This week's No. 1 team and No. 8 team meet on Thursday night football.
1. Chiefs, 11-2 (Last week: 2)
Best curveball pitcher in football: Patrick Mahomes.
2. Saints, 11-2 (3)
Best Swiss army knife in football: Taysom Hill.
3. Rams, 11-2 (1)
Very, very thankful the NFC doesn't go through Chicago.
4. Cowboys, 8-5 (5)
Happiest ex-Raider in football, offense: Amari Cooper.
5. Bears, 9-4 (10)
Happiest ex-Raider in football, defense: Khalil Mack.
6. Patriots, 9-4 (4)
Wacky ending results in fourth consecutive loss at Miami.
7. Seahawks, 8-5 (7)
The running team Mike Zimmer wants his Vikings to be.
8. Chargers, 10-3 (9)
Thursday nights? Boring? Next up: Chargers vs. Chiefs.
9. Colts, 7-6 (15)
Vintage NFL: Lose to Jags, beat Texans a week later.
10. Texans, 9-4 (6)
Opponent topped 23 points for first time in nine games.
11. Ravens, 7-6 (11)
Will be a tough out if they can hang on to sixth seed.
12. Dolphins, 7-6 (17)
Wait. A big play in the AFC East went against the Pats?
13. Titans, 7-6 (16)
Past six games: Win two, lose two, win two.
14. Vikings, 6-6-1 (13)
Kirk Cousins takes down John DeFilippo for first career sack.
15. Broncos, 6-7 (8)
Vintage NFL II: Beat Chargers, Steelers, lose to 49ers.
16. Steelers, 7-5-1 (12)
This is why people hate kickers not named Vinatieri.
17. Eagles, 6-7 (14)
Gave up 455 yards passing … to the Cowboys.
18. Giants, 5-8 (18)
Reached 40 points for first time since Week 8 of 2015.
19. Browns, 5-7-1 (22)
Baker Mayfield threw with pinpoint accuracy Sunday.
20. Buccaneers, 5-8 (19)
Winston had 20 incompletions, 18 completions on Sunday.
21. Lions, 5-8 (23)
Will finish worse than Jim Caldwell's 9-7 mark in '17.
22. Packers, 5-7-1 (27)
Philbin would challenge this ranking, but he doesn't have any left.
23. Redskins, 6-7 (20)
Josh Johnson will start Sunday. Next up: Jurgensen?
24. Jaguars, 4-9 (21)
Next up: Cody Kessler vs. Josh Johnson!
25. Jets, 4-9 (30)
Can share the pain when Texans visit Saturday.
26. Bills, 4-9 (24)
As a QB, Josh Allen is one heck of a RB.
27. Raiders, 3-10 (31)
Only thing left to do is lose the No. 1 overall pick.
28. Panthers, 6-7 (25)
Newton either has a shoulder injury or needs glasses.
29. 49ers, 3-10 (32)
Not exactly Montana to Rice, Mullens to Kittle works.
30. Cardinals, 3-10 (26)
Rank 32nd with 242.4 yards per game. Next worst: 292.0
31. Bengals, 5-8 (29)
In one season, Hue Jackson has ridden two teams into AFC North cellar.
32. Falcons, 4-9 (28)
Another year will pass without host team in the Super Bowl.
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