Rick Gosselin’s Week 7 NFL Rankings

Gosselin also is one of the 12 voters for the AP 32, the weekly ranking of NFL teams conducted by the Associated Press.

He caught a 5-yarder for the Philadelphia Eagles against Tampa Bay in Week 6, then caught a 47-yarder for the Cardinals in a rout of Houston in Week 7.

LA Rams. WR Cooper Kupp has caught nine TD passes from Matthew Stafford in the first seven games of the season.

The club record is 479 points in 1983, an average of 29.9 points per game, by an offense that featured Danny White, Tony Hill and Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Drew Pearson.

Green Bay has held four of its last six opponents under 20 points and now ranks seventh in the NFL in defense.

The Bills aspire to be the top seed in the AFC this season and can make some headway in that direction over the next month.

QB Justin Herbert goes to Pro Bowl WR Keenan Allen to move the chains for the 4-2 Chargers but goes to Mike Williams to finish drives.

So former AFC rushing champion Kareem Hunt stepped in against Arizona in Week 6 and rushed for 66 yards before suffering a calf injury of his own and heading to the sideline.

Six teams return from their byes this weekend – Buffalo, Dallas, Jacksonville, the Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota and Pittsburgh.

Three-time Pro Bowler and two-time NFL receiving champion Michael Thomas was back at practice last week after spending the first seven weeks on injured reserve following summer ankle surgery.

His ability to avoid those turnovers this weekend in Cleveland against a Top 10 pass defense might determine if the Steelers can extend their winning streak.

The Chiefs have already lost four games this season and, at 3-4, are speeding toward their first non-playoff finish since 2014.

The Falcons have the chance to get above .500 for the first time since the 2017 season when they host the Carolina Panthers Sunday.

Jones now has thrown nine TD passes on the season – but eight have come at home.

An 1,100-yard rusher last season as a rookie, Taylor failed to rush for 100 yards or score a touchdown in any of Indy’s first three games, all losses.

The Broncos have had a tough go of late in the AFC, losing four in a row to Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Las Vegas and Cleveland.

Carolina placed Joseph Charlton with his 39.1-yard average on injured reserve after five games with a bad back.

Fields has started five games and has thrown for fewer than 200 yards in each of his last three outings.

Under new coach Nick Sirianni this season, the Eagles lead the NFL in penalties with 58 for 419 yards.

Washington has allowed an NFL-high 210 points through the first seven games of this season, an average of 30 per game.

The 49ers have fallen to 2-4 and aren’t in the same divisional area code with the 7-0 Cardinals and 6-1 Rams. Garoppolo has turned the ball over five times in the three losses on four interceptions and a fumble.

Robinson, a 1,000-yard rusher a year ago, also struggled those first three games with only one touchdown and fewer than 50 yards rushing in two of the outings.

New England knocked QB Zach Wilson out of the game with a knee injury – an injury that could sideline him for up to a month.

The Dolphins rank 31st in the NFL in rushing, averaging just 3.9 yards per carry with an AFC-low three touchdowns.

Rookie QB Davis Mills has not thrown a TD pass in the last two games and he faces a defense this weekend that has intercepted a league-runnerup 10 passes.

He has tossed four interceptions against only one TD pass in the last three games.

Rick Gosselin has covered the NFL for 49 years for United Press International, the Kansas City Star and the Dallas Morning News.

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