Week 10 NFL Power Rankings: Pittsburgh Steelers feel fake
By Will Lomas
18. Denver Broncos (-1)
Maybe this is giving the Broncos too much credit for beating the Chargers and then…well I guess losing to the Falcons, but hear me out. There is something about the way that this team seems to have closed out ball games that makes me think that they are dangerous.
Last week they beat the Chargers on a comeback where they had no business of winning, and then this week they scored 21 points in the 4th quarter and almost did it again. Part of me wants to explain that as the Broncos playing so little together over the first month or more of the season, and once they get in a rhythm, they look like what they should have looked like coming into the season.
All I know is that I felt a similar way about the Minnesota Vikings and I have been right about them despite having them “too high” in the power rankings.
17. Chicago Bears (-4)
The Bears offense is hard to watch and there was a problem with their offensive linemen this week because of injuries and a COVID outbreak, but the big problem was with Nick Foles.
Teams continue to find ways to give up money and draft picks for Foles and I’m not sure why. Today he panicked often and should have had multiple intentional grounding penalties to go with his incompletions.
Ignore the box score which makes it look like the Bears were close, this game was a 17-0 blowout until the Titans let off the gas in the 4th quarter. Even after that, the Bears were only able to move the ball because of two 15-yard penalties that were soft at best and outright incorrect at worst.