4.8

Earl's NFL power ranking · Week 5, 2026

rank

+3.7

rating (points, neutral field)

8-9

record (2022)

+5.2

vs market (Earl \u2212 line)

New England sits at +3.7 points better than an average team on a neutral field, and that rating jumped 1.38 this week despite a brutal 4.34 schedule strength. The market is pricing them 5.19 points better than my number, which makes them a clear sell — especially with Carlton Davis, Christian Gonzalez, and Mack Hollins all out and a 4.8-point injury dock already baked in.

Unavailable this week(-4.8 pts of rating)

Mack Hollins · WR · Out-1.7
Carlton Davis · CB · Out-0.9
Christian Gonzalez · CB · Out-0.7
Rhamondre Stevenson · RB · Questionable-0.4
Charles Woods · CB · Questionable-0.4
Christian Elliss · LB · Questionable-0.3
Craig Woodson · S · Questionable-0.2
Dre'Mont Jones · LB · Questionable-0.1
Christian Barmore · DT · Questionable-0.1

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

Rating over the 2022 season

Week by week

Season	Wk	Rank	Rec	Rating	Inj	vs Mkt	Δ
2022	1	#5	0-1	+4.9	-1.0	+11.5	—
2022	2	#4	1-1	+5.3	-0.2	+5.8	+0.4
2022	3	#14	1-2	-0.2	-1.6	+2.9	-5.5
2022	4	#30	1-3	-8.0	-8.8	-2.3	-7.8
2022	5	#16	2-3	-3.3	-6.6	+1.4	+4.7
2022	6	#7	3-3	+1.6	-4.4	+6.6	+4.9
2022	7	#18	3-4	-3.1	-3.9	+0.3	-4.7
2022	8	#6	4-4	+0.8	-1.7	+3.8	+3.9
2022	9	#7	5-4	+2.1	-3.1	+4.2	+1.4
2022	10	#1	5-4	+5.8	—	+7.8	+3.7
2022	11	#3	6-4	+5.0	-1.4	+7.3	-0.8
2022	12	#4	6-5	+4.8	-0.3	+6.5	-0.2
2022	13	#10	6-6	+1.7	-1.8	+2.6	-3.1
2022	14	#8	7-6	+0.9	-3.2	+1.9	-0.7
2022	15	#10	7-7	-0.6	-3.3	+1.4	-1.6
2022	16	#16	7-8	-2.2	-3.8	+0.5	-1.6
2022	17	#19	8-8	-3.5	-4.8	-1.7	-1.3
2022	18	#12	8-9	-0.5	-1.4	+1.4	+3.0