NFL Power Rankings Week 2: 49ers stay on top, Dolphins start to climb

The first week of the 2013 NFL season is in the books, which means updated Power Rankings. Last week, we brought you SB Nation's full power rankings, with mine used as 1/32 of the voting process. This week, we go back to straight forward with my rankings standing on their own.

Of course, you can critique and give your own rankings in the comments below.

	Team	LW	Change	Week 1 Results	Remarks
1	49ers	1	--	W 34-28, vs Green Bay	The 49ers stay atop the rankings after again beating the Packers.
2	Broncos	3	+1	W 49-27, vs Baltimore	Many thought the Broncos would win. Not many thought it would be like that.
3	Seahawks	2	-1	W 12-7, at Carolina	Always tough for a west coast team to play an early game on the east coast, but the Seahawks should have been better.
4	Packers	4	--	L 34-28, at San Francisco	Hard to justify dropping a team who loses to the top ranked team.
5	Falcons	5	--	L 23-17, at New Orleans	The Falcons should probably fall, but everyone right below them either lost, or barely beat a team they should have crushed. Guess Atlanta stays.
6	Giants	7	+1	L 36-31, at Dallas	Similar to the Falcons, the Giants should fall more, but there's not a lot of people who should jump them.
7	Patriots	6	-1	W 23-21, at Buffalo	Just sliding past the Bills deserves a one position drop.
8	Saints	12	+4	W 23-17, vs Atlanta	Go on the road and play like that, and the Saints should go marching up the rankings even more.
9	Cowboys	15	+6	W 36-31, vs New York Giants	Beating the Giants in (Cowboys)AT&T Stadium is tougher for Dallas than it should be, but they finally did it.
10	Colts	11	+1	W 21-17, vs Oakland	Moving up the rankings for beating the Raiders should not really happen.
11	Texans	8	-3	W 31-28, at San Diego	Barely pulled off the win with a last second field goal. It was not a great performance from a team expecting to be great this year.
12	Bears	16	+4	W 24-21, vs Cincinnati	Came back to win after falling behind early. Good performance from Jay Cutler.
13	Bengals	9	-4	L 24-21, at Chicago	Led early, but let it slip away. Penalties, turnovers, and, maybe a desire to not take the headstart the rest of the winless AFC North tried to give them, were too much.
14	Ravens	10	-4	L 49-27, at Denver	That did not look like the Super Champion Ravens.
15	Dolphins	17	+2	W 23-10, at Cleveland	Things did not always go right, but the team stayed with it and got the win. That defense is scary.
16	Lions	18	+2	W 34-24, vs Minnesota	Reggie Bush looked great. GREAT.
17	Eagles	22	+5	W 33-27, at Washington	Keep playing like that, and this team will make everyone forget last year's 4-12 season.
18	Chargers	24	+6	L 31-28, vs Houston	That was a painful way to lose, but an impressive performance.
19	Redskins	13	-6	L 33-27, vs Philadelphia	Hmmm...maybe the preseason is semi-important. We'll see if one game is enough to completely shake the rust off RG3.
20	Steelers	14	-6	L 16-9, vs Tennessee	What was that?
21	Vikings	19	-2	L 34-24, at Detroit	Adrian Peterson played like Adrian Peterson. Probably didn't deserve a two position slide.
22	Rams	21	-1	W 27-24, vs Arizona	There's talent here, and they could climb the rankings if they are able to beat a team not from Arizona.
23	Panthers	20	-3	L 12-7, vs Seattle	The opportunity to beat the Seahawks will probably not be as good for anyone else this year, but the Panthers simply couldn't put two halves of football together to finish it.
24	Browns	23	-1	L 23-10, vs Miami	This team is going to sneak up on some teams this year. That's an outstanding defensive front seven.
25	Titans	25	--	W 16-9, at Pittsburgh	A win over the Steelers used to be worth a lot. Not this year, apparently.
26	Chiefs	26	--	W 28-2, at Jacksonville	The first ever 28-2 game in NFL history doesn't get the Chiefs a lot of respect thanks to the inept Jaguars performance.
27	Bills	30	+3	L 23-21, vs New England	Hung with the Patriots for 59:55 seconds. Needed five more seconds.
28	Jets	32	+4	W 18-17, vs Tampa Bay	How? Seriously...how?
29	Cardinals	28	-1	L 27-24, at St. Louis	Karlos Dansby struggled to cover Rams tight end Jared Cook. Who knew?
30	Raiders	31	+1	L 21-17, at Indianapolis	Al Davis' final draft pick, Terrelle Pryor could keep the Raiders relevent longer than expected this year.
31	Buccaneers	27	-4	L 18-17, at New York Jets	And there goes my survival picks for the season.
32	Jaguars	29	-3	L 28-2, vs Kansas City	Two points? Two?

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