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Earl's NFL power ranking · Week 7, 2026

New Orleans sits at -4.15 points versus an average team on a neutral field, a rating that's climbing (up 2.03 this week) but still well below last year's -3.15 baseline and backed by ugly recent form: 21.6 points scored against 29.2 allowed over the last five, with a -0.18 EPA per play and -7.6 point differential. The market is already giving them 1.77 points of respect relative to this rating, so I'm not chasing the Saints as a buy-low — this is a sell until the run game and defense stabilize, especially with Alvin Kamara limited in practice and Nathan Shepherd questionable. At rank 20 against a tough 0.565 schedule, they're a fade in spots where the line asks them to cover more than a field goal.