Week 4 AFC Power Rankings

[Giuseppe Tognarelli]

3 hours ago, Drew21PA said:

Ravens just lost to a bad colts team….

Honestly, they got totally screwed by the officials (legitimately), half their team was injured, and the Colts had the veteran Minshew starting.

[dorquemada]

37 minutes ago, Special K said:

Broncos are actually favored by 2 against the Bears.....thats how bad the Bears are!!

 

even with Edmunds playing? 

[kkim0904]

Chiefs Dolphins 🦬

Edited September 26, 2023 by kkim0904

[Airseven]

I agree it’s so hard to do these rankings early on. They can change drastically until there’s a larger sample.

 

Dolphins are #1 because there’s no other unit that rivals the level of their offense right now. Chiefs have earned the benefit of the doubt and will always be in the conversation. Bills are very good, but the fact Allen imploded again in their one tough matchup knocks them down a peg.

[LABILLBACKER]

4 hours ago, Big Turk said:

 

Payton just needs to let Russ cook. 😂

Or let Caleb Williams marinate?

[Rigotz]

2 hours ago, BigDingus said:

 

But we lost to the Jets... The Zach Wilson Jets. Then we beat a bad Raiders team, then watched the offense kick FGs most of the last game until the end. For a while, we had only 3 points off 3 or 4 turnovers, and only 16 points to show for it. 

 

So we can make ANY team sound not that impressive or downplay their efforts. 

 

Can the Bills win? Obviously, yes. But we also should stop discrediting what other teams have accomplished, regardless of what point in the season it is. 

 

We did that last year too, then went to Miami & lost. The Bills looked like world beaters through week 6 last year, then went through a long stretch of middling offense, playing sloppy, and division losses.

 

Hoping we don't downplay anyone this year. People got mocked for saying "remember the Jags game" last season, then those fears were proven warranted. 

 

I'm not trying to suggest the Bills are bad or Miami is winning the SB, I just want us to treat every game with the respect they deserve. 

 

I respectfully disagree here.

There's a big difference between preparing to play Aaron Rodgers, then getting Zach Wilson vs preparing to play Zach Wilson.

 

The latter is much, much easier.

[Matt_In_NH]

The Broncos should be relegated to the NFC

[Your Brown Eye]

It's fair. Bills have a chance Sunday to make the Dolphins look legit or like paper tigers

[Success]

Rankings are fun - but I wouldn't say right now that any one of the top 3 of Chiefs, Bills, Dolphins are measurably better or worse than the others.  

 

The way the Bills played Sunday, I like their chances against both of the other teams.  I think we're the most balanced of the 3.  With Miami, their offense is elite, but the defense has question marks.  I think KC's defense is the best they've had, but their O has taken a step back overall, and the WR corps is a bit of a weak link this year.

 

I'm not sure if the Bills have a noticeable weakness like that right now.  Perceptions will change as time goes on, but I think it's 1A, 1B & 1C, and I'd make us 1A right now.

 

[SoTier]

4 hours ago, Giuseppe Tognarelli said:

Honestly, they got totally screwed by the officials (legitimately), half their team was injured, and the Colts had the veteran Minshew starting.

 

Indy's kicker was apparently inspired by "Minshew Magic" and out kicked Justin Tucker, whose just missed a 61 yarder at the end of regulation that would have won the game for the Ravens.   Matt Gay kicked a 31 yarder, 2 53 yarders, and a 54 yarder in regulation.   He then kicked another 53 yarder to win the game in OT. 

[mannc]

1 hour ago, Success said:

Rankings are fun - but I wouldn't say right now that any one of the top 3 of Chiefs, Bills, Dolphins are measurably better or worse than the others.  

 

The way the Bills played Sunday, I like their chances against both of the other teams.  I think we're the most balanced of the 3.  With Miami, their offense is elite, but the defense has question marks.  I think KC's defense is the best they've had, but their O has taken a step back overall, and the WR corps is a bit of a weak link this year.

 

I'm not sure if the Bills have a noticeable weakness like that right now.  Perceptions will change as time goes on, but I think it's 1A, 1B & 1C, and I'd make us 1A right now.

 

I think it's a mistake to count out the Bengals, too.  They didn't look great last night, but they gutted out a win against a very frisky Rams team...they've started to right the ship, just like the Bills have after the Jets week one disaster.  They just need to keep their heads above water until Burrow gets fully healthy. 

[msw2112]

We all know that "power rankings" are meaningless, but fun to do regardless.  I'd go 

 

1.  Dolphins

2. Chiefs

3. Bills

 

but expect that to change after Sunday and the Bills to "vault" to #1.  For now, the Bills lost a game to the Jets and for that reason don't deserve to be #1.  Other than that, the Bills have not played a difficult schedule so far.  The Bills lost to Zach Wilson's Jets and it wasn't because of what the Jets offense did, regardless of who was at QB.  The Bills offense failed to do its part.  The Bills defense did more than enough to win that game.  Fortunately, the Bills have straightened things out and look fantastic on both sides of the ball, with a good kicking game to boot (no pun intended).

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

As of now, Fins are #1, but Buffalo takes the spot with a win. I’m not looking too much into the Jets game which was a close OT loss and a sloppy week 1 game. I am actually happy that we are playing a legitimate team this week so I can properly gauge this Sean McDermott defense. 

[Chaos]

Follow the money.  This has the top 3 in the right order. Chiefs. Bills. Dolphins. 

This is more or less in the right order. 

[chongli]

 

Sigh...Bills should be one of the team below too:

 

 

[Airseven]

^ 49ers, Dolphins, Eagles, and Chiefs as the top four teams right now is obvious. But there’s no way the Cowboys come in at #5 in “power rankings” after that performance against the Cardinals in a 3-game sample.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

18 hours ago, Special K said:

Broncos are actually favored by 2 against the Bears.....thats how bad the Bears are!!

 

Yep. And the Bills are favored by 3 this Sunday over the team that most people in the sports world have as the "best team in the league" and that team is coming off a 70 point performance.

 

We will know soon enough which team is the best in the league. Bills or Dolphins.

 

Chiefs have the Jets and 49ers have the Cardinals. Won't learn anything good about either of those two contenders. 

[Mr. WEO]

Fins, Chiefs, Bills

 

The rest are all pretty much the same mediocre bums.

[cle23]

1 hour ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

 

Yep. And the Bills are favored by 3 this Sunday over the team that most people in the sports world have as the "best team in the league" and that team is coming off a 70 point performance.

 

We will know soon enough which team is the best in the league. Bills or Dolphins.

 

Chiefs have the Jets and 49ers have the Cardinals. Won't learn anything good about either of those two contenders. 

 

So the Chiefs are penalized for playing the Jets, while the Bills lost to the Jets and aren't?  Not trying to pick a fight, but the logic there is ludicrous. 

 

3 weeks into the season, the Power Rankings are mostly pointless as the sample size isn't big enough.  Some schedules are front loaded and others are back loaded, so it's hard to rank teams.

[Gregg]

I thought this was funny. If football standings were like baseball standings this is how the last 162 games would look like. LOL JETS.