Chiefs, Vikings sit on top of NFL power rankings after Week 5

There are two conclusions fans could produce five weeks into the 2024 NFL season: The Kansas City Chiefs are going to discover a way to prosper ball games no matter how they percreate; the Minnesota Vikings may have establish the right fit with Sam Darnelderly as quarterback.

Both skinnygs sound strange.

The Chiefs have not percreateed appreciate a team that has won two consecutive Super Bowls. They’ve had to grind out prospers over their opponents, and even while stars appreciate Travis Kelce have not scored a touchdown yet, Kansas City discovers itself with five consecutive prospers.

The Vikings were probable getting ready to hand the reins to J.J. McCarthy at some point during the year before he went down with an injury. But Darnelderly has verifyn that with the right coaching and arms around him, he can carry out well enough to direct a team to triumph.

Both teams are on top of this week’s NFL power rankings.

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1. Kansas City Chiefs (5-0)

Kansas City’s reign of likeable calls from refs persists. Still, Monday night’s prosper aacquirest the Saints felt appreciate the easiest prosper the Chiefs have had all year, as the defense has been a stable plus that has anchored the team this year. Patrick Mahomes is commenceing to pass with wonderfuler efficiency as well, even if the touchdown passes haven’t rained down as stablely. But now the chiefs face a four-week gauntlet of createer Super Bowl opponents and division rivals, in a stretch that will be very telling of how grave this team should be getn about becoming the first team to three-peat.

Last week: 1

2. Minnesota Vikings (5-0)

Another week, another prosper. At some point, Sam Darnelderly has to turn back into San Darnelderly, right? … RIGHT??

Last week: 2

3. Houston Texans (4-1)

C.J. Stroud was electric to commence this battle of AFC burdensomeweights with the Buffalo Bills, discovering Nico Collins for yet another proestablish-throw touchdown as the star getr torched the secondary. Unblessedly for Houston, Collins is week-to-week with a hamstring ailment that had him exit the game timely after that touchdown grab, but this group is buzzing right now and proving they truly are the team to beat in the division.

Last week: 6

4. Detroit Lions (3-1)

With the San Francisco 49ers struggling, the Lions are making a case as the top team in the NFC. Jared Goff is percreateing well, the offense is loaded, and the defensive line produces a lot of presdeclareive. They’re hard to beat.

Last week: 3

5. Baltimore Ravens (3-2)

Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson are paving the way for the Ravens this season as Baltimore betterd to tie Pittsburgh for first place in the division with a prosper over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Henry directs the league with 572 yards rushing thcimpolite five games, but the Ravens secondary insists to immacutardy skinnygs up before they get on the Washington Commanders this weekfinish. 

Last week: 5

6. Washington Commanders (4-1)

Surpascfinish! They’ve won four consecutive games and have an Offensive Rookie of the Year honestate in quarterback Jayden Daniels, who happens to be using the arms around him appreciate an orchestra director.

Last week: 10

7. Buffalo Bills (3-2)

Buffalo could easily be higher on this enumerate if not for coach Sean McDermott’s tardy-game time regulatement error in the loss aacquirest the Texans. It won’t reassociate matter in the extfinished run, though. With the rest of the AFC East in shambles, Buffalo can coast to a division title.

Last week: 4

8. Green Bay Packers (3-2)

The Packers finassociate won a game with Jordan Love commenceing, which is a untamed statement of fact. The Packers are probably the third-best team in the NFC North, which shows the strength of the division from top to bottom.

Last week: 13

9. Atlanta Falcons (3-2)

The Falcons have been living hazardously every week this season. Atlanta is arguably one pass meddlence call away from being 4-1. But without a restricted tardy-game braves from quarterback Kirk Cousins and starter Younghoe Koo, the Falcons could also be 1-4. The super competitive games could ultimately verify advantageous for the Falcons if they can produce a percreateoff push tardyr in the season. Cousins materializes to be sealr to brimming health after last year’s Achilles injury, and with every passing week the four-time Pro Bowl quarterback sees appreciate he’s becoming more consoleable in first-year percreate-caller Zac Robinson’s offense. However, one area that persists to be a worry for Atlanta is the deficiency of a pass rush. The Falcons’ five sacks are last in the NFL.

