Courtesy of Chiefs.com’s Matt McMullen
The Kansas City Chiefs evened their record on Sunday with a dominant victory over the Baltimore Ravens, and following a tough start to the campaign, Kansas City is already moving up the charts in the various NFL “power rankings” from around the web.
The Chiefs checked in at No. 4 in FOX Sports’ latest rankings, for example, trailing only the Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions. Here’s what FOX Sports’ Ralph Vacchiano wrote about Kansas City:
“Patrick Mahomes threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns against the Ravens. Xavier Worthy is back. Rashee Rice is on the way. Dismiss Kansas City at your own risk.”
The folks at Sports Illustrated were also impressed with last week’s performance, moving Kansas City up eight spots to No. 4 overall. Here’s more from SI’s Conor Orr:
“Patrick Mahomes is now throwing at about a 2.5 second per dropback clip. That’s almost 0.03 seconds faster than he was averaging in 2020. The evolution of Mahomes into a quick-game artist is underscored by the fact that he can still throw the deep ball better than any quarterback in the NFL. The Chiefs look fully recovered and before offensive reinforcements even arrive.”
Here’s a look at where the Chiefs landed in a handful of other “power rankings” from around the web:
ESPN: No. 7
Yahoo! Sports: No. 7
Bleacher Report: No. 7
Pro Football Talk: No. 8
The Sporting News: No. 8
USA Today: No. 8
NFL.com: No. 9
