Tom Brady’s power rankings are back for a third season, and before he reveals his first top-10 of the new season, there are a few rules the GOAT has.Â
One, in order to make this week’s top 10, you’ve had to have won in Week 1. Two, the power rankings are all about what you’ve done lately, not what you can be. And three, if you have any complaints, direct them to the new FOX Sports digital show “Gronk & Jules.”
So, now that’s out of the way, let’s dive into Brady’s first top 10 of the 2026 NFL season.Â
Brady’s thoughts: They had a great win against a very good Bucs team. I thought that Bucs team was going to go into Cincy and upset some people. Sorry to JaMarr Chase and all those fantasy owners. Trust me, youve got nothing to worry about.
Brady’s thoughts: If you turned this one off early, youre probably wondering why the Lions arent higher. But you really dont want to see how this one went down.Â
I think its very brave of these teams to go for 2 [to win the game like the Saints did]. Its basically a 45/50% chance of making it. Thats what the stats say. Sometimes, I think you should make the other team beat you. But when youre the road team against a good team, sometimes I dont mind going for broke.
Brady’s thoughts: How about the Jags? At No. 8, they ran it up against Cleveland. Thats what a lot of people forgot about Jacksonville last season. They won 13 games last year. Keep an eye out for this team. Liam Coen, really impressed, man. Keep it up.
Brady’s thoughts: Kenneth Walker, hes your [Super Bowl LX] MVP and the Chiefs are sitting at No. 7. Patrick Mahomes, are you kidding me? He might be able to contribute something to this offense as well. He wasnt avoiding any contact [on Monday night]; Im sure of that.
I think, in a lot of ways, hes back to [being] Patrick Mahomes. What do I mean by that? His leadership, discipline, tenacity â all of those things were on display. Hes going to pick up some steam. Hes missed some football, missed a lot of the offseason. But never sleep on No. 15 for the Chiefs.
Why are we counting them out? Never count them out.
I always felt like when youve got a great coach and youve got a great QB, and that organization has championship standards ⦠watch out, man.
Brady’s thoughts: KB and I, we were on the call in Philly, and the Eagles are knocking on the door of the top five. They knocked a little rust off, but they took care of business, starting 1-0 in the division.
They know how to start fast. I like this team. Theyre always going to play great defense. Once they figure out how to run the ball a little bit better, and theyve still got Saquon [Barkley] back there and Tank Bigsby â theyre making those explosive plays. Thats the formula that set them up a few years ago, too.
Brady’s thoughts: In our top five, you can shuffle a lot of teams here, but remember, when in doubt, my rankings are always the correct ones.Â
The Bills are starting at five. That was a huge win in Houston. Houston had one of the best defenses in the league last year, and theres going to be arguments to put Buffalo at the top of the list. But they were a dropped pick away from being off the [list] entirely. We know Josh [Allen], we know James Cook â theyre going to move the ball all year long. But those Bills fans are waiting for January at this point. Who can blame them?
Brady’s thoughts: Another team with a new head coach, Jesse Minter. Lamar [Jackson] dominated in Indy. They brought in Minter for this defense, but Ill be watching [offensive coordinator] Declan Doyle and what he does with the weapons on this offense. It looked pretty good the other night.
Theyll need the depth chart to step up at receiver for a few weeks. But Baltimore fans, guess what? You should be excited.
Brady’s thoughts: We now have the
