Each AFC East team improved in the eyes of the national media after the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets won and the Buffalo Bills put up a better-than-expected fight but lost to the division rival New England Patriots.
No team saw their stock rise more than the Jets, who were in most outlets' bottom-three teams before defeating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a last-second field goal. They'll have a chance to further ascend the rankings if they can upset the Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Thursday night.
Here's where the four AFC East teams stand in the major media outlets' NFL power rankings entering Week 2:
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NE MIA BUF NYJ
ESPN 5(6) 17(20) 29(30) 27(32)
NFL.com 5(8) 14(14) 27(29) 28(30)
CBSSports 6(4) 21(23) 26(29) 27(30)
FoxSports 5(6) 22(25) 24(27) 30(30)
NBC (PFT) 9(7) 22(23) 25(28) 25(27)
SI.com 5(8) 19(18) 27(26) 23(29)
PFF 5(6) 17(18) 22(25) 30(31)
AVERAGE: 5.7 (6.4) 18.9 (20.1) 25.7 (27.7) 27.1 (29.9)
NFL.com: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/
CBS Sports: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/
Fox Sports: http://msn.foxsports.
Pro Football Talk: http://profootballtalk.
SI.com: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.
Pro Football Focus: https://www.profootballfocus.
NFL.com 5(8) 14(14) 27(29) 28(30)
CBSSports 6(4) 21(23) 26(29) 27(30)
FoxSports 5(6) 22(25) 24(27) 30(30)
NBC (PFT) 9(7) 22(23) 25(28) 25(27)
SI.com 5(8) 19(18) 27(26) 23(29)
PFF 5(6) 17(18) 22(25) 30(31)
AVERAGE: 5.7 (6.4) 18.9 (20.1) 25.7 (27.7) 27.1 (29.9)
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ESPN: http://espn.go.com/nfl/NFL.com: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/
CBS Sports: http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/
Fox Sports: http://msn.foxsports.
Pro Football Talk: http://profootballtalk.
SI.com: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.
Pro Football Focus: https://www.profootballfocus.
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