Surprises seem to be the theme of the 2025 NFL season, with one of the league’s top 10 teams seemingly going down every Sunday. That proved to be the case once again in Week 11, with the Miami Dolphins stunning the Buffalo Bills and it nearly happened twice but the Indianapolis Colts won in overtime.
As the NFL games today draw to a close, let’s dive into the NFL Week 11 Power rankings with evaluations on all 32 teams. We’ll have updates on the teams that played on Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football following each game.
1. Seattle Seahawks (5)
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The Seattle Seahawks have arguably the best defense in the NFL and the best offense in the NFL. What other club would belong atop the NFL power rankings after Week 10? Seattle completely dominated Arizona on Sunday afternoon, turning it into a first-half blowout before starting to take its foot off the brake. Now at 7-2 on the season, we’re going to get a fantastic battle for the NFC West next Sunday in Los Angeles.
2. New England Patriots (4)
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It took overtime to beat Atlanta, but this has been a season of chaos and the Indianapolis Colts absolutely have a resume worthy of a top spot in the NFL power rankings. Jonathan Taylor practically single-handedly carried the team to victory with over 200 yards and three touchdowns. The regression has arrived a bit for Daniel Jones, but he’s at least still making some nice throws and getting the football out to his playmakers. There’ll be a lot more pressure on his shoulders in the next two games versus Kansas City and Houston.
3. Los Angeles Rams (8)
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The Los Angeles Rams would be 8-1 right now if not for their weird implosion in the TNF loss to San Francisco back on Oct. 2. Since then, they’ve dominated nearly every opponent put in front of them, with Matthew Stafford delivering MVP-caliber play and this Rams defense playing even better than it did during its best stretches last season. We still tend to believe that Seattle is much better defensively and is well-equipped to match up against the Rams, but Los Angeles could easily prove that wrong next week and take the top spot in the NFL power rankings.
4. Indianapolis Colts (3)
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It took overtime to beat Atlanta, but this has been a season of chaos and the Indianapolis Colts absolutely have a résumé worthy of a top spot in the NFL power rankings. Jonathan Taylor practically single-handedly carried the team to victory with over 200 yards and three touchdowns. The regression has arrived a bit for Daniel Jones, but he’s at least still making some nice throws and getting the football out to his playmakers. There will be a lot more pressure on his shoulders in the next two games versus Kansas City and Houston.
5. Philadelphia Eagles (7)
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After losing to the Broncos and Giants in October, we wanted to see the Philadelphia Eagles work their way back up the NFL power rankings by returning to what made this team great in 2024. While it’s evident now the team isn’t returning to those heights, Philadelphia’s last two wins before the bye week showed different glimpses of what this offense can be. Now, drawing a Monday Night Football matchup versus a Packers defense that is weak at cornerback and thin on the interior, this Monday Night Football matchup can be the moment where this Eagles offense explodes both through the air and on the ground.
6. Detroit Lions (10)
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There was never any doubt that Dan Campbell’s Detroit Lions would respond to that tough home loss a week ago by beating the proverbial dead horse that is the Commanders. Detroit took full advantage of a non-existent Commanders pass rush and did whatever it wanted in the trenches, total domination on both sides of the ball. Great teams should beat up on inferior opponents, and that’s precisely what we saw from the Lions on Sunday. After this get-right game, Detroit now gets a shot on Sunday Night Football in Philadelphia to prove it is one of the five best teams in the NFL.
7. Buffalo Bills (1)
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From a monumental win over the Chiefs to falling flat on their face in Miami: the 2025 Buffalo Bills, ladies and gentlemen. Buffalo returned to fielding the league’s worst run defense, surrendering 197 yards and 2 touchdowns to Miami. Fittingly, no one in the Bills receiving corps could really get separation, and the typically stout offensive line allowed 7 QB hits and 3 sacks. It’s a loss the 6-3 Bills couldn’t afford heading into a stretch of matchups against the Buccaneers, Texans, Steelers, Bengals, and Patriots. At this point, a wild-card berth might be Buffalo’s path to the playoffs.
