 2: We reveal that team coming up next.
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Speaker 3: Nine through sixteen. The Cleveland Browns won in Baltimore. They're
Speaker 3: up one from ten to nine out. The Houston Texans
Speaker 3: up five into the top end. The Seahawks at eleven,
Speaker 3: followed by the Bengals, the Steelers, the Build, the Vikings,
Speaker 3: and the New Orleans Saints are number sixteen. Eric Aholme
Speaker 3: puts these rankings together. He as the Browns as a
Speaker 3: top ten team after beating Eric the team that last
Speaker 3: week we argued the Ravens could be the best team
Speaker 3: in football. They won it with defense, and they won
Speaker 3: it with a fourteen for fourteen second half performance from
Speaker 3: Deshaun Watson.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I mean, there's probably got to be what a thousand
Speaker 4: ways to win a football game. It feels like the
Speaker 4: Browns are trying to discover every single one of them, right,
Speaker 4: and how they're doing it.
Speaker 5: Is is pretty remarkable.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 5: Watson was six and.
Speaker 4: Twenty with the interception, the pick six early on in
Speaker 4: the first half, and as you mentioned, perfect in the
Speaker 4: second half, they had that one long drive that was
Speaker 4: absolutely crucial, but down twenty four to nine, had to
Speaker 4: have it. They score the two point conversion, Watson gets in.
Speaker 5: There, and they score on their final two as well,
Speaker 5: and get the takeaway.
Speaker 4: On defense, I mean it, you know, it's rarely pretty,
Speaker 4: it's rarely clean, but this is a tough team. You
Speaker 4: know that all too well. But sometimes that quotion, that factor,
Speaker 4: you have to consider it. Maybe it often outweighs yards
Speaker 4: and things like that, some of the more tangible numbers.
Speaker 4: But you got to give Watson credit, and you certainly
Speaker 4: have to give the defense credit after you know, giving
Speaker 4: up some plays.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and let's give the Ravens credit. I know we
Speaker 3: did that about ten minutes ago. They are still a
Speaker 3: very good team. But John harbots team could not close,
Speaker 3: and Kevin Stefanski's team could. They closed against the Niners,
Speaker 3: they closed against the Colts, they could not close against
Speaker 3: the Seahawks. But here they beat the Ravens. And there
Speaker 3: are a lot of ifs here. I'm about to say.
Speaker 3: But if the Bengals went on Thursday night and they
Speaker 3: are Owen thirteen on the road in primetime of late
Speaker 3: Owen thirteen, consider that, and the Browns beat the Steelers
Speaker 3: and the Eagles beat the Chiefs. We're sitting here next
Speaker 3: week with the Browns and the Chiefs with the same record,
Speaker 3: which is just bonkers. I know, there's a lot of
Speaker 3: ifs there, So let's just save that, okay until next week.
Speaker 3: Let's talk about the Houston Texas because they're really, really good.
Speaker 3: They're making Power Moves Eric presented by Energizer. The Houston
Speaker 3: Texans went into Cincinnati with half their roster injured and
Speaker 3: one again. We talked about the MVP last week for CJ.
Speaker 2: Stroud.
Speaker 3: He's shown it weekend week out. They are legit. I
Speaker 3: think they can win this division.
Speaker 4: I do too right and look, I mean, as you
Speaker 4: pointed out through out his MVP's case gets stronger. I
Speaker 4: think Nick Cassio has to be up there for executive
Speaker 4: the year. The free agency moves were smart. The draft
Speaker 4: class is going to be a franchise changer. Demico Ryan's
Speaker 4: probably in the Coach of the Year discussion for all
Speaker 4: the reasons you slaid out all the big wins. Now
Speaker 4: they may regret the fact that they lost a close
Speaker 4: one to Atlanta, they lost a close one to Carolina,
Speaker 4: even the early season loss to the Bolts, but boy,
Speaker 4: it's hard not to get excited, especially when Nico out
Speaker 4: Noah Brown steps up and has two big games. The
Speaker 4: run game struggles early in the year, Devin's singletary comes
Speaker 4: to life.
Speaker 5: They made a change there.
Speaker 4: It was a tough one, but he's a better schematic fit,
Speaker 4: so you know, look, they're really pulling all the strings.
