Week 1 has come and gone, giving us breakouts, upsets and statement games. Who are the league's best teams, who moved up and who fell? Here are our updated power rankings.
We entered the season with so much hope and expectation for what was about to happen. Some of it was affirmed this past week, and some of it came crashing down. Even crazier than that, we're now stuck trying to figure out how much of Week 1 was real, and how much was not. Every single season we fall for the early mirage of success, or we press the panic button when everything is actually fine.
There are a few big changes for Week 2. Some of them are undoubtedly overreactions, but I tried my best to be fair to the body of work. As always, feel free to tell me where I got it wrong.All that Brock Purdy speculation was fun while it lasted. If guiding the 49ers to a 30-7 win in Pittsburgh was his debut after returning from his elbow injury, it feels like a safe bet he’ll be just fine.
It's still too soon to say if Deshaun Watson is good or not. He definitely didn’t play great in a driving rainstorm. But what we do know is that the Browns can run the hell out of the rock and they can get after the quarterback. They did both things impressively in a domination of Cincinnati. If Watson picks up his play, they can jump from"formidable" to"contender."On one hand, it feels harsh to penalize the Chargers for dropping a Week 1 thriller to a playoff contender.
'Hats off to Jordan Love and that offense' - Greg Olsen reacts to Jordan Love and the Packers defeating the BearsThe Seahawks might not have turned in the worst performance of the weekend, but getting torched for 238 yards by Puka Nacua and Tutu Atwell isn’t exactly covering yourself in glory, either. Truly baffling performance in Seattle. And even worse than the defensive lapses was the way this star-studded offense completely no-showed after halftime.
I’ll go ahead and say it: Minnesota was the better team Sunday; they just didn’t win. Obviously, that’s not going to help them reach the playoffs, but I’m just saying it’s too early to freak out. Clean up the turnovers and you win that game. No need to reinvent the wheel – although Thursday night in Philadelphia promises to provide a much bigger challenge.
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