NFL Week 4 Power Rankings 2025: How all 32 teams stack up - ESPN

Week 3 brought even more excitement to this NFL season, with special teams getting shining moments during the Sunday slate. Multiple games had blocked field goals late in the fourth quarter, including on the last play of the Eagles-Rams matchup. Four other contests were decided on time-expiring field goals.

But for this week's Power Rankings, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to take a closer look at another unit: the defense. From third-down stops to forcing turnovers, we named the biggest issue on defense for every team.

Let's get right into it with our No. 1-ranked team. Our power panel of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities evaluated how NFL teams stack up against one another, ranking them from 1 to 32.

See previous rankings: Week 2 | Week 3

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

Week 3 result: Beat the Rams 33-26
Week 3 ranking: 2

Biggest issue on defense: Defensive rush success rate

The Eagles are last in the league with a 45.1% success rate against the run this season. They are yielding a first down or a touchdown on over 34% of the opponent's attempts, which also is a league low, and they are 25th in rushing yards allowed (133.3 per game). Philadelphia has a quality interior front led by defensive tackles Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter. It also has two good linebackers in Zack Baun and rookie Jihaad Campbell, who is developing on the job. So this seems like a fixable problem for defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. — Tim McManus

Week 3 result: Beat the Dolphins 31-21
Week 3 ranking: 1

Biggest issue on defense: Getting off the field

The Bills' defense