Speaker 4: Bobby Slowich has really kind of formed this offense around
Speaker 4: Stroud's powers, and he's making it work without a full
Speaker 4: cast of of amazing receivers or an incredible offensive line
Speaker 4: or running backs.
Speaker 5: I mean, this is a good group now, but reflectively.
Speaker 4: It's not like there are tons of stars and standouts
Speaker 4: that are making him look better than he is. So
Speaker 4: impressive all the way around, and to win in that environment,
Speaker 4: it's the biggest win they've had as a franchise in sometime.
Speaker 3: I think they had seventeen explosives against lou Anarumo's defense
Speaker 3: without all those playmakers you just listed, which is just bonkers.
Speaker 3: And they get Arizona and Kyler Murray this week, hopefully
Speaker 3: with a camera above his head the entire time, the
Speaker 3: Steelers found a way to win again.
Speaker 2: They've been out.
Speaker 3: Gained in all nine this week, or rather this year, Eric,
Speaker 3: all nine games.
Speaker 2: Get their six and three and your thirteenth team.
Speaker 4: They are the team that confounds me on a weekly basis.
Speaker 4: As I wrote in the power rankings, this week, another
Speaker 4: game they get out gained, another key.
Speaker 5: Defensive injury, another win. Right, It's just like automatic at
Speaker 5: this point.
Speaker 4: I mean, Mike Tomlin, I think has done a really
Speaker 4: good job. He knows the strengths and weaknesses of this
Speaker 4: team very well. It is frustrating to see a lack
Speaker 4: of progress out of that pass game. You never really
Speaker 4: know what to expect out of pickings on a weekly basis,
Speaker 4: whoever else is at receiver. They do get Friar Muth
Speaker 4: back pretty soon here, and the run game was terrific.
Speaker 4: I don't want to negate that, but you know, the
Speaker 4: slow starting has obviously put them in some tough spots.
Speaker 4: They have a defense that can close out games. In fact,
Speaker 4: you could argue that five of their six wins this
Speaker 4: year the Rams game they finished on offense, but the
Speaker 4: other five they were able to get a key defensive
Speaker 4: stop somewhere in the last three four minutes of the game,
Speaker 4: and they got two in this one. So it was
Speaker 4: a tremendous performance when they had to have it.
Speaker 5: But how long can this formulas? How can they make
Speaker 5: this work time after time? That's the question I keep,
Speaker 5: you know, being left with, Yeah.
Speaker 3: Yep, they're down two middle linebackers. They've lost both green
Speaker 3: dot guys in consecutive weeks, and they win both of
Speaker 3: those games with interceptions. In the end zone where the
Speaker 3: other team had a chance to win if they complete
Speaker 3: that pass.
Speaker 2: Crazy two consecutive games, which is not bonkers.
Speaker 3: And then you get to the Buffalo Bills, who had
Speaker 3: the opposite of luck. Whatever the Steelers have, the Bills
Speaker 3: do not have right now when it comes to fourth
Speaker 3: quarter luck because they had that Bonker's loss on Monday
Speaker 3: night when it looked as if they won, and then
Speaker 3: they had twelve men on the field, and then Will
Speaker 3: Lutz had a second shot and they can field goal.
Speaker 2: Then they fired Ken Dorsey.
Speaker 3: You have them at fourteen, Eric, does that mean you
Speaker 3: think they're still making the playoffs?
Speaker 4: You know it's right on the cusp obviously. I mean
Speaker 4: record wise, they're still in the race at five and five.
Speaker 4: But they have a ton of work to do and
Speaker 4: a ton to fix, right, I think you know you
Speaker 4: just firing Ken Dorsey is not going to be the
Speaker 4: magic elixir.
Speaker 5: Right.
Speaker 4: Maybe Joe Brady brings some innovative ideas and frees up
Speaker 4: Josh Allen. Maybe they design more runs for him, what
Speaker 4: have you.
Speaker 5: I don't know what the magic formula is, but they've
Speaker 5: got to find it. And the turnovers are a problem.
Speaker 4: Obviously, those two late penalties were a massive thing. One
Speaker 4: on defense on special teams, and you know that defense
Speaker 4: was put in an uncomfortable spot being on the field
Speaker 4: for thirty seven plus minutes I think almost twenty in
Speaker 4: the second half, constantly being asked to make stops after
Speaker 4: the offense has quick drives, either a score or a punt.
