NFL Power Rankings, Week 2

It's a razor's edge league, this NFL. In Week 1, our top three rated teams all won the same way: At home, in narrow fashion, in games that went down to the wire. No. 1 New England beat Buffalo by one in the final minute, on that miraculous, Tom Brady-led comeback. No. 2 Pittsburgh needed overtime to finally dispatch tenacious Tennessee by three points. And No. 3 Green Bay had to rally late to knock off the Bears by six, getting that 50-yard scoring bomb from Aaron Rodgers to Greg Jennings with 1:11 remaining.

Exciting games, but those outcomes kept things rather status quo at the top of SI.com's NFL Power Rankings. For now, however, it's a tenuous grasp, because true dominance was in short supply in Week 1. We did have one newcomer to the top five, and that would be Sean Payton's high-flying Saints, whose demolition of Detroit swayed us to move them from No. 7 to No. 5, with the Giants falling from No. 5 to No. 6 despite a solid win at home against Washington.

Other climbers of significance include the No. 13 Jets, No. 16 49ers and No. 18 Broncos, all of them surprise winners on the road. But Week 2 promises even more potential movement, with Patriots-Jets, Saints-Eagles, Steelers-Bears, Ravens-Chargers, and Giants-Cowboys sure to reshuffle the league's landscape. (Send comments to siwriters@simail.com)

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