New NFL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, plus preseason forecasts everyone got wrong

It's Week 7 of the NFL regular season.

Our powerfulness sheet -- a radical of much than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities -- evaluated however teams are stacking up done six weeks.

From the unexpected dominance of the NFC East to the 4-2 New York Jets, it has been hard to foretell what volition hap week to week. These Power Rankings bespeak that. But we (again) person a caller No. 1 squad aft the Buffalo Bills defeated the Kansas City Chiefs connected Sunday, and determination are officially 3 teams from the authorities of New York successful the apical 10.

In summation to our updated rankings, we checked successful with NFL Nation reporters crossed the league and asked them to sanction 1 happening that we, and the wide public, got incorrect astir each team. They research expectations that person been exceeded and expectations that person not been met done these six weeks of the season.

Let's get to it.

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1. Buffalo Bills (5-1)

Week 6 ranking: 2

The highest of expectations were acceptable for the Buffalo Bills, and they person shown wherefore galore thought this squad could beryllium the champion successful the league. Quarterback Josh Allen is playing astatine an MVP-type level, and walk rusher Von Miller is performing arsenic the squad hoped with six sacks. I'm not definite galore thought the Bills would support winning contempt missing cardinal players. Buffalo has dealt with injuries to respective starters, including information Micah Hyde suffering a season-ending cervix injury. The squad is getting healthier, but backups person mostly been up to the task, showing conscionable however well-rounded of a roster GM Brandon Beane has built. -- Alaina Getzenberg

2. Philadelphia Eagles (6-0)

Week 6 ranking: 3

I thought backmost Jalen Hurts would amended successful his 2nd afloat play arsenic the starter, but wasn't expecting him to beryllium successful the aboriginal MVP conversation. His strides successful the passing crippled person been peculiarly notable. He ranks ninth successful completion percent done six games (66.8%) compared to 26th past twelvemonth (61.3%). He is 3rd successful yards per effort (8.23) and has lone committed 2 turnovers portion dropping backmost 221 times and moving it 77 times. Hurts is simply a superior crushed wherefore the Eagles are undefeated. -- Tim McManus

3. Kansas City Chiefs (4-2)

Week 6 ranking: 1

The walk rush, with 14 sacks done 5 games, is improved. Last season, the Chiefs had 31 sacks implicit 17 games, leaving them 29th successful the league. The Chiefs request to amended their walk unreserved with their beforehand 4 different than Chris Jones erstwhile they don't blitz. The Chiefs person 8 sacks with their down linemen, including 3 from Jones. Linebackers oregon antiaircraft backs person the different six. -- Adam Teicher

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Stephen A. Smith highlights the Chiefs' request for a prima WR if they privation to apical the Bills this year.

4. Minnesota Vikings (5-1)

Week 6 ranking: 4

There was wide skepticism that manager Kevin O'Connell would person the squad physically acceptable for the commencement of the play aft a unsocial summertime driven by sports show theories. Key players saw small to nary preseason action, contempt a schematic overhaul, and determination were lone a fistful of intensely carnal practices periods. But not lone were the Vikings acceptable to unfastened 5-1, but 21 of their 22 starters person made each start. The lone objection was information Harrison Smith, who missed 1 crippled due to the fact that of a concussion. -- Kevin Seifert

5. New York Giants (5-1)

Week 6 ranking: 11

The Giants weren't expected to triumph galore games this play (my projection was six). You blasted me? They hadn't topped six wins successful immoderate of the erstwhile 5 seasons. But each they've done truthful acold is find ways to win, whether it's by going for 2 successful the opener, shutting retired Aaron Rodgers successful the 2nd fractional oregon getting their archetypal interception of the play to triumph them the crippled against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens. It doesn't substance that the Giants are 23rd successful full discourtesy and 15th successful defense. Coach Brian Daboll has this squad believing and finishing. They've outscored opponents 87-49 successful the 2nd fractional of games. -- Jordan Raanan

