Crazy weekend! Our power rankings picks were 4-12; upsets galore. This was basically a tectonic shift of the power centers in the graph. Pittsburgh rises. Jacksonville rises. Cincinnati rises. Remember that every team depends on every other team – it wasn’t simply Pittsburgh’s win that made them rise, it was a combination of that and everything else. This also means we have some huge shifts in the rankings now, too – teams rise after losing, and sink after winning. It’s basically a paradigm shift for the season. Really fascinating.

Due to the various results, we have this new list of beatflukes:

WAS=>DAL
SF=>SEA
DET=>ATL
TB=>CIN
OAK=>PIT
ATL=>PIT
ATL=>CIN
WAS=>JAC
HOU=>MIA
HOU=>JAC (x2… yes, both of them)
PHI=>DAL
GB=>MIA
STL=>DEN
NYJ=>NE
MIN=>CAR
MIN=>SEA

And after the beatloops that rely on those victories are restored to the graph, we have the following beatloops still being removed from the graph:

ARI=>SF=>STL=>ARI
ARI=>SF=>OAK=>ARI
DET=>BUF=>MIN=>DET
DET=>BUF=>GB=>DET
ATL=>CAR=>NO=>ATL
ATL=>CAR=>CLE=>ATL
CAR=>BAL=>CIN=>CAR
ATL=>CAR=>BAL=>ATL
SD=>PIT=>KC=>SD
SD=>CIN=>KC=>SD
SD=>DEN=>KC=>SD
BAL=>SD=>DEN=>BAL
BUF=>MIA=>CHI=>BUF
NYG=>DAL=>IND=>NYG
CHI=>NYJ=>MIA=>CHI
DAL=>IND=>JAC=>DAL

There are a few more teams with no beatlosses now: IND, JAC, BAL, CHI, SD, and DAL.