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2020 NFL Power Rankings – Week 03
1. Kansas City Chiefs (2-0): The Chiefs needed some incredible kicking from Harrison Butker to pull out a win over the Chargers in overtime. Butker nailed two 58-yard field goal attempts, including...
2020 NFL Power Rankings – Week 02
NFL Power Rankings – Week 02 1. Kansas City Chiefs (1-0): The Chiefs looked terrific in their opener against the Texans, with rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire rushing for 138 yards and one...
2020 NFL Power Rankings – Week 01
1. Kansas City Chiefs (0-0): The Chiefs picked running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire from LSU with the last pick in the first round, shoring up a weakness at running back. The defending Super Bowl...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 17
1. Baltimore Ravens (13-2): The Ravens have clinched homefield advantage for the AFC playoffs and will rest their key starters in week 17, which includes quarterback Lamar Jackson. Any AFC team in the...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 16
1. Baltimore Ravens (12-2): The Ravens had 12 players named to the Pro Bowl teams, tying an NFL record for most players on the Pro Bowl squad. Kicker Justin Tucker made his third pro bowl. Tucker, the...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 15
1. Baltimore Ravens (11-2): The Ravens moved one step closer to controlling homefield advantage for the AFC playoffs with a win over the Bills in Buffalo. Lamar Jackson went over 1,000 yards in...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 14
1. Baltimore Ravens (10-2): Patrick Rickard has become the first player since 2009 to play over 100 snaps on both side of the ball. Ricard has played 249 snaps on offense, 135 snaps on defense and 78...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 13
1. San Francisco 49ers (10-1): The 49ers have the No.1 ranked defense in the NFL and No.1 passing defense in the NFL. Where they have showed weakness on defense is in stopping the run, giving up an...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 12
1. San Francisco 49ers (9-1): The 49ers have played well to this point. But the last six weeks will be challenging. They get the Packers at home, then are at Baltimore, at New Orleans, the Falcons at...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 11
1. San Francisco 49ers (8-1): The 49ers finally fell from the unbeaten, losing in overtime to the Seahawks at home. The difference in this game was a missed field goal in OT. They have not played a...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 10
1. San Francisco 49ers (8-0): The 49ers are the only unbeaten team in the NFL after nine weeks. Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 317 yards and four touchdowns, showing the world that the 49ers...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 9
1. New England Patriots (8-0): The Pats have a dominant defense and a significant reason has been the use of the "zero blitz." The zero blitz is a defense with no deep safety help and as many as seven...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 8
1. New England Patriots (7-0): The Pats have given up a total of 48 points for the season in seven games. They are on a pace to set the defensive record for least points in a season. They also lead th...
NFL Power Rankings – Week 7
1. New England Patriots (6-0): Defensive end Michael Bennett was suspended by the Patriots for one week for conduct detrimental to the team. Bennett said he got into a "philosophical disagreement"...
NFL Power Rankings - Week 6
1. New England Patriots (5-0): As the defending Super Bowl Champions, as long as the Pats are unbeaten, they deserve to be the top-rated team in the power rankings. It helps that the Pats have wins...
2019 NFL Power Rankings - Week 5
1. New England Patriots (4-0): The Pats survived in Buffalo despite only scoring 16 points and gaining a total of 224 yards. Either the Pats are not as good as everyone thinks or the Bills are a lot...
2019 NFL Power Rankings - Week 4
2019 NFL Power Rankings - Week 4 1. New England Patriots (3-0): The Antonio Brown experiment is over and now the Pats can move forward with their very good roster. The Patriots are 7-2 favorites among...
2019 NFL Power Rankings - Week 3
2019 NFL Power Rankings - Week 3 1. New England Patriots (2-0): The Pats are off to a fast start, winning both games by a combined 76-3. With the wounded Jets up next, there is no reason to believe...
2019 NFL Power Rankings - Week 2
1. New England Patriots (1-0) - The Antonio Brown circus has moved to New England. As Jon Gruden said to the Pats after acquiring Brown, "Good luck." Next: -19 at Miami Dolphins - Sun, Sep. 15 2....
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 13
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 13 1. Los Angeles Rams (11-1) - Aaron Donald is starting to be mentioned as an MVP candidate. He has been dominant with a league leading 16.5 sacks, but he should be...
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 12
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 12 1. New Orleans Saints (10-1) - The Saints have won ten in a row, but the schedule will become more challenging in the coming weeks with the Cowboys, Steelers and...
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 11
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 11 1. New Orleans Saints (9-1) - The Saints don't appear to have any weaknesses. Even their punter, Thomas Morstead, is fifth in the NFL in net average, despite only att...
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 10
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 10 1. New Orleans Saints (8-1) - The Saints have signed wide receiver Brandon Marshall, to replace Dez Bryant, who suffered a season-ending Achilles injury. Marshall...
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 9
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 9 1. New Orleans Saints (7-1) - The Saints have won seven straight since their opening game loss at home to Tampa Bay. In the last three weeks, the Saints have won at...
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 8
2018 NFL Power Rankings - Week 8 1. Los Angeles Rams (8-0) - With the trade deadline acquisition of pass rushing specialist Dante Fowler from the Jaguars, the Rams got even better this week. Fowler,...