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With the San Diego Chargers beating the Indianapolis Colts on Monday Night Football, the NFL's Week 6 schedule is officially closed, and it's time to look forward to Week 7. We start that with our weekly NFL Power Rankings. Here are my rankings for your review and commentary.
| Team | LW | Change | Week 5 Result | Remarks | |
| 1 |
 |
1 | --- | W, 35-19 vs Jacksonville | 6-0 and on to Peyton Manning's return to Indianapolis. |
| 2 |
 Chiefs |
3 | +1 | W, 24-7 vs Oakland | From the first overall pick to a 6-0 start. Crazy. |
| 3 |
 Seahawks |
5 | +2 | W, 20-13 vs Tennessee | Seattle tried to Garo Ypremian away the game, but held on for an ugly win. |
| 4 |
 Packers |
6 | +2 | W, 19-17 at Baltimore | Wide receiver after wide receiver went down, yet Green Bay still beat the defending Super Bowl champs in their home. |
| 5 |
 Patriots |
9 | +4 | W, 30-27 vs New Orleans | That last touchdown was ridiculous. Which is exactly why we all should have expected it. |
| 6 |
 Saints |
2 | -4 | L, 30-27 at New England | Why couldn't the Superdome New Orleans show up and keep Drew Brees perfect against Tom Brady? |
| 7 |
 49ers |
7 | --- | W, 32-20 vs Arizona | It was closer than it should have been through three quarters, but San Francisco was able to pull away in the end. |
| 8 |
 Bengals |
8 | --- | W, 27-24 at Buffalo | Tried to hand the game to a practice squad quarterback starting for Buffalo, but woke up in time and won in overtime. |
| 9 |
 Colts |
4 | -5 | L, 19-9 at San Diego | Andrew Luck for kil...oh, nevermind. |
| 10 |
 Bears |
10 | --- | W, 27-21 vs New York Giants | Nothing like facing the Giants to get your season headed in the rightdirection. |
| 11 |
 Lions |
14 | +3 | W, 31-17 at Cleveland | Good road win over a tough opponent. What a difference Calvin Johnson makes. |
| 12 |
 Ravens |
11 | -1 | L, 19-17 vs Green Bay | Had a chance to win it, but couldn't. The off-and-on Super Bowl hangover was on this week. |
| 13 |
 Dolphins
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13 | --- | BYE | The bye week needs to have brought health and a pass blocking ability. |
| 14 |
 Browns |
12 | -2 | L, 31-17 vs Detroit | The defense let down the Browns in the second half, and the offense is not good enough to make up for it. |
| 15 |
 Falcons |
16 | +1 | BYE | At least they technically gained ground on New Orleans this week, but 1-4 was not how Atlanta wanted to spend their bye week. |
| 16 |
 Cowboys |
19 | +3 | W, 31-16 vs Washington | Sitting atop the bad NFC East, but the loss of DeMarcus Ware cannot make that perch comfortable. |
| 17 |
 Eagles |
20 | +3 | W, 31-20 at Tampa Bay | Did anyone outside Philadelphia realize they are one of just four teams in NFL history with 400+ yards of offense in each of the first six games of a season? |
| 18 |
 Titans |
17 | -1 | L, 20-13 at Seattle | Seattle did everything they could to give the game to Tennessee. Tennessee didn't want it. |
| 19 |
 Chargers |
25 | +6 | W, 19-9 vs Indianapolis | San Diego trying to get their season righted. Two bad the only remaining undefeated teams are both in their division. |
| 20 |
 Rams |
22 | +2 | W, 38-13 at Houston | Allowed 420 yards of offense, while only gaining 216. Lost time of possession battle 35:10 to 24:50. Lost first down 27-15. Lost penalties 7 to 9. Won the game - which is all that counts. |
| 21 |
 Jets |
18 | -3 | L, 19-6 vs Pittsburgh | Wasn't a star born last week? Geno Smith backed up his AFC Player of the Week performance with a 48.8 passer rating day. |
| 22 |
 Texans |
15 | -7 | L, 38-13 vs St. Louis | What a dramatic difference a year can make. |
| 23 |
 Panthers |
24 | +1 | W, 35-10 at Minnesota | A 143.4 passer rating will quiet the calls for Cam Newton's benching - at least for a week. |
| 24 |
 Cardinals |
21 | -3 | L, 32-20 at San Francisco | If the Cardinals could have played the middle portion of the game only, they could have won it. But started and ended the game slowly, and it did them in. |
| 25 |
 Raiders |
23 | -2 | L, 24-7 at Kansas City | Terrelle Pryor was rattled all game. I guess that happens in the loudest stadium in the world and when you get sacked 10 times. |
| 26 |
 Bills |
25 | -1 | L, 27-24 vs Cincinnati | How far has Matt Flynn fallen? He is now backing up a guy who was on the practice squad two weeks ago. |
| 27 |
 Steelers |
29 | +2 | W, 19-6 at New York Jets | Nothing like facing the Jets to get your season headed in the right direction. |
| 28 |
 Redskins |
28 | --- | L, 31-16 at Dallas | Hey! Would you look at that. This RG3 guy is kind of mobile. Who knew? |
| 29 |
 Vikings |
27 | -2 | L, 35-10 vs Carolina | Could the QB carousel be heading toward Josh Freeman starting? |
| 30 |
 Jaguars |
32 | +2 | L, 35-19 at Denver | I'll give the Jaguars a bump out of the 32nd position this week after a decent performance against a lackluster Denver performance. |
| 31 |
 Buccaneers |
30 | -1 | L, 31-20 vs Philadelphia | Without Josh Freeman around, who does Greg Schiano blame now? |
| 32 |
 Giants |
31 | -1 | L, 27-21 at Chicago | Only in the NFC East can you start 0-6, and only be three games out of first place. |
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