Speaker 4: I don't think they've They've gone like three games without
Speaker 4: consecutive scoring drives the Bills have. So this is not
Speaker 4: the same unit we've seen in the past. Some of
Speaker 4: it's Allen, some of it's play calling, some of its
Speaker 4: other spots as well. But they have to fix this
Speaker 4: thing if they want, if they have any designs of
Speaker 4: making the playoffs.
Speaker 3: Right now, I'm not blindly defending Ken Dorsey, but if
Speaker 3: Gabe Davis catches that ball in the red zone first
Speaker 3: half and it doesn't get picked by Justin Simmons, does
Speaker 3: he have a job. If Josh Allen doesn't drop the exchange,
Speaker 3: does he still.
Speaker 2: Have a job.
Speaker 3: And hey, I'm all for Joe Brady getting a shot here,
Speaker 3: but when last we saw him, Colin plays Matt Ruhle
Speaker 3: fired him in Carolina. He deserves a second shot. Now
Speaker 3: he is going to get one. Speaking of second shots,
Speaker 3: I think for Josh Shabbs, it's like his eighteenth shot.
Speaker 2: We're so happy for him.
Speaker 3: He's now winning with the Minnesota Vikings, and they right
Speaker 3: now are our future champions.
Speaker 2: Presented by Fan Duel.
Speaker 3: If the playoffs were to begin right now, we'd all
Speaker 3: be surprised, but we wouldn't be surprised because the Vikings
Speaker 3: would be in. Look at these odds for them making
Speaker 3: the playoffs. They may sneak in as a wild card.
Speaker 3: They have the longest active winning streak, longest active winning
Speaker 3: streak eric in the NFL. The Vikings are your fifteenth
Speaker 3: best team in football.
Speaker 5: And coming way up.
Speaker 4: Let me tell you right, I mean obviously five in
Speaker 4: a row, six out of seven, winning three straight games
Speaker 4: with three different starting quarterbacks Andrew doesn't happen too often
Speaker 4: in this Because you know, I want to give credit
Speaker 4: to this defense too. I think it's come a long
Speaker 4: long way, really since early in the season. Turnovers forced
Speaker 4: are way up, yards allowed way down. I think Brian
Speaker 4: Flora has done a tremendous job. Remember how much we
Speaker 4: beat up this group, you know, put all the blame
Speaker 4: on Ed Donotel last year said this was going to
Speaker 4: be there, Achilles, heel it was. They've taken virtually the
Speaker 4: same group, or even a lesser talent version of it,
Speaker 4: and made it very good. But as you said, right now,
Speaker 4: it's the Dobs story. He's been tremendous. They get Justin
Speaker 4: Jefferson back soon. I can't wait to see what this.
Speaker 5: Team can be. Can they pull an up set? Can
Speaker 5: they get in the playoffs? First of all?
Speaker 4: But can they pull an up set if they do
Speaker 4: get there? I mean, boy, everything seems in front of him.
Speaker 4: It's such a strange departure from last year when they
Speaker 4: were favorites at thirteen and four.
Speaker 5: Despite the strange point differential. I don't know. This is
Speaker 5: the funniest team in football.
Speaker 4: To me, I can't figure him out, but I do
Speaker 4: enjoy watching them the play lately.
Speaker 3: I am happy for Josh Tobbs truly. I just don't
Speaker 3: know how long this is sustainable. But who am I
Speaker 3: to say that he and they can't keep winning. They
Speaker 3: are undefeated without Justin Jefferson. Go ahead, I mean say
Speaker 3: that again out loud. They are undefeated without Justin Jefferson,
Speaker 3: and he's due back soon. They're the fifteenth team right now,
Speaker 3: in the brand new Week eleven Power Rankings coming up
Speaker 3: next Here on the show, the Broncos one on Monday Night.
Speaker 3: What does that mean for their ranking as they get
Speaker 3: ready for Josh Dobbs and the Vikings coming up on
Speaker 3: Sunday night. That's naxt, You're watching the NFL Power Ranking
Speaker 3: Show presented by Energizer. The countdown continues with the Indianapolis
Speaker 3: Colts up two to seventeen.
