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Earl's NFL power ranking · Week 7, 2026
New Orleans sits at -4.192 points versus an average team on a neutral field, a rating that's trending up 2.017 points week-over-week but still only good for 20th and well below their -3.146 prior-season mark. The last five games tell the real story: 24.4 points scored against 29.4 allowed, a -0.175 EPA differential per play and -5.0 point differential, so this offense is losing the efficiency battle even while the market has them 1.76 points better than their rating implies. That gap makes them a sell — the market is pricing in the recent rating bump, but with Alvin Kamara limited and Nathan Shepherd questionable, I'd fade New Orleans as an overrated side until the defensive numbers tighten up.
Unavailable this week(-0.5 pts of rating)
- Nathan Shepherd · DT · Questionable-0.3
- Alvin Kamara · RB · Limited Participation in Practice-0.2
Points are how much Earl docks a team's rating for each unavailable player.
Rating over the 2026 season
Week by week
| Season | Wk | Rank | Rec | Rating | Inj | vs Mkt | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | #21 | 0-1 | -3.8 | -1.2 | +4.3 | — |
| 2026 | 2 | #16 | 1-1 | -1.1 | -0.8 | +8.9 | +2.7 |
| 2026 | 3 | #14 | 1-2 | -1.8 | -0.2 | +4.9 | -0.7 |
| 2026 | 4 | #27 | 1-3 | -9.7 | -3.5 | -3.0 | -7.9 |
| 2026 | 5 | #23 | 1-4 | -6.9 | -1.5 | +0.3 | +2.8 |
| 2026 | 6 | #21 | 2-4 | -6.2 | -1.9 | +0.4 | +0.7 |
| 2026 | 7 | #20 | 2-5 | -4.2 | -0.5 | +1.8 | +2.0 |