Where’s your team ranked heading into the regular season?
Football – yes real, games-that-actually-matter, regular season football – is officially back this week. Of course, there has been no shortage of league storylines leading up to Thursday night’s kickoff at Soldier Field between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. Andrew Luck’s retirement. Holdouts by Ezekiel Elliott and Melvin Gordon. Houston’s multiple blockbuster trades involving Jadeveon Clowney and Laremy Tunsil. All of these headlines have all been at the top of the NFL news cycle within the past TEN days, each of which has had an impact on our consensus NFL power rankings heading into week 1.
It's difficult to dethrone the reigning Super Bowl champions without at least giving them a chance to defend their top spot in our rankings from the end of last season. How long can they hold off the likes of the high-flying Chiefs and Rams? Will the loud offseason moves in Cleveland pay dividends right out of the gate? How far will the Colts fall after Andrew Luck's sudden retirement?
Check back every Wednesday throughout the NFL season to find the biggest movers in the latest weekly power rankings.
Full Power Rankings: Week 1
Rankings by: The Blitz Team
New England Patriots
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints
Chicago Bears
Philadelphia Eagles
Los Angeles Chargers
Cleveland Browns
Indianapolis Colts
Minnesota Vikings
Houston Texans
Dallas Cowboys
Seattle Seahawks
Pittsburgh Steelers
Atlanta Falcons
Green Bay Packers
Baltimore Ravens
Carolina Panthers
San Francisco 49ers
Buffalo Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
New York Jets
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Oakland Raiders
Denver Broncos
Arizona Cardinals
Detroit Lions
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Cincinnati Bengals
Miami Dolphins