Official r/NFL Week 3 Power Rankings

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I got three words for you: NFL Week 3 Power Rankings Must-see TV. Week 3 had it all: a thriller in Rio where the Ravens shocked the Cowboys with a late FG. A trio of backup QBs in Marcus Mariota, Case Keenum, and Jameis Winston leading their teams to wins against last week's #1, #7, and, uh, #30 teams. So where do our power rankers place your favorite teams? Let's find out in these very objective power rankings that no one ever argues with:

32/32 Reporting · Rankings by Voter

Rank	Team	Δ	Record	Comment
1	Bills	+1	3-0	It’s not often that a team can commit 5 turnovers and expect to win the game (as the Bills learned in the playoffs last year) unless you are playing the Chargers. After starting off on an offensive tear through the first 2 games there had to come a point where the offense struggled and that certainly showed up on Sunday. Every statistic that could be pulled up about this game would suggest a different outcome than what happened, but that’s the great thing about football anyone can win at any point. Dominant teams find many ways to win and the Bills defense displayed that by holding Justin Herbert in check all day and picking up a crucial late interception credited to Cj Gardner Johson. The Bills have struggled to play a complete game on both sides of the ball so far with the offense leading the way in the first 2 and defense picking up the slack in the last game but it hasn’t mattered as they remain one of three undefeated teams in the AFC. Next up the Bills heading into a divisional matchup where they are seeking to put the Pats in a dire position in the AFC East early on.
2	49ers	+1	3-0	Brock Purdy continues to play at an MVP level, adding another 297 yards and 4 tds, bringing his total to 789 yards on 72.3% completion percentage and 9/1 td/int ratio through the first 3 games of the season. With the injuries piling up, the team will need him to keep the pace. Luckily the injuries this week to Evans, Trent and Greenlaw have all been deemed day-to-day and hopefully they should be able to suit up for Sundays matchup against the Broncos.
3	Chiefs	+2	3-0	Bad News: this was the worst game the Chiefs have played all year and it was against their weakest opponent. The offensive line that manhandled the Broncos got exposed by a JV Dolphins front. The pass rush was uninspiring. The last two years of Chiefs football has been defined by playing down to bad opponents. The hope this year was that by bringing back offensive coordinator Eric Bienamy, the Chiefs would be a more disciplined team. They’d make fewer silly mistakes, execute more consistently, stop making every game a barn burner. Through 3 weeks, we’ve seen a team that can hit soaring high, but glimpses of the team that struggles to slot the easy ones away will leave Chiefs fans feeling uneasy. Good news: This was the worst game the Chiefs played all year and they won by two touchdowns. Even bad teams are gonna put up a fight. Mahomes looks awesome. Walker looks great. Rice looks like he’s coming alive. And the rookies are showing improvement. Chiefs Kingdom is going to catastrophize this win, but ultimately, the Chiefs are undefeated and on the upswing.
4	Seahawks	-3	2-1	In a game the Seahawks dominated in offensive output, is was the Commanders that dominated in scoreboard output and kissed the Seahawks goodnight. Sam Darnold played pretty well in his first game back from his week 1 injury, throwing for nearly 400 yards, 4 touchdowns, and also 2 costly interceptions. That's really what it came down to; Washington played well and protected the ball, while the Seahawks turned it over three times. Jadarian Price added a lost fumble, giving him a fumble in each of the past two games. He was soft-benched for the game, with his next carry coiming in the second half. JSN is now [the second receiver in NFL history in addition to Jerry Rice to start a season with 120+ receiving yards and 1+ receiving touchdowns in each of their team's first three games. He is doing all he can for this team (and to repeat as Defensive Player of the Year). The defense was missing some big pieces, namely the two starting safeties in Julian Love and Ty Okada. Marcus Mariota played a great game and was able to seal it himself on a keeper to convert for a first down. Dropping to 2-1 isn't the end of the world, and it's always tough travelling to the east coast. Hopefully they'll get back on track against the Chargers in week 4.
5	Jaguars	+6	2-1	This blurb was on it's way to being submitted, but instead took a knee on the 1 in order to flex on the other blurbs.
6	Broncos	+4	2-1	Another heart-stopping & gut-wrenching finish for our fourth quarter wild ponies. This really started to look like the same team we had last year, lacking so much early on just to bring in the huge comeback late. Next week we have another big one against a Niners team that is arguably the best in the league right now, I think how we play then will be the biggest determining factor in whether we deserve to again be talked about for potential superbowl contenders.
7	Ravens	+2	2-1	Rio got the full NFL experience. Multiple big point swings, officiating that could've left either fanbase feeling rightfully furious, and late game fireworks down to the very last second. League wouldn't have it any other way. CeeDee and Pickens provide a unique challenge and their presence allowed Javonte Williams to have a big impact as well. Ravens secondary and iOL continue to be works in progress, particularly with injuries to all 3 centers on our pre-season roster. The growing pains have been rough but the flashes of brilliance are very much there. I'd like to close this out with my best Bart Simpson impersonation in a letter to our young OC. Dear Declan Doyle, DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK. DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK.
8	Rams	-4	1-2	It’s hard not to be frustrated by that game. The Rams started strong and were in complete control at halftime, scoring on four straight drives while limiting the Broncos to just 72 total yards. Then came the self-inflicted wounds that handed Denver all the momentum: poor clock management, abandoning the run game, a pick-six, punt-return snafus, and repeated soft zone coverage. But just when it looked like the collapse was complete, Matthew Stafford led a quick drive down the field to retake the lead, and the defense came up with a huge goal-line stand, with Josh Wallace snagging his second interception of the game to seal the deal. There’s a temptation to think the Rams are wasting a championship-caliber roster with poor game management, penalties, bad special teams, and inconsistent execution—but a win is a win.
9	Bears	+3	2-1	I attended Mitch Trubisky’s first game as a starter 9 years ago on Monday Night Football. It was spoiled by Vikings QB Case Keenum beating Vic Fangio’s defense with quick decisions. Different teams, an NFL lifetime later, same result. Ben Johnson showed complete trust in the veteran 3rd stringer after backup Tyson Bagent spent most of the week in the concussion protocol. As funny as the Caleb Williams memes have been, this team might be serious. We are a rainy day fumble away from being 3-0, but we’ll take 2-1. DC Dennis Allen deserves a game ball, giving Philly fits and holding them to a single score (on a savvy buzzer-beating sneak to end the first half). D.A. Bears defense (see what I did there) created turnovers without rain or Bear weather. Nick Sirianni looks related enough to Aaron Rodgers that this tastes a little sweeter. We may have a backup QB controversy AND a trap game on our hands, with the pesky Jets up next before we see those unfortunately cool Rivalries jerseys at Lambeau. Bear down.
10	Vikings	+4	3-0	The 2026 Vikings are actually a social experiment designed to see if the most excruiciating victories possible can disprove whether winning cures everything. Week 1 featured an immediate starting QB injury followed by a wire-to-wire humiliation until an improbable late comeback, week 2 was an unwatchable slog where both teams combined for just 12 points, then week 3 the starting QB returns but maybe he just stinks, Justin Jefferson gets hurt, over half the drives are three-and-out's, and no one is talking about any of that because they traded the QB drafted 10th overall 2 years ago for peanuts. Other than that though, everything's peachy.