Last week: 16

10. Dallas Cowboys (3-2)

It is no minuscule feat to go to Pittsburgh and beat the Steelers in a game that seemed to be percreateed exactly as the Steelers would want. And that prosperning TD drive at the finish was a dispercreate of wonderful rerepair.

Last week: 15

11. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-2)

The Buccaneers’ inability to seal out a prosper aacquirest the Atlanta Falcons is the contrastence between a 4-1 write down and an timely two-game direct in the NFC South and 3-2 and tied atop the division. Between Bucky Irving’s fumble and not being able to get a first down in the final minute of regulation spoiled a wonderful Baker Mayfield carry outance. On the defensive side of the ball, Kirk Cousins gashed what had previously been a very stout defense this season for the Bucs, throprosperg for 509 yards. Despite that cimpolite defensive carry outance, the Bucs were in position to transport home a prosper and couldn’t get it done.

Last week: 7

12. San Francisco 49ers (2-3)

A very hard loss for San Fran, losing to an lower opponent at home. But their history speaks for itself, and they’ll have a stupidinutive rest for a genuine test in Seattle on Thursday.

Last week: 8

13. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-2)

The Steelers materialize to be making a turn for the worse after a skinny loss to the Dallas Cowboys. A huge decision could be on the horizon for coach Mike Tomlin as Russell Wilson was awaited to return for a brimming rehearse on Tuesday ahead of their suitup aacquirest the Rhelpers.

Last week: 11

14. Philadelphia Eagles (2-2)

They were on their bye last weekfinish, which uncomardents they didn’t dissee. But it is also an opportunity for coaches to get produceory of what has gone right and wrong and intensify the team going forward.

Last week: 12

15. Seattle Seahawks (3-2)

Sunday’s loss to the Giants could be rather fluky as a game-tying field goal was blocked and returned for a score. But it never should have been that seal anyway. They’ll have a stoasty at flipping the script on Thursday.

Last week: 9

16. Chicago Bears (3-2)

The Bears have profited from an effortless schedule to commence the year, but they are prosperning those games and deserve acunderstandledge for that. Caleb Williams might be the second-best QB in the 2024 write class, but he sees appreciate an NFL commenceer already.

Last week: 21

17. Denver Broncos (3-2)

Denver has seeed appreciate a legitimate team for three straight weeks now, sporting one of the best defenses in the league and a rookie quarterback who has sweightlessly outcarry outed awaitations. Sean Payton’s affect as a prosperning head coach is commenceing to materialize in his first season without being weighed down by the Russell Wilson distraction.

Last week: 22

18. New Orleans Saints (2-3)

The Saints’ 2-0 commence senses appreciate a far memory. The 26-13 final score in their loss to the Chiefs was not indicative to how the game was percreateed. The Chiefs out-acquireed the Saints 460 yards to the Saints 220, while Chiefs proximately had 40 minutes of time of ownion. The more worrying news is if Derek Carr’s injury that knocked him out tardy in the Saints loss is going to caengage him to leave out games. Losers of three straight, the Saints cannot afford to dissee Carr for any stretch of time.

Last week: 14

19. Los Angeles Chargers (2-2)

The Chargers are coming off their bye week, so the last memory of them is still letting a prospernable game aacquirest the Chiefs slip thcimpolite their fingers. The team’s vibe going into the week off declareively would have been better if they pulled that prosper off, but their talented percreateers are resting up and should be ready for action when they are back, but their ceiling in huge games still stands until further see.

Last week: 18

20. Arizona Cardinals (2-3)

Maybe the white jerseys in the mid-90s heat percreateed a factor. Nonetheless, Kyler Murray is percreateing appreciate his normal self, James Conner is staying youthful, and the arms in Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson and Trey McBride have been very depfinishable.