8. Kansas City Chiefs (9)
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The Kansas City Chiefs are a fascinating team at this point in the season. On the one hand, they’ve lost four times already this year, including a defeat at the hands of the Jaguars along with several clubs with winning records. However, they also beat Detroit with relative ease, and this offense has looked a lot different since Rashee Rice returned. The litmus test comes in the next two weeks, with Kansas City’s offense tested on the road in Baltimore, and then the Chiefs’ defense will be put to the test by the Colts in Week 12.
9. Denver Broncos (6)
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It’s extraordinarily difficult to have any faith that the Denver Broncos are one of the best NFL teams right now. Defensively, this unit belongs on the field with Super Bowl contenders. Once the football is in Bo Nix’s hands, outside of a few miraculous fourth-quarter performances, confidence in this team evaporates. Nix isn’t improving in his second year; he’s regressing. There are no positive signs from him that he’s turning the corner, even in November. Since Sean Payton won’t fully commit to making this a run-first team, there’s added weight on Nix’s shoulders, and that’s a recipe for disaster.
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2)
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fought back from a 21-10 deficit early in the third quarter, pulling it to within five and giving Baker Mayfield a chance to complete the comeback. Missing Bucky Irving, Mike Evans, and Chris Godwin, the Buccaneers’ offense simply couldn’t take advantage, and then TreVeyon Henderson sank the dagger into Tampa Bay’s hearts with his second 50-plus-yard touchdown run. The Buccaneers are now 3-3 since the last week of September and heading toward a two-game road slate against two of the best NFL teams right now (Bills and Rams). With reinforcements not coming anytime soon, there’s a chance Tampa Bay goes from 5-1 to 6-5 entering the final week of November.
11. Green Bay Packers (12)
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Tucker Kraft’s season-ending injury takes the stabilizing force out of the Green Bay Packers offense. The run game is inconsistent and the passing attack, outside of Kraft, is dependent on big plays downfield. With Kraft out of the equation and a defense that is both weak on the interior and at cornerback, it certainly feels like the Packers will get exposed versus the Eagles on Monday Night Football and the downward spiral may continue on from there.
12. Los Angeles Chargers (11)
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A Los Angeles Chargers offensive line without Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater makes this offense non-functional. It was evident in the three games where Alt was sidelined (high-ankle sprain) earlier this season and we fear that we’ll see the same thing on Sunday Night Football versus Pittsburgh. If anyone can find a way to salvage this offense, it would be Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert. For now, though, we don’t have confidence in Los Angeles salvaging this season given the injuries.
13. Pittsburgh Steelers (14)
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Can the Pittsburgh Steelers stave off the Ravens? That’s the big question moving into the second half of the season, and this defense will likely dictate the answer. A Sunday Night Football matchup against the Chargers’ backup offensive line certainly works in Pittsburgh’s favor, and Aaron Rodgers can make a few good moves in a chess match versus Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. If Pittsburgh loses this game and drops to 5-4, though, it’ll be time to view Baltimore as the team to beat in the AFC North.
14. Chicago Bears (15)
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Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears keep finding ways to win. That’s certainly not something we could’ve said about this club during the Matt Eberflus era. There’s plenty of room for criticism of this Bears defense and the fact that Chicago needed New York to play conservatively and then lose Jaxson Dart to injury for the win to come together, but that 6-3 matters. The Bears offense keeps demonstrating the ability to rally in key moments and that will be needed in Week 11 on the road versus the Vikings.
15. Baltimore Ravens (18)
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The Baltimore Ravens won a game because of their defense. That’s not something anyone expected a month ago when Baltimore statistically had the worst defense in football with a 1-5 record entering its bye. Since then, the Ravens are riding a three-game winning streak with a defense that has allowed just 13.6 points per game in that span. With two upcoming matchups against the Browns and Jets, it’s hard to see any reason why this version of Baltimore won’t be 6-5 when it faces the Bengals on Thanksgiving.
