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The 2025 NFL season is finally upon us as the long offseason has come and gone. With the Philadelphia Eagles looking to become repeat Super Bowl champions and the Tennessee Titans starting yet another rookie quarterback, the first NFL Power Rankings of the year captures everything you are looking for.
See where your team lands as they prepare for another NFL season – here is the Week 1 NFL Power Rankings from ClutchPoints.
A bit of a surprising team at the top of the NFL Power Rankings, the Baltimore Ravens earn the top spot after a strong offseason and a roster that returns most of its core pieces. With two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson entering another season leading the offense, he and Derrick Henry are primed to form the league’s most dangerous QB-RB duo on the ground.
Baltimore’s Week 1 matchup with the Buffalo Bills is as good as they come as it pits two top AFC teams against each other in a race for early AFC supremacy. This matchup, which is a rematch of their playoff game in January that Buffalo won 27-25 and has the makings of potentially being an AFC Championship Game preview, will show a lot for the Ravens, especially with how their defense looks against a top-flight offense.
The reigning Super Bowl champions check in at the second spot in the NFL Power Rankings, fresh off an offseason of celebration and players departing. Having traded away safety CJ Gardner-Johnson and released James Bradberry and Darius Slay, the Philly defense has quite a new look to it this season.
Offensively, all things revolve around quarterback Jalen Hurts, as he has running back Saquon Barkley coming off the heaviest workload of his career alongside him in the backfield as well as the duo of pass catchers in A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. The offense will get a chance to hit the ground running right away as their Week 1 matchup with the Dallas Cowboys pits them against a below-average defensive unit.
As mentioned in the Ravens section, the Bills will be tested early on this year in their Sunday Night Football matchup with Baltimore. Quarterback Josh Allen, the reigning MVP, has a new-look wide receiver room at his disposal as well as a running back with a fresh new contract in tow.
Besides Khalil Shakir and Keon Coleman, Buffalo added Josh Palmer and Elijah Moore this offseason to a group that desperately needs to carry its weight this year. With an easier slate of games prior to their Week 7 bye (BAL, NYJ, MIA, NO, NE, and ATL), it would be in Buffalo’s best interest to get out of the gates fast in 2025.
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