{"id":848459,"date":"2026-09-15T09:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848459\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:26:15","slug":"2026-nfl-power-rankings-week-2-which-teams-suffered-the-worst-opening-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/848459\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Power Rankings Week 2: Which Teams Suffered The Worst Opening Losses?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chaos.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the only way to describe Week 1 across the NFL, and not just because the superteam Rams went down, down under. Some of the best teams in the league struggled to find their early footing. Meanwhile, the Jets, the Raiders and the Cardinals all won their openers!<\/p>\n

It has made an absolute mess out of my Power Rankings. Here\u2019s what the carnage looks like heading into Week 2.<\/p>\n

*Super Bowl odds courtesy of DraftKings<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +50000<\/p>\n

The expectations for this team couldn\u2019t have been much lower, and they still couldn\u2019t meet them. It\u2019s going to be a long season in South Florida. Hope the weather is nice, at least.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +30000<\/p>\n

How long will Todd Monken stick with Deshaun Watson at QB? Maybe longer than you think. Better question: Does it even matter?<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +20000<\/p>\n

Brian Daboll\u2019s offense managed just 195 yards against the Jets \u2014 and 65 of those came on the final garbage-time drive of the game. Robert Saleh\u2019s Tennessee debut was a total disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +15000<\/p>\n

RB Ashton Jeanty was healthy, which is good, but QB Kirk Cousins still turns the ball over too much. Winning is nice, but good thing Las Vegas was only playing Miami.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +13000<\/p>\n

Their fall isn\u2019t just about their ugly loss in Pittsburgh. It\u2019s about their broken QB room that left them with Cooper Rush having to start despite back spasms. Ouch.
\u00a0<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +25000<\/p>\n

Efficient on offense, stingy on defense. Could the Jets actually be \u2026 good? Probably not. The Titans are just that bad.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +6500<\/p>\n

Jayden Daniels didn\u2019t look like his old, dynamic self, but the Commanders still nearly upset the Eagles. Not sure whether that says more about Washington or Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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The Commanders were a two-point conversion short of taking the Eagles to overtime. (Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +30000<\/p>\n

Where did that come from? The Cardinals shut down QB Justin Herbert and thoroughly beat a Chargers team some think is a sleeper Super Bowl contender. So much for predictions of an 0-13 start.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +5500<\/p>\n

For $165 million over three years, the Bucs expect a lot better than this from QB Baker Mayfield. He has too many weapons for the offense to be as bad as it looked.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +9000<\/p>\n

What does $170 million get you these days? That\u2019s about what the Panthers spent this offseason to rebuild their defense \u2026 which gave up 59 points and 552 yards in Week 1. No refunds, by the way.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2500<\/p>\n

It\u2019s bad enough that all that work they did to fix their defense didn\u2019t work. But if their vaunted offense is really as mediocre as it looked on Sunday night, this could be a painfully long season in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Brou WAS WRONG about the Cowboys, Bills beat Texans, Will the Bears be the best offense? | FTF \"Brou<\/a> <\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +6500<\/p>\n

They ran into a Baltimore buzz saw, but there were encouraging signs. QB Daniel Jones looked healthier than I thought he\u2019d be, which could bode well when they start playing lesser teams.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2000<\/p>\n

Well, at least one Harbaugh brother had a good day, because Jim\u2019s opener was a stinker. His defense got run over by a Cardinals team that figured to be one of the worst in football. And where was Mike McDaniel’s brilliant, energy-induced offense? What a dud!<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +9000<\/p>\n

QB Tyler Shough was terrible. Then he was brilliant. In the end, the Saints were one two-point conversion in overtime away from pulling off an upset that would\u2019ve defined their season and proven to everyone they might be the surprise of the NFL this year.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2000<\/p>\n

Jordan Love threw for a lot of yards, and it looks like he has some good WRs. But an offense without Josh Jacobs and a defense without Micah Parsons feels like too much for the Pack to overcome.<\/p>\n

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The Packers blew another double-digit lead to a division foe in the second half. (Photo by Stephen Maturen\/Getty Images) <\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +5000<\/p>\n

