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Welcome back to the 2023 installment of the official r/NFL Power Rankings. With upsets and beatdowns galore, questions must be asked. Did teams like the Bucs and Rams exceed expectation, or were the Vikings and Seahawks simply that bad out the gate? How long will the Packers/Bears lil bro dynamic continue for? Are the Giants brave enough to show their faces for checks notes three more primetime games by week six? How sustainable is a Falcons team that refuses to throw past the line of scrimmage? Football discussion time!
| # | Team | Δ | Record | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 49ers | +4 | 1-0 | The 49ers dominated both sides of the ball in an impressive victory over a Steelers squad with playoff hopes. Brock Purdy answered all questions about his surgically repaired throwing arm by picking up right where he left off last season, and Nick Bosa shone on defense as the 49ers won 30-7. Next week the team heads to Los Angeles to take on the NFC West rival Rams. | |
| 2. | Eagles | – | 1-0 | Going into the season, the clearest weakness on paper was middle of the field on defense with young, unproven linebacker and safety corps. As expected, the Pats exploited that area, which might be even weaker now with injuries on a short week. What was less expected was the offense’s inability to move the ball. It’s only week 1, so for now most Eagles fans are chalking it up to off-season rust or the weather, but we’ll get more answers pretty soon with a matchup against the Vikings on TNF. Nick Sirianni weeping on sideline count: 0. | |
| 3. | Cowboys | +3 | 1-0 | That may have been one of the most one sided, three-phases dominant, go home early ass-whoopings in recent memory. 7 minutes of methodical offense by the Giants, and then it was over. Starters get pulled all the time, and teams switch to the prevent defense and the burn-the-clock offense, but how often do play callers come down from the booth with 10 minutes left in the game? This game also showed a terrible decision by Brian Daboll: Daniel Jones should have been pulled at least a quarter earlier than he was with the abuse he was taking. | |
| 4. | Chiefs | -3 | 0-1 | Leading into the season most of the talk around the Chiefs dealt with Chris Jones and his impending extension. After watching the season opener it became clear that the defense without Jones is a better unit than the offense without Kelce. Fortunately, as of writing this Jones has ended his holdout and Kelce looks like he’s going to go against the Jags on Sunday. That will mark a true test against a great opponent on the road with all of their key pieces back. | |
| 5. | Dolphins | +4 | 1-0 | Week 1 is in the books and it went about as good as any Dolphins fan can ask for. After talk about the Dolphins offense potentially being “figured out,” Tua and Tyreek responded by putting up video game numbers in a road win against an extremely talented Chargers team. The other two big threats in our division are dealing with major issues of their own in an AFC East that is open for the Dolphins taking. Next week we go on the road to face an underrated Patriots team that almost stole a win from a Super Bowl caliber team in the Eagles. Hopefully our run defense issues against the Chargers were just a fluke, because our offense being explosive isn’t as threatening to opponents if they can just run for 6 yards a carry against us all game. | |
| 6. | Lions | +6 | 1-0 | ||
| 7. | Ravens | – | 1-0 | ||
| 8. | Bills | -4 | 1-0 | What an awful way to start the season, but at least most of the other big name quarterbacks also looked like shit. If there are some positives from this: Tyler Bass is the man, and the defense looked damn good, particularly the front four. The offense? Woof. The Jets have a good defense, but that doesn’t excuse Josh Allen’s poor decision making. “Diggs down there somewhere” can only get you so far, especially against a secondary as good as the Jets’. | |
| 9. | Bengals | -6 | 0-1 | The Bengals three biggest weaknesses are games in Week 1, games against the Browns, and games in the rain. Week 1 they got all three. Joe Burrow seemed unable to grip a ball or throw it more than 10 yards down the field and the Browns pass rush disrupted the offense enough that they could not get anything going all game. Not using these as excuses, but the Bengals seemed out of sorts the entire game. However, this is a team who has overcome slow starts to the season before so one bad game shouldn’t be a huge concern. | |
