JACKSONVILLE – Here are the jaguars.com pre-Week 3 2013 power rankings. And we all know how important these are:
- Denver Broncos (2-0) | 2 | Potential to get keep getting better and better
- Seattle Seahawks (2-0) | 3 | The NFL's best home team – by far
- San Francisco 49ers (1-1) | 1 | A lot of teams will lose big in Seattle this year
- New England Patriots (2-0) | 4 | Not pretty yet, but still 2-0
- New Orleans Saints (2-0) | 5 | Avoiding last year's slow start makes them serious contender
- Green Bay Packers (1-1) | 6 | Aaron Rodgers is Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Rodgers is good
- Houston Texans (2-0) | 7 | Mature teams find ways to win
- Chicago Bears (2-0) | 9 | Cutler & Co. Look like a season-long contender
- Miami Dolphins (2-0) | 18 | Surprise team of the first two weeks
- Kansas City Chiefs (2-0) | 20 | Skyrocketing in the rankings . . . for now
- Baltimore Ravens (1-1) | 11 | Loss of Ray Rice would be a real blow
- Atlanta Falcons (1-1) | 12 | Don't look right yet, but they will
- Cincinnati Bengals (1-1) | 13 | Handled Steelers with promising ease
- Dallas Cowboys (1-1) | 8 | Need to break up-and-down pattern of recent seasons
- Indianapolis Colts (1-1) | 10 | Luck faltered in the fourth – don't get used to that
- Detroit Lions (1-1) | 14 | A hair away from 2-0, but looking better than last season
- Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) | 15 | This has the feel of an entertaining, up-and-down year
- San Diego Chargers (1-1) | 24 | Rivers always gives you a chance
- Buffalo Bills (1-1) | 26 | Could end up being a major surprise this season
- Arizona Cardinals (1-1) | 28 | Showing signs of life early
- St. Louis Rams (1-1) | 17 | This team could rise quickly before too long
- Tennessee Titans (1-1) | 21 | So, so close to 2-0
- Washington Redskins (0-2) | 16 | Way too early to talk of benching RGIII . . . way, way too early
- New York Giants (0-2) | 19 | Looking like a long year if turnovers don't stop
- Minnesota Vikings (0-2) | 22| May need another fast finish this season
- New York Jets (1-1) | 23 | Surprisingly close to 2-0
- Carolina Panthers (0-2) | 27 |They're close, but not yet close enough
- Oakland Raiders (1-1) | 29 | Better than expected, but not looking great
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-2) |25 | Trouble in Tampa after just two weeks
- Pittsburgh Steelers (0-2) | 30 | Struggling as much as anyone on offense
- Cleveland Browns (0-2) | 31 | Not many signs of life early
- Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) | 32 | Sigh . . .
