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Week 11 Power Rankings Round Up: Spoiler Alert - you might like this one.

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NFL: Buffalo Bills at Arizona Cardinals Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Kyler Murray. That’s it. That’s the headline.

Or so says Danny Kelly. And it’s hard to argue. He goes on to say:

Alongside DeAndre Hopkins and playing in Kliff Kingsbury’s offensive system, Murray makes Arizona one of the most intriguing dark-horse contenders in the NFC.

As you can guess, a dramatic win against a divisional favorite did good things for our little weekly power ranking standings.

Week 11 Consensus Power Rankings

OUTLET RANK PREV. RANK
OUTLET RANK PREV. RANK
Bleacher Report 6th 11th
CBS 13th 13th
ESPN 8th 10th
NFL.COM 9th 11th
Sports Illustrated (MMQB) 10th 12th
Sporting News 8th 11th
The Ringer 6th 13th
USA Today 8th 11th
Yahoo Sports 9th 14th
CONSENSUS AVG. 9th 12th

Top ten again. And hopefully there to stay. Hey, you. Stop. I know what you’re thinking, these are utterly meaningless. Well, duh. Obviously, sticking around in the media’s top ten portends the continuation of this play - and I’m here for it. And so are you.

I do feel behooved to point out how - up until that last play - things had been pretty shaky. Especially in contrast with previous weeks. I do think they were due to come back down to earth, if not just by a little... but some of that sloppy play and less-than-desirable passing offense hearkened back to the more frustrating parts of earlier this season.

Thursday will obviously be a huge match-up that could decide the division. Which version of the Arizona Cardinals are we going to get?