2024 NFL Power Rankings Week 7: Are any AFC division runner-ups good?
To be clear, beating the Giants in a 17-7 slop fest was not an impressive win. Joe Burrow himself called it ugly. But the Bengals move up because they did get a victory when very few teams in the league's middle class managed to win. And, more importantly, they staved off a 1-5 record that almost certainly would've ended their playoff hopes.