Good morning and welcome to the Week 7 Power Rankings. Jim Nantz punched a football as hard as he possibly could and looked really mad at J.J. Watt after it appeared he broke his wrist. Troy Aikman and Joe Buck are apparently fighting but not really hashing it out and existing like the perfect couple not discussing their marriage counseling. No announcer seems signed through next season and football on your screens will never be the same as you know it. Four people in the last week have had to come out and apologize for saying players are faking injuries. The Washington Commanders never know what down it is.
Professional football is the weirdest reality show on the planet. Let’s talk about it while we rank power:
1. San Francisco 49ers (6–0)
Last week’s ranking: No. 1
Last week’s result: beat Commanders, 23–17
This week: at Falcons
A clinical dispensing of the Commanders keeps Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers atop the Power Rankings and Brock Purdy at the forefront of the MVP conversation. Aided by Dan Quinn, it also very well may have kept Raheem Morris in the running for assistant of the year, even if toppling Brian Flores feels like a tall order right now.
2. Kansas City Chiefs (5–0)
Last week’s ranking: No. 3
Last week’s result: beat Chargers, 22–6
This week: at Seahawks
Asking this seriously: Kenneth Walker is the best free agent signing through six weeks of an NFL season since…Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos? Walker is averaging one hundred and thirty three yards and more than twenty attempts per game. That’s just wild stuff.
3. Buffalo Bills (5–1)
Last week’s ranking: No. 6
Last week’s result: beat Raiders, 33–30
This week: idle
Josh Allen proved once again that he is the closest thing to a superhuman in the sport. The Raiders had him bracketed so severely that I couldn’t imagine him completing a pass, nevermind flicking a touchdown effortlessly. What a treat.
4. Green Bay Packers (4–2)
Last week’s ranking: No. 12
Last week’s result: beat Cowboys, 23–13
This week: at Lions
With Micah Parsons en route at some point and the defense having posted back-to-back weeks of all-out swarming, the mood has shifted demonstrably in Green Bay. The Jordan Love MVP conversation will soon round into shape.
5. Chicago Bears (4–2)
Last week’s ranking: No. 13
Last week’s result: beat Falcons, 31–23
This week: vs. Patriots
Caleb Williams's return was spectacular. But so, too, was bringing Kyler Gordon back into this defense as a no-nonsense nickel blitzer that will make Chicago not only the most fun offense to watch in the NFL, but one of the most unpredictable and enjoyable defenses as well.
Publication : Sports Illustrated
Author : Conor Orr
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