The Falcoholic
The Philadelphia Eagles are riding high off their victory in Super Bowl 59, and everyone else is hoping on next year. Right now, who has the best odds, and where do the Falcons rank amongst the crowd?
Power rankings! No matter whether it’s preseason, Week 9, after the draft, or in our case right after the Super Bowl, online discourse putting together a list of the strongest to the weakest teams in the NFL never fails to be a worthwhile topic of discussion. We love to rank things.
As the Philadelphia Eagles and their fans continue to celebrate their remarkable 40-22 victory where they halted the Chiefs hopes of a three-peat, teams across the league have their eyes on bringing home the Lombardi Trophy in 2026, and the first step is free agency on March 10. For most teams, they have work to be done before that March 10th date as players contracts are coming up making them unrestricted free agents in a month. This, combined with the upcoming draft makes for a much anticipated offseason that could drastically shake up the outlook for 2025 and beyond.
While Atlanta just narrowly missed the playoffs after losing key games in the last quarter of the season, they could be trending up as their latest offensive product showed promise heading into next year, and a few savvy moves on defense could provide a jolt that propels them even further up the rankings.
Without further ado, here’s my way too early NFL power rankings. Let’s see how they age!
It’s almost a tradition to put the reigning champions as the first team on the list, right? Well, we’re not going to break that tradition today, even if the Eagles have several players that were key in their most recent Super Bowl victory set to hit free agency in less than a month barring a re-signing.
These guys, chiefly on the defense that smothered Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl, include long time Eagle Brandon Graham, defensive player of the year finalist Zach Baun, Avonte Maddox, and the teams sack leader Josh Sweat. Their star guard Mekhi Becton is also slated for free agency, too, after a year where he switched from tackle and excelled. I imagine the Eagles will work to retain many of these players, especially Baun and Sweat, but losing too many of these impact players will definitely hurt their chances of a repeat title next year.
What? No Chiefs? Yes, that’s right, no Chiefs. We’ll switch up the status quo of putting the Super Bowl runner up as number two on the list.
The Lions are a very strong team who seemed in control of their destiny for most of the 2024 season, which is why it came as a shock when they allowed rookie Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders to come on the road and steal the divisional round matchup and head to the NFC Championship. The Lions aren’t losing many...