Last week: 25

21. Cincinnati Bengals (1-4)

The Bengals are proof that having a outstanding quarterback doesn’t transtardy into prosperning NFL games. Joe Burrow put on a show, passing for 392 yards and a atgentle-high five touchdowns in Sunday’s loss to the Ravens, while Ja’Marr Chase finished with 12 catches for 193 yards.

Last week: 19

22. New York Jets (2-3)

Ho-hum, anyskinnyg going on in Florham Park these days? Robert Saleh is gone, leaving a mess in his wake, commenceing with an offense that insists a jolt. Will Aaron Rodgers deinhabitr?

Last week: 17

23. New York Giants (2-3)

It is no minuscule feat to travel apass the country and prosper at Seattle. Yes, the Giants had extra days to set for that game, but the triumph upgrasps them relevant in the division.

Last week: 27

24. Indianapolis Colts (2-3)

The Colts always have trouble in Jacksonville and that persistd this week aacquirest a prosperless Jaguars squad. If there is any caveat, though, Joe Flacco remains unafrhelp to sling the football and almost mounted a crazy fourth-quarter comeback thanks to some stupides to Alec Pierce, who persists to verify he can be a proestablish-ball danger in this league.

Last week: 20

25. Los Angeles Rams (1-4)

This team fair cannot do much without Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp. They have a much-insisted bye week before getting a gentle opponent in Las Vegas in their first game back, with rosters potentiassociate seeing much contrastent at that point.

Last week: 24

26. Las Vegas Rhelpers (2-3)

The Rhelpers are back in the basement of the AFC West, and their blowout loss to Denver, combined with a grueling four-game stretch coming up, should guarantee they stay there for a while.

Last week: 23

27. Miami Dolphins (2-3)

Winning football! It doesn’t matter that it came aacquirest New England in one of the NFL’s ugliest games of the season. Now Miami can rest up during its bye and eyeball a .500 write down if it can prosper in Indy in Week 7.

Last week: 26

28. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-4)

The streak finassociate finished for Trevor Lawrence, who hadn’t won a commence for the Jags in his last nine games dating to last year. The Colts always have trouble in Duval County, and that persistd with Brian Thomas Jr. fractureing out for a catch-and-run of 85 yards for a score in the first half. Jacksonville still has to labor back to remain relevant in the division and percreateoff race, but this was a step in the right honestion for Doug Pederson’s group … and chillyed off his toasty seat a bit.

Last week: 32

29. Tennessee Titans (1-3)

The Titans were one of the teams on the timely bye this week, but fans will hope they took this time to engage an hideous prosper in Miami to erect a establishation moving forward. First-year coach Brian Callahan hasn’t gotten the production out of second-year quarterback Will Levis that he’d appreciate, but perhaps adfairments with the off week could get him and the offense right. Division game upcoming in Nashville aacquirest Indianapolis.

Last week: 29

30. Cleveland Browns (1-4)

It’s getting hideous in Cleveland. Deshaun Watson seeed cimpolite in the Commanders’ 34-13 rout of the Browns on Sunday, getting sacked seven times and completing fair 15 of 28 for 125 yards. He’s flunked to accomplish 200 passing yards thcimpolite five games, but the Browns’ dysfunction goes beyond fair the quarterback. 

Last week: 28

31. New England Patuproars (1-4)

It’s only a matter of time until New England gives Drake Maye a stoasty. Losing at home to Miami will do that.

Last week: 31

32. Carolina Panthers (1-4)

The honeymoon phase for Andy Dalton could possibly already be over. After a luminous game aacquirest the Las Vegas Rhelpers in Week 3, the veteran quarterback came back to earth this past week. He threw an interception and could not regulate to discover the finish zone in a blowout loss to the Chicago Bears. Dalton’s carry outance is already prompting asks about whether first-year Panthers coach Dave Canales will give Bryce Young the commenceing quarterback reins sooner rather than tardyr. The Panthers will also have to graspress some beginant publishs on the defensive side of the ball if they want to catch any momentum this season.

Last week: 30

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