NFL Week 4 Excess
USA Today Sports “Lorenzo Reyes” will “overreact” to some of the best games from the slate on Sunday’s fourth week.
Seriously sports
- There will be two unbeaten NFL teams and three unbeatable teams throughout the four weeks.
- What does a Sunday night tie mean to the Packers, the Cowboys?
- Who will replace the charger when it drops out of the top 5?
NFL Power Rankings (previous ranks in parentheses) that enter the fifth week of the 2025 season:
1. Philadelphia Eagles (1): They won 20 of their 21 games – one loss in the past year when QB Jalen Hurts accidentally suffered a concussion in Washington. Wait until they add a second half passing yard, add more tash push variations, and perhaps 3.1 yards per carry gets more from RB Saquon Barkley, almost half the 2024 rate (5.8).
2. Buffalo Bills (2): Come on Sunday night for the end of their three-game homestands – the AFC leader will not play again in Western New York until November. Staying on Buffalo’s “cold front” uniform debut.
3. LosAngeles Rams (4): QB Matthew Stafford’s back seems fine. The 88-yard TD pass, which won Sunday’s game, was the longest of his 17-year career – surpassing the 79-yard connection with Calvin “Megatron” Johnson and Van Jefferson in the previous season.
4. Green Bay Packers (5): Wasting a fourth quarter lead in consecutive weeks is not the best way to get into the goodbye week for a team that should be 4-0. What Matt Lafleur and Co. coaches really need to work on is their two-minute drill and the sense of urgency that appears to be inherent to overtime. Still, considering the way injuries accumulate here, the week’s break may arrive at the right time.
5. Detroit Lions (6): Back in his injury-related 2024 season, De Aidan Hutchinson has 11½ bags in his last nine games. He spent 17 games over 11½ during the 2023 season.
6. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9): Certainly, they only suffered from the initial loss – they’ve come all the way back to knock off the Champion Eagles. Also. Ironically, it was Bucs’ first game in the lineup for the 2025 season with All-Pro LT Tristan Wire and WR Chris Godwin, and their returns seem to be listed just a few days ago for the NFC South Leaders.
7. LosAngeles Chargers (3): If Sunday showed how things could go without starting OTS Joe Alto and Rush Slater, QB Justin Herbert and Co. could be having some serious problems.
8. Kansas City Chiefs (10): Rumors of the end of the dynasty have been very exaggerated, with the defending AFC champion already being restored to seventh place in the meeting, with 0-2 quickly retreating.
9. Seattle Seahawks (12): Mike McDonald is the fifth coach in league history and has won at least nine of his first 10 games. “Imagine if the Hawks can regain the home field advantage they once managed to overcome at Lumenfield, 4-7 under McDonald’s.
10. Pittsburgh Steelers (14): When your offense gets a fourth yard and your defense surrenders the fourth most, you need to feel pretty good about a 3-1 start, especially in light of the problems facing the Pittsburgh AFC Northfords.
11. IndianapolisColts (11): Four punts on Sunday and the first three turnovers of the 2025 season? But if the wheels appear to have fallen off this Cinderella carriage at the same time, remember that Indy is likely two poor plays that will leave WR Adonai Mitchell from 4-0.
12. Denver Broncos (18): When even disabled people like Cincinnati can overtake 353 yards of enemies, it speaks of the dominant possibility of the Denver team, who lost their previous two games in a walk-off field goal.
13. Commander Washington (8): The NFC teams are running the ball more effectively (154.8 yards per game), but no one on this massive backfield committee has even 200 individually in the season. And wait until QB Jaden Daniels returns… and that may be the case any time.
14. Jacksonville Jaguars (17): Their 13 takeaways – including at least three in every game – are already four more than all of last season. The Jags are the sixth team since 2000 to record multiple interceptions in each of the first four games of the season.
15. San Francisco 49ers (13): Among the issues that address this team is relying on (and worried?) on RB Christian McCaffrey, who leads the league with 100 touches, but averages 5.3 careers average to 5.3 (discount on campaigns he shortened).
16. Baltimore Ravens (7): They will not leave Baltimore again until October 30th. Their goodbye comes in week 7.
17. Minnesota Viking (15): Europe, where bikes continue after their losses in Dublin, is great…but probably not if you’re trying to rehabilitate so many injured linemen.
18. Chicago Bears (19): WR Rome Odunze has at least one TD in every game. The last Chicago player to open a season by finding the end zone in each of the first four games? Walter Payton… 1986.
19. Arizona Cardinals (16): Kyler Murray is 8-22 in the division game, the worst record to start a quarterback since the 2002 reorganization.
20. Dallas Cowboys (28): One aspect of his game should be even more appreciated as an epic kicker like Brandon Aubrey. The ability to dump kickoffs very accurately throughout the landing zone of the NFL’s new “dynamic kickoff” era.
twenty one. Houston Texans (21): They allowed them to be 16 points less than any other team. Don’t fill Houston yet.
twenty two. New England Patriot (25): Marcus’ Jones Team Records 167 punt return yards Sunday included 87 yards of TD and 61 yards.
twenty three. Cincinnati Bengals (20): They posted a field goal to start their Monday night game in Denver… and then never crossed midfield again. Cincy should seriously consider its attack, namely QB2 Jake Browning, while assessing direction ahead of a potential comeback by injured Joe Burrow.
twenty four. Carolina Panthers (22): Good luck with the heads and tails of the NFC Southern costumes.
twenty five. AtlantaFalcons (23): Good luck with the head and tail of the NFC South costume.
26. New York Giants (30): One way to protect QB Jaxson Dart when getting professional bearings? Get him off the field for a long stretch by allowing the first down of League High 96.
27. LasVegas Raiders (24): RB Ashton Jeanty became the first Silver and Black Rookie since Bo Jackson in 1987 to post a TD run and a catch in the same game. now It’s safe to say Jeanty has officially arrived.
28. Cleveland Browns (26): Not only do we give up the season that is quickly running away from them, we must praise the Browns. Nevertheless, they acquired veteran LT Cam Robinson on Monday.
29. Miami Dolphins (29): They finally broke into the victory column on Monday night, but it’s not easy to find it again without the injured WR Tyreek Hill.
30. New York Jets (27): There are no cigars here, but three out of the four losses are one score. But the bad team found a way to lose, and NYJ didn’t have to look hard on Monday with three turnovers and 13 penalties.
31. NewOrleans Saints (32): There isn’t much to write at home for this team in 2025. But they are credited with the tough fight in Buffalo on Sunday. And here’s where 229 begins, the tip of Cameron Jordan’s cap for many years is the record for a new franchise. He is also an act of class.
32. Tennessee Titans (31): Not only did they not win, but their margin of defeat widened by the week. Rookie QB Camward summed up the team in a brief summary after a whitewashing in Houston on Sunday.
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