PFT’s NFL Power Rankings for Week 3 2024

1. Chiefs (No. 1 last week; 2-0): They need a solid replacement to keep Isiah Pacheco here.

2. Bills (No. 7; 2-0): Josh Allen is the early season MVP.

3. Buccaneers (No. 6; 2-0): It’s getting harder and harder for people not to think of them as an elite team.

4. Lions (No. 2; 1-1): You have to prevent these games from becoming games of chance.

5. Texans (No. 8; 2-0): Next, Stefon Diggs returns to the place where he helped create a miracle.

6. 49ers (No. 3; 1-1): Brock Purdy looks to dominate this year. The 49ers were one forced fumble at the goal line away from dominance on Sunday.

7. Steelers (No. 11; 2-0): Game balls might be the only footballs Russell Wilson touches for a while.

8. Eagles (No. 5; 1-1): The collapse could start much sooner than last year.

9. Packers (No. 10; 1-1): Any win they can get without Jordan Love on the field is money.

10. Saints (No. 23; 2-0): It’s been easy so far. We’ll learn a lot more about the Saints when adversity is inevitable.

11. Vikings (No. 24; 2-0): The worst team in the division on paper is alone in first place.

12. Jets (No. 16; 1-1): They desperately needed a win in Tennessee. But it was closer than it should have been.

13. Falcons (No. 19; 1-1): Was Monday night’s improbable win a springboard for a Sunday night win over the Chiefs?

14. Ravens (No. 4; 0-2): To get the most out of this year, they need to forget last year.

15. Chargers (No. 18; 2-0): Jim Harbaugh can turn a team around in a flash? That shouldn’t surprise anyone.

16. Bengals (No. 14; 0-2): The Chiefs don’t want to see them again in the playoffs.

17. Browns (No. 17; 1-1): They needed that. Now they need more.

18. Cowboys (No. 12; 1-1): If anyone knew what Alvin Kamara could do, it was Mike Zimmer.

19. Dolphins (No. 9; 1-1): With or without Tua, things are not looking good for the Dolphins.

20. Bears (No. 13; 1-1): OK, maybe they won’t make the Super Bowl this year.

21. Seahawks (No. 21; 2-0): They’re 3-0 against the Patriots since Super Bowl XLIX. They’d trade them all and more for Super Bowl XLIX.

22. Cardinals (No. 26; 1-1): Kyler Murray is way back and then some.

23. Raiders (No. 30; 1-1): Can they string together some points?

24. Rams (No. 15; 0-2): Aaron Donald made the right decision.

25. Patriots (No. 25; 1-1): They’re still much better than expected, mostly because everyone expected them to be terrible.

26. Commanders (No. 29; 1-1): There’s no need to apologize for beating a team without a kicker.

27. Jaguars (No. 20; 0-2): Maybe Bill Belichick wants to coach the Jaguars next year.

28. Colts (No. 22; 0-2): Anthony Richardson is playing like a carousel. Jim Irsay is probably not amused.

29. Broncos (No. 27; 0-2): It’s an ongoing process. When does progress begin?

30. Titans (No. 28; 0-2): Skip the mayo.

31. Giants (No. 31; 0-2): At least John Mara has a very good reason to always seem irritable.

32. Panthers (No. 32; 0-2): David Tepper is just another former Steelers minority owner who has no idea how to be a competent majority owner.