NFL Week 1 Power Rankings: Not yet drinking the Cowboys Kool-Aid

NFL power rankings entering Week 1 of the 2026 season (previous rank in parentheses):

1. Los Angeles Rams (1): Can you name their No. 3 wideout? Perhaps the only apparent Achilles of this star-studded lineup is the seeming lack of quality and experience that resides directly behind the big names on the depth chart.

2. Seattle Seahawks (2): We know the reigning champs can play suffocating defense. But Wednesday night will provide early insight to the trajectory of an offense now run by rookie coordinator Brian Fleury and featuring first-round RB Jadarian Price and WR Rashid Shaheed, a mid-season acquisition in 2025. It could be a far more explosive unit.

3. Denver Broncos (3): Is a team that was arguably − inarguably? − the AFC's best in 2025 getting enough Super Bowl love in 2026? Almost certainly not, though that might have something to do with Denver's brutal first-half schedule, which includes the entire NFC West and two other division winners from last season.

4. Buffalo Bills (4): The feel-good vibes in Western New York are hard to ignore, even amid all the changes for what's become a perennial AFC power … and, perhaps for the first time in more…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/