NFL Power Rankings Analysis: Week 3 Insights
NFL Power Rankings Overview
You've spoken, and I've heard. Now that we have two full weeks in the books, I needed to make some adjustments to my preseason thinking, and I've done just that.
Major Movements in Rankings
- The Bengals didn't drop six spots just because of a loss to the Chiefs at Arrowhead by one point; they also dropped because I had them too high early on.
- New Orleans didn't rise 16 spots purely on the strength of winning in Dallas, although ... that was impressive, wasn't it?
- Dropping the Saints to 28th on my preseason ballot was my fatal error, and I hate overreacting to Week 1.
Shifting Preseason Biases
Week 2 is a different story. This might set the one-week record for movement in my year-plus on the Power Rankings beat. Teams were up and down all over the place; truthfully, I'm still trying to sort out the morass.
Injury and Surprise Factors
- The bad injury news for the Dolphins and Rams dictated their big falls from closer to the top.
- We had a late curveball on Monday night, with the Falcons stunning the Eagles.
Final Thoughts
It's been a strange -- but enlightening -- couple weeks. We try to stay limber. NOTE: Up/down arrows reflect movement from the Week 2 Power Rankings.
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