It’s a well-deserved leap in the rankings after John Harbaugh\u2019s debut showed he has a tough, well-rounded and healthy team. When WR Malik Nabers is off his pitch count, this versatile offense is going to cause problems for everyone.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +5000<\/p>\n

Aaron Rodgers was OK, not great, but he didn\u2019t need to do a lot thanks to a defense that was stifling against a battered Falcons team playing its third-string QB.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +4000<\/p>\n

It was, and still is, easy to underestimate the Vikings because of their QB issues. But Kevin O\u2019Connell is a terrific coach, and that defense was outstanding in the fourth quarter against the Packers when it mattered most.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1900<\/p>\n

I know they were playing the Bills, but giving up 36 points and 409 yards? What happened to the best defense in the NFL?<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1800<\/p>\n

Coming within a failed, two-point conversion pass in overtime of losing to the Saints at home isn\u2019t great. Then again, the Saints are better than a lot of people think.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1400<\/p>\n

They\u2019re baaaaack. Patrick Mahomes didn\u2019t even look like his old self Monday night and the Chiefs still dominated the Broncos. When Mahomes rounds into form, KC might be ready to reclaim its throne.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2500<\/p>\n

Yeah, yeah, Liam Coen\u2019s team looked great. Trevor Lawrence looked unstoppable. I\u2019ll be way more impressed if the Jags do this against anyone other than the Browns.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2100<\/p>\n

Three interceptions by Drake Maye, an injury that will cost WR A.J. Brown a month, and they couldn\u2019t beat a Seahawks team led by Drew Lock. Unfortunately, their schedule won\u2019t get any easier.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1700<\/p>\n

Jalen Hurts did what he had to do to win, but I\u2019ve got the same feeling about the Eagles that I had last year: That offense really should be better. Why is it always such a struggle for them?<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2000<\/p>\n

Denver was one game \u2013 and Bo Nix injury \u2013 away from the Super Bowl last season after winning 14 games and earning the No. 1 seed in the AFC. The Broncos looked really far from that level after one week, though, following a blowout loss to the Chiefs. You can scratch Nix off any lists of early contenders for MVP after his disastrous showing.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1400<\/p>\n

They heard all the talk about the dream team Rams and became L.A.\u2019s worst nightmare. If the Niners stay healthy, they actually could end up the best team in the dangerous NFC West.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1900<\/p>\n

They got relentless pressure and forced four turnovers to prove they might have a defense this year. If they do, Cincinnati will be hard to stop.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +650<\/p>\n

The big debate is how far they should plummet because of their opening flop? It could turn out to be a travel-induced anomaly. But if the Rams lose to the Giants on Sunday, you\u2019ll find them in the high teens next week.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +950<\/p>\n

They put up 36 points and 409 yards on a Houston defense that gave up an average of 17 points and 277 yards per game last year. Apparently, Joe Brady can coach and call plays at the same time.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +1100<\/p>\n

They still have a championship-caliber defense. But with QB Sam Darnold out with a hip injury, that offense didn\u2019t look primed for another Super Bowl run.<\/p>\n

Seahawks are \u2018the team to beat\u2019, Patriots struggle in loss, Can Seattle dominate the NFL? | FTF \"Seahawks<\/a> <\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +2100<\/p>\n

Ben Johnson doesn\u2019t want to just beat other teams. He wants to destroy them. And with that offense, his team is going to break some bodies and records along the way.<\/p>\n

Super Bowl odds: +900<\/p>\n

Vindication, after all the criticism I took for ranking them too high. The 1-2 punch of Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry looked as potent as ever, and Jesse Minter\u2019s defense is strong, too. Injuries to WRs Zay Flowers and Ja\u2019Kobi Lane could be a looming problem, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chaos. That\u2019s the only way to describe Week 1 across the NFL, and not just because the superteam…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1829,1327,8849,2205,1807,3687,8850,1822,1799,1816,7820,1810,15363,1804,4058,3686,1811,1236,1812,6337,1820,1322,8851,9643,1815,1814,977,5702,1239,1321,560,8852,99,1824,8853,3851],"class_list":["post-848459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-betting","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit-lions","tag-gambling","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-national-football-league","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-jets","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-washington-commanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}