Labor Day is in the rearview mirror which means an even better holiday, even if some people don’t agree, is just around the corner: the kickoff of NFL season.
On Thursday night in Chicago, the Bears and Packers will get the NFL’s 100th season started off in primetime and the Broncos and Raiders will finish Week 1 on Monday Night Football.
Between that, the NFL’s 28 other teams will play 14 games of their own during a full slate of games which should have football fans and fantasy players glued to their televisions and get Buffalo wings selling like they are chicken sandwiches from Popeyes.
So how do all 32 of those NFL teams stack up against one another entering the season?
Below you’ll find our Ultimate Power Rankings, which combine power rankings from ESPN, Bleacher Report and the NFL Network to get a single number which reflects how the football community is feeling about a team.
No. 32 – Miami Dolphins, Ultimate Power Rank: 31.66 (ESPN, 32), (Bleacher Report, 31), (NFL Network, 32)
No. 31 – Arizona Cardinals, Ultimate Power Rank: 30.33 (ESPN, 30), (Bleacher Report, 30), (NFL Network, 31)
No. 30 – Cincinnati Bengals, Ultimate Power Rank: 30.00 (ESPN, 28), (Bleacher Report, 32), (NFL Network, 30)
No. 29 – Washington Redskins, Ultimate Power Rank: 28.66 (ESPN, 29), (Bleacher Report, 29), (NFL Network, 28)
No. 28 – New York Giants, Ultimate Power Rank: 28.33 (ESPN, 31), (Bleacher Report, 27), (NFL Network, 27)
T – No. 26 – Oakland Raiders, Ultimate Power Rank: 26.33 (ESPN, 26), (Bleacher Report, 28), (NFL Network, 25)
T – No. 26 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Ultimate Power Rank: 26.33 (ESPN, 27), (Bleacher Report, 23), (NFL Network, 29)
No. 25 – Detroit Lions, Ultimate Power Rank: 23.66 (ESPN, 21), (Bleacher Report, 26), (NFL Network, 26)
No. 24 – Buffalo Bills, Ultimate Power Rank: 23.33 (ESPN, 25), (Bleacher Report, 22), (NFL Network, 23)
No. 23 – Denver Broncos, Ultimate Power Rank: 22.66 (ESPN, 23), (Bleacher Report, 24), (NFL Network, 21)
No. 22 – New York Jets, Ultimate Power Rank: 22.00 (ESPN, 24), (Bleacher Report, 20), (NFL Network, 22)
No. 21 – San Francisco 49ers, Ultimate Power Rank: 21.66 (ESPN, 22), (Bleacher Report, 19), (NFL Network, 24)
No. 20 – Tennessee Titans, Ultimate Power Rank: 21.33 (ESPN, 20), (Bleacher Report, 25), (NFL Network, 19)
No. 19 – Jacksonville Jaguars, Ultimate Power Rank: 18.33 (ESPN, 19), (Bleacher Report, 18), (NFL Network, 18)
No. 18 – Carolina Panthers, Ultimate Power Rank: 17.00 (ESPN, 18), (Bleacher Report, 13), (NFL Network, 20)
No. 17 – Atlanta Falcons, Ultimate Power Rank: 15.66 (ESPN, 16), (Bleacher Report, 14), (NFL Network, 17)
No. 16 – Baltimore Ravens, Ultimate Power Rank: 15.33 (ESPN, 17), (Bleacher Report, 17), (NFL Network, 12)
No. 15 – Seattle Seahawks, Ultimate Power Rank: 13.66 (ESPN, 15), (Bleacher Report, 16), (NFL Network, 10)
T- No. 13 – Houston Texans, Ultimate Power Rank: 13.33 (ESPN, 14), (Bleacher Report, 12), (NFL Network, 14)
T – No. 13 – Minnesota Vikings, Ultimate Power Rank: 13.33 (ESPN, 12), (Bleacher Report, 15), (NFL Network, 13)
T – No. 11 – Green Bay Packers, Ultimate Power Rank: 11.66 (ESPN, 13), (Bleacher Report, 7), (NFL Network, 15)
T – No. 11 – Cleveland Browns, Ultimate Power Rank: 11.66 (ESPN, 10), (Bleacher Report, 9), (NFL Network, 16)
No. 10 – Indianapolis Colts, Ultimate Power Rank: 11.33 (ESPN, 8), (Bleacher Report, 21), (NFL Network, 5)
No. 9 – Pittsburgh Steelers, Ultimate Power Rank: 10.00 (ESPN, 11), (Bleacher Report, 10), (NFL Network, 9)
No. 8 – Los Angeles Chargers, Ultimate Power Rank: 9.33 (ESPN, 6), (Bleacher Report, 11), (NFL Network, 11)
No. 7 – Dallas Cowboys, Ultimate Power Rank: 8.33 (ESPN, 9), (Bleacher Report, 8), (NFL Network, 8)
No. 6 – Chicago Bears, Ultimate Power Rank: 6.66 (ESPN, 7), (Bleacher Report, 6), (NFL Network, 7)
No. 5 – Philadelphia Eagles, Ultimate Power Rank: 5.33 (ESPN, 5), (Bleacher Report, 5), (NFL Network, 6)
No. 4 – Los Angeles Rams, Ultimate Power Rank: 3.33 (ESPN, 4), (Bleacher Report, 4), (NFL Network, 2)
No. 3 – Kansas City Chiefs, Ultimate Power Rank: 3.00 (ESPN, 2), (Bleacher Report, 3), (NFL Network, 4)
No. 2 – New Orleans Saints, Ultimate Power Rank: 2.66 (ESPN, 3), (Bleacher Report, 2), (NFL Network, 3)
No. 1 – New England Patriots, Ultimate Power Rank: 1.00 (ESPN, 1), (Bleacher Report, 1), (NFL Network, 1)
(Editor’s Note: Rankers from ESPN and NFL Network did not update their ranks following the news about Andrew Luck’s injury so the Colts are much higher than they should be, all due respect to backup Jacoby Brissett.)
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