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WhatIfSports NFL Week 8 power rankings: Philly hands Minnesota its first loss

Published Oct. 25, 2016 3:00 p.m. ET

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NFL Week 8 Power Rankings
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	New England Patriots	-	69.5	27.0	20.3
2.	Minnesota Vikings	-	66.6	23.7	17.8
3.	Seattle Seahawks	+2	66.4	26.9	21.0
4.	Denver Broncos	+2	65.3	23.1	17.8
5.	Atlanta Falcons	-2	61.9	25.9	22.1
6.	Buffalo Bills	-2	61.2	22.8	19.1
7.	Dallas Cowboys	-	60.1	24.4	20.8
8.	Oakland Raiders	+1	58.3	23.9	21.1
9.	Arizona Cardinals	+1	57.2	26.2	23.6
10.	Houston Texans	-2	56.8	23.6	21.4
11.	New York Giants	-	55.6	23.4	21.5
12.	Kansas City Chiefs	+1	53.2	24.5	23.1
13.	Philadelphia Eagles	+8	51.9	21.8	20.8
14.	San Diego Chargers	+1	51.6	25.5	25.1
15.	Cincinnati Bengals	+7	49.5	23.1	23.4
16.	Baltimore Ravens	-4	48.9	23.8	24.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	Miami Dolphins	+8	48.6	23.2	23.8
18.	Tennessee Titans	-4	47.8	22.3	22.8
19.	Pittsburgh Steelers	-1	47.6	24.2	25.3
20.	Green Bay Packers	-4	47.0	21.5	22.2
21.	Washington Redskins	-4	45.9	23.9	25.4
22.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	-2	43.6	22.3	24.5
23.	Los Angeles Rams	-	43.0	20.0	22.0
24.	Carolina Panthers	-5	42.9	22.6	25.2
25.	Detroit Lions	+1	42.8	23.2	25.7
26.	Indianapolis Colts	+3	42.4	23.7	26.4
27.	New York Jets	+5	41.0	21.8	24.9
28.	New Orleans Saints	-4	39.3	25.3	29.0
29.	Jacksonville Jaguars	-2	39.0	23.5	27.4
30.	Chicago Bears	-	35.4	21.9	27.0
31.	San Francisco 49ers	-	31.8	21.1	27.1
32.	Cleveland Browns	-4	26.1	20.0	28.4