Thursday, October 31, 2024

NFL Week 9

Here are the top ten teams in ESPN's NFL power rankings:

1.  Kansas City:  7-0
2.  Detroit:  6-1
3.  Buffalo:  5-2
4.  Green Bay:  6-2
5.  Houston:  6-2
6.  Baltimore:  5-3
7.  Washington:  6-2
8.  Pittsburgh:  6-2
9.  Minnesota:  5-2
10.  Philadelphia:  5-2

The Game of the Week is at Lambeau Field, where the Green Bay Packers will host the Detroit Lions.  Of course, this game is the annual replay of the Packers/Lions game that is featured in Run to Daylight, the second-best book ever written about the NFL.  The Packers lead this series 106-76-7.  That is the only Top Ten game this week.

11 comments:

  1. I've come to more love than hate seven of the teams in the top ten: the Chiefs, Lions, Packers, Ravens, Commanders, Steelers and Vikings. And I actually might be starting to break fever on the Bills.

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  2. For almost 50 years, Giants Stadium has been a house of horrors for Washington. But today, Jayden Daniels leads Washington to a 27-22 victory in the swamps of Jersey, meaning that Washington has swept the Giants for only the second time since 2011.

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  3. Washington is 7-2 for the first time since 1996.

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  4. Next week, Washington has an enormous game at home against the Steelers.

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  5. Up in Green Bay, the Packers and Lions are playing in a driving rainstorm. The Pack leads 3-0 after one quarter.

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  6. Jared Goff throws a 3-yd touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the Lions lead 7-3 with 14:56 left in the second quarter.

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  7. With 32 seconds left in the first half, Jordan Love serves up a Pick Six to the Lions. Detroit leads 17-3 at the half.

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  8. With 48 seconds left in the third quarter, the Lions are cruising -- they lead 24-6, and they look like the best team in the NFC.

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  9. Detroit rolls to a surprisingly easy 24-14 win in Green Bay. The Lions are now 7-1.

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  10. Right now my preseason prediction of Lions over the Bills in the Super Bowl is looking pretty good.

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