The Kansas City Chiefs quieted all doubters to kick off the 2022 NFL season and the power rankings show it following Week 1. Everyone questioned how the team would look after offseason departures and they didn’t miss a beat during their dominant Week 1 win over the Arizona Cardinals.
In our second week of tracking weekly power rankings from the top NFL media outlets, Kansas City is the consensus No. 2 team in the NFL. They moved up as many as five spots in the power rankings this week and are mostly coming in behind the Buffalo Bills. The Week 6 tilt between the two teams won’t just be one of the best games of the season, but it’ll be for power-ranking dominance for the foreseeable future.
Here is a look at where pundits are ranking the Chiefs and what they’re saying about them with Week 1’s game against the Cardinals in the books: