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Week 5 NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus how to improve playoff chances

Now that most teams are a quarter of the way through the season, the NFL Power Rankings decided to take a look at what each team needs to do better to increase its postseason chances. To do this, we used Football Power Index figures provided by our friends on the ESPN Analytics team to look at where each team stands and where they could possibly go moving forward.

The FPI figures are updated through Sunday's games and illustrate a couple of teams (Patriots and Chiefs) that already are virtual locks and a few others (Cardinals, Redskins, and Dolphins) that are a Hail Mary or two away from being in the conversation.