NFL Power Rankings for Week 10: Where have all the upsets gone?
There was more chalk in the NFL in Week 9 than there was in a 1990s classroom.Only one team with a worse record than its opponent pulled off the upset: The Saints hung on to beat the Browns, 23-22, in overtime when Shedeur Sanders’ two-point conversion pass for the win the game fell incomplete.And the chalk has been happening for a while: Only four games out of 44 the past three weeks were won by a team that still trailed the losing team by more than a game in the leaguewide standings after the result.So, after both games billed as potential Super Bowl previews (Bills-Vikings and Packers-Patriots) fell flat, The Post’s NFL power rankings for Week 10 look a lot like they did last week:James Cook carried 31 times for 107 yards and a touchdown as the key to the plan to keep the blitz-happy Vikings defense at bay in a 23-6 road victory.Fourth-string tight end Keliki Latu caught Josh Allen’s only touchdown pass.
Terrel Bernard had one interception and dropped another thrown right into his hands.Tyler Bass improved to 19-for-19 on field goals.Brock Purdy threw for two touchdowns and ran for another touchdown in a 38-17 win against the Raiders.
The 49ers forced five second-half takeaways, including two fourth-quarter interceptions of Kirk Cousins, for the first time in 20 years (also against the Raiders).Christian McCaffrey set the record for most receiving touchdowns by a running back (37).The Broncos ran their winning streak in one-score games to 16 by beating the Panthers, 26-21, behind Bo Nix’s 237 passing yards and two touchdowns.
But the win wasn’t clinched until Nik Bonitto’s strip-sack and fumble recovery with 84 seconds remaining.Nix converted a third down with his legs to run out the clock.
Devon Key was granted an interception after a controversial review.Caleb Williams threw a career-high four interceptions but atoned for his mistakes with a 38-yard pass to Colston Loveland to set up Cairo Santos’ walk-off 38-yard field goal in a 27-24 win aga...