{"id":60328,"date":"2022-09-08T02:02:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T06:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=60328"},"modified":"2022-09-08T02:02:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T06:02:14","slug":"nfl-power-rankings-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2022\/09\/08\/nfl-power-rankings-8\/","title":{"rendered":"JetNation NFL Power Rankings (Top 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are our week one top 10 rankings.<\/p>\n

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  1. Los Angeles Rams<\/strong> \u2013 the champs hold the top spot until someone knocks them off. Stafford\u2019s elbow is something to watch (the backup situation is not great) as is the team\u2019s motivation for managing the grind that goes with defending the title.<\/li>\n
  2. Buffalo Bills <\/strong>\u2013 will see if Von Miller pushes this team over the hump. The defense was much better in the early part of last year than they were late.\u00a0 If the running game can spring someone for more than 100 yards in a game more regularly – that only happened twice in 2021 – it would sure help.<\/li>\n
  3. Kansas City Chiefs<\/strong> \u2013 the preseason trend toward closing KC\u2019s window for contending is way too premature. Tyreek Hill\u2019s departure will hurt, but KC still has one of the best offenses in the league.<\/li>\n
  4. Green Bay Packers<\/strong> \u2013 speaking of teams written off after the loss of their top wideout, Green Bay is still as solid on both sides of the ball as any team. Aaron Rodgers is ageless, and he\u2019ll help one of his receivers emerge as a star this season.<\/li>\n
  5. Cincinnati Bengals<\/strong>\u2013 the Bengals spent the offseason rebuilding its offensive line to protect its young star at QB. Joe Burrow and Ja\u2019Marr Chase will only be better in their second season playing together.\u00a0 That is scary.<\/li>\n
  6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/strong> \u2013 Brady\u2019s odd offseason has the Bucs entering the season as a bit of a question mark. It does give us the feeling that he could step away from the game at any moment.\u00a0 Assuming Brady stays and is focused, the Bucs are a contender.\u00a0 How the Bucs compensate for Godwin\u2019s health and Gronk\u2019s retirement will go a long way to determining success this season in Tampa.<\/li>\n
  7. San Francisco 49ers<\/strong> \u2013 the Niners were a factor despite missing key players for long stretches last season. Trey Lance takes over for Jimmy G and has the security of a big running game and a stud TE in George Kittle.\u00a0 The Niners are a decent bet to come out of the West if Lance can play like people are saying.<\/li>\n
  8. Baltimore Ravens<\/strong> \u2013 The Ravens cannot have horrendous luck on the injury front two years in a row, can they? 2021 was catastrophic.\u00a0 Lamar Jackson\u2019s contract situation will hang over the team for as long as it is not resolved.\u00a0 It does not matter \u2013 if the Ravens can stay healthy, they will play into January.<\/li>\n
  9. Los Angeles Chargers<\/strong> \u2013 Justin Herbert is a decent early-season bet for MVP. The Chargers may play in front of a half-filled stadium as LA\u2019s second most popular football franchise, but they are as talented on both sides of the football as anyone and closer to giving LA two straight championships than most people think.<\/li>\n
  10. Indianapolis Colts<\/strong> \u2013 the Colts have a championship-caliber quarterback for the first time since Andrew Luck. Recycling Philip Rivers did not work out.\u00a0 Matt Ryan cans still play and is a major upgrade.\u00a0 The Colts also have the league\u2019s best back running behind one of the league\u2019s best offensive lines.\u00a0 The defense played under its potential last year.\u00a0 If they step it up, the Colts can do some damage in the AFC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here are our week one top 10 rankings. Los Angeles Rams \u2013 the champs hold the top spot until someone knocks them off. Stafford\u2019s elbow is something to watch (the backup situation is not great) as is the team\u2019s motivation for managing the grind that goes with defending the title. Buffalo Bills \u2013 will see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":60329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-editorials","8":"category-nfl-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/LA-Rams-Bengals-Super-Bowl.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-fH2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60330,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60328\/revisions\/60330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}