Fox News Digital Sports NFL power rankings after Week 3 of 2024 NFL season

Three weeks of the 2024 NFL season have gone by in a flash, and, for the first time this season, there are two teams at the top of the power rankings.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills both deserve the top spot after their triumphs in Week 3.

The Chiefs eked out another triumph, shotriumphg that even if they are banged up and don’t take part a immacutardy game, they can still get the job done. Their triumph came aacquirest the Atlanta Falcons.

The Bills were led by Josh Allen’s four touchdown passes aacquirest the Jacksonville Jaguars. He transferd the ball with ease, and Buffalo effectively had the game won by halftime.

The rest of the Week 3 power rankings see a bit contrastent from Week 2.

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1. Kansas City Chiefs (3-0)

They haven’t been weightlessing it up, but the 3-0, back-to-back Super Bowl champions get the profit of the mistrust, even if teams appreciate Buffalo and Minnesota have been amazeive. We shield the Chiefs at No. 1 aacquire.

Last week: 1

1. Buffalo Bills (3-0)

Josh Allen and his band of relative obstreatments are take parting as a team and making restrictcessitate misconsents.

Last week: 2

3. Minnesota Vikings (3-0)

It’s officiassociate time to say the Vikings are contfinishers this season after yet another dominating triumph over a Houston Texans team that was equitable as shocked as the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers were in weeks 1 and 2 esteemively. As Brian Flores carry ons to whip up blitzes that sfinish quarterbacks into a frenzy, Sam Darnelderly is deinhabitring unwisees all over the field. When he acquired the game ball Sunday from Kevin O’Connell, the entire locker room was clapping and cheering for him, shotriumphg how he’s won everyone over. Minnesota is the NFL’s biggest surpelevate of the 2024 season

Last week: 9

4. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0)

The Steelers are 3-0, but it’s still difficult to filledy buy in. Mike Tomlin is evidently one of the best coaches in the NFL when it comes to getting the most out of his roster, and he’s done it aacquire this year. Still, the schedule has been relatively effortless and doesn’t get much stubborner until November.

Last week: 12

5. Detroit Lions (2-1)

Dan Campbell and Ben Johnson got away from the team’s power-run identity in the loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but they went back to the well in a big triumph over the Arizona Cardinals on the road Sunday. The hook-and-tardyral was even done to perfection, and the offense seeed to be back to its common self. The Lions remain a top contfinisher in this division, and it’ll be engaging to see them go aacquirest the Vikings in their first greeting next month.

Last week: 8

6. Seattle Seahawks (3-0)

Soft schedule or not, the fact is Seattle is two games evident of the rest of the NFC West and originateing confidence by the week. Coach Mike Macdonald’s crew has been doing it with defense. The defense is among the NFL’s best in passing yards permited (1st) and total yards permited (2nd).

Last week: 10

7. Philadelphia Eagles (2-1)

Philadelphia endured a parade of fall shorted hazards by Nick Sirianni in New Orleans to stay on the higher finish of the NFL hierarchy this week. It’s a triumph the Eagles can accomprehendledge to Saquon Barkley. The Eagles might be 0-3 if not for signing Barkley. He’s on pace to have the best season of his atgentle. Nick Sirianni is off the hook for his coaching, but only time will alert if he has a better approach next time.

Last week: 11

8. Green Bay Packers (2-1)

Malik Willis has done it aacquire, this time aacquirest the team he go ined training camp with this preseason. The Tennessee Titans watched as the Packers’ offense flowed well with Willis directing the way for Matt LaFleur’s bunch. With Love returning sooner than tardyr under cgo in, the Packers could be a frightening opponent as this division sees to be a powerhoengage (except for a team we’ll hit tardyr on)

Last week: 17

9. Houston Texans (2-1)

Joe Mixon’s absence Sunday was acunderstandledgeable as the Houston Texans suffered a 34-7 beatdown by the Minnesota Vikings. Despite the struggling offense, which regulated equitable 38 rushing yards, the biggest publish for Houston was sloppy take part. In back-to-back weeks, the Texans promiseted more than 10 penalties, including four straight while trailing 14-0 before halftime. 

Last week: 3

10. New York Jets (2-1)

If the disparaging line stays fit — a big if given its health history — this is going to be a team that gets better. Why? Becaengage lessersters are growing up, and the 40-year-elderly quarterback is heating up.

