NFL Power Rankings Week 9: AFC, NFC Standings and Pre-MNF Predictions

November 2, 2015   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Nine weeks into the NFL season, and it's clearer than ever we have an established hierarchy atop the sport.
There are six teams—the Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots—who deserve to be considered legitimate Super Bowl contenders. There are an additional two—Atlanta and Minnesota—that have played well enough from a record perspective that they deserve mention, but are probably too flawed to make a deep run. And then there is the Seattle Seahawks, hanging somewhere in the ether as the world tries figuring them out.
As for everyone else, it's a mix of mediocrity and putridity. Heading into next week, there will be no more than 11 teams above .500. Thirteen teams have either three or four wins. Very few teams know whether they're true buyers or sellers before Tuesday's trade deadline simply because there are only a handful of squads truly out of playoff contention.
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