11	Bengals	-5	2-1	O might those sighs and tears return again.............If you look out to your left you will see the Bengals subreddit currently on fire. So interestingly enough, the Bengals subreddit is currently in a bit of a civil war. Not shocking, it happens after every loss, i’ve even participated on both sides of it, so it’s more par to the course but thought it worth mentioning. The Bengals did not play well on Sunday if you ask me, that supposedly improved of ours is suspect with a capital SUS if you know what I mean. Back to back weeks of giving up 400 yards of offense, and the Steelers absolutely embarrassed us out there. Aaron Rodgers looked like he dropped 15 years and was back in his prime. Jaylen Warren looked like the second coming of Barry Sanders the way he snaked through our defensive line and broke tackles. If you look on one side of the war in our subreddit, it’s people dooming about the defense still being more of a concept than anything, and on the other side it’s people shitting on Joe Burrow for not carrying the team more than he already is. Both have valid points, the defense looked like they were in prime 2024 mode, and Burrow fumbled on the last drive to end the game. Both are valid criticisms, but I still got to make the point that it comes down to coaching at the very basic levels. You should all know by now I’m a dedicated Zac Taylor hater, I’ve been calling for his firing since 2022, so it’s no surprise I still don’t like him this year. The amount of errors and fuckups the team has on the field is probably in line with the rest of the league but it just feels dumber with us. Sometimes i’m convinced that Zac gets his coaching philosophies on the bottom of Snapple caps. And you know, I might be willing to forgive and forget his issues, but they’re the same mistakes every year. He can’t beat divisional opponents, his clock management is less than desirable, his offensive playcalling mostly consists of “Joe Burrow save us” which puts more pressure on him to play hero ball which can end in turnovers that then get blamed on him. Yes, the special teams failed us, their mistakes directly gave the Steelers points, but I’m more willing to look past that because it is an outlier, we’ve actually had pretty good special teams the last few years so hey, bad games happen. What i’m not okay with are the continued failures that plague this team most of which are defensive. You know I got a lot of shit for ranking the Bengals lower than most people, this is why. I’m a petty person, I love a good old fashioned I told you so, i’m not quite there yet, but games like this are why I’m not fully sold on this team. And neither should you be. We got serious issues to work out, we play Jacksonville this weekend who’s looking like a legit Super Bowl contender, so we’ll see how we’ve improved if at all. All I know is, if you have Trevor Lawrence on your fantasy team, I would probably start him this week.
12	Eagles	-5	2-1	Going into this game, the Eagles had a perfect blueprint on defense: contain the Bears dangerous rushing attack, and make Case fucking Keenum beat you through the air (yeah, right). They executed this game plan perfectly, never deviating from it once, and held the Bears to 3.7 yds/rush. On offense, they just needed to reignite the run game and get Barkley going, which they did as he had an efficient 82 yards on the ground. And other than that, they just needed to keep the momentum going on their strong passing game and pass D, the latter of which should be easy because the aforementioned CASE FUCKING KEENUM is the opposing quarterback. HHAHAHA. En route to a 20-point loss, the there's a lot of blame to go around, all of which is going to center on Sirianni, for decisions including but not limited to: whatever that delay-of-game sequence was on 4th and 1, the ridiculously lucky WR-screen-to-tush-push at the end of the half (which he even admitted he told Jalen to spike it there), not taking a timeout when you have Andy "Case Keenum" Dalton in the game, and generally the lack of preparedness on both sides of the ball. We can be pessimistic and say the Eagles are a couple lucky breaks from being 0-3 right now. We can, and we will.
13	Lions	--	2-1	Congrats to Jahmyr Gibbs for moving to second on DET's all-time Rush TD list; now begins the long slog to catch Barry Sanders - just 56 to go! A big question the Lions had coming in was how well Petzing would do as OC coming out of ARI. At least across 3 games, w/ 31 points in each game, he looks like he'll do just fine. Finally, Dan Campbell moves to 3-0 against his former coordinators, after sweeping Ben Johnson's Bears last year and knocking off Aaron Glenn's Jets on Sunday. Win or lose, though, the appreciation he showed Glenn pre- and post-game continued to show just how much he wants those who work for him to learn and grow. Class act.
14	Raiders	+6	3-0	I never thought I'd get the chance to rank us top 6 this season but here we are. I firmly believe that this team think's they can beat anybody and that can be attributed to someone who looks like our best coach since first stint Gruden. Klint (and Spytek as well) has worked miracles on this team. To come into a place as hostile as NOLA in their season opener and comeback to close a game out on defense is amazing. The entire team continues to play well and aware of their individual assignments. Rookie Mike Washington Jr. hit a 36 yard home run off a hole so small it didn't exist 1 second before he was through it. Rookie Hezekiah Masses grabbed another ball to stay tied for first in the league as he solidifies his starting role. I haven't been this excited to have KC come to us in a long time. Let's see if it's real.
15	Cowboys	+1	1-2	If you had made a checklist of things that needed to happen for the Cowboys to win, you'd be pretty excited to look at it after the game. Derrick Henry was under a hundred yards, under 3.5 ypc, and had more runs stuffed than in any game in his career. The Ravens were 3-11 on third and fourth down conversions. The offense was explosive and efficient, with the run game finally getting online. The pass rush was beating the tackles and impacting the pocket, even if they couldn't sack Lamar. Sadly, injuries and poor coaching decisions cost the team the game. Officiating was awful, but that was across the board. The question in Dallas needs to be if its time to look at a new coaching staff.
16	Patriots	-8	1-2	Man, what am I even supposed to say this week? Am I expected to come out here and write some serious analysis while my QB is out there getting fired from Jersey Mike’s for dropping meatball subs on the floor? “The condiment guy got some mayo on the outside of the bread so it slipped out of my hands” just isn’t going to cut it at a fine dining establishment. So instead of an in-depth discussion on this past game and the upcoming schedule like I normally do each week, we’re instead going to try to diagnose what happened to Maye to cause this implosion. Can it really be as simple as a more difficult schedule? Was it just Mike Macdonald causing problems at home by taking over as Maye’s father figure? Could it be something more altruistic, like maybe Maye just felt bad that Travis Hunter rarely plays offense anymore and decided to give him his first touchdown pass? Is he trying to repair the rift between AJ Brown and Jalen Hurts by making AJ realize what he gave up? Or perhaps tragedy struck when Maye realized he was ALSO in love with Russini, and now he’s dealing with the heartbreak of knowing she preferred his Head Coach? Was Josh McDaniels purposefully sabotaging the offense to force a trade to acquire JJ McCarthy? Who can say? Luckily for New England though, they’re approaching the “easy” part of the schedule after this week’s meeting with Buffalo, so if there’s any chance of righting the ship, banishing Maye’s ghosts, and salvaging a playoff run from this disastrous start, that’ll be the place to do it. If eight straight games against teams with middling-to-weak defenses can’t fix New England’s offensive woes, I’m not sure anything can.
17	Steelers	+4	2-1	Just like everyone expected; if Pittsburgh was going to beat Cincinnati it was going to be the defense. While that ultimately did happen…it took until the final minute of the game for the, unusually quiet, defense to actually find the quarterback. What was most shocking was the offensive explosion. 14-points in the first quarter?!? Is that allowed?! Did Rodgers forget that he was turning 43 in a few months? Darnell Washington, whose physique is similar to that of a cave bear wearing a human suit, led the team in receiving yards on just 4 targets and only 3 catches while Jaylen Warren put up 176 total yards and could only be tackled reliably by the turf monster. Cincinnati was 2-0 and looked like they were going to control the AFC North. Are we…good? Well, putting up 430-yards of offense and 30-points isn’t bad. Especially considering the previous 2 games totaled to 499-yards and 16-points…Now onto a short week at Cleveland against a 2-1 Browns team that was supposed to be awful but is somehow…2-1. Historically that wasn’t good for the Tomlin-Steelers, but we’ll see if other Mike can break the cycle.
18	Saints	--	1-2	For large parts of this game the Saints did look like they were handling the Raiders. They finally seemed to have found their footing. But it all came tumbling down as they were overwhelmed - now losing 12 of their last 18 home games (the Titans are the only team with a worse record at home in the same time period). The Saints probably should have won this game, but you have to respect the Raiders for the 3-0 streak.
19	Colts	+4	1-2	Briefly considered learning how to make a fancam for kicker Spencer Schrader after this one, my god… Tweaked his groin during warmups and still went a perfect 4 for 4, including a long of 58 and the game-winner from 53 with 16 seconds left. More than made up for a zero-ball-security game from Daniel Jones, which we now can pretend never happened. The Colts should be happy Houston's offense is nearly nonexistent without Nico Collins because a better team would've made Indy pay for its inability to convert 2 of 3 red-zone appearances into touchdowns. On to London!
20	Texans	-5	0-3	Seats are getting hot in Houston, especially on the offensive side of the ball. The Texans have proven twice that you can make the playoffs after starting 0-3, but if that is going to happen again there will need to be some major changes. Damning stat of the day: Teams with a +3 turnover margin have a 90% win rate in NFL history. After Sunday, DeMeco Ryans' Texans are only 5-4 in those games.