| 10. | Jaguars | +1 | 1-0 | Sloppy; Perhaps the most accurate word to describe the glitter kittens demonstrating their flavor of prowess over young equines. Fortunately, slop is not currently a stat tracked by Pro-Football-Reference. Jacksonville will need to tuck the win in their belt and prepare for opponents known for carrying much sharper weapons. KC won’t let the Jaguars erase mistakes as the Colts did, so they’ll need to protect the ball much better in order to manifest the 2-0 start to the season they so desire. | |
| 11. | Chargers | -3 | 0-1 | ||
| 12. | Browns | +9 | 1-0 | The Browns haven’t won a week one game since 2004 and finally managed one this year, looking amazing while doing it. Over all things appear to be working out. Will a winning season help people forget about the… unpleasantness last year? Time will tell. The Browns will face the Steelers in Pittsburg on Monday Night Football. | |
| 13. | Packers | +6 | 1-0 | In a matchup between two teams missing their No.1 wideouts (I’m assuming the Bears were missing DJ Moore because I don’t remember him being targeted for most of the game), Jordan Love showed to be the better of the young QB’s and eased to a 38-20 win. Love and Fields combined for 4 Packer touchdowns and Aaron Jones flashed with 127 scrimmage yards and two scores himself. I’d still like to see Jordan Love perform against a team he doesn’t own before I declare him to be our long-term franchise QB but if he plays like this week in and week out, Packer fans will be very pleased | |
| 14. | Jets | -4 | 1-0 | You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. Listen. The Jets have an elite defense and a couple special young playmakers on offense, but Joe Douglas did not do enough in an all-in year to protect the 39 year old quarterback, nor did he do anything to bring in a competent backup QB. Jets fans deserve better. | |
| 15. | Saints | +2 | 1-0 | ||
| 16. | Rams | +11 | 1-0 | The most misunderstood team in the NFL strikes again. Following a tough Super Bowl hangover, injury-riddled season and benign offseason, nobody thought the Rams would amount to anything as they began the year favored in only four games—even derelict fans put up Caleb Williams posters. But, cue Matt Stafford. Now, was this yet another chapter of a bad Rams team beating the Seahawks or a sign of things to come? Who knows—but much tougher tests lie ahead with the 49ers, Bengals, and Eagles in the next four weeks. | |
| 17. | Vikings | -3 | 0-1 | The Vikings drafted Lewis Cine, Andrew Booth and Ed Ingram in the top 60 picks of last year’s draft, and the trio have now combined for one forced fumble. The only problem is that forced fumble came last week from RG Ed Ingram while Cine and Booth rode the bench. Hard to win when you cough up three turnovers and force zero of your own, but silver linings include Brian Flores’ exotic, aggressive defense limiting the Bucs to 3.6 yards per play, Justin “Reasons to Live” Jefferson putting up an easy 150 yards and Chrstian Darrisaw continuing to choose violence. But silver linings might be harder to find in a couple days as the Vikings head into the Linc Thursday night to face an extremely talented Eagles team. | |
| 18. | Falcons | +6 | 1-0 | week 1 of the regular season saw Arthur Smith playing his favorite 1920s style of football. With nothing but 2022 Mariota tape running through his head, Ridder has looked as risk-adverse as they come. It turns out that when you have a top 3 running game to lean on, you don’t need to be more than a game manager to win. Bijan/Allgeier are 1a and 1b at the moment, behind a line that knows nothing outside of fine dining and run blocking. The defense showed up as well, albeit against a rookie quarterback. As Cincinnati struggled against Cleveland, former Bengal Jesse Bates had a banner day headlined by two interceptions and a forced fumble. Next week should be a bigger test for the defense, and especially the porous defensive line that gave up 150 running yards to a less talented backfield than Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon. Regardless, a winning record is a place Atlanta hasn’t been since 2017, and it looks like Smith is sticking to his game plan whether the fans like it or not. | |
| 19. | Seahawks | -6 | 0-1 | The only way to summarize Seattle’s week 1 is with one simple word: ugly. Ugly on offense, ugly on defense, ugly everywhere. Things started fine in the first half, entering halftime leading the game 13-7. DK Metcalf had found the endzone, and the team looked competent. The second half, however, would turn into a nightmare. The Seahawks lost both starting ta… |
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