2021 NFL Power Rankings, Week 3: Ravens knock off Chiefs, Raiders crack top 10
By Randy Gurzi
The Las Vegas Raiders move into the top-10 and the Baltimore Ravens shocked the Chiefs. Here’s how Sunday’s action affects our 2021 NFL Power Rankings.
The NFL gave us yet another great Sunday of action. There were several games that came down to the wire, including the Arizona Cardinals surviving as the Minnesota Vikings missed a kick late that would have won the game.
There was also a 56-yard field goal knocked through by the Dallas Cowboys to upset the Los Angeles Chargers and the Tennessee Titans came back to shock the Seattle Seahawks.
Another surprise was the Las Vegas Raiders beating the Pittsburgh Steelers, which improved them to 2-0. But the game of the week was on Sunday Night Football as the Baltimore Ravens had an improbable comeback against the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s dive right in to see how all the action affects our 2021 NFL Power Rankings.
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The reports about Urban Meyer losing the locker room before the season even began might only grow from here — and not just because of his terrible body language when he was asked about the USC job opening up. Instead, the frustration may only grow because the team has lost badly in back-to-back weeks.
And much of the frustration seemed to start when Meyer grew annoyed with the team losing in the preseason. If the reserves losing to other backups got under his skin, imagine how he feels now after being blown out in each of his first two games in the NFL.
Rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence also has to be reeling a little bit. Like Meyer, he’s not used to losing and so far, it’s been tough for him. He had another multiple-interception performance and completed just 14-of-33 passes for 118 yards.
Meyer did at least turn to James Robinson more in this week than he did their opener but due to their deficit, they still managed to get him just 11 carries for 47 yards.
Defensively, things were really bad as they had no answer for Teddy Bridgewater. The first-year Broncos starter went for 328 yards and two touchdowns as the Jags fell to 0-2 following a 23-13 loss.