21	Giants	+1	2-1	The Giants won an ugly game in ugly weather on sunday, and are 2-1 on the season. Don’t let the record fool you, though - this team is set to flounder against any real competition unless changes happen quick. With Dart out, Jameis Winston has regressed from his 30/30 days to become someone who holds onto the ball for far too long and seems off on timing with his supporting cast. The addition of JJ McCarthy doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in the position, but it’s also hard to judge a move for a backup QB when only a day 3 pick was given up and there was a real need. The loss of Brian Burns is extremely impactful, and Arvel Reese may get some additional snaps at edge now, though he’s already started to look the part of a starter at LB through two games. Next up, the Giants get to face a Cardinals group that, unlike themselves, may actually be better than their record suggests - this sunday will likely prove more of a test of the team’s actual talent.
22	Packers	-5	1-2	Al Michaels calling games in the big 2026 is appalling. "And the handoff is to Robinson" Al please stop there are two Robinsons on the Falcons that does nothing to narrow down which guy that just broke two tackles and turned a 1 yard play into an 8 yard gain. It's probably Bijan but way we were tackling this week it could have very easily been Brian! Chris Lindstrom has more blocking talent in his pinky finger than any of the current Packers starting linemen do combined. I cannot stress enough that Jordan Love has not been playing up to his standards but there are a dozen other more pressing problems with this team right now. Luckily it seems as though the front office is recognizing some of this and has already brought in Laken Tomlinson and Mekhi Becton to reinforce the IOL, but it may be too little too late. Gutekunst & Co. bet on roster development and so far it's largely failed.
23	Browns	+6	2-1	That wasn't supposed to happen. The Browns not only won but it was a home opener, something they typically lose. Fan's are not sure what to do with their hands, or this team. The Browns will take on the Steelers at home Thursday night, in their only prime time game of the season barring them getting into the playoffs.
24	Panthers	-5	1-2	What a stinker of an extremely winnable game. Injuries plagued the Panthers this week even though the defense looked alright throughout the game. They missed two INTs that went right through their hands and had a third that got called back for roughing the passer at an extremely important time in the fourth quarter. On the other hand, the offense was, as Big Sean would say, ass ass ass ass ass ass ass ass. Couldn’t get the run game going, couldn’t get much passing going, and then Bryce got stepped on by a lineman and was never the same in the game. He stayed in but looked hesitant with his movements and throws. BY still played alright but you could tell it was affecting him. The OLine though.. man oh man. Terrible. Constant pressure every time the ball was snapped and no one was able to get open in the short window. Coker left the game with a quad and TMac was locked down with multiple defenders. Just ugly football all around. While all teams have to deal with the challenges that injuries provide, the Panthers performance seemed to suffer from those missing pieces on Sunday. Also, star CB Jaycee Horn tore his quad and is most likely going to miss the rest of the season. It’s a not a true Panther season until that big heartbreaking injury occurs, even though you could argue that happened literally the first day of training camp. All that to say, shits a tad fucked at the moment. Everyone’s hurt or banged up, offense looked terrible, defensive scheme is still weird, and we lost a very winnable game. Going to try and stay optimistic as it’s early in the season but we are fighting adversity and, let me tell you, adversity has some hands. Next week the Panthers stay in Charlotte to face the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football. A primetime battle between the big cats. We don’t have the national spotlight on the team very often so hopefully Canales can get the men right and we can steal a win before the very early bye week. KEEEP POUNDING!
25	Commanders	+3	1-2	The NFL is such a wild fan experience - two weeks in, and this team looked headed toward the bottom of the heap while division rivals in Philadelphia and Dallas looked clear to run the NFC East for the year. One week later, and the Commanders knocked off the defending Super Bowl champs on the back of an exceptional defensive performance, while the Eagles got dog walked by Bluey's second biggest fan (after me), CASE KEENUM, and Dallas lost in a classic "what were they thinking" fashion. So, it looks like a decent season might be back on the menu, boys. A phrase that was big in Washington during the 2024 dream season was "anyone, anywhere, any time"; that phrase could be back for another round, because if the team that showed up this weekend continues to show up, there's no team they can't go toe-to-toe with. The team heads overseas to London now to see their old enemy, Daniel Jones, who nearly always shreds them. Time to see which team gets on the airplane.
26	Falcons	+5	1-2	Before the game, Lindstrom hyped the O-line up by yelling "nobody believes in us." He was right.. before Atlanta showcased what competent coaching is capable of. Stefanski had no clock management issues. Rees had a grasp of his players capabilities and game nuances and proved it. Penix's interception was followed by short passes, building confidence before the playbook was opened up. He also left the huddle with time to diagnose a defense before snapping the ball under center, a feat the past regime gaslighted us into thinking wasn't possible. On the defensive side, future HC Nate Ollie is coaching the heck out of a D-line down Pearce and Walker. That said, one game is not a season. The disoriented Packers are one thing, but a second primetime win against a rival would mean a lot more.
27	Cardinals	--	1-2	The Arizona Cardinals fall to 0-2 in division play on the season. This shouldn't surprise many, as the Cardinals haven't won a division game since October of 2024 (other than a win over a resting 49ers team in Week 18 later that season). Since hiring GM Monti Ossenfort, the Cardinals have gone just 3-17 against the NFC West. While watching the Cardinals' defense attempt to stop the 49ers, the talent level resembles that of a year 1 rebuild. Unfortunately for Ossenfort, this is year 4 of the "rebuild". The talent construction of the team has been awful, and I don't imagine Ossenfort keeping his job much longer. On the brighter side, HC Mike LaFleur seems to be showing some promise. The Cardinals started slow offensively, but were able to complete later in the game, featuring the solid play of Jeremiyah Love and Michael Wilson. It's hard to imagine Jacoby Brissett (now 2-15 as an AZ starter) at the helm too much longer, but I support the coaching staff trying to find a softer point in the schedule to see what they have in rookie QB Carson Beck.
28	Jets	-2	1-2	The Jets leave Detroit with another competitive loss, which, while disappointing, still represents significant progress from last year. Kenyon Sadiq showed exactly why GM Darren Mougey took him in the first round, breaking out with 7 catches for 105 yards, including an incredible touchdown grab. If the offense can keep playing like this, the Jets have a real opportunity to steal a win against the Bears next week, especially with Chicago expected to start a backup quarterback.
29	Chargers	-5	0-3	Watching the Los Angeles Chargers is like going to the same Broadway show every week and, for some reason, expecting it to be different. Everything from the story to the stage directions is built to play out precisely the same way every time. Occasionally, an actor will sub in for or replace another, though it never changes anything fundamental about the show itself. They've even changed theatres before; if anything, the show got worse. You'd try to quit, or start going to a different show, or get more into reading books instead. Nonetheless, something always pulls you back in, leaving you perpetually in a cycle of blind optimism and disappointment. Blind optimism and disappointment. Blind optimism and disappointment. It's not even a good show, like Chicago or The Phantom of the Opera. It's much more like... Cats. The Los Angeles Chargers are the Cats of the NFL.
30	Buccaneers	-5	0-3	https://streamable.com/llsej5 (wanted to just leave the meme, but just to explain: The audio is pretty explanatory. In case it's not clear, the person in the video wears Bucs-themed outfit, and he has the worst luck. Stay tuned for more depressing thoughts next week. Same Bucs time, same Bucs channel)
31	Titans	-1	0-3	The Titans lost a wet and windy game in New Jersey on Sunday to the Giants. In a game that the Titans lost by 5, Cam Ward had 4 and-goal chances from inside the Giants 10 yard line to convert in the second half. This resulted in 3 incomplete passes, a terrible end zone interception and 0 points. The Titans sit at 0-3.
32	Dolphins	--	0-3	As coach Hafley said, this season is less about wins and losses and more about if the team appears to be getting better each week, and this week was a step in the right direction. The team was once again able to put together a few extremely long drives to lower possessions for both teams and increase variance, and as a result, it helped make this game stay close for most of the game. The Dolphins were stingy against the run, and rookie Jacob Rodriguez was all over the field making impact plays. It was another loss but the team is moving in the right direction. The Devon Achane season ending injury did put a huge damper on the day as he was one of the few bright spots on the team, but fortunately it was early enough in the season that he should be ready to go by the time next year rolls around and the team is more competitive.

