NFL power rankings: preseason Week 2 edition

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Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports

Look, the Dolphins are a good team. When Ndamukong Suh is drawing false starts and Jarvis Landry is catching touchdown passes (both of which occurred in the preseason opener against Chicago), the Dolphins are a force to be reckoned with. And while they will give the Patriots problems in both regular season encounters, the Dolphins aren’t quite there yet, even if a Harvard student tells you differently.

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Miami Dolphins

AFC East, 2014: 8-8

Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins

Every year it seems, the Dolphins are pegged as the favorite to unseat the Pats in the AFC East. Will that happen this year? Well, no.

Look, the Dolphins are a good team. When Ndamukong Suh is drawing false starts and Jarvis Landry is catching touchdown passes (both of which occurred in the preseason opener against Chicago), the Dolphins are a force to be reckoned with. And while they will give the Patriots problems in both regular season encounters, the Dolphins aren’t quite there yet, even if a Harvard student tells you differently.

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