JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 3 2022 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are …
Rank.Team (record) | Prev. | Comment
- Buffalo Bills (2-0) | 1 | Looking like NFL's most complete team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0) | 2 | Tommy's getting scrappy
- Kansas City Chiefs (2-0) | 3 | Early favorites in NFL's most-hyped division
- Los Angeles Rams (1-1) | 5 | Big-late game save keeps Rams at .500
- Miami Dolphins (2-0) | 11 | All. The. Way. Back.
- Los Angeles Chargers (1-1) | 4 | Let the Rib Watch begin
- Philadelphia Eagles (2-0) | 12 | Looking like a season-long contender
- Minnesota Vikings (1-1) | 7 | Offense suddenly quiet in prime time
- Green Bay Packers (1-1) | 9 | Because he's still Aaron Rodgers
- Baltimore Ravens (1-1) | 6 | Stunning
- New York Giants (2-0) | 13 | Big Blue 2-0 for the first time since 2016
- Arizona Cardinals (1-1) | 20 | A comeback on a historic level
- New England Patriots (1-1) | 27 | Averted first 0-2 start since 2001
- Detroit Lions (1-1) | 30 | A wire-to-wire victory for improved team
- Washington Commanders (1-1) | 14 | Long, tough day in the Motor City
- Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) | 8 | Looks like a close-game, low-score season for Steel Town
- Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1) | 31 | As good a day as Duval has had in a while
- Chicago Bears (1-1) | 18 | Green Bay is not a Bears kind of town
- San Francisco 49ers (1-1) | 25 | Jimmy G Time yet again
- Dallas Cowboys (1-1) | 21 | Got a gutty game against the Bengals Sunday
- New York Jets (1-1) | 32 | Historically improbable comeback versus Browns Sunday
- Cleveland Browns (1-1) | 16 | They lost how?
- New Orleans Saints (1-1) | 17 | Keeping it close not enough versus strong Bucs
- Seattle Seahawks (1-1) | 19 | Oof
- Denver Broncos (1-1) | 26 | Perilously close to 0-2
- Cincinnati Bengals (0-2) | 10 | Two three-point losses for defending AFC Champions
- Las Vegas Raiders (0-2) | 15 | Not the start they expected when loading up in offseason
- Tennessee Titans (0-2) | 24 | MNF oof
- Houston Texans (0-1-1) | 22 | A play or two from 2-0
- Indianapolis Colts (0-1-1) | 23 | Dominated in Duval. Again
- Atlanta Falcons (0-2) | 28 | So, so, so, so close
- Carolina Panthers (0-2) | 29 | Nine consecutive losses
