{"id":882130,"date":"2026-09-06T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882130\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T13:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:26:25","slug":"nfl-power-rankings-final-power-rankings-before-the-2026-regular-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882130\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Power Rankings: Final power rankings before the 2026 regular season"},"content":{"rendered":"

In just three short days, the 2026 NFL Season<\/a> will officially begin. While it seems like it’s been forever, there is also something that does seem to make the offseason fly by. In 2025, we saw a very unlikely Super Bowl matchup, as two non-playoff teams from the prior season represented each conference.<\/p>\n

With Seattle and New England also getting us started for 2026, it gets us thinking about what potentially unlikely Super Bowl matchup we could see this year. We are still months away from that, but the NFL in general really just flies by overall.<\/p>\n

Anyway, before I get too off track, let’s wrap up the offseason with our final team power rankings<\/a> for the 2026 season. Since the regular season is about to begin, these rankings were primarily be based on projecting how each team will perform this year.<\/p>\n

Final NFL Power Rankings before the 2026 regular season begins32. Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

It’s never a bad thing to try and find reasons to be optimistic about a certain team, but that is quite a tough task for the Cleveland Browns, a team that sports one of the worst quarterback rooms the NFL has seen in years.<\/p>\n

While there is some nice young talent here and there, the Browns 2026 season is already a lost cause, so they honestly better hope that their top pick in the 2027 NFL Draft can be used on a potential franchise QB, as that’s the one way this team is going to get out of this mess.<\/p>\n

31. Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n

The Arizona Cardinals also have a rough QB room. With that said, the Cardinals do have some neat talent on offense, but this team still feels years away from competing. Not only is the roster weak overall, but not having a clear QB solution and also being trapped in the best division in football gives them virtually no shot at winning more than a few games this year.<\/p>\n

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