2.9

2.9

Earl's NFL power ranking · Week 5, 2026

#19
rank
-4.3
rating (points, neutral field)
9-8
record (2023)
-1.0
vs market (Earl \u2212 line)

Indianapolis sits at 19th with a -4.345 neutral-field rating, meaning they'd be roughly 4.3-point underdogs to an average team, and that number has cratered 3.935 points in a single week. The last five games tell the story: 24.8 points scored against 27.6 allowed, a -0.111 EPA differential, and a -2.8 point margin, all while missing DeForest Buckner and Arden Key up front. At 2-3 with a -1.01 vs-market mark, this is a clear sell — the market is still pricing them closer to average than their underlying numbers justify.

Unavailable this week(-2.9 pts of rating)

  • DeForest Buckner · DT · Did Not Participate In Practice-0.6
  • Keenan Allen · WR · Questionable-0.5
  • Arden Key · DE · Out-0.4
  • Ashton Dulin · WR · Out-0.4
  • Jaylon Carlies · LB · Out-0.4
  • Charvarius Ward · CB · Questionable-0.3
  • Darius Slayton · WR · Questionable-0.3

Points are how much Earl docks a team's rating for each unavailable player.

Rating over the 2023 season

-0.4 pts-10.5 pts

Week by week

SeasonWkRankRecRatingInjvs MktΔ
20231#310-1-10.5-0.4-2.9—
20232#301-1-8.7-0.6-1.8+1.8
20233#292-1-9.7-5.2-0.7-0.9
20234#172-2-3.1-1.9+6.4+6.6
20235#163-2-0.4-1.0+9.2+2.6
20236#183-3-2.0-1.2+7.1-1.5
20237#193-4-1.6-2.0+8.5+0.4
20238#223-5-5.8-3.4+3.4-4.2
20239#184-5-2.8-2.3+5.1+3.0
202310#215-5-3.9-2.3+2.0-1.1
202311#155-5-1.8—+3.4+2.1
202312#176-5-2.3-1.1+3.4-0.5
202313#197-5-3.1-2.0+1.6-0.8
202314#207-6-4.7-1.7+0.7-1.6
202315#178-6-2.5-1.5+3.2+2.2
202316#218-7-5.1-2.1+1.2-2.6
202317#229-7-5.7-3.3+0.4-0.5
202318#199-8-4.2-1.4+1.9+1.4