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NFL power rankings: 32-team overreactions after Week 1 openers

Well, it’s hard not to let NFL power rankings be influenced by what turned out to be arguably the craziest opening weekend in league history.

Not necessarily because of what one team or another did on the field, or didn’t do, perhaps. But rather the soap opera-like saga between the Oakland Raiders, wide receiver Antonio Brown and the New England Patriots.

On Sunday Night Football, the defending champions hardly looked like they needed the seven-time Pro Bowler. And yet they’re getting him, merely on a one-year free-agent deal.

The Patriots continue to do Patriots things, and it’s going to be hard bumping them off the No.