Vikings, Cowboys, Chiefs: NFL Power Rankings after Week 4

The NFL has finished Week 4 of operations, and just like any other week, there are plenty of storylines to go through.

In the ‘good old days’ of a 16-game season (so the 2020 season and before), this used to be seen as the ‘quarter way’ point of the year, with teams able to break their games into blocks of four and assess where they are after each one. 

Now with the season consisting of 17 games, the maths is slightly off, but there are a lot of people who still use Week 4 as the first crucial cutoff point, time to assess what has gone right and what to keep doing, what’s gone wrong and what to improve on.

Whilst the teams consider their ups and downs when it comes to their teams, we need to take a look at what the ups and downs look like when it comes to the league as a whole, and what this week’s results have done to the power rankings. 

Who has moved up, who has moved down from last week? Well there have been quite a few changes as you might expect, including one that might come as a bit of a surprise to you considering how they did on the weekend.

Enough talk, let’s dive into it:

Just a brilliant all-around performance to keep the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams at bay on Monday night, with the offense adding some incredible firepower to show that they are not to be messed with.

On the subject of offense, Jimmy Garoppolo proved that whilst he is far from the best quarterback in the game, he is perfect for the team’s offense and makes you wonder whether or not they should have just gone with him from the start, and then think about where they might be if they did. 

There might have been some skepticism about them in recent weeks, especially after the injury concern to Justin Herbert and whether or not