- San Francisco 49ers +1
Brock Purdy marshals an attack featuring a lot of veteran talent and the result is a 4-0 start to the year.
- Kansas City Chiefs +2
Digging deep and winning a tough one on the road against the Raiders showed me the Chiefs are ready to contend… again.
- Seattle Seahawks --
It’s not been the smoothest of starts for the defending Super Bowl champions, yet they are sitting nicely with a 3-1 record.
- Buffalo Bills -3
That’s a couple of weeks in a row now that the Bills’ vaunted attack has not looked quite as good as it did in the season’s first fortnight.
- Jacksonville Jaguars +2
Winning with the defense playing a major role in Cincinnati suggests to me that the Jags are a serious contender this year.
- Baltimore Ravens -1
The Ravens have won three of four but a couple of high-profile hamstrings belonging to Lamar Jackson and Zay Flowers have already shown some strain.
- Los Angeles Rams +1
True champions dig deep and find ways to win games when they looked dead and buried. That was the Rams last Sunday.
- Chicago Bears +1
The Bears have the league’s number one offense and are winning games with Case Keenum and Tyson Bagent at QB. Take a bow, Ben Johnson.
- Minnesota Vikings +3
Defense still matters in today’s NFL and the Vikings have beaten Chicago and Miami without scoring a touchdown.
- Denver Broncos -4
Davis Webb will be a future NFL head coach one day, but I don’t think he is far off Sean Payton taking play-calling duties away from him.
- Dallas Cowboys +4
Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb are serving up weekly reminders that the Cowboys have a Super Bowl-calibre offense.
- Philadelphia Eagles -1
The season is early but Sunday’s game in London against the Jags suddenly feels huge for an Eagles team that has lost two in a row.
- Cincinnati Bengals -3
The Bengals have shown potential in the season’s first month but have also made some key mistakes at vital times.
- Las Vegas Raiders --
There was no shame in falling at home to the Chiefs. The Raiders showed that they are going to be a feisty bunch.
- Detroit Lions -2
Would anyone like to play any form of defense for the Lions. This is one of the most lopsided teams in the NFL.
- New England Patriots +1
Drake Maye still had some mistakes and is not out of the woods yet, but he also threw three TD passes and beat Buffalo on the road.
- Carolina Panthers +5
Has Bryce Young finally arrived? He is leading the league’s number one passing attack through four weeks.
- Pittsburgh Steelers -2
I don’t think Aaron Rodgers looks very happy playing football right now. He is most dangerous when targeting DK Metcalf.
- New York Giants +8
We didn’t know quite how the Giants were going to look in 2026, but most of us felt that John Harbaugh would make them competitive.
- Atlanta Falcons +6
The Falcons have exploded to life with Michael Penix at quarterback and Bijan Robinson in the backfield.
- Indianapolis Colts --
Daniel Jones is not playing great, but he can always turn and hand the ball to Jonathan Taylor. That helps.
- Cleveland Browns +1
The Browns have a whole heap of momentum behind them at the moment, powered by some exciting young talent.
- Green Bay Packers -3
Jordan Love is not playing well at QB, but he’s not helped by a league-worst rushing attack averaging 58 yards per game.
- New Orleans Saints -5
There was supposed to be a party in the Superdome on Monday night but the Saints ended up getting booed by their own fans.
- Houston Texans -7
What makes Houston’s 0-4 start so alarming is the fact that the league’s best defense from a year ago has disappeared.
- New York Jets -2
The 1-3 start is not ideal, but the Jets are a better team than we have seen in recent years. That’s also a low bar!
- Washington Commanders -2
Injuries have hammered the Commanders. For them to approach competitiveness, Jayden Daniels and Terry McLaurin must return.
- Los Angeles Chargers +1
There was some real fight from Justin Herbert but he continues to take a beating behind his line.
- Arizona Cardinals -1
The Cardinals have been close the last two weeks. They are dangerous – to opponents but also to themselves with self-inflicted mistakes.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers --
The winless Bucs will go nowhere until Baker Mayfield returns. But by then, will he have the same head coach?
- Tennessee Titans --
The Titans have shown signs of life in recent close losses. But what is also showing up is public frustration from QB Cam Ward.
- Miami Dolphins --
Miami are laying foundations that will be built on the kind of toughness that was shown by their defense in Minnesota last week.