6. Dallas Cowboys (4-2)

Week 6 ranking: 5

First, I didn't get thing wrong. I thought the defence would beryllium the strength. I thought the tally crippled would beryllium amended than radical thought. I didn't cognize they would triumph 4 consecutive games without Dak Prescott, and neither did anybody other not related to the franchise. Cooper Rush deserves a ton of recognition for what helium was capable to bash successful Prescott's absence. He has earned a occupation arsenic a backup successful the NFL for nevertheless agelong idiosyncratic wants him to beryllium a backup. He kept the play live due to the fact that determination was thing but doom and gloom aft Prescott suffered a fractured thumb successful the play opener. The Cowboys play Detroit and Chicago earlier heading into the bye week. If Prescott plays arsenic expected, the Cowboys volition beryllium successful the heavy of the playoff chase. -- Todd Archer

7. Baltimore Ravens (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 7

Coming in, it was thought that the Ravens would person the NFL's champion secondary. But, Baltimore ranks 28th against the pass, giving up an mean 267.7 yards done the air. The existent occupation has been successful the 4th quarter, wherever the Ravens person allowed 552 yards passing and six touchdown passes. This is simply a astonishment fixed that Baltimore has 3 first-round picks (cornerbacks Marlon Humphrey and Marcus Peters on with Kyle Hamilton) and a apical free-agent signing (safety Marcus Williams) successful the secondary. It won't get immoderate easier without Williams, who is retired for an extended play aft dislocating his wrist successful Week 5. -- Jamison Hensley

8. Los Angeles Chargers (4-2)

Week 6 ranking: 10

After ranking among the worst units successful the NFL (No. 29 overall) allowing an mean of 27 points per crippled successful 2021, it was wide thought that the Bolts defence would catapult up the rankings aft important offseason upgrades successful personnel. However, contempt the additions of All Pro borderline rusher Khalil Mack, Pro Bowl cornerback J.C. Jackson and antiaircraft lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day, the Chargers stay ranked among the league's worst defenses (No. 26 overall), allowing an mean of 25.3 points per game. And a deficiency of betterment and show cannot solely beryllium blamed connected the nonaccomplishment of Pro Bowl borderline rusher Joey Bosa, who was placed connected injured reserve aft Week 3 aft undergoing groin surgery. -- Lindsey Thiry

9. New York Jets (4-2)

Week 6 ranking: 16

The rookie people is processing quicker than expected. Cornerback Sauce Gardner and moving backmost Breece Hall, successful particular, person made specified an interaction that they person to beryllium considered candidates for Defensive and Offensive Rookie of the Year, respectively. Gardner has 8 walk breakups, 1 interception and has allowed lone 1 reception successful antheral coverage, per NFL Next Gen Stats. Hall replaced Michael Carter arsenic the RB1 and is ninth successful the league with 609 yards from scrimmage. Growing pains? Not astatine all. -- Rich Cimini

10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 9

It seems the 2022 Bucs are not the aforesaid squad that won the Super Bowl successful 2020 oregon that enactment up 30 points connected opponents past year. "I consciousness similar everyone thinks we're a squad that we're not," close tackle Tristan Wirfs said Sunday. "We haven't done thing yet. We're 3-3. It ain't good. That's what we are. Your grounds is what you are. We've gotta beryllium better." They're averaging conscionable 20 points a crippled and scoring touchdowns connected lone 50% of their reddish portion drives -- 21st successful the NFL. Last play they were scoring touchdowns connected 64.4% of their reddish portion drives. -- Jenna Laine

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Dan Orlovsky and Mina Kimes respond to the Cardinals trading for Robbie Anderson.

11. Los Angeles Rams (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 13

It was the anticipation that wide receiver Allen Robinson II would measurement successful instantly and marque an interaction alongside Cooper Kupp. While Robinson is coming disconnected his champion crippled of the play for the Rams -- 5 catches for 63 yards and a touchdown -- for overmuch of the play helium has struggled to consistently link with Matthew Stafford. The brace -- and the Rams' discourtesy -- took a measurement successful the close absorption connected Sunday, but it remains to beryllium seen whether they tin support up the accumulation against tougher upcoming opponents. -- Sarah Barshop

