Brad Biggs’ Week 2 NFL power rankings

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1. Patriots 1-0 (1): Road game at Buffalo will give them an extra week to get that pesky visitors’ headset issue worked out at Gillette Stadium.

2. Packers 1-0 (2): It’s as if James Jones never left Green Bay. If only every player that signed with the Raiders had such luck after one season.

3. Cowboys 1-0 (6): Pressure ramped up on Tony Romo with Dez Bryant sidelined for two months or more after foot surgery.

4. Broncos 1-0 (8): Peyton Manning has not thrown a TD pass in three of his last five regular-season games. For real.

5. Seahawks 0-1 (3): If the team blinks in staredown with Kam Chancellor, GM John Schneider is going to have a line of players outside his office.

6. Cardinals 1-0 (9): Rookie running back David Johnson gets a chance to shine with Andre Ellington out.

7. Ravens 0-1 (5): There aren’t two players on the roster that can make up for the loss of Terrell Suggs to a torn Achilles tendon.

8. Colts 0-1 (4): Time for Andrew Luck to make those around him better with T.Y. Hilton on the sideline.

9. Chargers 1-0 (12): Offense looked really sharp in opener, but that wasn’t the Lions defense from a year ago that was ripped up.

10. Dolphins 1-0 (13): Didn’t take Ndamukong Suh long to get himself in the middle of a controversy. He appeared to kick Alfred Morris’ helmet in the opener.

11. Chiefs 1-0 (14): Whether Eric Fisher tapped out against the Texans, he’s going to have to be a lot better this season.

12. Bengals 1-0 (15): Andy Dalton completed 25 of 34 passes for 269 yards and two TDs at Oakland and Tyler Eifert was outstanding.

13. Steelers 0-1 (7): Offense didn’t look to miss a beat without Le’Veon Bell in the opener, but they can’t leave players like Rob Gronkowski uncovered.

14. Bills 1-0 (18): Rex Ryan gave a game ball to owner Terry Pegula for hiring him. Rex will deserve a game ball if they can upset Patriots.

15. Rams 1-0 (19): Looks like Jeff Fisher might have the team headed in the right direction for a final run in St. Louis.

16. Panthers 1-0 (20): Cam Newton struggled getting the ball to Greg Olsen, and opponents are going to be all over the tight end this season without other receiving threats.

17. Falcons 1-0 (23): Impressive debut for Dan Quinn’s defense Monday night and no fake crowd noise needed.

18. 49ers 1-0 (24): Reggie Bush was injured, but this ground game looks to be in good hands with Carlos Hyde.

19. Eagles 0-1 (10): Lot of focus on the touches by $40 million running back DeMarco Murray, but the real issues were on the offensive line.

20. Lions 0-1 (11): A positive was seeing 2014 first-round draft pick Eric Ebron show up.

21. Giants 0-1 (22): Hard to dream up a more colossal disaster for Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning in the closing minutes at Dallas.

22. Vikings 0-1 (16): Adrian Peterson looked like he had been away for a year in opener at San Francisco.

23. Jets 1-0 (27): They’re going to bring the wood shed going after Andrew Luck on Monday.

24. Texans 0-1 (17): Bill O’Brien cannot be seriously considering Ryan Mallett as his quarterback.

25. Saints 0-1 (21): The Buccaneers ought to cure what is wrong with them this week.

26. Bears 0-1 (25): Matt Forte just keeps on trucking.

27. Titans 1-0 (31): Marcus Mariota was dynamite.

28. Jaguars 0-1 (30): Blake Bortles was not dynamite.

29. Raiders 0-1 (26): Jack Del Rio didn’t exactly usher in a new era of football. If they could just make that commitment to excellence again one day.

30. Browns 0-1 (28): How low can they go while GM Ray Farmer is suspended for the first month?

31. Redskins 0-1 (32): Kirk Cousins might not be the starting quarterback when the calendar turns to October.

32. Buccaneers 0-1 (29): With his handpicked QB Jameis Winston, Lovie Smith was humiliated by the other QB, Marcus Mariota. The honeymoon is over in Tampa.