16. Houston Texans (19)
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A massive win for the Houston Texans without C.J. Stroud. Trailing by 19 points entering the fourth quarter, Houston stared a 3-6 record in the face with its playoff hopes dwindling by the second. A methodical 13-play touchdown drive brought life, and then the defense got a big stop. Once more, Davis Mills delivered a touchdown drive to make it a five-point game. The Texans’ defense delivered another three-and-out, and that set up the go-ahead touchdown drive, covering 93 yards on 14 plays in just under six minutes. The difference between 3-6 and 4-5 is massive, especially ahead of next week’s very winnable game in Tennessee with Stroud likely returning from a concussion.
17. San Francisco 49ers (13)
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With the Rams not giving the game away this time around, the San Francisco 49ers stood no real chance on Sunday. Injuries have once again taken a heavy toll on this 49ers roster, playing a significant role in the team going from 4-1 after facing Los Angeles the first time this season to now 6-4 after the Rams got their revenge. We’re not ruling out Arizona beating the 49ers next week, though; getting Brock Purdy back would help. The real problem, of course, is what’s left of San Francisco’s defense after so many season-ending injuries.
18. Carolina Panthers (16)
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This is what happens when an opponent forces the Carolina Panthers to beat them with Bryce Young. New Orleans threw everything it had at stopping Rico Dowdle on Sunday, seeing what Young could do. The former first overall pick finished with 102 net passing yards on 25 attempts, taking two sacks and turning it over twice in a 10-point home loss. Carolina is a better team than it was last season, but it can’t take that real step forward until it finds a viable starting quarterback who can carry a lot more weight in the offense.
19. Minnesota Vikings (17)
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The Minnesota Vikings offense opened the game with a seven-play, 86-yard touchdown drive. They generated 370 total yards and 12 points on their next 12 drives. There really seems to be an issue with this unit when it comes to maintaining efficiency the further removed they get from the scripted opening series. Given Chicago’s tendency for fourth-quarter comebacks this season, we wouldn’t be surprised if Minnesota takes an early double-digit lead at home next Sunday and the Bears rally for a win.\
20. Atlanta Falcons (22)
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There was no moral victory in the Week 11 defeat overseas, but the Atlanta Falcons did take one of the best NFL teams to overtime. Atlanta’s run game and Drake London are as good as ever, and it’s nice to see Zac Robinson get Bijan Robinson a little more involved. Unfortunately, the defense has started to regress considerably in recent weeks, and that, paired with pedestrian quarterback play, creates a 3-6 record.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars are the same as they’ve always been. Wins certainly aren’t entirely a quarterback stat, but the fact that Trevor Lawrence is now 1-3 when facing a Davis Mills-led team is a damaging indictment on one of the league’s highest-paid quarterbacks. Of course, it doesn’t help either that the once-explosive and effective Jaguars rushing attack has stalled. It’s hard to believe this team was 4-1 a month ago and coming off a win over the Chiefs. Five weeks later, Jacksonville has a 1-3 record in its last four games, and it would be without a win if Las Vegas didn’t gamble on the game-winning two-point conversion attempt in OT.
22. Arizona Cardinals (21)
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At least the Arizona Cardinals were put out of their misery early on Sunday. The ugly loss in Seattle doesn’t change the fact that Jacoby Brissett is the right option to be the Cardinals’ starting quarterback in the weeks to come. Against a worse defense, like San Francisco’s in Week 11, we think this Cardinals offense will look a lot better and give the team a shot at a win.
23. Dallas Cowboys (23)
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Jerry Jones made the big splash at the NFL trade deadline, but acquiring Quinnen Williams likely won’t be quite enough to salvage this defense in 2025 and pull out of a 3-5-1 record. That’s what makes the gamble next season fascinating. Williams will pair up with a healthy DeMarvion Overshown with edge rusher Donovan Ezeiruaku poised for improvement in his second season. We don’t view Dallas as a playoff contender moving forward this season, but this team just became a lot more intriguing for 2026.