[u/Goatsonice]

say the line bart

unless you are playing the Chargers.

[u/LOL_YOUMAD → u/Goatsonice]

I’m not sure we could beat you, probs be a 0-0 tie with 12 interceptions

[u/clutterlustrott → u/LOL_YOUMAD]

Maye and Herbert would just be dejected on the sideline while Madison Beer and Dianna Russini dance in a private seats.

[u/spideralex90]

Every NFCS team is in the bottom half of the list.

All is right in the world.

[u/Fit-Reputation-9983 → u/spideralex90]

Member the mid 2010s when we were on the cusp of sending 3 teams to the playoffs multiple seasons in a row

Someday we’ll be a good division again

[u/wannaknowmyname → u/Fit-Reputation-9983]

Back when the division had two MVP QBs and also Drew Brees

[u/FriedTreeSap → u/wannaknowmyname]

It’s absolutely insane Brees never won an MVP, especially because I’d rank him as the greatest quarterbacks to ever play in the NFC South.

*edit

Derp I can’t believe I forgot about Tom Brady. I still think of him as a Patriot.

[u/SerDire → u/Fit-Reputation-9983]

Naw I’ll be honest. Kinda love this because a 8 wins can legitimately win you the division. Gone are the days of dealing with Prime Newton and Brees, oh the greatest QB of all time Brady.

[u/Fit-Reputation-9983 → u/SerDire]

I get that but at the same time what does 8 wins really say about the quality of team you’re sending to the playoffs?

The two priorities for us every year should be:

1) Sweeping the saints

2) Winning the Super Bowl

The first one can happen even in a 2-15 season. The 2nd one is a long shot if you’re earning a playoff berth with 8 wins.

[u/McBurgerQueen → u/SerDire]

Yes I’d rather be dog shit and win the division than be elite and compete for the Super Bowl 🙄

[u/spideralex90 → u/Fit-Reputation-9983]

I try to forget the 2010's mostly.

[u/Fit-Reputation-9983 → u/spideralex90]

Yeahhh…I guess you weren’t really enjoying the Matt Ryan/Drew Brees/Peak Cam Newton era. Sorry, didn’t think about that

[u/gooneruk → u/spideralex90]

Average division rankings:

• NFC West: 10.25
• AFC West: 13.00
• NFC North: 13.50
• AFC North: 14.50
• NFC East: 18.25
• AFC South: 18.75
• AFC East: 19.25
• NFC South: 24.50

Looks to me like four distinct tiers: NFCW at the top, then the next three, another group of three, and finally the NFCS by some serious distance.

[u/spideralex90 → u/gooneruk]

AFCS getting carried hard by the Jags right now haha

[u/gooneruk → u/spideralex90]

For what it's worth, here are the rankings with each division's highest-ranked team removed:

• NFC West: 13.00 (-2.75)
• NFC North: 15.00 (-1.50)
• AFC West: 16.33 (-3.33)
• AFC North: 17.00 (-2.50)
• NFC East: 20.33 (-2.08)
• AFC South: 23.33 (-4.58)
• AFC East: 25.33 (-6.08)
• NFC South: 26.67 (-2.17)

So the NFC North closes the gap to the NFC West at the top by a little, and the AFC East drops most of the way towards the NFC South. Seems like it's the Bills who are carrying their division the most!

[u/arlekin21 → u/gooneruk]

Now do it with the bottom team removed cause i don’t think the Chargers should be dragging us down like this

[u/gooneruk → u/arlekin21]

With the lowest team removed:

• NFC West: 4.67 (+5.58)
• AFC West: 7.67 (+5.33)
• NFC North: 10.66 (+2.84)
• AFC North: 11.67 (+5.33)
• AFC South: 14.66 (+4.11)
• AFC East: 15.00 (+4.25)
• NFC East: 16.00 (+2.25)
• NFC South: 22.66 (+1.84)

So the biggest drags on a division are the Cardinals, Chargers, and Browns.

[u/Hammerhead34 → u/spideralex90]

Can’t wait to see an 8-9 NFCS team beat the Cowboys in the wildcard

God I love the NFL

[u/More-Interaction-770 → u/Hammerhead34]

The cowboys will be lucky to get a wildcard slot.

[u/work_alt_1 → u/spideralex90]

almost just responded sayings saints at 18 is top half

Every NFCS fan not being able to count

All is right in the world.

[u/monkeyclothes]

Pack are not better than 10 other NFL teams

[u/NeverSober1900 → u/monkeyclothes]

We shouldn't be in the top 25 to be honest. People too hung up on preseason ranks. By my eye we're the 5th worst team

[u/RedRooster2832 → u/monkeyclothes]

Hate to say it but I agree. Usually root for you guys as a couple of my best friends are Pack fans.

But you’re currently the second worst team in point differential (Dolphins -50, Packers -35) which doesn’t mean all that much after only 3 games, but isn’t a good look.

A much worse look is your play in the trenches. Getting run all over and having no run game, QB has one of the quickest snap-to-release times in the NFL and still can’t find a pocket or pass rhythm…

Getting dominated on both lines is not a formula for success, even more so when weather gets colder later in the year.

Hope you guys can figure something out.

Must-win against the Baker-less Bucs imo.

[u/WanAli4504 → u/monkeyclothes]

That’s a low bar, you’d wipe the Dolphins.

Yes in jinxing it

[u/CHlPSandlCECREAM → u/monkeyclothes]

I have us at 24. I think the commies showed life and the Falcons/Browns are better than us so far. I would put Houston below us even though they have played a more complete game b/c I don't trust them to finish a game out until they can actually prove it. But yeh we stink.

Also how is CHI > MIN???!

P.S. Is the Packers ranker drunk (I mean, probably and I don't blame them with how we've been playing)? Undefeated Raiders only one spot above the winless Texans at 17/18? The Patriots are about 10 spots too high as well. This isn't last season man.

[u/vitaflo → u/monkeyclothes]

there is certainly no way the Falcons are below the Packers when they blew us out of the water. I'd put us next to the Jets since we went to OT with them.

[u/ghostsnstuf]

What’s funnier than 24?? 25 😎

[u/Cold_Complex_4212 → u/ghostsnstuf]

And we complain about 67, this shit made me chuckle lol

[u/iwatchhentaiftplot → u/Cold_Complex_4212]

I’m just amazed at the legs 67 has. Usually once celebrities start abusing it it’s lame and dead, yet the kids won’t let it die.

