2026 NFL Power Rankings: How all 32 teams stack up for Week 8 - ESPN

As is the case in every NFL season, a handful of offseason additions are making splashes with their new teams. In Week 7, rookie second-round pick Jacob Rodriguez helped the Dolphins to their first win as the defense's signal-caller. Meanwhile, Kenneth Walker III, who signed with the Chiefs in free agency, leads all running backs in yards per carry (5.8). Also, coaches Todd Monken and John Harbaugh have the Browns and Giants at the top of their respective divisions.

So which additions have had the most impact so far? Along with the weekly 1-32 rankings, our NFL Nation reporters picked the best offseason addition from each roster. They chose from 2026 draft picks, free agent signings, trade acquisitions or coach hirings.

To form the list, our power panel of more than a dozen NFL analysts evaluates how all 32 teams stack up against one another. Here are a few highlights from this week's rankings:

The Bengals-Ravens matchup caused a big stir in our rankings, sending the Ravens down five spots and the Bengals up four. Baltimore led at the halftime despite being without quarterback Lamar Jackson (ankle) but blew a double-digit advantage. It is just the sixth team in NFL history to do that three times in the first seven weeks of a season, per ESPN Research — and the first since the 2022 Ravens. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow was nearly perfect in the second half, completing 16 of 18 passes for 249 yards and four touchdowns.

All four AFC North and all four NFC North teams are over .500 through seven weeks. It's the fifth and sixth times under the current division format (since 2002) that all teams in a division are .500 or better at this point of the season, per Elias Sports Bureau. In our rankings, the lowest-ranked NFC