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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.
Unavailable this week(-0.5 pts of rating)
- Nathan Shepherd · DT · Questionable-0.3
- Alvin Kamara · RB · Limited Participation in Practice-0.2
Points are how much Earl docks a team's rating for each unavailable player.
Rating over the 2026 season
Week by week
| Season | Wk | Rank | Rec | Rating | Inj | vs Mkt | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | #21 | 0-1 | -3.8 | -1.2 | +4.3 | — |
| 2026 | 2 | #16 | 1-1 | -1.1 | -0.8 | +8.9 | +2.7 |
| 2026 | 3 | #14 | 1-2 | -1.8 | -0.2 | +4.9 | -0.7 |
| 2026 | 4 | #29 | 1-3 | -9.4 | -3.5 | -3.2 | -7.7 |
| 2026 | 5 | #24 | 1-4 | -7.3 | -1.5 | -0.3 | +2.1 |
| 2026 | 6 | #21 | 2-4 | -6.2 | -1.9 | +0.4 | +1.1 |
| 2026 | 7 | #20 | 2-5 | -4.1 | -0.5 | +1.8 | +2.0 |