Power Rankings: Week 7

I don’t think it’s a stretch to put them last, right? They are playing offensively bad football every Sunday. The Chiefs were making mistakes for a lot of the game, and the Chargers just simply couldn’t capitalize offensively. It’s not like this Chiefs defense is elite, they should be able to score at least one touchdown on them, but they couldn’t. I think there is still that little bit of shock in everyone’s heads that they are this bad, but objectively, it’s hard to find any bright spots on the team.

BYE WEEK

It wasn’t all that pretty, but I don’t think anyone expected their first win of the season to be anyways. To be honest, there aren’t that many great things to take away from this game for the Titans. I like that Tate scored, and I like that the defense didn’t play horrible. Still wasn’t really much good play from Ward though, and were massively aided by a blocked punt. I think they’ll take the win, and they’ll slide up in power rankings slightly.

I personally think Daniels has some tools that they can continue to build on, but more importantly I don’t think Baker would be playing all that much better than Daniels right now. This is simply a team that can run the ball well and stop the run well, and are poor everywhere else.

I think a rebuild has entered the thought of this team. As of writing this, they just fired their GM, sit at 2-4, and Daniel Jones continues to not play well. I would be curious to see if they start trading off players or potentially consider a QB change. Playing someone like Anthony Richardson only helps your franchise long-term, as Jones is going to continue to disappoint. If you play Richardson, and he at the very least shows flashes, you could either hold on to him, or trade him as well and get some capital out of him.

It just gets worse, and worse for this team. As of writing this, Hurts is most likely not going to play the rest of the season due to blood clots. The Eagles season is likely over, but I do truly wonder what will change for this franchise long-term. Will Sirianni be gone? Will Hurts be gone? Do they trade off some players for capital?

I would assume the only takeaway from this game for the Giants is that you might as well play McCarthy until he proves you wrong. I get that Winston had won you a couple games, but I mean, come on. McCarthy balled out in the action he did see. As for the team itself, I think Harbaugh is hurting his team. He actively benched Skattebo and Mooney, two of the better players on the offense in this game. Why on Earth would you do that? They make mistakes, sure, but they’re fully grown adults, and this is the kind of move that a supposed adult in Harbaugh makes? Just really odd stuff when you are in first place in your division.

It wasn't a bad performance all around by any means. Being competitive with the best team in the league I think is a good thing. Daniels looked great, and I think the offense and defense played alright. This team still has some clear weaknesses, but Daniels certainly isn’t one of them.

The Cardinals played just okay. I think most people are pointing the blame at the disaster the Rams were, and not giving the Cardinals credit for their win, which they do deserve credit, just not a ton. The Rams not having a kicker, and their offensive woes were certainly the difference in this game, but that last drive by Brissett to win the game was pretty great.

The offense for New Orleans looked far better in this one, and the defense played a solid first 3 quarters. I’m not sure how sustainable any of it is long-term, but I still don’t think this team is horrible. Shough is good, and the defense has the foundation to be good as well.

The past two weeks, the offense just hasn’t shown up for Dallas. It’s an issue, because the defense is certainly not capable of winning games on their own, Dallas has to score at least 20-25 points a game if they want a shot at winning. Both sides of the ball deserve blame for the past two weeks.

The Jets really didn’t play that bad against the Patriots. They had Omar Cooper Jr. back, and that made a huge difference on offense, and the defense held its own for as long as it could. I’ve said it every week and I’ll say it again, this is a scrappy team.

A bit of an odd game from Atlanta, as they started very poorly and then turned it on late in the game, but it wasn’t enough for a comeback. Penix played well statistically, but had a -0.31 EPA/play. The defense didn’t defend the pass very well, either. I think this team has some strengths, but they definitely have some weaknesses as well.

I really don’t know how the Browns continue to win football games. An ugly AFC North matchup with a combined 23 points I suppose is one way to find a win. The defense played well, but the Browns offense is giving me nothing. Watson is giving me nothing, and they averaged 3 yards a carry. They move up, but not a ton.

Look I’m not going to go around saying “I told you so” about the Rams. For one, I wasn’t that low on them coming in, and secondly, I didn’t think it would be this bad. I simply thought that we crowned them too early, and that there were still lingering flaws/questions on this team. 289 yards of offense at home against the worst passing defense in the NFL is inexcusable. The poor special teams play every week is awful, and both the offense and the defense are wildly inconsistent. I don’t think Myles Garrett saves this team.

