Prisco’s NFL Week 10 Power Rankings: Top 5 remains same, Bengals and Packers surging thanks to MVP candidates

Run the ball. Run the ball. Run the ball.

That's all we ever hear about NFL offenses. If you don't run the ball, you are dead.

Let's take a look at the Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers. They don't run it well at all. Yet both enter Week 10 as legitimate Super Bowl contenders. Why? They can throw the heck out of the football.

They are the top two passing offenses in the NFL, with the Bengals averaging 285.5 yards per game and the Packers right behind at 279.7. Both have averaged over 300 the past three games.

Run games? The Bengals are 30th in rush yards per game, while the Packers are dead last. Neither is close to 100 yards per game, although their numbers are slightly up over the past three games. Neither team averages 4.0 per rush; the Packers are at 3.0, which ranks 31st in the league.

Both will have to run it better when they need to run it late in games, but, for now, having Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and Packers quarterback Jordan Love sling it around is the way these teams need to play.

I jokingly say that neither should ever call…

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