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NFL Week 3 Power Rankings: The Giants Take a Major Backslide

Brett Smiley by Brett Smiley
September 20, 2017
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It’s NFL Week 3, baby. There’s zero perfect entries remaining in the Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest and so far there’s a bunch of teams that look pretty good, a lot that look like depression, and a mixture of risers and fallers in between. That said, most of the movement in our Week 3 power ranking occurred near the top. Let’s dig in to the ranks and some sports betting.

NFL Week 3 Power Rankings: The New York Giants Get Sacked, Birds Swirling, and The Old Guard Back on Top


THE PURE MISERY TIER

32. New York Jets (0-2) (Last Week: 32)

The Jets managed to find moral victories in their 45-20 loss to the Raiders, which is nice, I guess.

31. Indianapolis Colts (0-2)(LW: 31)

Jacoby Brissett gives them a much better chance to win than Scott Tolzien, for as long as Andrew Luck is out. Colts also covered the 7.5 point spread last week against the Cardinals, so kudos if you got on the spread-wagon!

AN UNSAVORY BENGALS SANDWICH

30. Cleveland Browns (0-2) (LW: 30)

They have to cut down the turnovers: five against Baltimore.

29. Cincinnati Bengals (0-2) (LW 28)

The firing of offensive coordinator Ken Zampese won’t fix the offensive line but maybe new OC Bill Lazor can save Andy Dalton (as the MMQB’s Andy Benoit puts it), or at least have him throw A.J. Green the damn ball.

28. San Francisco 49ers (0-2) (LW: 29)

Still have not scored a touchdown of any kind this season after facing the Seahawks and Panthers defenses. It’s hard to win football games when you don’t score touchdowns.

THE AGITA-INDUCERS

27. Chicago Bears (0-2) (LW: 27)

Early mistakes and turnovers doomed them in Tampa Bay, where Mike Glennon was unlikely to best his former coaches and teammates, anyways. They could really use guard Kyle Long back, which would help get Jordan Howard (shoulder) and the entire offense going.

26. New Orleans Saints (0-2) (LW: 25)

I’m sick of talking about the Saints’ terrible defense so here’s a New Orleans fun fact: You can walk around the French Quarter and other locations with open containers of alcohol. Which is necessary after watching the Saints defense– see it’s unavoidable.

25. Buffalo Bills (1-1) (LW: 26)

Shut down LeSean McCoy, shut down the Bills. Not much to get excited about here.

24. Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1) (LW: 24)

23. Los Angeles Rams (1-1)(LW: 21)

Punter Johnny Hekker (1 for 1 passing, 28 yards) is not a better QB than Jared Goff, but he might be better than some backups around the league.

22. New York Giants (0-2) (LW: 14)

So much blame to go around: clearly the offensive line and hero-maker LT Ereck Flowers deserve a big share; head coach and playcaller Ben McAdoo for, among other things, failing to give Flowers help; Eli Manning who has regressed; and general manager Jerry Reese who knew the line stunk but did zilch to address it.

21. Arizona Cardinals (1-1) (LW: 22)

It took overtime against a poor Colts team to eke out a W and smart money was on the Colts +7.5. That said, the Cardinals as home dogs (+3) to the Cowboys in Week 3 might be the right side, which is a 100% reversal on what I wrote Monday. Probably a sign (for me) to lay off.

20. Los Angeles Chargers (0-2) (LW: 19)

New head coach, same late-game woes. Rookie HC Anthony Lynn settled for a game-winning 44-yard field goal try against the Dolphins, instead attempting to pick up some yardage, when there was time, for rookie kicker Younghoe Koo who had a 44-yard last second game-tying FG try blocked at Denver one week earlier. Koo missed.

PLAYOFFS BUBBLE BUBBLE

19. Houston Texans (1-1) (LW: 17)

A dismantling of the Bengals is a nice confidence booster but this offense is pretty bad and will need to put together some drives at New England to stand a chance. But there will always be this:

This helps dull the pain a lil bit.. 😂 (via @Deadspin)

JJ Watt vs Bodine, as called by wrestling legend @JRsBBQ: pic.twitter.com/LFWpJAWD6p

— Cincinnati 💔 (@CincyProblems) September 15, 2017

18. Miami Dolphins (1-0) (LW: 23)

The Dolphins jump five spots with a win in their opener in which Jay Cutler looked pretty alright. With a date at the Jets and Saints ahead (in London), they might get to 3-0 before the schedule gets rough.

