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NFL power rankings Week 6: Are Vikings, Commanders, Broncos contenders or pretenders?

Every NFL team has played at least four games this season (and most have played five), putting us roughly at the quarter mark of the 2024-25 NFL regular season.

That's more than enough time to develop early opinions on teams based on their results on the field.

Which NFL teams are NFL playoff and Super Bowl contenders? Which are pretenders? Which don't have any shot at the NFL postseason?

Check out our premature assessment of how far each team could go this season in our Week 6 NFL power rankings, with adjustments based on the results from NFL Week 5 games.