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Teams have added 254 players in the draft since ESPN's NFL Power Rankings last appeared six weeks ago. We've seen Carson Palmer join the Arizona Cardinals and Darrelle Revis join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, among other changes involving veteran players...

The top four teams in ESPN's final 2012 NFL Power Rankings should come as no surprise. All four have first-round byes in the playoffs. The top three -- Denver, Atlanta and San Francisco -- remain unchanged from last week. New England is fourth....

The Seattle Seahawks and the NFL won big Sunday night. That 42-13 victory Seattle posted over the San Francisco 49ers made Green Bay a strong favorite to secure the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoff race. If the Packers do secure that second seed,...

ESPN's John Clayton raised eyebrows around here when he ranked the Atlanta Falcons atop his power rankings ballot last week. The Falcons had just suffered a 30-20 defeat to Carolina, after all. They were looking as if they would again become play...

AFC teams hold the top three spots in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings for the first time this season. The New England Patriots, fresh off a 42-14 victory over the Houston Texans, are back in the No. 1 spot for the first time since Week 2. They have a 1-...

The Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles are riding eight-game losing streaks 16 months after making the Kevin Kolb trade. Those losing streaks were enough for me to list them 31st and 32nd, respectively, on my ESPN.com NFL Power Rankings bal...

The mission is clear for the reigning No. 1 team in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings: Keep quarterback Matt Schaub healthy at all costs. The Texans lost Schaub late last season and had no chance to advance through the playoffs as a result. With Schaub he...

Twelve of the top 13 teams in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings have what those teams would consider clearly identified franchise quarterbacks. It might even be 20 of the top 21, depending on one's view. Then there are the San Francisco 49ers. They ha...

Even good teams inexplicably have a bad game every so often. Some teams have bad months. The Arizona Cardinals have fallen from 4-0 to 4-5 while extending to 10 their streak of defeats in October games. The New York Giants are 13-21 in Novem...

Take a good look at the top-five order for ESPN's NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 10. Changes could be right around the corner. The second-ranked Houston Texans visit the third-ranked Chicago Bears on Sunday night. The Bears then visit the...

The Houston Texans might have only themselves to blame for falling one spot in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 8. They might have defeated the Baltimore Ravens too convincingly, silly as it sounds. The idle Atlanta Falcons naturall...

The undefeated Atlanta Falcons stand atop ESPN's NFL Power Rankings for the first time since a four-week run in 2010. They opened the regular season at No. 10 and spent the past three weeks at No. 2 behind the Houston Texans. How good are the F...

The San Francisco 49ers, coming off a 621-yard performance and a two-game stretch in which they outscored the opposition 79-3, gained ground on the Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings. But they still ranked only third h...

The top five teams remained unchanged from last week in ESPN's NFL Power Rankings for Week 5. Houston, Atlanta, Baltimore, San Francisco and Arizona are all coming off victories. New England inched up into the sixth spot after putting up 52 points...

Inhale, exhale. Inhale, exhale. Deep breaths. Repeat after NFC East blogger Dan Graziano: Sure, the Green Bay Packers, New Orleans Saints and Washington Redskins suffered crushing defeats in Week 3. Their seasons aren't unfolding quite as plann...

The San Francisco 49ers opened Alex Smith's rookie season dead last in ESPN's 2005 NFL Power Rankings. Seven years later, the 49ers have emerged from Week 1 with two first-place votes from our five panelists -- nearly enough to overtake New Englan...