17. Washington Redskins (1-1) (LW: 18)
Nice road win at Los Angeles. A solid stable of running backs (Fat Rob Kelley, Chris Thompon, Samaje Perine) may make the offense balanced and pretty potent.

PLAYOFFS BUBBLE

16. Detroit Lions (2-0) (LW: 20)

If only DE Ezekiel Ansah could face the Giants every week. A difficult stretch ahead (vs. ATL, @MIN, vs. CAR, @NO, vs. PIT, @GB) will probably drop them to .500. If not, I will shut my face.

15. Philadelphia Eagles (1-1) (LW: 12)

After a tough loss in Kansas City, they’re probably going to manhandle the Giants up front but at +6…? Maybe the Giants can make some some changes and demonstrate a bit of self-respect on offense.

14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0) (LW: 15)

Their whooping of Chicago doesn’t tell us much. Let’s see how the passing defense holds up against a better offense.

Tampa Bay Bucs QB Jamies Winston in the NFL Power Rankings middle pack

13. Tennessee Titans (1-1) (LW: 13)

Nothing like getting a lead on the Jaguars to restore your mood.

12. Minnesota Vikings  (1-1) (LW: 9)

Sam Bradford is injured again (knee bruise). Sam Bradford is often injured. Compared with Case Keenum, Bradford is probably worth about 6 points on the spread.

PLAYOFFS, PROBABLY

11. Baltimore Ravens (2-0) (LW: 16)

NFL Week 3 Power Rankings: The New York Giants Get Sacked, Birds Swirling, and The Old Guard Back on Top

Headed across the pond to show London that the Jaguars have a terrible offense when it’s not Fantasy Football Garbage Time.

10. Dallas Cowboys (1-1) (LW: 5)

We figured they were due for some regression but the running game was completely shut down by the Denver Broncos last week. That’s a problem for a team designed to pound the rock and play ahead.

9. Seattle Seahawks (1-1) (LW: 7)

If they don’t score more than 13 points in Week 3 (at Titans), it may be time to panic. But not yet.

8. Carolina Panthers  (2-0) (LW: 10)

The Panthers are laying 6 points this week against the visiting Saints, who desperately need a win. This Panthers D looks to be in its 2015 form, which is scary for the NFC South.

7. Denver Broncos  (2-0) (LW: 11)

All hail the mighty Trevor Siemian! Also, the rush defense was supposed to be a main liability but not last week against Dallas! Third-and-long against Denver is bad place to be.

FORCES TO RECKON WITH

6. Oakland Raiders (2-0) (LW: 8)

I won’t be laying 3 on the Raiders in Washington this week but will have my popcorn out for the week’s highest total at 54.

5. Green Bay Packers (1-1) (LW: 1)

Well it was a short and perhaps undeserved trip to the top. We have to factor health into “power” ranks, and Green Bay has both starting tackles — LT David Bakhtiari (hamstring) and RT Brian Bulaga (ankle) — working back from injuries. Plus WR Jordy Nelson is questionable after tweaking his hamstring in Atlanta and DT Mike Daniels is day-to-day (also hamstring).

4. Atlanta Falcons (2-0) (LW: 4)

They sped it up and looked pretty awesome on offense again, which put the defense in good position to succeed.

NFL Week 3 Power Rankings: The New York Giants Get Sacked, Birds Swirling, and The Old Guard Back on Top

3. Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0) (LW: 3)

The offense is still not fully in gear but may take it up another notch at Chicago in Week 3. Road trips to Baltimore and Kansas City are on the horizon in October.

2. Kansas City Chiefs (2-0) (LW: 6)

Yeah, I had them jump the Packers, Falcons and Steelers. This is all a bit arbitrary and subjective, but hey, they earned it.

1. New England Patriots (1-1) (LW: 2)

Patriots at No.1 is boring but it’s better to be right than be makin’ hot takes. This week the Patriots will exploit a depleted Texans secondary and do this to Bill O’Brien:

See you back on Friday for the TPS report on the survivor and betting slate and game predictions.

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Brett Smiley is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Sports Handle, which joined forces with the US Bets team in November 2018. He focuses on the sports betting industry and legislation. He's a recreational sports bettor and DFS player himself, focusing on the NFL. In a past life, Smiley practiced commercial litigation in New York City and previously wrote for FOX Sports and SI.com. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

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