Rank |
|
Team |
Record |
Result |
Movement |
Comment |
1. |
|
Jacksonville Jaguars |
2-0 |
beat New England 31-20 |
(▲4) |
Bortles isn’t a punchline anymore; beat Pats without Fournette |
2. |
|
Los Angeles Rams |
2-0 |
beat Arizona 34-0 |
(▲2) |
Feels like they could have beaten the Cardinals a lot worse |
3. |
|
Kansas City Chiefs |
2-0 |
beat Pittsburgh 42-37 |
(▲4) |
This offense is scary |
4. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
1-0-1 |
tied Green Bay 29-29 |
(▼1) |
If only they had signed Dan Bailey earlier |
5. |
|
Green Bay Packers |
1-0-1 |
tied Minnesota 29-29 |
(▲1) |
Bogus call on Clay Matthews hurt; so did giving up 22 in 4th quarter |
6. |
|
New England Patriots |
1-1 |
lost to Jacksonville 20-31 |
(▼5) |
Roughed up in Jacksonville; can Josh Gordon help? |
7. |
|
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
2-0 |
beat Philadelphia 27-21 |
(▲4) |
Bucs have beaten two perceived Super Bowl contenders |
8. |
|
Philadelphia Eagles |
1-1 |
lost to Tampa Bay 21-27 |
(▼6) |
Thanks for the Super Bowl and all, Nick. Now hit the bench |
9. |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
2-0 |
beat Baltimore 34-23 |
(▲4) |
Two straight solid starts by America’s Redhead |
10. |
|
Denver Broncos |
2-0 |
beat Oakland 20-19 |
(▲4) |
Weird concept — Denver’s kicker WON a game |
11. |
|
Miami Dolphins |
2-0 |
beat NY Jets 20-12 |
(▲4) |
Jumped on Jets early and hung on in a road win |
12. |
|
Baltimore Ravens |
1-1 |
lost to Cincinnati 23-34 |
(▼3) |
You can’t play Buffalo every week |
13. |
|
Atlanta Falcons |
1-1 |
beat Carolina 31-24 |
(▲4) |
Matt Ryan can beat you with his legs, too? |
14. |
|
Carolina Panthers |
1-1 |
lost to Atlanta 24-31 |
(▼6) |
Panthers gashed on the ground by Coleman and Co. |
15. |
|
Washington Redskins |
1-1 |
lost to Indianapolis 9-21 |
(▼5) |
Looked like a completely different team in Week 2 |
16. |
|
Chicago Bears |
1-1 |
beat Seattle 24-17 |
(▲2) |
Sacked Wilson 6 times and got a rare pick-6 against him |
17. |
|
New Orleans Saints |
1-1 |
beat Cleveland 21-18 |
(▲4) |
Saints should really send Zane Gonzalez a nice pick-me-up bouquet or something |
18. |
|
Los Angeles Chargers |
1-1 |
beat Buffalo 31-20 |
(▲4) |
Rivers efficient and Gordon visited end zone three times in Buffalo |
19. |
|
New York Jets |
1-1 |
lost to Miami 12-20 |
(▼7) |
Darnold’s red-zone pick hurt. A lot. |
20. |
|
San Francisco 49ers |
1-1 |
beat Detroit 30-27 |
(▲1) |
Easy game turned into nail-biter for Niners |
21. |
|
Indianapolis Colts |
1-1 |
beat Washington 21-9 |
(▲3) |
Solid road win by the Colts; helped that Washington’s stadium was half-empty |
22. |
|
Dallas Cowboys |
1-1 |
beat NY Giants 20-13 |
(▲7) |
Still pedestrian on offense, but a win is a win |
23. |
|
Tennessee Titans |
1-1 |
beat Houston 20-17 |
(▲5) |
Blaine Gabbert is now 3-3 in his last six starts |
24. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
0-1-1 |
lost to Kansas City 37-42 |
(▼8) |
Weird to throw for 452 yards and 3 TDs and easily be the 2nd-best QB on the field, huh Ben? |
25. |
|
New York Giants |
0-2 |
lost to Dallas 13-20 |
(▼5) |
All that talent, and they’ve got 28 points in two games |
26. |
|
Houston Texans |
0-2 |
lost to Tennessee 17-20 |
(▼7) |
O’Brien taking blame for the loss. He should do that every week |
27. |
|
Seattle Seahawks |
0-2 |
lost to Chicago 17-24 |
(▼4) |
Russell Wilson’s fourth-quarter turnovers were crushers |
28. |
|
Cleveland Browns |
0-1-1 |
lost to New Orleans 18-21 |
(▼1) |
An Amos Jones-coached unit has cost them two games? Weird |
29. |
|
Oakland Raiders |
0-2 |
lost to Denver 19-20 |
(▼3) |
Carr played well, but it wasn’t enough |
30. |
|
Detroit Lions |
0-2 |
lost to San Francisco 27-30 |
(▲1) |
Bounced back after Jets loss and had the ball with a chance to win |
31. |
|
Buffalo Bills |
0-2 |
lost to LA Chargers 20-31 |
(▲1) |
Vontae Davis had enough; will he be the last one? |
32. |
|
Arizona Cardinals |
0-2 |
lost to LA Rams 0-34 |
(▼2) |
Bad and boring |
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