Early 2026 NFL Power Rankings: How do all 32 teams stack up? - ESPN

With Super Bowl LX in the books, it's time to look ahead to the 2026 NFL season with our new NFL Power Rankings.

Sure, free agency doesn't start for another month and the NFL draft is in April. But right now, we can provide early outlooks for all 32 teams and preview what the offseason has in store. So in addition to our way-too-early rankings, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to describe each team's offseason in three words. Some teams need to find a starting quarterback, 10 teams have new head coaches and every team has to make key decisions in free agency.

Let's take a look at which teams are primed to dominate the 2026 season. Our power panel of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities evaluates how NFL teams stack up against one another, ranking them from 1 to 32.

Jump to a team:
ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND
JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN
NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF
SEA | TB | TEN | WSH

Offseason in three words: Break the bank

Two of the Seahawks' best players, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and cornerback Devon Witherspoon, will be eligible for extensions that could each top $30 million per year in new money. Wide receiver Rashid Shaheed, another Pro Bowl selection, is scheduled to become a free agent, along with running back Kenneth Walker III and Coby Bryant. If general manager John Schneider is going to keep his Super Bowl team together, he's going to spend a lot of Jody Allen's money. Speaking of Allen, she's expected to put the Seahawks up for sale, and an executive from another team estimated that they could be worth $7 billion to $8 billion. — Brady Henderson

Offseason in three words: Late-round draft picks

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