Speaker 2: The Chargers drop two.
Speaker 3: They do everything in two's win to in a row,
Speaker 3: lose to in a row, so on and so forth,
Speaker 3: followed by the Bucks, the Broncos, the Raiders are at
Speaker 3: twenty one, Jets, the Commanders, and the Atlanta Falcons. All right,
Speaker 3: let's talk about the Denver Broncos here, Eric, they are
Speaker 3: sitting at number twenty. Don't look now, they've won three
Speaker 3: in a row. They won in Buffalo. What if they
Speaker 3: beat the Vikings on Sunday Night football? They're a five
Speaker 3: and five team.
Speaker 4: I mean, not too long ago we looked at this
Speaker 4: game and kind of maybe rolled our eyes or grown.
Speaker 4: But now it's all of a sudden, a fascinating matchup.
Speaker 4: The Broncos have played great.
Speaker 5: The Vikings are incredibly hot.
Speaker 4: It's gonna, really, I think, come down to Josh Dobbs
Speaker 4: in that offense against.
Speaker 5: What Denver's defense has been able to do.
Speaker 4: I know they gave up a ton of rush yards
Speaker 4: last night, but you could see the improvement forget Miami,
Speaker 4: right really since that Kansas City game is when they've
Speaker 4: started kind of turning the corner. Thought Russ played a
Speaker 4: really nice game, but the defense forcing four turnovers really
Speaker 4: was the key, I think.
Speaker 5: And so you know, look, we killed Vance Joseph early
Speaker 5: in the year.
Speaker 4: We've got to give him credit for the improvements they've
Speaker 4: made on that side of the ball.
Speaker 3: I think defense they gave up seventy in September to
Speaker 3: the Miami Dolphins is the defense that seem to be
Speaker 3: the final straw with a Josh Allen offense to lead
Speaker 3: to an O seed change in Buffalo winning wild season. Here,
Speaker 3: as the Denver Broncos are sitting at number twenty, let's
Speaker 3: see the rest of the rankings if we could. Heading
Speaker 3: into week number eleven, the Titans are down three, the
Speaker 3: Packers are down three. They're a twenty five and twenty six.
Speaker 3: The Rams, the Bears, the Cardinals, the Patriots, the Giants
Speaker 3: of the Carolina Panthers. The Cardinals are fascinating, Eric. They
Speaker 3: now have two wins. They go to Houston this week.
Speaker 3: I could see them winning that one. Are they gonna
Speaker 3: mess up the hole we want to pick number one thing?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I think so.
Speaker 5: And at this point, look, I'm alright with it.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 5: You have to get the quarterback position right.
Speaker 4: And you have to use these final games, which I
Speaker 4: think they're gonna win some of them, as you pointed out,
Speaker 4: I don't know about Houston, but some of the other ones, Yes,
Speaker 4: But getting the answer on Kyler Murray is the most
Speaker 4: important part. Times he was spectacular Sunday. Third down could
Speaker 4: have been better. Still, some ross, some stuff to clean up,
Speaker 4: but I don't know. You could have asked for much
Speaker 4: more out of him in his first outing. Back showed
Speaker 4: the legs, showed.
Speaker 5: The arm won the game in the end.
Speaker 4: So to me, figuring that position out and knowing or
Speaker 4: not knowing that Kyler Murray is your guy going forward
Speaker 4: is more important than two or three draft slots or
Speaker 4: whatever it ends up being.
Speaker 5: So I'm fine with it.
Speaker 4: I hope they go all out. I hope we see
Speaker 4: the best of Kyler Murray down the stretch.
Speaker 5: It'd be fun. It'll change the arc of their season.
Speaker 3: Just think about it. In August, we thought, because remember
Speaker 3: they have the Texans pick, They're.
Speaker 2: Going to be picking one in next year.
Speaker 3: Now, they may win a couple of games, fall out
Speaker 3: of the top ten. Houston may win the AFC South.
Speaker 3: They may not be picking one and two. They might
Speaker 3: be picking like ten and seventeen, which nobody could have seen.
Speaker 3: That's Eric Hhall and Andrews Siciliano enjoy Week eleven. Every one,
Speaker 3: thanks for watching the NFL Power Ranking show.
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