JACKSONVILLE – Here are senior writer John Oehser's Week 2 2016 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are:
Rank.Team (Rec) | Last season ranking | Comment
- New England Patriots (1-0) | 3 | No Tommy Ballgame? No problem. Yet
- Seattle Seahawks (1-0) | 4 | They find a way. Here's guessing they find their way deep into January
- Cincinnati Bengals (1-0) | 5 | Just throw it to A.J.
- Green Bay Packers (1-0) | 6 | Aaron Rodgers … he is who we thought he was
- Denver Broncos (1-0) | 7 | Will they have the offense to repeat? Stay tuned
- Carolina Panthers (0-1) | 1 | These guys may not be outside the Top 5 for long
- Arizona Cardinals (0-1) | 2 | This team's not going to lose many games
- Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) | 8 | All the way back
- Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0) | 9 | Could be an offense of record-setting production
- Houston Texans (1-0) | 10 | A very good start for Brock Osweiler
- Minnesota Vikings (1-0) | 11 | No Teddy? No problem. Yet
- Oakland Raiders (1-0) | 18 | Riverboat Jack came up big on Kickoff Weekend
- Baltimore Ravens (1-0) | 16 | Joe Flacco is back – and that eventually will make Ravens dangerous
- New York Jets (0-1) | 13 | Jets' defense still makes this team dangerous
- New York Giants (1-0) | 19 | First victory over Dallas in nine regular-season opening matchups
- Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) | 22 | Impressive debut for Carson Wentz
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0) | 24 | Impressive start to the Dirk Koetter era
- Dallas Cowboys (0-1) | 14 | Get out of bounds!!!!!
- Detroit Lions (1-0) | 27 | They blew it Sunday – and then miraculously, they didn't
- San Francisco 49ers (1-0) | 31 | All aboard the Blaine train
- Atlanta Falcons (0-1) | 15 | Early home division loss puts them in an early hole
- Indianapolis Colts (0-1) | 17 | Let a winnable one get away Week 1
- Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1) | 21 | Oh-so close – and Week 1 hurt oh-so much
- Buffalo Bills (0-1) | 20 | Struggling start to 2016 for Rex, Bills offense
- Washington Redskins (0-1) | 12 | Ugly start all around for 'Skins Monday
- San Diego Chargers (0-1) | 25 | Up next: Jaguars
- New Orleans Saints (0-1) | 23 | Gut-punch Week 1 loss could be tough to overcome
- Miami Dolphins (0-1) | 26 | Missed a chance for huge Week 1 victory over Seattle
- Chicago Bears (0-1) | 29 | Tough loss to start what could be a tough season
- Tennessee Titans (0-1) | 30 | Squandered opportunity for a Week 1 victory
- Cleveland Browns (0-1) | 32 | Has the look of a long season in Cleveland
- Los Angeles Rams (0-1) | 28 | Oof