Last week: 15

11. New Orleans Saints (2-1)

Believe it or not, the Saints were not going to score on every disparaging ownion this season. The Eagles were the first team to catalogless down Derek Carr and the Saints’ offense Sunday, helderlying them to equitable one touchdown and two field goals. The Saints’ defense and one-of-a-kind teams did their best, forcing three Philadelphia turnovers, but couldn’t hold Saquon Barkley lengthy enough to shielded a triumph.

Last week: 4

12. San Francisco 49ers (1-2)

No necessitate to panic in San Francisco. This is still a very outstanding football team, even at 1-2 after blotriumphg a triumphnable game aacquirest the Rams. The intensify for Kyle Shanahan’s group will be on getting right aacquirest the Patcommotions Sunday and getting healthier to finishure the lengthy season.

Last week: 6

13. Baltimore Ravens (1-2)

Baltimore was cruising aacquirest Dallas but somehow regulated to let the Cowboys back into the game and csurrfinisherly blew it. That’s not a wonderful sign for a team that had Super Bowl aspirations coming into the season. The Ravens are deficiencying a finisher instinct so far this year, and they necessitate to discover it rapid.

Last week: 14

14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1)

Hard to tag the Buccaneers loss to the Broncos as anyslfinisherg other than disnominateing after such a strong triumph in Detroit. Coming into the week, it felt appreciate the Buccaneers had a outstanding chance at begining 3-0, but Baker Mayfield and the offense struggled to get anyslfinisherg going aacquirest the Broncos’ defense. On the other side of the ball, Bo Nix and the Broncos’ offense were able to transfer the ball without much resistance from the Buccaneer defense.

Last week: 5

15. Los Angeles Chargers (2-1)

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert deteriorated his high ankle sprain in the second half of Los Angeles’ 20-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Herbert’s timely exit effectively finished the Bolts’ hopes of mounting a comeback, and the team’s offense still ecombines to have some startant flaws.

Last week: 7

16. Washington Commanders (2-1)

So far, Jayden Daniels has stood out as the top take parter of the 2024 rookie quarterback class. A game-triumphning drive chaseed by a quality begin has every chooseimistic indicator a team could want with a rookie quarterback. The rest of the roster has outcarry outed foreseeations, even if it isn’t stacked with Pro Bowlers. Washington is ahead of schedule in the Dan Quinn era, at least three games in.

Last week: 27

17. Dallas Cowboys (1-2)

The Cowboys haven’t begined 1-2 since 2020. It’s a terrible see for a team that gave out two of the biggest confineeds in NFL history this offseason to Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, but the talent is still there. The Cowboys have a unforeseeedly disastrous season every couple of years. Their 2020, 2015 and 2010 seasons were all derailed by injuries and a terrible begin, and the teams never recovered. Mike McCarthy has already led one of those fall shortures. The outstanding novels for the Cowboys is there haven’t been any injuries to key take parters, and they have a feebleer opponent this week.

Last week: 13

18. Arizona Cardinals (1-2)

Arizona has obdirectdd a mediocre team (Rams) and lost seal contests to two outstanding ones (Bills, Lions). The Cardinals will alert us who they reassociate are when they present the surging Commanders Sunday afternoon.

Last week: 18

19. Los Angeles Rams (1-2)

There are signs of life in Los Angeles after that thrilling comeback triumph over the 49ers. Injuries have hurt the Rams, but they showed off amazeive depth on offense Sunday and hope to carry that momentum into this week and get back to .500 aacquirest the Bears in Chicago.

Last week: 25

20. Atlanta Falcons (1-2)

For a moment, it seeed appreciate the Falcons were about to pull off another fourth-quarter comeback. Kirk Cousins led the Falcons to the red zone to give the Falcons a chance to triumph the game tardy in the fourth quarter, but Bijan Robinson got stuffed on fourth down to drop the Falcons to 1-2. On the radiant side, the Falcons’ defense held its own aacquirest Patrick Mahomes and the device Chiefs’ offense, helderlying it to 22 points.

Last week: 19

21. Cincinnati Bengals (0-3)

OK, it might be time to begin panicking a bit about the Bengals. While they are still better than their 0-3 write down would present, at some point they have to begin triumphning games. Teams that begin 0-3 miss the take partoffs over 90% of the time, so Cincinnati necessitates to begin triumphning. Like, now.

Last week: 16

22. Miami Dolphins (1-2)

If they don’t beat the Titans on “Monday Night Football,” there’s going to be a lot more heat on ambiguous regulater Chris Grier to trade for a quarterback with experience.