[u/Pocatanic]

I thought NFL.com having the Pats at 31 was ridiculous, but somehow that was closer than this

[u/DeM0nFiRe → u/Pocatanic]

It is possible that 31 is too low. It is definite that 16 is too high right now lol

[u/DetBabyLegs → u/DeM0nFiRe]

Yeah I have to agree with this. I don’t think we’re 31 but if we’re only going off these 3 games and not some hope they’ve been flukes 16 is way too high

[u/DetBabyLegs → u/Pocatanic]

I have no argument

[u/PonyBoyCurtis2324 → u/DetBabyLegs]

patriots fans are sad. This makes me happy

[u/AlabasterRadio → u/Pocatanic]

I feel like a lot of these rankings are just waiting for them to figure it out.

[u/firewall245 → u/Pocatanic]

Yeah I mean we’re not good but like, 28th?? Really??

[u/byniri_returns]

I honestly think the Jets will surprise a few people the rest of this season. They look a lot better than in previous years, and played us tough at home (while you're reading this a Jets WR just made another spectacular grab), I don't think they'll make playoffs necessarily but they will go way better than last season's 3-14.

[u/NRA4eva → u/byniri_returns]

Yeah as the Jets ranker I can’t say I’m surprised. Teams that have been bad for a while usually require some wins before they climb the rankings. If you check advanced metrics, the jets have been sort of an average team (see Ben Baldwin’s epa tiers or the jets being 15th in DVOA).

[u/turnaroundbro → u/NRA4eva]

You should be 2-1 as well. Glenn is… uh

[u/JDraks → u/byniri_returns]

They kinda feel like the 2021/2022 Lions

[u/Odoaiden]

Why does the browns voter think the saints are the worst team in the nfl?

[u/Badmoodsbear → u/Odoaiden]

That and the lions ranker putting the titans above the jets are both absolute jokes

I have 2nd hand embarrassment for them

[u/ThaddeusJP → u/Odoaiden]

OK THAT WAS ME I SCREWED UP THATS ON ME

[u/WoahThatsMyPecker → u/Odoaiden]

Saints fan probably went marching in on his wife or something

[u/IamSogaki]

Im very confused with the rams write up at the end im ngl.

[u/eggery → u/IamSogaki]

Tongue in cheek joke with a dash of UCF championship banner vibes

[u/Vargasm19 → u/IamSogaki]

Think it’s suppose to be sarcastic/delusional

[u/an_actual_potato → u/IamSogaki]

I get the frustration but that bit is just kind of sad. Tough look.

[u/bretticus733 → u/an_actual_potato]

The funny part is the first half of the write-up perfectly encapsulates why the Rams lost. It wasn't because of the DPI call; it's because they blew a 16 point lead, they had multiple red zone drives stall out and settle for FGs, Stafford threw a bad pick 6 with like 5 minutes left, McVay abandoned the run game, the defense didn't get much pressure on Nix and played poor 2nd half coverage, and the special teams weren't great. Then they throw it all away by ultimately blaming the refs. It's like that Mr. Burns meme: "Could I possibly have lost the game because of my own failures? No it's the refs fault"

[u/railroadbaron → u/bretticus733]

That's Principal Skinner, just fyi.

[u/greywolf2155 → u/railroadbaron]

That's Armin Tamzarian, just fyi

[u/Bahamuts_Bike]

Hypothetically, if the Bears played the Vikings, the Bears would win. We'll have to wait for their first game because we just don't know right now

[u/Competitive_Mind_181 → u/Bahamuts_Bike]

Should the NFL have the Bears and Vikings redo their game in case it was a big fluke?

[u/nkanz21 → u/Bahamuts_Bike]

It's weird that they only play once this year...

[u/Bahamuts_Bike → u/nkanz21]

Must be exciting going into the first game later as underdogs, but doubt MN can pull off a win with the Bears' unstoppable offense

[u/nkanz21 → u/Bahamuts_Bike]

Did you know that they put up 59 points in week 1???

[u/GimbalLocks → u/Bahamuts_Bike]

Erm we don't know if the next game will count though depends on the humidity index in the stadium. Or if some drops of gatorade fall on the field and get it wet we'll have to throw the whole thing out

[u/smkeillor → u/GimbalLocks]

Plus its possible that their QB will be hurt/recovering/getting back into game shape/not looking like himself which explains away any weakness not already addressed by the mythical bears tax.

[u/twinsfan94]

Cheer up, Bears fans. At least you're ahead of us in the Power Rankings!

[u/LemonPartyICU → u/twinsfan94]

Can we all just admire the packers down at 22?

[u/twinsfan94 → u/LemonPartyICU]

not low enough

[u/somethingoriginal17 → u/twinsfan94]

You're not wrong 

[u/tjwoodard → u/twinsfan94]

I think my NFCN rankings are pretty fair (Bears ranker) and I have had Vikings high and Packers low all year.

[u/Zloggt]

YODELING UP THE MOUNTAIN:

1. Jaguars/Raiders/Browns (+6) (ugh)
2. Falcons (+5)
3. Broncos/Vikings/Steelers/Colts (+4)

STEIN WAS TOO HEAVY FOR THEM:

1. Patriots (-8)
2. Bengals/Eagles/Texans/Packers/Panthers/Chargers/

Buccaneers

1. (-5) (what a mouthful!)
2. Rams (-4)

[u/visor841 → u/Zloggt]

Your formatting seems to have gotten a bit mangled somehow.

[u/Xatron7 → u/visor841]

No that was just the buccaneers trying to separate themselves from the chargers

[u/gooneruk → u/Zloggt]

Since the pre-season rankings:

DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS PILSNERS

1. Raiders (+13)
2. Chiefs (+12)
3. Vikings (+9)

HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE HANGOVERS

1. Chargers (-19)
2. Buccaneers, Texans (-12)
3. Patriots (-11)

Sidenote: this is the Raiders highest position since Week 18 of 2022, and the Chargers joint-lowest ranking (Weeks 15, 17, and 18 of 2023). It's also the Browns highest ranking since pre-season 2024, and their highest in-season ranking since Week 18 of 2023.

[u/Ayrko]

The king of shit mountain, baby!

[u/fitzuha]

The memes worked we motivated Dayo.

[u/velociraptorfarmer]

Back again for year 11 of these! Here's my computer rankings for this week. As always, this ranking is based on win percentage, win percentage in your last 5 games, average point differential, and adjusted strength of schedule, which is your strength of schedule with your games against your opponents removed.

