Early 2025 NFL Power Rankings: Where do Eagles, Chiefs stand after Super Bowl?

New York Times

11-02-2025

The NFL has a new champion for the first time in three years after the Philadelphia Eagles dismantled the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX. That means these power rankings will wrap up with a new No. 1 for the first time in a while, but that's not the only change in our rankings as we officially head into the offseason.
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Post-regular season ranking: 4
What's new?: Their place in history
It's time to start figuring out where this team ranks among the all-time great Super Bowl champions. The Eagles won 16 of their last 17 games and completely outclassed Kansas City on Sunday. They led the league in point differential (228) with the seventh-highest margin since 2000; they were the only team to finish the season in the top six in both offensive and defensive total expected points added, and they had more points (24) than the Chiefs had yards (23) in the first half of the Super Bowl.
Post-regular season ranking: 3
What's new?: The Patrick Mahomes conversation
Sunday night doesn't dilute any of Mahomes' remarkable accomplishments, but the Kansas City quarterback played poorly enough that we have to hit pause on the Mahomes versus Tom Brady lifetime achievement comparisons for now. Through three quarters against the Eagles, Mahomes had 148 yards passing, one touchdown and two interceptions. He carried a flawed team to a 17-2 record heading into the Super Bowl and then all of a sudden looked exhausted by the effort that took.
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Post-regular season ranking: 2
What's new?: Josh Allen's trophy case
The Bills quarterback won his first league MVP trophy last week, perhaps soothing the sting of a season that ended in an AFC Championship Game loss to the Chiefs. The 28-year-old has more wins (76), total touchdowns (262) and total yards (30,595) than any player in league history in the first seven years of his career, and he gave us the best MVP congratulations video in history.
Josh's reaction to his MVP video is everything. 🥹#NFLHonors | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/chp5ubW95n
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) February 7, 2025
Post-regular season ranking: 1
What's new?: The coordinators
Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn are gone, to the Bears and the Jets, respectively. In their place, Dan Campbell has hired John Morton to run the offense and promoted Kelvin Sheppard to run the defense. Detroit has won 27 games in the last two regular seasons combined, but this transition will be one of the toughest tests of Campbell's tenure, which enters Year 5 next season.
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Post-regular season ranking: 6
What's new?: Todd Monken's paycheck
It's been a pretty quiet month in Baltimore, but the offensive coordinator did get a contract extension after taking head coaching interviews with the Bears, Jaguars and Raiders. The Ravens led the NFL in yards per play (6.8) and expected points added per play (.16) this season, and Monken might get another round of interviews next year if that momentum continues. Since 2018, he has been offensive coordinator for the Buccaneers, Browns, University of Georgia and the Ravens.
Post-regular season ranking: 7
What's new?: Not the team name
Owner Josh Harris said Washington is 'going with' its current nickname into the future. There was plenty of speculation that Harris would make a change quickly after he bought the team. Next season will be Washington's fourth under the Commanders banner. The team spent two years as the Washington Football Team after dropping 'Redskins' following the 2019 season.
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Post-regular season ranking: 9
What's new?: Cooper Kupp's exit plan
Kupp is on his way out of Los Angeles, and he's not terribly happy about it. The eight-year veteran announced last week that the Rams were trying to trade him and that he 'didn't agree' with the decision. It's a cutthroat decision by L.A., but Kupp has a nearly $30 million salary-cap hit this year and hasn't played more than 12 games in a season since his 2021 triple crown year.
Post-regular season ranking: 5
What's new?: The quarterback talk
After sitting out his rookie season with a knee injury, J.J. McCarthy sounds ready to supplant Sam Darnold if Minnesota is ready to make the move. 'All I can ask for is a fair opportunity,' McCarthy said on 'The Rich Eisen Show' last week. 'That's the one that I feel like everybody's given and it's fundamental. When money gets involved, things get complicated, and reps get skewed and there's different things that come into the whole 'political' world that everyone talks about. But I really just have to focus on controlling what I can control.' Now the ball is in the Vikings' court.
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Post-regular season ranking: 8
What's new?: Matt LaFleur's dartboard art
Imagine the Packers head coach just hanging out one day while Ben Johnson is being introduced as the new Bears head coach when this comment from Johnson floods the internet: I 'kind of enjoyed beating Matt LaFleur twice a year.' Maybe that will reignite this rivalry because, as Packers fans were quick to point out, Johnson's new team has beaten Green Bay only twice in the last nine seasons.