12. San Francisco 49ers (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 6

After investing successful important peculiar teams resources successful the offseason, we thought the portion would beryllium vastly improved. The 49ers spent bully wealth to bolster their sum units and motion returner Ray-Ray McCloud. They adjacent hired a caller peculiar teams manager successful Brian Schneider to bring it each together. The results person been mixed arsenic San Francisco inactive struggles connected kickoff returns, has fixed up 23.2 yards per footwear instrumentality (ninth worst successful the NFL) and had 2 tract goals blocked. The effect is simply a portion with an expected points added of minus-3.5, which is 21st successful the NFL. It's amended than past twelvemonth astatine this clip but it's inactive not wherever the 49ers would similar it to be. -- Nick Wagoner

13. Cincinnati Bengals (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 14

The Cleveland Browns finished the 2021 play successful the apical 5 successful lowest opposing QBR (51.1), fewest nett yards per passing effort (5.97) and highest walk unreserved triumph complaint (49.9%). With virtually each starter back, that was expected to construe into an elite antiaircraft portion this season. Instead, Cleveland's defence has fallen apart. The Browns are good extracurricular the apical 10 successful each 3 of the aforementioned categories. But astir telling, they present fertile 31st successful antiaircraft efficiency. The Browns bash person the endowment to crook it around. Yet thing astir their performances truthful acold suggests that they will. -- Ben Baby

14. Green Bay Packers (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 8

Oh, if determination were lone 1 thing. On offense, the Packers person the lowest six-game constituent full successful immoderate six games of Aaron Rodgers' career. Even without Davante Adams, this was not the anticipation due to the fact that of guys similar Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon. The defense, loaded with first-round picks and high-priced escaped agents that had everyone projecting them arsenic a top-tier defense, inactive can't halt the run. And adjacent the peculiar teams that looked vastly improved reverted Sunday and had some a tract extremity and a punt blocked. That's however an overwhelming part favourite tin recede to mediocrity truthful quickly. -- Rob Demovsky

15. New England Patriots (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 19

The hesitance astatine the commencement of the play was that the offense, led by coaches Matt Patricia and Joe Judge whose superior acquisition had been connected defence and peculiar teams, would beryllium an Achilles' heel. Instead, the coaches person been instrumental successful getting rookie QB Bailey Zappe up to velocity successful an exigency situation. Zappe is 2-0 arsenic a starter, and successful conscionable implicit 11 quarters is 51-of-70 for 596 yards, with 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. -- Mike Reiss

16. Tennessee Titans (3-2)

Week 6 ranking: 15

Since taking implicit arsenic Tennessee's starter successful 2019, 26 of Ryan Tannehill's 82 touchdown passes person gone to choky ends. Veteran escaped cause Austin Hooper seemed similar a earthy lucifer to payment from Tannehill's willingness to get the choky ends involved. Hooper and Tannehill worked extensively to make chemistry during grooming camp. Judging from however often the 2 players connected successful practice, Hooper appeared to beryllium connected his mode to a productive play backmost successful July. But that hasn't been the case. Hooper has lone caught six passes for 55 yards done 5 games and is yet to people a touchdown. -- Turron Davenport

17. Miami Dolphins (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 12

There was a batch of extracurricular skepticism whether oregon not Tua Tagovailoa could powerfulness an discourtesy that featured Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. Instead, helium led the NFL successful QBR done the archetypal 3 weeks of the play and ranked 2nd successful passing yards. Most importantly, the Dolphins started 3-0. He's missed the past 2 and a fractional games and their violative ratio has plummeted; the Dolphins ranked 2nd successful the league successful expected points added successful Weeks 1-3 -- successful Weeks 4-6, that ranking has dropped to 28th. Contrary to fashionable content entering the season, this squad is quantifiably amended with Tagovailoa nether center. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques

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Field Yates says helium inactive doesn't presumption Mike Gesicki arsenic a reliable phantasy starter contempt his large show successful Week 6.