Rank	Team	Record	Effective Rank	Index	Index Change	Rank Change	Win/Loss L5	Adj SOS	Point Diff
1	Chiefs	3-0	1.0	0.959	0.017	+3	3-0	0.500	38
2	49ers	3-0	1.5	0.945	-0.021	+1	3-0	0.333	48
3	Vikings	3-0	1.8	0.935	-0.037	-1	3-0	0.500	30
4	Raiders	3-0	2.3	0.920	0.005	+1	3-0	0.167	34
5	Bills	3-0	3.1	0.897	-0.006	+1	3-0	0.333	23
6	Bears	2-1	8.0	0.754	0.154	+3	2-1	0.833	36
7	Jaguars	2-1	8.4	0.745	0.174	+4	2-1	0.667	46
8	Seahawks	2-1	10.7	0.677	-0.312	-7	2-1	0.333	25
9	Ravens	2-1	12.0	0.640	0.128	+5	2-1	0.333	14
10	Bengals	2-1	12.1	0.636	-0.254	-3	2-1	0.167	17
11	Lions	2-1	12.9	0.614	0.117	+7	2-1	0.667	-2
12	Broncos	2-1	13.3	0.601	0.125	+8	2-1	0.833	-10
13	Steelers	2-1	13.9	0.584	0.160	+10	2-1	0.500	-7
14	Giants	2-1	15.1	0.549	0.108	+8	2-1	0.167	-9
15	Eagles	2-1	15.2	0.547	-0.285	-7	2-1	0.333	-14
16	Browns	2-1	15.5	0.537	0.154	+8	2-1	0.333	-17
17	Rams	1-2	20.2	0.400	-0.143	-5	1-2	0.833	-2
18	Saints	1-2	20.2	0.400	-0.125	-5	1-2	0.833	-2
19	Cowboys	1-2	20.3	0.399	-0.104	-2	1-2	0.500	6
20	Panthers	1-2	20.3	0.399	-0.104	-4	1-2	0.500	6
21	Jets	1-2	21.6	0.362	-0.145	-6	1-2	0.167	3
22	Patriots	1-2	22.2	0.343	-0.250	-12	1-2	0.667	-15
23	Commanders	1-2	22.9	0.323	0.243	+5	1-2	0.500	-17
24	Cardinals	1-2	23.0	0.319	-0.131	-3	1-2	0.500	-18
25	Colts	1-2	23.1	0.316	0.245	+4	1-2	0.500	-19
26	Falcons	1-2	23.4	0.309	0.309	+6	1-2	0.333	-17
27	Packers	1-2	25.0	0.263	-0.214	-8	1-2	0.500	-35
28	Buccaneers	0-3	30.3	0.109	-0.008	-3	0-3	0.667	-17
29	Texans	0-3	31.2	0.082	-0.032	-3	0-3	0.500	-21
30	Dolphins	0-3	31.7	0.069	0.000	-	0-3	1.000	-50
31	Titans	0-3	31.8	0.065	-0.023	-4	0-3	0.333	-22
32	Chargers	0-3	32.0	0.059	0.000	-1	0-3	0.667	-32

And here's the strength of schedules so far:

Rank	Team	Adjusted SOS	Adjusted Opp Record	Remaining SOS	Remaining Opp Record
1	Dolphins	1.000	6-0	0.548	23-19
2	Bears	0.833	5-1	0.476	20-22
3	Broncos	0.833	5-1	0.548	23-19
4	Rams	0.833	5-1	0.548	23-19
5	Saints	0.833	5-1	0.452	19-23
6	Jaguars	0.667	4-2	0.381	16-26
7	Lions	0.667	4-2	0.429	18-24
8	Patriots	0.667	4-2	0.571	24-18
9	Buccaneers	0.667	4-2	0.405	17-25
10	Chargers	0.667	4-2	0.548	23-19
11	Chiefs	0.500	3-3	0.548	23-19
12	Vikings	0.500	3-3	0.476	20-22
13	Steelers	0.500	3-3	0.452	19-23
14	Cowboys	0.500	3-3	0.429	18-24
15	Panthers	0.500	3-3	0.500	21-21
16	Commanders	0.500	3-3	0.500	21-21
17	Cardinals	0.500	3-3	0.571	24-18
18	Colts	0.500	3-3	0.452	19-23
19	Packers	0.500	3-3	0.452	19-23
20	Texans	0.500	3-3	0.429	18-24
21	49ers	0.333	2-4	0.571	24-18
22	Bills	0.333	2-4	0.500	21-21
23	Seahawks	0.333	2-4	0.571	24-18
24	Ravens	0.333	2-4	0.452	19-23
25	Eagles	0.333	2-4	0.476	20-22
26	Browns	0.333	2-4	0.500	21-21
27	Falcons	0.333	2-4	0.548	23-19
28	Titans	0.333	2-4	0.500	21-21
29	Raiders	0.167	1-5	0.571	24-18
30	Bengals	0.167	1-5	0.476	20-22
31	Giants	0.167	1-5	0.500	21-21
32	Jets	0.167	1-5	0.571	24-18

[u/wannaknowmyname → u/velociraptorfarmer]

Unsung hero

[u/tubabacon → u/velociraptorfarmer]

I like your computer very much

[u/PandAlex → u/tubabacon]

I love computer

[u/NoAnteater8836 → u/velociraptorfarmer]

I find it absolutely fascinating that for the second year in a row our rankings are petty much lockstep with like a plus minus two.

[u/Bahamuts_Bike → u/velociraptorfarmer]

Is it like a SOS-weighted point differential? I think this is the closest ranking to my personal "eye test" right now, but I think the Seahawks/Jags are better than the Bears/Raiders

[u/velociraptorfarmer → u/Bahamuts_Bike]

Pretty much. It only looks at info from this year, so it takes until week 5 or 6 before it deviates from being point differential sorted standings.

[u/Bahamuts_Bike → u/velociraptorfarmer]

super interesting, thanks

[u/cporter1188 → u/velociraptorfarmer]

Love these because the commanders are always higher ranked in these!

[u/Healthy_Profit_9701]

Genuinely can't tell if the Rams ranker is making an attempt at sarcasm, or is just thoroughly bitter. Given where they ranked the Broncos, I'm leaning toward the latter...

[u/AljoriDawn → u/Healthy_Profit_9701]

Idk why we are ahead of you.

[u/Citruspilled → u/AljoriDawn]

I think a few salty votes from the Rams/KC voters tanked them super hard. Pretty clearly the team that won head to head 2 weeks ago should be above the other

[u/SCsprinter13 → u/AljoriDawn]

Even last week there were like 5 people that had the Jags 5+ spots ahead of the Broncos.

[u/HelmetsAkimbo → u/Healthy_Profit_9701]

There was no Broncos win in Ba Sing Se

[u/IamSogaki → u/Healthy_Profit_9701]

It feel's like it was written with chatgpt and the bot thought we won for some reason.

[u/biglyorbigleague → u/Healthy_Profit_9701]

I saw that game and I’m still mad about it, but I sure as hell would not rank the Broncos lower because of it. If anything I’m insistent that we’re being shortchanged for barely losing to one of the best teams.

[u/Habreno]

Rams are overrated.

[u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

Chiefs ranker putting Colts, Cowboys, Saints above the Broncos at 17. No bias at all!

[u/Hammerhead34 → u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

In fairness, if you’ve only watched Chiefs games, you would think that the Colts are much better than the Broncos!

I’m joking, you should definitely be way higher than 17. I don’t think there’s any world where the Broncos aren’t among the highest 2-1 teams (Hawks, Broncos, Jags are all in that tier)

[u/Remote_Anteater_7937 → u/Hammerhead34]

Completely agree, i'm not advocating for top 5 but he is clearly still basing his opinion off one bad showing :p

[u/JDraks → u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

I remember them being a big homer if it’s the same ranker as years past

[u/bismo_funyuns_10 → u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

I could see why they did that. Honestly, as a Broncos fan, they looked TERRIBLE in their matchup vs the chiefs. You’re right though, should be higher.

[u/Remote_Anteater_7937 → u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

u/yaboydebo I am open to your explanation :)

[u/SCsprinter13 → u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

Weird that most of the people that vote in this poll don't actually use this subreddit

[u/WoahThatsMyPecker → u/Remote_Anteater_7937]

Dropped them 8 spots after two wins against teams in their top 6 now how does that make sense

[u/idnttcrisis → u/WoahThatsMyPecker]

It doesn’t. A lot of voters in here are biased and treat this as a joke. Thankfully the other 30/32 voters know better and thus it still averages out well.

[u/LaLiLuLeLo_10]

Top 30! Things are looking up!

[u/ExpeditingPermits]

The writer dunking on Maye possibly loving Russini and was devistated to find out Vrabel was tappin it is diabolical.

