NFL Power Rankings after Week 6: Chiefs, Vikes rest week, Lions roar, Ravens win Game of Week
The only undefeated teams in the league sat back and watched the rest of the league battle it out in a Week 6 that gave us a bit more clarity on the good (Baltimore), the bad (Jacksonville) and the ugly (Dallas). The reigning MVP took on the future Rookie of the Year as the Ravens rattled off their fourth straight win. Meanwhile, Jayden Daniels and the Commanders showed they can hang with the best teams in the league. The Lions mauled the Cowboys to send Dallas spiraling into a deep depression heading into their BYE. Houston and Atlanta finally had the sort of win we expected from them, albeit against two of the worst teams in the league, and the Bills snapped their losing skid while adding on to the misery in the Meadowlands.
This team has been perfect in their last two games. Offensively they have scored 89 points, Goff has thrown for five TDs and just seven incompletions with no INTs. The defense ran wild against the Cowboys and only let up against the Seahawks in Week 4 when the game was done and dusted. Losing Aidan Hutchinson is devastating but if there is any team and any coach that can rally after losing their best defensive player, it’s the Lions, especially if the offense continues to play perfect football.
The Ravens may not be the team with the best record in the league, but they sure are the most feared team in the NFL right now. No one wants to play this team with Lamar Jackson rolling like he is and Derrick Henry running the way he has been. All due respect to those in KC, but the Chiefs aren’t playing better than Baltimore. The Vikings aren’t playing better than the Ravens. I usually have a rule that teams on BYEs don’t drop in the Power Rankings, but come on. There is no way Minnesota is better than Baltimore or Detroit.
We have been waiting for it all season, and in Week 6 the Texans finally blew out a team and flexed their muscles to the rest of the league. In their first game without the NFL’s leading WR Nico Collins, Houston came out and dropped 41 points. Getting Joe Mixon back helped bring a balance to the offense that they had been missing for the last few weeks and we finally got to see what this offense can look like when firing on all facets. It may have come against the Patriots, but I think this will open the floodgates for the Texans.