18. Seattle Seahawks (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 20

The anticipation was that Geno Smith would beryllium a monolithic driblet disconnected from Russell Wilson. However, Smith has been 1 of the biggest surprises of the play -- and acold amended than his predecessor has been during his unsmooth commencement successful Denver. Even with a quiescent show successful Week 6, Smith ranks 4th successful Total QBR (68.5%), archetypal successful completion percent (73.4%) and 3rd successful touchdown-to-interception ratio (9-2). And it's not arsenic though he's simply been a crippled manager. Smith has attempted the 14th-most passes and had to transportation the Seahawks to their archetypal 2 victories portion their defence faltered. -- Brady Henderson

19. Atlanta Falcons (3-3)

Week 6 ranking: 24

The Falcons were expected to beryllium bad. Having a 3-3 grounds done six games with a wide program is amended than astir could person expected. Contrary to my preseason thought, Atlanta has been capable to tally connected immoderate hostile it has faced with a multitude of backs, the league's No. 3 rushing team. Its defence has been opportunistic and created unit astatine cardinal times. The cohesion of the full roster, combined with a part void of a ascendant team, should person Atlanta successful the playoff speech for many, galore weeks to come. -- Michael Rothstein

20. Indianapolis Colts (3-2-1)

Week 6 ranking: 25

The conception that the Indianapolis Colts' young radical of wide receivers and choky ends were the biggest interest hasn't proven to beryllium true. Surprisingly, that rubric belongs to an violative enactment that has struggled successful epic manner and has undermined the full offense. The Colts person utilized antithetic violative enactment combinations successful each of the past 3 games, with nary of the changes prompted by injury. They yet look to person recovered a workable portion successful Sunday's triumph implicit the Jacksonville Jaguars -- the line's champion showing of the season. As for the receivers and choky ends, the youngsters are truly starting to flash, peculiarly rookie receiver Alec Pierce. Now, consistency is the adjacent goal. -- Stephen Holder

21. New Orleans Saints (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 17

It was assumed Saints defence would prime up wherever it near disconnected and stay apical tier contempt an overhauled secondary. But they person conscionable 1 interception arsenic a team, person fallen from No. 7 successful full defence successful 2021 to No. 17 this play and nary longer person the vaunted tally defence they erstwhile had. The discourtesy continues to get the attention, but the defence has made immoderate cardinal mistakes this year, including missed tackles successful captious moments. -- Katherine Terrell

22. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 22

Running backmost James Robinson suffered a torn Achilles connected Dec. 26 and the Jacksonville Jaguars were cautious with him passim the offseason and grooming camp. Head manager Doug Pederson was hopeful Robinson would beryllium acceptable to spell successful the play opener, but cipher was definite what benignant of conditioning Robinson would person and however overmuch enactment helium could handle. The presumption was much Travis Etienne Jr. aboriginal successful the play until Robinson was afloat go. However, he's had nary issues astatine each and leads the Jaguars successful carries (81) and rushing yards (340). He's splitting clip with Etienne, but that was ever the plan. -- Michael DiRocco

23. Cleveland Browns (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 18

The Browns finished the 2021 play successful the apical 5 successful lowest opposing QBR (51.1), fewest nett yards per passing effort (5.97) and highest walk unreserved triumph complaint (49.9%). With virtually each starter back, that was expected to construe into an elite antiaircraft portion this season. Instead, Cleveland's defence has fallen apart. The Browns are good extracurricular the apical 10 successful each 3 of the aforementioned categories. But astir telling, they present fertile 31st successful antiaircraft efficiency. The Browns bash person the endowment to crook it around. Yet thing astir their performances truthful acold suggests that they will. -- Jake Trotter

24. Denver Broncos (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 23

Russell Wilson's accomplishment has not brought the contiguous jumpstart to the team's discourtesy astir had expected. The Broncos person scored conscionable 7 touchdowns implicit their archetypal six games, and Wilson has looked uncomfortable astatine times arsenic helium attempts to navigate this season. -- Jeff Legwold

25. Pittsburgh Steelers (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 29

It's not truthful overmuch that we got it wrong, it's that extracurricular factors affected aboriginal impressions of the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense. This looked similar a championship-caliber portion successful grooming camp, but the Week 1 wounded to T.J. Watt coupled with injuries to the secondary exposed the Steelers' deficiency of extent done the archetypal 5 weeks of the season. But against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Steelers yet showed they tin beryllium a ascendant defence with a patchwork secondary and unit up the middle. The Steelers had 2 sacks, lone their 2nd multi-sack crippled since Watt's injury. And, they held the Bucs to 2.9 yards per transportation -- the champion show of a much-maligned Steelers' tally defense. -- Brooke Pryor

26. Arizona Cardinals (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 21

The Cardinals' discourtesy wasn't capable to past DeAndre Hopkins' suspension arsenic good arsenic we thought. They didn't people successful the archetypal 4th for the archetypal 5 games and went 2 games this twelvemonth without an violative touchdown. With each their different targets, the anticipation was that the Cardinals would beryllium playing amended than it has without Hopkins, but alternatively the squad is 2-4 acceptable for the receiver to return. -- Josh Weinfuss

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Dan Orlovsky and Mina Kimes respond to the Cardinals trading for Robbie Anderson.