24. Miami Dolphins (28)
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Credit where it’s due, the Miami Dolphins looked like the better team at home on Sunday versus Buffalo. The standout, of course, is running back De’Von Achane (225 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns), who delivered the explosive runs that really seemed to bury the Bills in key moments. Miami is still four games below .500, but it does have two blowout wins over the Falcons and Bills in the last three weeks.
25. Cincinnati Bengals (25)
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The frustration from the likes of Ja’Marr Chase and Chase Brown with this Cincinnati Bengals defense is justified. For two years, one of the NFL’s highest-scoring offenses has had a losing record because the defense gives out points like they are candy at Halloween. It’s the end result of both bad drafting and, quite frankly, the insistence from Joe Burrow on paying Chase, Tee Higgins and Mike Gesicki. Cincinnati doesn’t draft or develop talent well enough on the defensive side to spend so much money on offensive skill players. Given ownership and the front office aren’t changing, it’s hard to see where improvement comes from even next year.
26. New Orleans Saints (29)
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You’ve got to hand it to first-year head coach Kellen Moore, who has helped both his quarterbacks (Spencer Rattler and Tyler Shough) look fairly good this season as starters. The New Orleans Saints also have to feel great about the decision to keep Chris Olave past the NFL trade deadline, and he should be in line for a contract extension this offseason.
27. Las Vegas Raiders (26)
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Losing on Thursday Night Football to Denver certainly isn’t surprising for the Las Vegas Raiders. What is underwhelming, though, is the continued ineffectiveness of Ashton Jeanty behind this offensive line and play-caller Chip Kelly generating just two touches for All-Pro tight end Brock Bowers. For comparison, Bowers had three fewer touches than Tyler Lockett. Now at 2-7, Las Vegas has to get ready to host a Cowboys offense that will be far better equipped to exploit this defense. Although, Bowers and Jeanty should do well versus the Cowboys defense on Monday Night Football.
28. New York Giants (27)
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If ownership needs a further push to move on from Brian Daboll, look no further than what happened in the New York Giants game on Sunday. On 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line with a touchdown lead, Brian Daboll opted for a 19-yard field goal and then declined a Too Many Men on the Field penalty that would’ve made it 4th-and-goal from the half-yard line. Inexcusable for a two-win team.
29. Washington Commanders (24)
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The next few weeks without Jayden Daniels should be an evaluation period of Dan Quinn for the Washington Commanders front office. Quinn’s defense has been abysmal this season, and while injuries play a part in that, he also holds some responsibility for the injury Daniels suffered a week ago. If the Commanders perform in the next few games like they did against Detroit, perhaps Quinn shouldn’t be the head coach long-term.
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Dillon Gabriel simply isn’t a starting-caliber quarterback. Even if you take out the 6 sacks, which put him at 167 net passing yards, he finished Sunday’s game averaging 5.2 yards per attempt. He’s now eclipsed 5.5 ypa just once since taking over. If Shedeur Sanders truly isn’t ready to start in the NFL in the mind of the coaching staff, that says everything about the organization’s decision to draft both quarterbacks.
31. New York Jets (31)
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There’s selling at the NFL trade deadline, and then there’s what the New York Jets did. Utterly blowing up the defense by moving Quinnen Williams and Sauce Gardner sets that unit back multiple seasons and pushes the rebuild timeline back a year. However, it was also the right move. All of the 2026 draft capital can be used to start filling out this roster, creating a better supporting cast for a quarterback from the 2027 NFL Draft to walk into. It’s early, but we do believe right now that the Jets front office is taking the right approach to rebuilding this roster. As for Sunday’s win, we probably won’t see back-to-back kickoff and punt return touchdowns for a long time.
32. Tennessee Titans (32)
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The Tennessee Titans couldn’t follow the Jets’ teardown model because the franchise wanted to keep key players Jeffery Simmons and T’Vondre Sweat. The current Titans roster prominently features Simmons, Sweat, quarterback Cam Ward, and very limited additional talent. This situation makes it difficult to have strong confidence in the franchise’s long-term vision as of now. While there is potential to improve during the offseason, that period is still months away, and the team faces the prospect of more struggles on the field in the meantime.
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