I don’t think there is any shame in losing a close game like that to Buffalo. There are plenty of positives to take away for this Raiders team, except the fact they can’t run the ball well. If they can start running the ball well, then they will be a scary team.

Same situation as the Browns in my opinion, this team is not as good as their record shows. They should’ve had no issue with Tampa, and instead go to OT with them. Rogers is playing poorly, and the run game has been inconsistent. The defense is also not good enough to carry this team either, so continuing to find wins is going to be a struggle for Pittsburgh.

I never gave up on this team. The defense didn’t look spectacular in London, but they were also playing a division rival who has a top 5 offense and has been in London for 2 weeks, so I give it a pass. I am most impressed with Stroud though. The Texans also don’t have much of a running game, but Stroud has been so efficient in the short-intermediate passing game, that it hasn’t mattered.

Green Bay are winners of 3 straight, and I will give them credit, as they are solid wins. I am personally most impressed with the level of defense they have played against two top ten offenses in the Bears and the Cowboys. That all being said… they still cannot run the ball well, at all. They are going to be last in rushing, and that is a concern to me. Sure, they’ll get Josh Jacobs back (somehow), but I don’t think a guy who has played football in a while is going to ultimately fix their run game, as it starts with the offensive line. If they play a team that can stop the pass efficiently. Then they may be doomed, but until then, they are going to live and die by the arm of Jordan Love.

Give Denver’s front seven credit, as they made it a living hell for Sam Darnold for 5 quarters, and they made do with their guys in the secondary. But being impressed with this team as a whole is a stretch to me. The offense had 168 yards of offense, half as many first downs as Seattle, and a QB who cannot throw the ball downfield. They had 30 yards in the second half total. They simply won because of the mistakes of Sam Darnold. Once again, I’ll give the defense credit, as they are starting to play better as the season goes on, but I don’t think that’s a win you should feel great about whatsoever.

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Well, about as ugly as it can get for Baltimore. Got to be better on offense. I get it was a backup QB, but we just saw them win an OT game against a far better defense than Cleveland. Lamar should be back next week so I won’t dock them too hard, but not a great outing from Baltimore.

Sure it wasn’t the prettiest win of all time, and they only pulled away late, but this is a good well-rounded team in Carolina. There aren’t a lot of passing offenses better than theirs, and that historically is something you can rely on to win a good amount of games. Hard to give much credit to the defense for shutting down Tanner McKee, but they took care of business.

The Patriots are starting to look like the 2025 Patriots, which is a good thing. Some people might say that it was just the Jets, but the Jets are a pretty scrappy well-rounded team, so it wasn’t going to be easy. Maye looks and is playing like an elite QB again, and I do trust this defense.

It’s ugly, and Darnold threw two bad interceptions, but I certainly wouldn’t sound the alarms for this team. It is a rarity that they lost on Thursday night, and really were a Darnold INT away from winning. However, what got swept under the rug was the fact that Seattle kind of ran the ball pretty well, averaging 4.5 YPC, and that was without Charbonnet and their best run blocker on the offensive line, both of which they get back next week. As for Darnold, it is frustrating to play out of him for sure, but he had a 4 game stretch last season in which he had 7 interceptions, and that team went on to win the Super Bowl. He can turn it around, we will just have to see if he does.

That is the kind of difference Caleb can make. This is an all-around solid team on both sides of the ball, and they proved it on Sunday. They weren’t efficient running the ball, but Atlanta has a great run defense.

Didn’t play bad by any means, just the Texans were the better team on Sunday. This is still a competitive team and excellent on both sides of the ball, we just learned more about Houston than we did about Jacksonville.

There’s always a lot of discourse about how bad the Bills defense is, and it is pretty bad this year, but this offense is essentially averaging 30 a game. Like the consistency in offensive play from this team doesn’t get appreciated because of the defense or the Allen turnovers, but I think most teams would be willing to give up a couple turnovers a game if it meant dropping 30 every week.

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A lot of the mistakes made from Kansas City are going to be swept under the rug simply because of how awful the Chargers were, but Kansas City wasn’t blowing me away. They made plenty of mistakes on both sides of the ball, but played good enough ball as a whole for it to not be an issue. Their opponent next week will be less forgiving than the Chargers.

Maybe a little too close for comfort, but the 49ers still got it done. I think there could be concerns long-term about the health of this team, considering how old some of the key players are, but as for now it’s one of the best offenses and one of the most balanced teams.