Week 2 NFL Power Rankings: Colts and Buccaneers exposed

14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-5)

Whew. So, you know how everyone thought that adding old players to this roster was going to make them better? Well, I have some bad news and it turns out that if Bill Belichick doesn’t want you around and you are a future Hall of Famer, then it is probably because you don’t have it anymore.

The defense flashed a lot, and they really turned the screws in the middle part of this game, but that isn’t what anyone wants to talk about.

We need to admit that Tom Brady looks washed right now and the offense around him looks bad as well. The offensive tackles looked overwhelmed and Tom Brady and Mike Evans weren’t where I thought they would be from a chemistry standpoint.

This is something that is more likely to get worse than it is to get better, and this spot in the power rankings is just a place holder because they don’t have the talent to support an offense without a passing game. They are either going to be really good on offense or really bad, but I have a hard time imagining a season where Tom Brady is just average.

13. Minnesota Vikings (-2)

This hurts Vikings because I really like the way your team is built. Maybe when Danielle Hunter is healthy this defense evolves, but this is just not what I thought I would see with Eric Kendricks, Yannick Ngakoue, Anthony Barr, Harrison Smith, and Anthony Harris.

Offensively, I thought Dalvin Cook was in a position to absolutely expose the Green Bay Packers and their linebackers but he only had 13 touches all game long. You can’t pay a guy the kind of money they just doled out to him and not make him the focal point of your offense.

I had almost penciled the Vikings into the top-10 of my power rankings headed into Sunday’s game, but now I am concerned that they don’t believe in their own identity.