NFL Power Rankings Week 9

By now there should be a semblance of reasonable consistency within the league. We can forgive a loss here or there if it’s honorable, but we should have a fix on who the best teams in the NFL are. And we don’t. Which is awesome because this stuff is supposed to surprise us a little bit.

If you’re not leaning hard on teams like Dallas, Atlanta, Denver and New England then you’re simply doing it wrong. All those teams have been incredibly reliable, and the 28 other teams after them have been the opposite. Let’s try to continue to make sense of it all, shall we?

1. New England Patriots (7-1 SU and ATS)

There’s no better way to celebrate a revenge win over your division rival than by trading away your best defensive player.