| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 3-0 | No Brady, no Garoppolo, no problem. Belichick, McDaniels and Patricia thoroughly out coached former colleagues O'Brien, Godsey and Crennel. |
| 2. | 3. | Denver Broncos | 3-0 | Faith in Siemian being rewarded. Quite frankly right now he is better than Peyton last year, Osweiler any time in his career. |
| 3. | 7. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-0 | Zimmer is a defensive wizard. |
| 4. | 8. | Green Bay Packers | 2-1 | Head to bye off much needed big game from formerly scuffling Rodgers. |
| 5. | 11. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-1 | Need to keep Wilson healthy. |
| 6. | 15. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-0 | Only 11th team to win their first 3 games each by 14 or more points in the current playoff format. The previous 10 all made the playoffs and 4 won the Super Bowl. |
| 7. | 2. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-1 | Defense shredded for 25 first downs, 426 yards and 7.0 yard per play by a rookie QB. That flat out didn't happen when LeBeau was coordinator. |
| 8. | 14. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-0 | Teams that win their first 3 games make the playoffs 76% of the time. |
| 9. | 12. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-1 | Defense forced 8 turnovers, picked off Fitzpatrick an almost unfathomable 6 times. |
| 10. | 4. | Carolina Panthers | 1-2 | Somehow Benjamin held catch-less by Waynes, targeted only once all game. |
| 11. | 16. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-1 | Ended 8 game home losing streak. |
| 12. | 5. | Arizona Cardinals | 1-2 | Palmer was intercepted 4 times by a defense that the previous week couldn't turn over Fitzpatrick. |
| 13. | 9. | Cincinnati Bengals | 1-2 | Dalton and 25th ranked scoring offense feeling the loss of Jones, Sanu and Eifert. At least Eifert will eventually be back. |
| 14. | 10. | New York Giants | 2-1 | Beckham fastest in league history to 200 receptions accomplishing the feat in only 30 games. |
| 15. | 6. | Houston Texans | 2-1 | Will be tough to overcome loss of Watt probably for the season to a re-aggravation of his back injury. |
| 16. | 18. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-1 | Gained 442 yards spreading the ball around with Jones only having a single catch. Ryan rejuvenated, finally buying into Shanahan's offense. |
| 17. | 19. | Oakland Raiders | 2-1 | Not ready to buy into pass defense improvements in Tennessee because of Mullarkey's conservative offense, lack of weapons at WR. |
| 18. | 23. | Indianapolis Colts | 1-2 | A 63 yard TD pass to Hilton with under 2 minutes remaining may have saved their season. |
| 19. | 13. | New York Jets | 1-2 | In retrospect the off season teeth gnashing in the NYC media and among their fan base surrounding resigning of Fitzpatrick were incredibly humorous. Looks like they will take a major step back in Bowles' second season. Have 4 QBs on the roster, none seem viable going forward. |
| 20. | 24. | Washington Redskins | 1-2 | Outlasting Giants in the Meadowlands helps ease pain of first 2 games. This weeks visit from Browns should only makes things better. |
| 21. | 29. | Los Angeles Rams | 2-1 | Scored 5 TDs last week in Tampa after scoring a grand total of 4 in the previous 4 weeks. |
| 22. | 17. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-2 | Koetter continues to prove he knows offense, unfortunately defense is a huge problem. |
| 23. | 31. | Buffalo Bills | 1-2 | Extinguished the dumpster fire. Can they keep the Pats from going undefeated with Brady suspended? |
| 24. | 20. | San Diego Chargers | 1-2 | Blew late leads in Kansas City and Indianapolis. Need to stay out of the midwest. |
| 25. | 26. | Miami Dolphins | 1-2 | Not good to need OT to beat the Brownies at home. Even Gase might not be able to turn around Tannehill's career. |
| 26. | 21. | Tennessee Titans | 1-2 | Basically threw away the season and a year of development by retaining interim head coach Mullarkey for this season. |
| 27. | 22. | Detriot Lions | 1-2 | Lost despite Jones doing his best Megatron impersonation. |
| 28. | 25. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-3 | Will they let Bradley on the plane back from London after this week's game against the Colts? |
| 29. | 27. | New Orleans Saints | 0-3 | Uncompetative despite the emotional celebration of the 10th anniversary of reopening of the Super Dome after Hurricane Katrina. Need a total rebuild, time for Payton and Brees to move on. |
| 30. | 28. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-2 | Could Kelly turn to Kaepernick? Gabbert simply does not have the skills to start. |
| 31. | 30. | Chicago Bears | 0-3 | Can Howard step up in Langford's absence and provide a desperately needed big play threat to plodding, predictable offense? |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 0-3 | Pryor had 144 yards receiving, 21 yards rushing and 35 yards passing in an all purpose role necessitated by injuries. |
*Last week's ranking