The Minnesota Vikings and Denver Broncos finish the first month as the top two teams in the NFL with four-for-four to start out the season. Meanwhile, there’s only one team without a win, crowned as the worst in the league so far: The Cleveland Browns.
- Denver Broncos (4-0): Paxton Lynch coming in and the Broncos looking exactly the same shows how good this defense really is.
- Minnesota Vikings (4-0: Minnesota have the second best D in the NFL at 13.3 points against them per game, while Sam Bradford is completing 67.8% of his passes for 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.
- Philadelphia Eagles (3-0): About to being a very tough stretch of four road games in five weeks, including all three division rivals and the Minnesota Vikings.
- Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1): Ben Roethlisberger had as many touchdowns (5) as he had incompletions in the win over the Chiefs.
- New England Patriots (3-1): Their home shutout before the return of Tom Brady was their first since 2006, and first at home since 1993.
- Green Bay Packers (2-1): Have three consecutive home games following their bye week. Not bad.
- Seattle Seahawks (3-1): Russell Wilson can’t be as mobile as before, but it isn’t stopping him from being one of the more efficient quarterbacks in the NFL.
- Dallas Cowboys (3-1): Ezekiel Elliott has run for 278 yards and a touchdown in the last two games.
- Cincinnati Bengals (2-2): Despite the mediocre start to the season, the Bengals are giving up only 20.5 points per game.
- Atlanta Falcons (3-1): By far the most productive offense in the league, scoring 38 points per game with over 478 yards of offense each outing.
- Oakland Raiders (3-1): Derek Carr is 4th in passer rating and his 9 touchdown passes to 1 interception differential is the second best in the league behind Matt Ryan.
- Baltimore Ravens (3-1): Joe Flacco is having a rough start to the season, with 4 TDs to 4 INT, and a 79.3 passer rating.
- New York Giants (2-2): Eli Manning still can’t get anything done vs the Vikings, adding a 0 touchdown, 1 interception performance to his record against them.
- Los Angeles Rams (3-1): Case Keenum keeps improving with every passing game, throwing two touchdowns and 0 interceptions in the recent win.
- Houston Texans (3-1): Despite winning 3 of 4 games, Brock Osweiler has more interceptions than touchdowns so far.
- Buffalo Bills (2-2): With their shutout of the Patriots, the Bills have the sixth best defense in terms of points allowed.
- Kansas City Chiefs (2-2): In a 29 point loss to the Steelers, the Chiefs were behind 0-36 before they got on the board.
- Arizona Cardinals (1-3): Carson Palmer looks like the main problem for the Cardinals, barely cracking the 80 in passer rating.
- Washington Redskins (2-2): The Redskins thrive against weak teams, and didn’t let the Browns taking a small, short-lived lead bother them.
- New York Jets (1-3): Ryan Fitzpatrick has thrown nine interceptions in the last two games.
- Carolina Panthers (1-3): Cam Newton through the first four games: 80.2 passer rating. Stats have never told the whole story with him, but taking away his ability to run while the defense has gotten weaker has really hurt the Panthers.
- New Orleans Saints (1-3): Drew Brees is second in the NFL in passing yards behind Matt Ryan.
- San Diego Chargers (1-3): There have been plenty of calls to trade Philip Rivers and begin a full rebuild, as it’s clear he’s still worth something, but the team isn’t good enough to help him.
- Chicago Bears (1-3): After one of his best performances ever, Brian Hoyer will remain the starter despite Jay Cutler coming back from injury.
- Detroit Lions (1-3): The Lions managed only 263 yards against the previously win-less Bears on Sunday.
- Jacksonville Jaguars (1-3): The Jags have the worst point differential in the AFC South, -27 after four games.
- Indianapolis Colts (1-3): The trend of going to Andrew Luck after the lead is too big to catch up has to stop.
- San Francisco 49ers (1-3): The day Blaine Gabbert gets benched for Colin Kaepernick is just around the corner.
- Tennessee Titans (1-3): It feels that until Mike Mularkey isn’t gone, Marcus Mariota doesn’t have a shot at becoming the quarterback the Titans saw in him.
- Miami Dolphins (1-3): Only six quarterbacks have been sacked more than Ryan Tannehill this season, so far 11 times.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-3): Over the last three games, Winston’s passer rating is barely above 60, throwing 7 interceptions to 4 touchdowns.
- Cleveland Browns (0-4): This team really looks like a strong candidate for an 0-16 season.