Weekly Preview (Week Ten 2021)

Matchups of the Week:

Saints (10-2) vs Football Team (9-3)

• NO 1-0 vs WAS All Time (Week 6 2020)
• NO 8th in PPG, WAS 9th in PPG
• Saints loss likely puts them out of division race and in jeopardy of losing ground in wildcard seeding
• WFT has all but locked up NFC East again, now fighting for seeding among division leaders
• NO remaining schedule: CAR, CHI, TB
• WAS remaining schedule: PHI, SEA, DAL

• DEN 1-0 vs HOU All Time (Week 2 2019)
• HOU 7th in PPG, DEN 21st in PPG
• Texans trying to hold lead in wildcard race, Broncos trying to catch Chargers within their division
• HOU remaining schedule: IND, BAL, TEN
• DEN remaining schedule: KC, MIA, LAC

• BAL 1-0 vs LAC All Time (Week 8 2020)
• BAL 6th in PPG, LAC 23rd in PPG
• Ravens looking to stay within a game of Houston, Chargers looking to stay one game ahead of Denver
• BAL remaining schedule: CIN, HOU, PIT
• LAC remaining schedule: LV, NYJ, DEN

Other Notes

Matchups with Significant Playoff Implications:

Jets (6-6) vs Bengals (5-7)

• both teams with huge week nine wins to keep playoff hopes alive
• losing team is likely eliminated as each team faces multiple 8 win teams over final three weeks
• NYJ remaining schedule: NE, LAC, MIA
• CIN remaining schedule: BAL, JAX, CLE

49ers (7-5) vs Panthers (4-8)

• Panthers need a win to stay in contention, a loss to SF will eliminate them
• 49ers with decent chance to win out after upset win over SEA last week
• SF remaining schedule: LAR, NYG, ARI
• CAR remaining schedule: NO, DET, ATL

SEA/ATL, GB/ARI -- Falcons (4-8) / Cardinals (4-8) eliminated with loss AND 49ers win

DET/DAL -- Lions (3-9) eliminated with loss OR 49ers win

Current Playoff Seeding:

AFC: (1) Titans, (2) Patriots, (3) Browns, (4) Chargers, (5) Texans, (6) Ravens, (7) Broncos

* Jets (1GB), Bills (1GB), Bengals (2GB), Steelers (3GB), Colts (3GB), Chiefs (3GB)
* Raiders, Jaguars, Dolphins eliminated from playoff contention

NFC: (1) Buccaneers, (2) Seahawks, (3) Packers, (4) WFT, (5) Saints, (6) Bears, (7) 49ers

* Giants (1GB), Cowboys (2GB), Eagles (2GB), Panthers (3GB), Falcons (3GB), Cardinals (3GB), Lions (4GB)
* Vikings, Rams eliminated from playoff contention

Power Rankings

Biggest Risers: 49ers (+4), Eagles (+2)
Biggest Fallers: Giants (-3), Cowboys (-3)

1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2 Seattle Seahawks

3 Tennessee Titans

4 Cleveland Browns

5 New England Patriots

6 Baltimore Ravens

7 Houston Texans

8 New Orleans Saints

9 Green Bay Packers

10 Washington Redskins

11 Cincinnati Bengals

12 Chicago Bears

13 Pittsburgh Steelers

14 San Francisco 49ers

15 Carolina Panthers

16 Buffalo Bills

17 New York Giants

18 Dallas Cowboys

19 Philadelphia Eagles

20 Denver Broncos

21 Los Angeles Chargers

22 Atlanta Falcons

23 New York Jets

24 Los Angeles Rams

25 Arizona Cardinals

26 Indianapolis Colts

27 Jacksonville Jaguars

28 Kansas City Chiefs

29 Minnesota Vikings

30 Detroit Lions

31 Las Vegas Raiders

32 Miami Dolphins