Post-regular season ranking: 15
What's new?: The offensive coordinator
Houston fired its former 49ers assistant, Bobby Slowik, as offensive coordinator and replaced him with a former Rams assistant, Nick Caley. This is how offensive coordinator hiring in the NFL goes now — try a Niners guy or try a Rams guy. Caley needed only two years under Los Angeles head coach Sean McVay to get his coordinator job. He spent the previous eight seasons in New England.
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Post-regular season ranking: 11
What's new?: Liam Coen's legacy in the office
The Buccaneers have a new offensive coordinator — Josh Grizzard — after losing their last one in a messy breakup with Coen, who agreed to a deal to remain in Tampa before circling back to take the Jacksonville head coaching job. Grizzard will be Baker Mayfield's third offensive coordinator in as many years after the quarterback helped get both Coen and Dave Canales head coaching jobs.
Post-regular season ranking: 10
What's new?: The Justin Herbert debate
Just when the Chargers quarterback was starting to get more believers on his bandwagon, he had a disastrous playoff performance against the Texans, throwing four interceptions in a 32-12 loss. Herbert, who still doesn't have a playoff victory, starts getting expensive this year. His cap hit is scheduled to be between $37 million and $71 million per season through the 2029 season.
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Post-regular season ranking: 12
What's new?: The defensive coordinator
Lou Anarumo ran the defense in Cincinnati for six seasons, which feels like forever for an NFL coordinator, but he was fired in January. He'll be replaced by the man who was his linebackers coach from 2020 to 2021 — Al Golden. It's Golden's first coordinator job in the NFL. He comes most recently from Notre Dame, where he helped the Irish reach the CFP championship game this year.
Post-regular season ranking: 13
What's new?: Sean Payton's wish list
The Broncos head coach already has told everyone this offseason that he's looking for a 'joker' for next year's team. In Payton's offense, that's a running back or tight end who is dynamic enough in the passing game to create matchup problems. Could Penn State tight end Tyler Warren be the answer? Will he be available when the Broncos pick at No. 20?
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Post-regular season ranking: 20
What's new?: Christian McCaffrey's health
The running back's father, former NFL wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, told Front Office Sports that his son will be 'fully healthy' by the end of the week and will have a full offseason of training. McCaffrey played only four games in 2024 because of Achilles and calf injuries that at one point cast doubt on his ability to return to top form. That's still to be determined, but the news for now is good.
Post-regular season ranking: 14
What's new?: Nothing, ever
Mike Tomlin is still the head coach. Teryl Austin is still the defensive coordinator. Arthur Smith is still the offensive coordinator. There probably will be some sort of change at quarterback after owner Art Rooney II said it's 'unlikely' the team would re-sign both Russell Wilson and Justin Fields, but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe the best development for Pittsburgh in the last month is Myles Garrett saying he wants out of Cleveland.
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Post-regular season ranking: 16
What's new?: The emphasis on the run game
Coach Mike Macdonald got rid of former offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb in part because he wanted to run the ball more. Hiring Klint Kubiak to replace Grubb should help. Alvin Kamara was ninth in the league in carries per game (16.3) with Kubiak calling plays in New Orleans last year.
Post-regular season ranking: 17
What's new?: The head coach
Brian Schottenheimer got his first head coaching job of any kind when Jerry Jones tabbed him to replace Mike McCarthy. It would have been the most shocking news of the NFL offseason if it hadn't been Jones making the decision. Schottenheimer joined Dallas as an offensive assistant in 2022 and will be entering his fourth season with the Cowboys. That's longer than he's spent on any job except his six-year stint as Jets offensive coordinator from 2006-2011. He's made five coaching stops since then.
Post-regular season ranking: 21
What's new?: Kirk Cousins drama
The veteran quarterback has had a bumpy road in Atlanta. First, his introductory news conference resulted in a tampering investigation that cost the team a fifth-round pick. Then, the Falcons blindsided him by drafting Michael Penix Jr. eighth. Then, the Falcons benched Cousins in favor of Penix with three games left in the regular season. Finally, last week Cousins said he was hampered by shoulder and elbow injuries through the second half of the season after maintaining throughout the season that he was healthy. If this ends up being Cousins' only year in Atlanta, it will go down as an eventful one.
Post-regular season ranking: 19
What's new?: Tyreek Hill's location, maybe
The wide receiver will be heading into his 10th season in the fall, and he might be doing it somewhere other than Miami. He suggested as much when the season ended, although he walked that back last week on the 'Up & Adams Show' while apologizing to Tua Tagovailoa and his teammates. Hill is under contract with the Dolphins through 2027 (and his 2026 cap hit is scheduled to be $51.9 million!), but his mercurial nature may be wearing thin.
