Pre-Week 3 Power Rankings: Saints almost fall out of top 10

After an extremely disappointing loss to the Raiders on Monday night, the New Orleans Saints find themselves barely hanging on in this week’s power rankings.

The New Orleans Saints began this season as one of the best teams in football. Some analysts even went as far as to say this is the best complete team they have seen in the NFL in some time. Now, fast forward to Week 3.

The Saints started the year in the No. 4 position in the NFL. After a dominating Week 1 performance over Tampa Bay and Tom Brady, they stayed where they were at No. 4 and atop the NFC at No. 1.

Then, Week 2 happened.

The Saints lost a very disappointing and embarrassing game to the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday night in front of the world. The offense couldn’t get anything going after halftime, and the defense wasn’t stepping up to help, giving up huge yardage to Darren Waller.

As a result, the Saints find themselves barely hanging on to a top ten spot in the pre-Week 3 Power Rankings released by NFL.com. They currently rank No. 9 dropping five spots in another sinking defeat.

This should be motivation for the Saints team who is still one of the best in the NFL. With Super Bowl aspirations high, the team will need to show what they have in Week 3.

Unfortunately, their Week 3 opponent, the Green Bay Packers, now sit atop the NFC at the No. 3 ranked team in the NFL. This upcoming game will show a lot about the potential of the Saints and if they can bounce back or continue to sink further down.

The Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Seattle Seahawks round out the top five teams with the Packers. New Orleans will hope to make the jump back up into the top five with a win this week against Green Bay.