Every Tuesday morning/afternoon, we will be looking at the NFL power rankings. Where do the Kansas City Chiefs sit in the eyes of experts? And yes, we won’t be looking to see if Gregg Rosenthal did power rankings, because we are only including experts.
Let’s take a look and see where the masses have the Chiefs:
"Alex Smith looked awfully good in that first half on Sunday. The three touchdown passes held up. Maybe my offseason ranking of Smith as the 10th-best quarterback for 2015 — for which your friendly Power Rankings writer took some serious Twitter fire — wasn’t so far off. Oh, by the way, Kansas City’s defense looked solid, minus the garbage-time touchdowns."
Sean Tomlinson of Bleacher Report: 11
"Consider for a moment, though, the force that is tight end Travis Kelce. He led all tight ends during the 2014 season in yards after the catch (503 yards, per PFF), and he leaned on that breakaway speed while scoring his 42-yard touchdown in the first quarter Sunday. It was Kelce’s second touchdown, and it came during his second career 100-plus-yard receiving game."
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk: 7
"That “receivers aren’t catching touchdown passes” thing is a lot less meaningful after a road win."
Frank Schwab of Yahoo Sports: 12
"Week 1 was a nice statement. It doesn’t mean much if the Chiefs don’t follow that up with a home win against the Denver Broncos on Thursday night."
"Alex Smith picked apart a good Texans defense and tight end Travis Kelce looks like a budding star."
At this point, the Chiefs are moving up most boards. If they beat the Denver Broncos and get the proverbial monkey off their back on Thursday night, they will be skyrocketing. Some have Kansas City above Denver in the rankings, but others need to see the Chiefs get it done before believing. It’s very understandable.