0.7
Earl's NFL power ranking · Week 7, 2026
#8
rank
+2.4
rating (points, neutral field)
5-2
record (2026)
+2.9
vs market (Earl \u2212 line)
Pittsburgh sits at 8th with a +2.39 neutral-field rating, but the real story is a massive 4.17-point jump in a single week — that's the market catching up to a team whose prior-season rating of 0.25 says it was being priced as average. The +2.87 vs. market gap means books are still shading this team short of its rating, so this is a buy: a healthy rating edge plus a soft 1.22 strength of schedule and 26 points per game over the last five. The 0.7-point injury dock for Joseph-Day and the questionable tags on Dowdle and Elliott are baked into that number already, so don't double-count them.
Unavailable this week(-0.7 pts of rating)
- Sebastian Joseph-Day · DE · Did Not Participate In Practice-0.2
- Rico Dowdle · RB · Questionable-0.2
- Armentae Elliott · S · Questionable-0.1
- Brandin Echols · CB · Out-0.1
- Ben Skowronek · WR · Out-0.1
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 | #12 | 1-0 | +0.9 | -0.3 | -5.2 | — |
| 2026 | 2 | #18 | 1-1 | -2.5 | -1.1 | -1.7 | -3.4 |
| 2026 | 3 | #16 | 2-1 | -2.5 | -1.7 | +1.7 | -0.0 |
| 2026 | 4 | #21 | 2-2 | -2.7 | -1.7 | +0.9 | -0.2 |
| 2026 | 5 | #14 | 3-2 | -0.2 | -1.9 | +2.5 | +2.5 |
| 2026 | 6 | #16 | 4-2 | -1.8 | -3.8 | +0.4 | -1.5 |
| 2026 | 7 | #8 | 5-2 | +2.4 | -0.7 | +2.9 | +4.2 |