Tom Brady’s NFL Power Rankings: Which QBs Other Than Josh Allen Have Impressed The GOAT?

Week 2 of the 2026 NFL season didn’t feature as much scoring as Week 1, but there were still several quarterbacks who impressed, at least in Tom Brady’s eyes. 

In the most recent edition of Tom Brady’s power rankings, the GOAT pinpointed a handful of quarterbacks who have starred through the first two weeks. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was among them, with Brady saying that he’s playing “very dangerous football” following his five-touchdown performance. 

But was Allen’s performance enough to help the Bills unseat the Seattle Seahawks at No. 1 in his power rankings? Here’s a closer look at Brady’s top 10. 

Bradys thoughts: I know they sneak in at 1-1, but look, it was a short week in Buffalo. Thats pretty tough. Buffalo was opening up a new stadium. Thats as hard as it gets. Bills Mafia was out in full force.

Jared Goff, give him his love. Hes playing lights out. Hes got six touchdowns and no picks in his first two games. I kind of like their prospects here as the season goes on.

Brady’s thoughts: Listen, its not hometown bias by me. Their plus-26 point differential is third in the league. Kirk Cousins has six touchdowns in two games. Cmon, thats pretty impressive. They go on the road and beat the Chargers. 

Look, undefeated is undefeated. Whats that saying? Just win, baby.

Brady’s thoughts: Theyre 2-0 in the division with their backup quarterback. What? No Kyler Murray. No J.J. McCarthy. Give Kevin OConnell and Brian Flores a lot of credit. Its a great coaching job. They held Chicago to three points. Yeah, the weather was a little nasty. But three points for Chicago a week after the Bears put up 59? Interesting.

I think Kevin has amazing IQ, EQ and charisma. I think if you stack all three together, and hes a great leader of men. So, hes given his team a scheme advantage, getting them hyped up and ready to play every single game and hes got an amazing intelligence about what he does. He knows how to read his guys and what they need to hear. Hes always going to put those guys in a position to win.

Brady’s thoughts: The Australia trip — thats in the past. Thats way behind them. Its been overtalked about, overplayed — all of it. They took care of business back at home. Look, they had no Myles Garret, no Puka Nacua and they limited Aaron Donald [against the New York Giants]. 

This team is more than big names. Davante Adams went off for 195 yards and two tuddies. Thats exactly what they needed to get back on track. 

Brady’s thoughts: Im very impressed with this start as well from Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals. A lot of complementary football — thats what Im seeing from Cincy. How about that defense? Thats music to the Bengals fans’ ears. We havent talked about that in a few years. They have eight sacks and four takeaways just to start the season in these first two weeks. Thats winning football.

Two catches in Week 1 for JaMarr [Chase], but two touchdowns in Week 2 — possibly the catch of the year with that toe-tap on the sideline. 

Brady’s thoughts: Week 1 was kind of funny and some teams are winning big, but the Eagles are winning close ones. Thats nothing new to Eagles fans. Its not a bad thing to have a close road test under your belt in September in very hot, humid conditions. They showed a lot of toughness, and thats not easy to do for a team from the Northeast. 

Brady’s thoughts: Through two games, these four teams have kind of set themselves apart. [Patrick] Mahomes rust is completely non-existent. He looked invincible the other night. A vintage overtime performance at Arrowhead with almost 400 yards passing and Travis Kelce going off. Kenneth Walker, hes been an absolute menace