They did it with one more week of no Michael Thomas. The 49ers are doing their best to play through their injuries and unfortunately they rushed Jimmy Garoppolo back before he was mentally and physically ready against the Dolphins. Several teams have had their seasons derailed by COVID-19, but few have been impacted more than the Patriots, who had their schedule moved around, lost several key players, lost significant practice time and lost their starting QB for some time. Here in the year 2020, I honestly couldn’t tell you. Last week: Win vs. Cincinnati 31–27Next week: Bye. Third! The 49ers’ last couple games have given us a perfect example of why you can’t overreact to each game. as some teams start separating themselves from the pack, others sink to the bottom and others swing wildly from good to bad and back again on a week-to-week basis. The Seahawks followed at No. So I’m slotting the Titans in fourth here, behind the Chiefs and the other two undefeated teams. A week ago I would not have had the Chiefs in the top spot, because it’s harder to do that after a loss. But they are not a tough out, by any means. Thankfully I haven’t seen him in person in eight months, and he will likely forget about this by the time I see him again in, hopefully, 2021. This will be a pesky rebuilding team all season. I think many of us expected to see New Orleans dominate the regular season or at the very least sleepwalk their way into the playoffs, but I think watching them have to scratch and claw in what feels like the end of the Brees era is a much more entertaining plot if that’s what they need to do as the season rolls on. Joe Flacco and Le'Veon Bell actually gave the Jets a little more life under Adam Gase. Mertz reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, one day after Wisconsin's season-opening win over Illinois. Their schedule is about to get more challenging, which should give us some fun games to watch. The Packers are No. Last week: Loss vs. Denver 18–12Next week: vs. San Francisco. The Lions went into the bye wondering how much longer Matt Patricia would be their coach coming out of it. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/af/96/ryan-fitzpatrick-102819-getty-ftrjpg_187qpb19q8ymz1nrtdum0lquyt.jpg?t=321338438&w=500&quality=80. The losses of Chris Harris Jr. and Austin Ekeler hurt a lot. Pittsburgh is starting to show few weaknesses as it redevelops into a complete contender. Last week: Loss at Indianapolis 31–27Next week: vs. Cleveland. Last week: Win at Dallas 38–10Next week: vs. Seattle. One of the strangest things about the NFL is that the relatively small sample size of a 16-game season still gives us plenty of time for variation. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, noted two-point conversion converter Deshaun Watson. On the surprise side, the Browns and Raiders asserted themselves as legitimate AFC playoff contenders with big wins, too. Since then, the team has been uncompetitive against good teams and then came up just short against a winless Giants team. They are doing it on the strength of their defense, which is a recipe not many teams are following here in 2020. The CDC said the findings were comparable to those reported in China. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) The Associated Press. The Patriots had a weird Week 4 and didn't have a Week 5. Last week: Win vs. Green Bay 38–10Next week: at Las Vegas. I’m still bullish on them in the NFC playoff race, and I don’t want to overreact to one division loss on the road. More of hot streaky Ryan Fitzpatrick showed up in San Francisco and their young defense is being coached well by Brian Flores. The Los Angeles Rams inched up a spot to No. Even with Cam Newton and the defense, it's still looking like a wild-card team at best. Couldn’t be me.” I foolishly thought Jags fans might be happy to see their team moving up after a feel-good opening weekend. It’s hard to judge the early part of the Chargers’ season. 5. Last week: Loss vs. Atlanta 40–23Next week: Bye. Also, what's wrong with Matt Ryan, besides no Julio Jones? And of all the one-loss teams, their defeat is the easiest to excuse away. But getting the loss out of the way takes away some pressure and also leads to a laser-refocused team for when eventually everything counts a lot more in the playoffs. The NFL’s first snow game of 2020 is underway between the Chiefs and Broncos in Denver, where the game time temperature is 14 degrees. Last week: Win at Jacksonville 34–16Next week: at Atlanta. The Panthers, since those early losses to the Raiders and Bucs and losing Christian McCaffrey, have been an absolute offensive groove with Mike Davis playing supersub to support Teddy Bridgewater, Robby Anderson and D.J. Still, Denver somewhat quietly has a decent resume, with close losses to Tennessee and Pittsburgh aging well and now a couple wins. The Bolts have pushed some of the league’s best teams to the brink, but found a way to lose several close games in Chargers fashion. The Saints really needed to march away with that victory against the Chargers to keep pace in suddenly a tight three-team NFC South race with the Buccaneers and Panthers. Getting Drew Lock back in the lineup is a huge boost, but his stat line (10-for-24 for 189 yards and two interceptions) is not what they wanted to see. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/a8/17/darren-waller-derek-carr-092120-getty-ftr_gl6g5d4ibpv31f7t5mtsos34b.jpg?t=-1275488740&w=500&quality=80. (Side note: It’s a little funny to think about how many people out there don’t realize The MMQB is rotating power rankings authors this year and will just look at websites that aggregate their favorite team’s rankings across the internet and see that Sports Illustrated has dropped the Bucs from No. Indy won in a very un-2020-Colts-like fashion Sunday, with the previously vaunted defense giving up a quick 24 points and Philip Rivers leading them back. The Colts still have a quarterback liability with Philip Rivers and their running game hasn't been as productive as expected with Jonathan Taylor. The Giants did fight well with Daniel Jones, Joe Judge and Jason Garrett in Dallas, but even the Cowboys losing Prescott didn't give the defense enough of a break at the end. The Ravens have had no trouble ripping into the Browns, Texans, Washington and Bengals.

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