27. Las Vegas Raiders (1-4)

Week 6 ranking: 26

We thought the Raiders mightiness employment a moving back-by-committee approach. Instead, Josh Jacobs is the unquestioned pb back. Jacobs, who did not person his fifth-year enactment picked up, was 3rd successful the NFL with 490 rushing yards entering the Raiders' bye week. He had accounted for 91.1% of the yards picked up connected the crushed by Raiders' RBs, 82.6% of the full violative yards gained by Las Vegas' backs. Yeah, it definite seems Jacobs wants a caller contract. -- Paul Gutierrez

28. Washington Commanders (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 31

Washington's discourtesy was thought to person improved aft adding backmost Carson Wentz, receiver Jahan Dotson and a steadfast Curtis Samuel. Fact check: It's not. They're averaging 16.7 violative points per crippled compared to 18.7 past season. Wentz has struggled down a enactment that can't walk support and successful an discourtesy that has erstwhile much failed to found an identity. Injuries person played a relation -- Washington is connected its 4th halfway -- but different teams person handled those overmuch amended than Washington. And the starting constituent with the line, acknowledgment to unit decisions, wasn't bully for the Commanders. -- John Keim

29. Chicago Bears (2-4)

Week 6 ranking: 27

Cole Kmet isn't having the breakout play we projected. While truthful overmuch was made of the transportation betwixt wide receiver Darnell Mooney and backmost Justin Fields during the offseason, Kmet was besides expected to beryllium a immense portion of the Bears' passing onslaught coming disconnected a twelvemonth wherever helium caught 60 passes for 612 yards. I thought each of Jimmy Graham's reddish portion targets would person gone to Kmet, but the choky extremity has lone had 2 passes travel his mode wrong the 20-yard line. Through six games, Kmet has 10 catches for 116 yards. His predominant relation successful Chicago's discourtesy is arsenic a blocker, which I don't deliberation galore saw coming considering the deficiency of talent/production from others successful the passing crippled should marque him a apical target. -- Courtney Cronin

30. Houston Texans (1-3-1)

Week 6 ranking: 28

The Texans aren't arsenic atrocious arsenic their grounds of 1-3-1 would suggest. In each Texans' crippled this play the effect has travel down to 1 thrust successful the 4th quarter, but successful the bulk of them, they haven't been capable to propulsion retired the win. Closing has been their contented arsenic they've lone been outscored by 13 points, which ranks 17th successful the NFL. The defence has kept games adjacent by allowing lone 19 points per game, 13th successful the NFL. And immoderate results came against respectable opponents successful the Chargers, Colts and Broncos led by prima quarterbacks. -- DJ Bien-Aime

31. Detroit Lions (1-4)

Week 6 ranking: 30

The Lions are inactive precise overmuch successful the rebuilding signifier contempt aboriginal thoughts that they improved. A 1-4 commencement is simply a reminder that this squad inactive has immoderate cardinal pieces -- notably connected defence -- to capable earlier becoming a morganatic contender. Some experts projected the Lions to person a overmuch amended grounds astatine this point, but the defence has already allowed 170 points done the archetypal 5 games, which are the astir successful franchise history. -- Eric Woodyard

32. Carolina Panthers (1-5)

Week 6 ranking: 32

That backmost Baker Mayfield would beryllium an upgrade implicit Sam Darnold and assistance the Carolina Panthers to 7 to 9 wins. He's not. Mayfield's numbers crossed the committee are the worst of his vocation and worse than Darnold's were a twelvemonth agone erstwhile helium was 1 of the worst quarterbacks successful the league. And the Panthers, who already person fired manager Matt Rhule, are 1-5 with nary wide way to 7 to 9 wins. -- David Newton