# Rich Eisen: Eisen delivered their Week 4 NFL power rankings, dropping the Rams, Eagles and Bengals from their top 10 and putting the 3-0 Bills at No. 1 with the Raiders sneaking in at No. 10.

**Claimed:** Sep 30, 2026
**Pundit:** Rich Eisen — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen
**Outlet:** The Rich Eisen Show (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/the-rich-eisen-show-podcast
**How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us
**Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP2478961269.mp3

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

Nothing to score yet: this grades once the result is in.

> I can't sit here and say a one and two team deserves to be over a three and o team or a two and one team that showed some moxie and some grit.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- “It's time for my week four Power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my list... It is the Las Vegas Raiders... Number nine, back on the list... Case Keenum quarterback, Chicago Bears... Number eight on the list. Back on the list is the Jacksonville Jaguars... Number seven. Up two spots are the Denver Broncos... Number six, down four spots of the Seahawks... The Ravens are now in it. Up five spots... Four. Up four spots. I'm putting the Minnesota Vikings here... Number three on the list, up one spot are the Chiefs... Number two on the list, up one spot are the 40, and the Bills stays like before.”
  - Kind: Power Rankings
  - Verdict: not settled yet

## More power rankings

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued the Broncos are headed to the AFC Championship Game, that the Cowboys will win the NFC East, that Green Bay is the NFC's best team, and that the Bears will finish no worse than the No. 2 seed in the NFC. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/285842c7-abd9-43fa-a0c0-e8138a392658 (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued the Eagles' defense is the NFL's best and will drag a mediocre offense to the NFC championship, that the NFC North sends only two teams to the playoffs with the Bears among them, that the Rams are the league's best team, that a healthy Brock Purdy makes the 49ers an NFC threat who will beat the Saints and Falcons, and that the Panthers win the NFC South. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/58252eec-2c8f-4cfe-b95e-247dd9ce8f0e (scored 50)
- Nick Wright: The host's five Week 9 NFL picks: Detroit over Minnesota, Pittsburgh +3 vs. Indianapolis, San Francisco over the Giants, Kansas City over Buffalo at Buffalo, and Seattle over Washington. They also call the Chiefs the best team in the league and Jonathan Taylor the NFL's best running back this year. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/2fd2d221-42c7-422d-bd99-8a7e8e6dd1df (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued the Broncos win the AFC West and a playoff game, that either the Colts or Patriots will be the AFC's No. 1 seed, that the Chiefs are the best team in the NFL, that the Bears win the NFC North, and that the Panthers make the playoffs. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/59c50f45-6af8-4502-91e3-07583d6c5a65 (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued only about five teams can realistically win the Super Bowl, naming the Bills, Eagles, Ravens and Chargers among them; they also picked Justin Herbert as MVP through three weeks, called the Colts a top-five team with Daniel Jones as an MVP finalist, said the Bears will finish top two in the NFC North, said the Bengals' season is cooked and they'll pick in the top 10, said the Rams are the only NFC threat to the Eagles, and said the Bucs have a team-of-destiny feel. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/9a980b3d-dd79-4893-80c6-4ee9d9dcd028 (scored 0)
- Nick Wright: Damonza Byrd called the Ravens the best team in the NFL right now while hedging that they are at worst top two or three. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c043b5e8-50cd-4263-9f39-b9cdb94a066c (scored 0)

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