Week 8 Power Rankings: Packers are winning, but analysts aren’t buying it

Even though the Green Bay Packers continue to win football games to the tune of the NFC-leading record going into Week 8, national analysts don’t seem to be buying the hype around the team. In fact, in the 11 power rankings that we’ve been tracking, the Packers actually fell in 7 of them, were unmoved in 3 and only moved up in just 1.

Not enough style points for people! Let’s take a look at these rankings.

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Week 8 Power Rankings

#3: CBS Sports (Last Week: #2)

#4: Pro Football Talk (LW: #6)

Pro Football Talk was the only set of power rankings where the Packers actually moved up after their win over the Arizona Cardinals. Here’s what they said about the game:

“Without Micah Parsons and his three sacks, they definitely would have lost to Arizona.”

Honestly…fair. Parsons closing out the Lions, Cowboys and Cardinals games has been huge for the Packers this year. They absolutely made the right decision in making the trade for him. If they hadn’t, this squad might be under .500 right now.

#4: Bleacher Report (LW: #3)

#4: FOX Sports (LW: #4)

#4: USA Today (LW: #2)

#5: NFL.com (LW: #5)

#6: Yahoo Sports (LW: #3)

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#6: The Ringer (LW: #3)

#7: The Athletic (LW: #4)

#8: ESPN (LW: #6)

#9: Sports Illustrated (LW: #9)

Here are all the teams that are ranked ahead of the Packers in the mind of Sports Illustrated’s Connor Orr, who pretty consistently has Green Bay ranked near the bottom of this list on a weekly basis:

  1. Kansas City Chiefs

  2. Indianapolis Colts

  3. Seattle Seahawks

  4. Detroit Lions

  5. Los Angeles Rams

  6. Philadelphia Eagles

  7. Buffalo Bills

  8. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Here’s the good news: No one seems to think the Pittsburgh Steelers are a better football team than the Packers. Hopefully, Green Bay can get the job done on Sunday Night Football this week. Maybe they’ll get a little more credit with a win in a nationally televised game.

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