We just love it when Goliath battles Goliath. Seeing heavyweights throw blows is super fun, especially when it happens in prime time.
It doesn’t impact these power rankings much, but it helps establish a concrete pecking order beyond academic nonsense spewed in these galleries. We’re starting to see, in real life, who is better than whom.
The Saints went marching to the front (get it?!? get it!?!) after beating the Rams. Whether it’s longer than a week is up to them, but, let’s be honest here, this battle wasn’t settled near midseason. It’ll be decided in the NFC championship.
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There’s excellence aplenty in that conference, but those two are the cat’s meow. The Bay Area teams are the opposite end of that spectrum, though the Santa Clarans have risen like a Phoenix but haven’t flown too far. They are, however, fighting for Kyle Shanahan. It’s tough to say the same in the East Bay.
Let’s take a look at this week’s power rankings from best to Raiders...