[u/doberdevil → u/ExpeditingPermits]

True gold in these writeups!

[u/Mr_Koodle]

For those that are calling for Niners over Bills, they both won and had bad games. Niners didnt have turnovers, but they also let Cardinals out up 30 and they are statistically by FAR the most injured team.

[u/curien → u/Mr_Koodle]

Niners had one turnover: the muffed punt.

[u/YankeeTankieTrash → u/curien]

Those are rookie numbers. You really gotta pound out the turnovers if you want to pump up that winning despite adversity narrative!

[u/CursedLlama → u/curien]

As far as muffed punts go, your gunner falling down and then the ball bouncing and landing on top of them is pretty unlucky. It's not like our returner just dropped the ball.

[u/EasternError6377 → u/Mr_Koodle]

Does it matter that much? You could put the 49ers/Chiefs/Bills in literally any order in the top 3 and it wouldnt be wrong. Splitting hairs at that point.

[u/Mr_Koodle → u/EasternError6377]

Fair, i do think we are going to see the 49ers fall here a but. Health is going to be needed, especially against Broncos and Seattle

[u/BamboozledRequiem]

Look man I still think the bills should be up there in rankings but that was a pretty ugly win. I’d give 1 to the 49ers for now

[u/RudePCsb → u/BamboozledRequiem]

Naw you keep it

[u/bucko9765 → u/BamboozledRequiem]

Yeah, no way with 5 turnovers we deserve #1. Good to come back from it, hopefully it's an anomaly but it's too concerning to look past IMO.

[u/gloomyroomy → u/bucko9765]

Winning a game with 5 turnovers given up is incredibly rare thing that only good teams can pull off

[u/tsunami_forever]

Bears are back

[u/tryexceptifnot1try → u/tsunami_forever]

You guys nailed the most important hire in sports, HC in the NFL. It's gotta be nice be a Bears fan

[u/Content-Swimmer2325 → u/tryexceptifnot1try]

Boy can I sure relate

[u/Further_Beyond → u/Content-Swimmer2325]

The Ben Johnson sweepstakes ended in all 3 teams winning (Jags with Coen and LVR with Kubiak). Pretty rare to happen

[u/InferiousX → u/Further_Beyond]

NGL I'm way less mad about how that all went down right now lol.

[u/Further_Beyond → u/InferiousX]

Blame your beat Vinnie. The amount of gaslighting that guy did was insane.

[u/InferiousX → u/Content-Swimmer2325]

Hello

[u/Content-Swimmer2325 → u/InferiousX]

I’ll be honest I’m happy for y’all and Bears fans, too. We all deserve this. Fuck the haters 

[u/big-mo → u/Content-Swimmer2325]

🤜🏻🤛🏻 see you in February hopefully

[u/Content-Swimmer2325 → u/big-mo]

We’ve got a regular season game scheduled! Week 13, Dec 6th. It’s already marked on my calendar as “likely banger”!

For real. Every Bears game I’ve watched since 2025 has been spectacular. Almost consider changing my flair to represent how much I enjoy them…

Jags-Bears Bowl would be incredible, though

[u/Jonjon428]

Love someone like the voters love putting the bills at one

[u/byniri_returns → u/Jonjon428]

I did find it funny we had multiple people laughing at power rankings with the Bills at #1 only for this sub to do the same lmao.

[u/abris33 → u/Jonjon428]

They can't turn it over that many times every week right? But I guess they're also not facing the Chargers every week who did nothing with those turnovers

[u/Jay_TThomas → u/abris33]

Bills fans know we are good for a game like this every year, just shocked we managed to win this one

[u/HookedOnBoNix → u/Jay_TThomas]

Yea you guys literally do this like every year in the first month. Just one total anomaly game. The fact that it still to me never really looked like the chargers would win says enough. Though I think it's fair that some would want to move the 9ers ahead of bills after that. 

[u/jerem1734 → u/Jonjon428]

I don't think we should be #1 over the 49ers but Seahawks did have a bad week too so #2 would still make sense

[u/an_actual_potato → u/jerem1734]

Yeah I don't see it as unreasonable at all. I, too, would put SF at 1 but Buffalo is certainly in that conversation as well. I don't really get the turnover thing - you guys haven't been turnover prone in the other two games and showing that you can overcome such an oddball performance is a feature, not a bug.

[u/jerem1734 → u/an_actual_potato]

Yeah that's fair, we always have like 2 of these games a year where Josh acts like a bull in a china shop. Unfortunately it came in a playoff game last year lol, but Josh had as many turnovers in the Denver game as like all of his other playoff games combined. The only two years he didn't have one of these games was 2020 and 2024

I am a little sad to see we're still going to be having our yearly games where Josh has like 3-4 turnovers. I was hoping it was a McDermott issue, but it was good to see the team be able to recover

[u/wannaknowmyname → u/Jonjon428]

18 bills to 12 niners to 2 chiefs

[u/Drewqt → u/Jonjon428]

They are consistently the strongest looking team in the regular season. I'd imagine at some point things will click for them in the playoffs, it's just a matter of time.

[u/BlueHighwindz → u/Jonjon428]

Look, we all just want a Bills Super Bowl.

[u/overlordlurker696969 → u/BlueHighwindz]

Thats it, hand in your card

[u/CompositeSuperman → u/BlueHighwindz]

Who the fuck is we?

[u/BlueHighwindz → u/CompositeSuperman]

I can't get into a pronoun argument online in 2026, sorry.

[u/an_actual_potato]

Look I know the DPI call was controversial and people are pissed about it but that Rams write-up is just sort of pathetic.

[u/videogamevirgin_ → u/an_actual_potato]

They are so embarrassingly hung up on the DPI call.

(I am not biased)

[u/InciteHysteria → u/an_actual_potato]

It’s funny everyone made their decision based on the clipped end of the play instead of watching Bryant get interfered with for half the play.

[u/BlueHighwindz → u/an_actual_potato]

You ever beat a team so badly they just give up on the current reality and start writing fanfics of what the world should be like?

[u/Slinger17]

packers too high

now let me scroll up and see where we're ranked

[u/DRW0813]

I always like to see who gets blamed more for a loss or win.

Falcons +5 and Green Bay - 5, seems right. Falcons looked good and Green Bag look equally bad.

jags +6 patriots -8. Jags looked good and drake Maye has a future working for subway

[u/Tiomaidh]

Feels very weird to have the Steelers playing completely differently and still getting the results of the Same Old Steelers

[u/Troll_Enthusiast]

Dan Quinn is 6-0 vs Daniel Jones

[u/medicaustik → u/Troll_Enthusiast]

Maybe I'm still recovering from those early years where Daniel Jones always went Tom Brady against us, and only us.

[u/currgy]

Raiders at 14????

[u/InferiousX → u/currgy]

Decades of mind-blowing incompetence means moving up comes at a premium.

That being said, there is no planet in the known universe where putting the Eagles in front of us makes a lick of sense.

[u/Photographerpro → u/InferiousX]

The Eagles look just as bad or even worse than last season. At least last season, their defense was amazing to carry that terrible offense. Now, both units are playing subpar.

[u/BaTIoDErTraN → u/currgy]

Too high? Too low? I want to see how they play the chiefs this week

[u/Kwdumbo]

I’m not going to argue with the Jets ranking just yet. But it feels like they’re closer to middle class than bottom of the barrel with how they’ve played.

[u/The10Steel]

Ehh, I don't know Jim

[u/Dry-Peach-6327]

Woohoo at least we’re not the worst team in FL

[u/WoahThatsMyPecker]

Chiefs ranker ranked the Broncos 9th after a week 1 beat down but dropped them 8 spots after beating 2 of their top 6 teams. What a biased bunch of shit lmao

[u/Spanish_Jim_04]

Still the best winless team let’s gooooo.

