NFL Power Rankings, 9/9

Week one is complete. This is probably way too early to rank the teams, but I did anyway. I put them in originalNFL draft order to start, then adjusted based on wins and losses, who they played, and how it looked. With all of that in mind, here’s my rankings from #1-32 in the NFL after week one.

  1. Philadelphia Eagles
  2. Buffalo Bills
  3. Los Angeles Rams
  4. Washington Commanders
  5. Los Angeles Chargers
  6. Kansas City Chiefs
  7. Green Bay Packers
  8. Baltimore Ravens
  9. Minnesota Vikings
  10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  11. Denver Broncos
  12. Houston Texans
  13. Cincinnati Bengals
  14. Pittsburgh Steelers
  15. Detroit Lions
  16. Indianapolis Colts
  17. San Francisco 49’ers
  18. Seattle Seahawks
  19. Chicago Bears
  20. Atlanta Falcons
  21. New York Jets
  22. Arizona Cardinals
  23. Dallas Cowboys
  24. Las Vegas Raiders
  25. Jacksonville Jaguars
  26. Cleveland Browns
  27. New England Patriots
  28. Tennessee Titans
  29. New Orleans Saints
  30. Carolina Panthers
  31. Miami Dolphins
  32. New York Giants

Was I too hard on some teams? Yes. My feeling was some losses showed us a lot about the team losing. Some wins really didn’t inspire me a ton yet either. I need to see more from teams like the Jags, Raiders, and Cardinals, and found myself less impressed with them, than say the Jets. Is that likely to change? Yes. There are 17 more weeks of regular season football. This will move a lot.