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Tom Brady’s Power Rankings: Who made the GOAT’s Top 5 teams entering Week 10? | FOX Sports
1. Kansas City Chiefs (8-0) (Last week: 1)
Week 9 result: Defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-24 (OT)
Brady’s thoughts: ”If you’re undefeated, you better believe you’re going to stay at the top of my power rankings. At No. 1, the Kansas City Chiefs. They continue to find ways to win close games. They’ve got that championship DNA. Patrick Mahomes had three touchdowns, didn’t turn the ball over, and they had a new addition. DeAndre Hopkins is already looking like a great fit in this offense. He had two touchdowns.
“Looking all the way back to last year, that’s 14 straight wins for the Chiefs. Sean Payton, you’ve got a challenge against them this Sunday when it’s Broncos-Chiefs. Let’s see if the Chiefs can stay undefeated.
DeAndre Hopkins to Chiefs is ultimate steal of NFL trade season | USA Today
The Chiefs got Hopkins for a fifth-round pick? Even with the conditional pick having the potential to improve to a fourth-round choice, it looked like some sort of robbery as Hopkins torched the Bucs for eight catches and 86 yards, with two TDs and a sweet 35-yard haul between two defenders. Kansas City was desperate to find a quality target for Mahomes after his receiving corps was decimated by injuries to Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, Rashee Rice, Skyy Moore and JuJu Smith-Schuster. And, well, they did better than quality.
Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs (-8)
The Broncos lost on the road last week, while the Chiefs are playing on a short week. Kansas City seemed to find its offense a bit against Tampa Bay, while the Broncos defense was shredded by Lamar Jackson last week. This is a tough ask for Denver on the road again. Look for the Chiefs to stay undefeated as their defense gets the best of Bo Nix.
Pick: Chiefs 29, Broncos 17
Why Brooke picked the Chiefs: You hear that? That’s the rest of the league groaning at the sight of the Chiefs finding their offensive groove. Kansas City’s defense deserves major kudos for the team’s strong start, keeping the Chiefs in close games before often watching Patrick Mahomes impose his dominance in the fourth quarter to lift K.C. to victory. But now, with the addition of DeAndre Hopkins, the Chiefs truly look like a team that’s built for a run at the three-peat, especially with the way that offense looked Monday night while scoring a season-high 30 points. Hopkins has changed the entire mojo of that unit and majorly influenced the production of...
