The first batch of NFL Power Rankings always come back to haunt me. It happens that way every year. The teams get placed into their spots from 1-32 before the season and then after Week 18 I look back and wonder how I could have been so wrong -- just like you.

Oh, well. That's what makes the league so fun -- the unpredictability of it all.

The Philadelphia Eagles , who won the Super Bowl last February, open in the top spot of my Power Rankings this season, which is the way it always is for me. Champs earn the right to start at the top.

But that doesn't mean I think the Eagles will finish there. It's hard to repeat. Hell, it's been hard to repeat in their own division. That hasn't happened since 2004. They will snap that streak and win the NFC East this season, but they won't win t

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