NFL Standings, Post 9 Week Edition:

1. Saints (2): Handing Rams their first loss wins the catbird seat. But despite owning the tiebreaker, New Orleans has a much harder path to access the best seed of the NFC.

2. Rams (1): After being roasted by Drew Brees, CB Marcus Peters was summarily roasted on social media. The return of Aqib Talib will be an important crossing point.

3. Patriots (3): Bill Belichick must ask if former protégé Matt Patricia will provide potential cheat codes to his rookie compatriot HC Mike Vrabel this week.

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4. Chiefs (4): Patrick Mahomes continues to make headlines, but the defense gently rushes into a decent unit even if it fits without Justin Houston, Eric Berry.

5. Chargers (5): Three next opponents 6-19 collectively. The AFC's best album will be there – it's not that home games "in the playoffs" would help them a lot.

6. Steelers (6): Would not they be better if The & # 39; Veon Bell simply chooses not to show up at all – as strange financial stratagem as it would ultimately be?

7. Panthers (8): After a year of lost rookie, Curtis Samuel, the second player of 2017, will gradually become the next weapon in this attack with three touchdowns of last three weeks.

8. Vikings (9): Balanced attack, return of a stifling defense – this is probably the type of team that Mike Zimmer has been considering from the beginning.

9. Eagles (10): Are weeks off better? A bug related to an injury was committed on the NFC East, which leads Washington. Meanwhile, Philly picked up Golden Tate. The champions are back.

10. Bengals (12): When you have a ½ game lead on the last wild card, New Orleans is not the ideal team, but especially with A.J. Vert injured.

11. Falcons (14): Halloween is over, but these zombies of the NFL? After winning three straight wins, they are back – they knocked on the door of the playoffs.

12. bear (15): They just played Sunday Night Football for the 11th week. Hopefully Khalil Mack's ankle will be healthy enough to allow him to play by then.

13. Texans (17): It's not fair to reduce a series of six consecutive wins against the NFL, but Miami (5-4) is just the victim with a winning record on the list.

14. Red skins (7): And we were worried that Adrian Peterson would break down. Instead, almost all of Washington's O line is suddenly out of town.

15. Packers (11): The tight but cigar-less results are slim, especially since we will now wonder what the defense would have been if Ha Ha Clinton-Dix had stayed.

16. Ravens (13): As the season flies incredibly, it may be time to give Lamar Jackson approval rather than continue the unbearable packages of Joe Flacco-Jackson.

17. Seahawks (16): Glad to see LB K.J. Wright back in action. Seattle will need him to stand out against Rams, Pack and Panthers.

18. Dolphins (20): Summary suggests that Frank Gore, never a pro, is not the Hall of Famer. Statistics say the opposite. He has just passed Barry Sanders with the sixth highest number of scrum yards.

19. Titans (21): Let's start wisely to allow this attack to cross half-fielder Dion Lewis, who scored 122 yards in Dallas in Monday night's surprise.

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20. Cowboys (18): Only one game, but the addition of WR Amari Cooper hardly masked the biggest problems of this offense – the Dak limits and the difficulties of line.

21. Jaguars (22): Leonard Fournette was back on the training ground on Monday, but his return potential is too small, too late? Maybe not after the look at the schedule.

22. Lions (19): Matthew Stafford is fired 10 times … The attack has a low season of 209 yards (only 66 yards rushing) … we are watching you, O-line.

23. Buccaneers (23): What remains to be said? The final score was respectable Sunday, but it was the most productive day of the offensive in 2018 despite Fitzmagic's return.

24. Browns (24): Bruce Arians wants this job. We want Bruce Arians back on the NFL sideline. We want Bruce Arians to team up with Baker Mayfield. This should happen.

25. jets (25): Shake it, Sam. Joe Namath has thrown at least 27 interceptions in three different seasons … not to suggest that you have this kind of leeway.

26. Broncos (27): Jeff Heuerman, on the verge of becoming the pickup of the day in fantasy leagues, is starving for decent options. We can be selling that too much.

27. Colts (26): Unless they go on vacation during the week off, players will not have to leave Indiana State during the month of November. It is now time to act.

28. Cardinals (29): They can use some inspiration. Maybe by signing Aurora, Colorado, the survivor of the shot, Zack Golditch, will provide it … while strengthening O-line.

29. 49ers (31): Poor Jimmy Garoppolo. He has a full year to ask himself if he just brought Majkowski from a relatively unknown Southern Miss child.

30. Giants (28): The team that should be looking for the next quarterback was to manage the "circulation contract" of rookie Kyle Lauletta, by Pat Shurmur, during his departure. Following.

31. Invoices (30): The team that thinks it has found its next quarterback can only hope that rookie Josh Allen's elbow will be strong enough to allow his return very soon.

32. Raiders (32): Welp. At least, it was fun to read Jon Gruden's lips on Thursday and watch Paul Guenther, coordinator for eye defense next door.

(Rank in parentheses from the previous week)

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