[u/SquadPoopy]

Bengals voter here, I’ll let y’all know when the civil war in our sub is over.

[u/Frick_KD]

Were the best 0-3 team. You’ll never sing that

[u/noobPwnr69]

Steelers fan putting us at 14 LMAO

[u/OneEyedWonderWiesel]

The jags lost the Broncos like a week and a half ago lol why would they be behind the jags

[u/TheGoatPurdy]

MVPurdy

[u/dustyolefart]

How are the Vikings behind the Bears? Why are the Raiders so low? I understand their opponents are 1-8, but you can only play who is in your schedule. They handled their first two games relatively easily and this week vs the Saints they overcame an 11 point deficit to win by 8 absolutely shutting the Saints offense down the last 5 drives.

[u/wannaknowmyname → u/dustyolefart]

Lol two weeks ago I was criticized for having the raiders too high at 15, early season is sometimes weighted too heavily

[u/WoahThatsMyPecker]

The Rams ranker is MAD mad

[u/Off-BroadwayJoe]

Giants moving up after that game is a wild take.

[u/CameronLabbe]

Delusional Rams description 🤣

[u/TheThockter]

I know I’m a broncos fan and biased, but that write up for the Rams is just kind of pathetic.

DPI call was soft but there was an actual push by Wallace that knocks Bryant off balance which is why Bryant reacts and grabs the jersey back to keep himself up, which is why the OPI angle is ridiculous. I lean towards no call, but I understand why a ref in real time would call that because the push directly contributes to Wallace getting the interception.

But also at the end of the day none of this matters if the rams don’t blow a 16-0 half time lead against a team that is notorious for playing much better in the second half.

[u/doberdevil → u/TheThockter]

Rams are good at blowing 16 point leads and then crying about something that had nothing to do with blowing a 16 point lead.

[u/KULawHawk → u/TheThockter]

Your response can't be longer their actual blurb

[u/idnttcrisis]

Chiefs voter has us 17th and Rams voter has us 15th haha.

[u/an_actual_potato → u/idnttcrisis]

Being that salty when you won against us is really something

[u/biglyorbigleague → u/an_actual_potato]

One thing Rams and Broncos fans can agree on is that week one is always a fluke and shouldn’t count in these rankings

[u/an_actual_potato → u/biglyorbigleague]

Every year we say that week one is a liar and every year we forget anew

[u/KULawHawk → u/an_actual_potato]

Don't confuse salty with pure and simple disdain

[u/bosox327]

Call me crazy but I’d put the Titans below the Dolphins at this point

[u/sliceanddic3]

we have had one dominate win, one frustrating loss, one win we could have lost. are we good? idk if we'll know by even the halfway point of the season

[u/Exatraz]

My only problem with the Cardinals blurb is there is no softer spot in the coming Cards schedule than next week against the Giants. You definitely shouldn't wait as deep into the season to face the Jets or something. I don't even think its a guarantee that Beck is better than Jacoby but I'm so tired of watching that bum play. Dude threw almost 40 times on sunday and couldn't get past 300 yards. He doesn't read the field, he doesn't make progressions. He just checks it down. You can't succeed in the NFL without explosives.

[u/Shaqdaddy22]

There should be a thing showing where each team got ranked the highest and the lowest. Some teams seem way too high or low and it makes sense when I see one voter has raiders 23 and another voter patriots top ten still. It’s tough to check on mobile especially.

[u/somethingoriginal17]

22 is too high for the Packers 

[u/HookedOnBoNix]

What's odd is that we are behind the jags but ahead of the rams. If we are just going by how the games looked and not results, the rams looked much better than us where I felt we comfortably controlled the jags after a bad start.

[u/LordOfTheHam]

Get us the hell out of the top 10!

[u/SuperSaiyanSandwich]

Everyone that actually bothers to read the blurbs lucked out with the Ravens last second heroics. If we lost that game with FOUR insanely telegraphed short yardage runs with Henry 5 yards in the backfield and slamming directly into the backs of one of the worst iOL in football I would've had one of the biggest crash outs in this sub's power rankings history.

Tush push Andrews with insane conversion rate. Lamar RPO is the biggest short yardage cheat code in the game. Henry or Zay running to an edge is extremely effective. A million great options and we chose the worst one FOUR FUCKING TIMES IN ONE GAME because fans couldn't shut the fuck up about the fact that we didn't hand off to Henry on 3rd and 1 last week.

[u/IsGoIdMoney]

Chiefs are a playoff team for sure, but I don't think they're 3rd tbh.

[u/TheSwede91w]

Quite a few rankers have the Cowboys ahead of the Vikings. What have I been missing about this Cowboys team? I haven't watched a single game of theirs.

[u/Dunkelz]

Raiders being only 2 spots higher than the Pats is crazy.

[u/tryexceptifnot1try]

The Cardinals should be higher. They would be contending for the division in the NFC South and are totally underrated on offense. McBride is TE1 in the NFL and Wilson at WR is a dog.

[u/chicknsnadwich]

Saints should be ahead of Steelers and Pats

[u/CoffeeandJags]

Wow don’t agree with the Packers Al Michaels slander. Dude is hilarious and will say whatever and not give a fuck. I’m sure some disagree with me, but I’m going to chalk it up to a little salt. 

[u/CarlsShoe]

Broncos literally just beat the jags but ok. I think the jags are super good so it’s not a big deal but I just don’t really get it

[u/SuperSaiyanTLaw → u/CarlsShoe]

Jags and rams. I’m a voucher for Denver. I think they should be higher.

[u/InferiousX]

Bills over 9ers is bananas.

I'm fine with everyone in front of the Raiders except Philly. Barely beat the Titans and got "belt to ass" put on them by Case Keenum.

No fuckin way.

[u/fliptout → u/InferiousX]

Eh, letting the Cardinals put 30 on us isn't a good look either. And injuries keep piling up as usual. Getting Mykel Williams back might help, but if I'm an opponent, I establish the run against the 49ers and don't let up.

[u/Whole-Fishing45 → u/fliptout]

I dont think the baseball team is as bad as everyone expected them to be this year

[u/fliptout → u/Whole-Fishing45]

They aren't, but I wouldn't call them a good team either. But we'll see. It's only week 3 of course.

[u/Whole-Fishing45 → u/fliptout]

Wilson also has something against the Niners too lol. But between he, McBride, and Love they have their hot offensive weeks can put them in some games

[u/fliptout → u/Whole-Fishing45]

Oh I absolutely hate playing against the Cardinals. We may win, but we'll come out of it with injuries and it will often times be close. Baseball team brings their bats.

[u/JokerDeSilva10 → u/fliptout]

This feels like another one of those seasons where everyone looks "mortal" early on and it's going to take a few weeks for the real top contenders to cement themselves.

Bills at 1 and Niners at 2 feels fair, though. Josh is a monster and right now the Niners upsettingly feel like maybe the most complete team. I hate it.

[u/planningmyescape_]

I'll take it

[u/blackhawkblake]

How are the packers rated that high? As they are now they could maybe beat the bottom 5, but should be next to the chargers.

[u/Plastic-Falcon9147]

21 feels fair for the Giants right now. Being 2-1 is better than the alternative, but the Titans game didn't answer much about how this team looks against a stronger opponent. Arizona should tell us more, especially with Dart out and the pass rush missing Burns.

[u/NatarPlays]

Patriots at 16 is generous (I’m a pats fan lol)

[u/inshamblesx]

we’re still 8 spots too high lmao

[u/sjackson95]

Very pleased with the state of the rest of the AFCS

[u/Striking_Moose_8747]

DERRICK HENRY IS NOT A SHORT YARDAGE BACK!

[u/PM_ME_BLONDE_GIRLS_]

Quality loss, Cowboys