NFL power poll
Three games in and we are nearing the tipping point of the famous Dennis Green rant “They are who we thought they are, and we left them off the hook.”
We’re also breaching the point where a team is what its record says they are, as Bill Parcells liked to say.
Capiche? Yeah, neither do I. To the power poll.
Powerful
1. New England (3-0). Forget all the hubbub about the defense (it’s legit) or the Antonio Brown stuff (he’s a moron) or even the eye-popping scoring margin (it’s plus-89, which means their average margin of victory is only 30 points per). How great is the New England organization? Well, there are three starting QBs – Tom Brady, Jimmy Garoppolo and Jacoby Brissett – in the NFL that got their start with the Patriots. Those dudes are currently 8-1. So there’s that.
2. Kansas City (3-0). You have to believe that last week’s win over Baltimore will be telling down the road. In my view, the Pats and Chiefs are the clear class of the AFC and the NFL. The Ravens are in that next group and the fight for the 1 seed in the AFC – for home field and to avoid playing two of the teams in that group – is especially important.
3. Dallas (3-0). Does Dallas have the most complete offense in the league? I’m leaning that way. And let me be the next to apologize to Jason Witten, who has 10 catches this year at 206 years old.