{"id":1050994,"date":"2026-09-08T14:30:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1050994\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T14:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:30:55","slug":"nfl-power-rankings-week-1-cowboys-rising-after-defensive-makeover-bears-drop-out-of-top-10-latest-nfl-news-analysis-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1050994\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Power Rankings, Week 1: Cowboys rising after defensive makeover; Bears drop out of top 10 | Latest NFL News, Analysis & Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

We finally made it: The 2026 NFL season is here.<\/p>\n

Plenty will transpire between now and January. Favorites will falter, sleepers will rise and we’ll all enjoy the tumultuous ride of an 18-week campaign.<\/p>\n

I’ll be here all season to capture where each of the 32 teams stand on a weekly basis. Here’s where we begin. We’ll forge our path together, starting with the first Power Rankings of the ’26 regular season.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Up\/down arrows below reflect movement from the preseason edition<\/a> of the Power Rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We finally made it: The 2026 NFL season is here. Plenty will transpire between now and January. Favorites…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1050995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[529,7140,6328,532,8995,8996,531,8997,1544,8998,8999,9000,9001,2505,9002,8017,3570,535,8986,9006,9003,8812,533,9004,4716,5287,530,1105,1545,94785,9005,7149,62,3528,9007,67,132,68,534],"class_list":["post-1050994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-analysis","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-denver-broncos","tag-detroit-lions","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-houston-texans","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-jets","tag-no-minute","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-power-rankings","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-washington-commanders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1050995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}