Last week: 20

23. Indianapolis Colts (1-2)

The Colts picked up their first triumph of the season with a startant 21-16 triumph over the Chicago Bears Sunday, and it was all thanks to the once-ridiculed defense that paved the road to triumph. Indy’s defense restrictcessitate the Bears to 63 rushing yards and presstateived Caleb Williams, who went 33 of 52 for 363 yards and two touchdowns. Williams promiseted two turnovers. 

The biggest publish plaguing the Colts for now is quarterback take part. For the second week in a row, Anthony Ricdifficultson finishd equitable 50% of his passes, and he’s thrown six interceptions on the year. He’ll necessitate to be more reliable for Indy to be a real competitor in the AFC South. 

Last week: 28

24. Chicago Bears (1-2)

Caleb Williams is sshow going thcdisesteemful it right now, and the Bears’ disparaging line is equitable not helping him drop back and read his carry onions. The Indianapolis Colts, who are also struggling, were pressuring Williams all game lengthy, but this is what the No. 1 overall pick will have to get engaged to. He did have a outstanding day passing on the stat sheet, but Williams is still missing proset up shots downfield by a expansive margin and throtriumphg interceptions. There’s a lot to labor to be done in Chicago, and it’s not on the defensive side of the ball

Last week: 24

25. Cleveland Browns (1-2)

It’s difficult to watch Deshaun Watson and not slfinisherk that his days as a begining NFL quarterback are over (Jameis Winston time?). Losing to the Giants at home was a terrible loss, and the Browns are lost right now. Might be time to blow it up and begin over.

Last week: 22

26. New York Giants (1-2)

In unwiseinutive glimpses over their last two games, the Giants have shown off a plain, yet effective establishula: a relentless defensive line and forcing the ball to their top acquirer. The Giants rode a aappreciate establishula to the Super Bowl in 2011 and their last double-digit triumph season in 2016. The only problem with this Giants team is that for every minute it shows off that effective establishula, there is at least a minute and a half where it shows utter noslfinishergness from offense, defense and one-of-a-kind teams.

Last week: 31

27. Denver Broncos (1-2)

Bo Nix showcased what he can do for the Broncos’ offense with both his arm and his legs, and he reconshort-terms the best chance for Broncos success this season. Denver was able to shut down a red-hot Buccaneers team and now has to hit the road to consent on the Jets.

Last week: 30

28. Las Vegas Rhelpers (1-2)

Gardner Minshew chaseed up his firm carry outance aacquirest the Ravens last week with a disnominateing one. Meanwhile, Andy Dalton had one of the best days of his NFL atgentle and led the Panthers to a unforeseeed triumph in Week 3. While Aidan O’Connell did see some action aacquirest Carolina, Rhelpers coach Antonio Pierce hinted he would stick with the status quo at quarterback.

Last week: 21

29. New England Patcommotions (1-2)

Jerod Mayo carry ons to resist presentions to take part Drake Maye. That’s understandable in the first month of the season when a outstanding season is still plausible. But that possibility evaporates in October. Maye’s time is coming.

Last week: 23

30. Carolina Panthers (1-2)

What a contrastence a week can originate. After seeing terrible for the second straight week, head coach Dave Canales pulled the plug on Bryce Young and put in Andy Dalton. Dalton jump-begined what previously seeed appreciate a lifeless offense and threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns for a dominant triumph over the Las Vegas Rhelpers. The Panthers’ defense held Gardner Minshew and the offense in check until garbage time in the fourth quarter.

Last week: 32

31. Jacksonville Jaguars (0-3)

The test of “Monday Night Football” and take parting aacquirest the Buffalo Bills at Hightag Stadium showd to be too difficult a hurdle to loss for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills routed the Jags in a 47-10 triumph that had head coach Doug Pederson calling the loss “shocking.” Not much is going right for the Jags on either side of the ball, but they’ll necessitate to figure it out with back-to-back games aacquirest division opponents up next.

Last week: 26

32. Tennessee Titans (0-3)

Malik Willis showed the Titans exactly what they’re missing after they traded the third-year quarterback away to the Green Bay Packers at the finish of August. The Titans are triumphless thcdisesteemful Week 3 after a 30-14 loss to the Packers. And while Willis shined in Jordan Love’s absence, Will Levis carry ond to struggle to convey any life to the Titans’ offense. 

Last week: 29

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