ESPN's power rankings for Week 7 slot the top contenders where you'd expect them, but the real story is what's broken offensively across the league. Every team has a problem. Every single one.
Some franchises face obvious issues. Bad quarterbacks. Injury-ravaged offensive lines. Running backs who can't move the ball. But even the good teams have holes. A star receiver dropping passes. A play-caller stuck in predictable schemes. A running game that vanished when it mattered most.
The rankings themselves reflect what we've seen on Sundays. The teams winning games have figured out how to mask their weaknesses or exploit them less often than opponents. The teams losing games haven't. It's that simple.
What matters heading into Week 7 is whether teams can actually fix these problems before the trade deadline or bye weeks force adjustments. Some will. Most won't. The offensive issues ESPN identified for each club aren't random. They're systemic. They're the reason some rosters will be fighting for playoff spots in January while others are already thinking about next year.