What a week 9.
With some massive upsets (congratulations to the Steelers, Cardinals, Vikings, and *checks notes* Panthers), the top of the NFL power rankings saw plenty of movement this week. The playoffs are fast approaching as we get into the heart of November, and teams like the Ravens, Jaguars (I guess), and Steelers are making late-season pushes to guarantee a spot in the postseason dance.
With the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, and Tennessee Titans resting up this week, let’s get into the Week 10 NFL Power Rankings.
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The Falcoholic
The pursuit for the perfect player began weeks before the chaos, in an NFL rumor. Indianapolis reached out to New York nearly three weeks ahead of the deadline, testing the Jets’ resolve on Sauce Gardner.
At first, there was no appetite to move a 25-year-old two-time All-Pro on a long extension. Only after the Colts met the Micah Parsons-style price, two firsts and a quality starter, did the door open.
Indy canvassed other corners, circled back, and ultimately paid up to land Gardner, a move that reshaped the board for several teams seeking help at receiver and in the secondary....
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According to Adam Schefter, the Cowboys included a poison pill in the trade that sent DE Micah Parsons to the Cowboys that would block Green Bay from trading Parsons to the Eagles.
The condition in the trade says if the Packers trade Parsons to a team in the NFC East, Green Bay must send the Cowboys their 2028 first-round pick.
There is a mirroring poison pill for Cowboys DT Kenny Clark if Dallas trades him to a team in the NFC North.
Schefter says the Eagles made a push to trade for Parsons this past summer but were rebuffed by...
NFL Trade Rumors
The NFL returns to international soil in Week 10, this time planting its flag in Olympic Stadium of Berlin, Germany. International games are always interesting fare, mostly due to the havoc created by time zones. That means what’s a 9:30 a.m. EST game for the bulk of Buffalo Bills fans living in Western New York is a 3:30 p.m. game locally in Berlin.
For those of you on the West Coast of the contiguous United States, or much further “left” in Hawaii or elsewhere in the South Pacific, it’s likely still dark when kickoff between the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta...
Buffalo Rumblings
The NFL International Series resumes in Germany, where the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons are both looking to bounce back from Week 9 losses. Atlanta’s backs are against the wall at 3-5, while the Colts are still in great shape at 7-2. That’s a 6:30 am PT kickoff on NFL Network.
The top game of the 10 am PT slate is the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers down in Florida. If you want the Seattle Seahawks to be the No. 1 seed, you want a Tampa Bay loss to avoid getting into any head-to-head tiebreaker scenario, which Tampa...
Field Gulls
The Buffalo Bills stood pat at the trade deadline. While other teams were wheeling and dealing at the trade deadline to improve their roster, Buffalo didn’t make a move at all. From the outside, it seemed like Buffalo was content with their current roster construction.
However, that seemingly wasn’t the case. According to a report by Tom Pelissero, the Bills tried to trade for Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and New York Jets DT Quinnen Williams. However, both AFC East teams refused to trade with their division rivals.
“The Bills were the high bidder for Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle...
ClutchPoints
It may be a bye week in Dallas, but with a wide-open NFC East and two first-round picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Cowboys’ wishlist in Week 10 is still as long as any in the league.
They are the only NFC team with a bye week this Sunday, and their much-needed break comes at the heels of an aggressive trade deadline; certainly, the front office is hoping that push keeps them in the playoff race.
At 3-5-1, however, they’ll need help to achieve that lofty goal, even with Qunnien Williams and Logan Wilson deploying in to help a...
Inside The Star
According to Ian Rapoport, the Jets have no plans of firing HC Aaron Glenn after this season despite the slow start to his tenure in New York.
Rapoport adds Glenn and GM Darren Mougey were in complete lock-step during the trade deadline when the Jets blew up their roster, and both have a shared vision of how to turn the team around with five first-round picks in the next two years.
The Jets have just one win so far and traded away two of their best players, but Rapoport says Glenn will not be judged on the team’s record this...
NFL Trade Rumors
There is often an interesting dichotomy when it comes to former Cleveland Browns. Former Browns players almost always laud the city and the fans, with mixed feelings toward the actual organization. Former Cleveland coaches and executives seem to spend most of their time talking about the Browns in a negative fashion.
Who can blame people like Joe Banner, Cleveland’s former CEO, for having a bit of bitterness toward the team that once employed him? Since parting ways with the Browns, the former Philadelphia Eagles executive has not held another position in the NFL. Whether that was by choice, because of...
Dawgs By Nature
Let’s look at some of the statistics that might tell the tale on Sunday afternoon as the New York Giants face the Chicago Bears in NFL Week 10.
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After weeks and weeks of not believing in the direction of the Arizona Cardinals, fans have flipped the script after the Monday Night Football win over the Dallas Cowboys.
And boy, have they flipped it.
Coming into the Monday Night Football game, fans were only 14% confident in the direction of the franchise, coming out of it, fans are all on...
Revenge of the Birds
Brew a cup of coffee, down that Mountain Dew, or simply bask in the glow of the morning sun and prepare yourself for the earliest Falcons game of the year. It’s Falcons-Colts in Germany, and I hope to god it’s a good game.
Use this as your open thread, and go Falcons forever, no matter what.
The Falcoholic