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Post-regular season ranking: 18
What's new?: Not a lot
With just one winning season since 2015, the Cardinals sort of feel like they're sliding into obscurity (as much as any team can in the culture-eating monster that is the NFL). No major changes are expected this offseason with head coach Jonathan Gannon and quarterback Kyler Murray entrenched at least for now, so it looks like more of the same for the Cardinals.
Post-regular season ranking: 24
What's new?: Pete Carroll's in the building
Owner Mark Davis went from maybe the least experienced coach he could have hired (Antonio Pierce) to maybe the most experienced. Carroll, 73, has been a head coach for 27 of the last 29 seasons either in the NFL or college. Counting interim hires, Carroll will be the eighth Raiders head coach since the 2014 season.
Post-regular season ranking: 22
What's new?: The defensive coordinator
After spending six years in Cincinnati, Anarumo was snapped up by the Colts shortly after the Bengals fired him. It was time for a change in Indy. The Colts were 30th in the league in points allowed (24.9) in three seasons under Gus Bradley. Maybe Anarumo can fix quarterback Anthony Richardson after he gets the defense straightened out.
Post-regular season ranking: 27
What's new?: The coaching lineup in the division
If new Bears head coach Ben Johnson is as good as everyone expects him to be (although let's be honest, it's always a crapshoot), then the NFC North will be the new cradle of coaches. Campbell, Kevin O'Connell and LaFleur have already proved their chops, which is the reason it's a little surprising this is the job Johnson decided to take.
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Post-regular season ranking: 25
What's new?: The head coach (any day now)
Everyone expects Eagles offensive coordinator and new Super Bowl champion Kellen Moore to be named New Orleans' next head coach. In fact, his Wikipedia page indicated Monday morning that he already had the job even though the Saints hadn't announced it yet (although that was removed by the early evening). The former Boise State quarterback, 36, has been in coaching only since 2018, and he and the Cowboys parted ways just 25 months ago, so this is a risk for New Orleans, which is the last team to fill its head coaching vacancy this offseason.
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Post-regular season ranking: 26
What's new?: The Aaron who's in charge
Aaron Glenn, who was hired as head coach on Jan. 22, hasn't acted in his previous stops like a coach who's going to be willing to let the quarterback run the show, and it looks like that means the end of the line for Aaron Rodgers. The Jets pick seventh in the upcoming draft, which might be high enough to get Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward if Glenn wants to go with a rookie quarterback.
Post-regular season ranking: 23
What's new?: The fans' feelings about the Hall of Fame
Carolina fans, and pretty much everyone else, believed former Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly should have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but he didn't make the cut. The seven-time Pro Bowler and 2013 defensive player of the year will be an automatic finalist next year because of his finish in this year's voting. This year's four-person induction class was the smallest in 20 years.
Post-regular season ranking: 30
What's new?: Mike Vrabel's back
And the horseplay is going to stop, apparently. 'We're going to remove entitlement from our football team,' the former Patriots linebacker said in his introductory news conference. Pairing Vrabel with second-year quarterback Drake Maye has renewed the spirit of New England fans, who have seen their team average 6.6 wins per season over the last five years.
Post-regular season ranking: 28
What's new?: The front office, finally
Owner Shad Khan tried to hold on to general manager Trent Baalke but couldn't find a head coaching candidate willing to work for him under those circumstances. Now Jacksonville has a head coach (Liam Coen), but it's still looking to replace Baalke. Change is probably good for the Jaguars, who have the worst winning percentage in the league (30.2 percent) since Khan bought the team in 2012.
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Post-regular season ranking: 29
What's new?: The quarterback, soon
The Giants don't have a quarterback under contract for the 2025 season so there's little doubt they'll be getting a new one. The question is: From where? New York picks third in this year's draft behind Tennessee and Cleveland, both of which could take a quarterback. If the Giants can't get, or don't want, one of the top two college options (Sanders and Ward), they could consider veteran options like Cousins, Darnold, Fields and Jameis Winston.
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Post-regular season ranking: 31
What's new?: Potentially everything
Since the end of the regular season, we've learned that quarterback Deshaun Watson suffered a second tear of his injured Achilles and defensive end Myles Garrett wants a trade. The Watson injury could give the Browns a chance to get out of his onerous contract more easily, and they could trade Garrett to recoup some of the draft capital they lost while acquiring Watson. If anybody could use a reset, it's the Browns.
Post-regular season ranking: 32
What's new?: The general manager
Tennessee raided the Chiefs' front office to find their new general manager, which seems like a reasonable strategy. They hired former Kansas City assistant general manager Mike Borgonzi, who had been with the Chiefs since 2009. Now, he's going from Patrick Mahomes to Who Knows What at quarterback. We'll see how that works out.
(Top photo of A.J. Brown and Mekhi Becton: Jamie Squire / Getty Images)