week’s power rankings? How quickly can people’s opinions shift when it comes to NFL power rankings? I’m excited to see where the New England Patriots rank tomorrow in Marima’s Power Ranking Roundup because I’m guessing they’ll be all over the place.Back in week 1 Authentic Joejuan Williams Jersey , the Patriots ranked an average of 2.1, but that slipped to an average of 5.4 after week 2 and plummeted to an average of 11.5 after week 3’s demoralizing loss to the Detroit Lions.As we all saw on Sunday, the reports of the Patriots death were greatly exaggerated as they walloped the Miami Dolphins. Defensive stalwarts Trey Flowers and Patrick Chung returned to the lineup, while Dont’a Hightower looked like his old self. On offense, Josh Gordon is learning the offense and Julian Edelman is back from his suspension.Where do the Patriots deserve to be ranked after the first quarter of the regular season? They should be behind the undefeated Los Angeles Rams and Kansas City Chiefs and it would be fair for them to trail the Jacksonville Jaguars because of the week 2 debacle.But how many other teams would you rank ahead of the Patriots and their 2-2 record?There are five teams with 3-1 records in the AFC, including the Dolphins and Jaguars. The other three are the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, and Tennessee Titans. The NFC only has two, in the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints. There aren’t any other teams I’d really consider being in the debate.The Dolphins clearly shouldn’t rank ahead of the Patriots and I have a hard time putting the Titans and their three-straight victories of 3 points in front of New England, too.At worst, I have the Patriots ranking eighth. At best Joejuan Williams Jersey Boys , I have them ranking fourth. I would expect the average that Marima produces will have New England coming around fifth or sixth, just because some stragglers won’t be ready to admit that the week 2-3 Patriots were not representative of how good this team actually is. With Ryan Allen re-signed, New England’s moving on to locking up one of the league’s most consistent kickers."WhitePatriots News Opinion and Analysis Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementReport: Patriots and kicker Stephen Gostkowski working towards a new contractNew,17commentsWith Ryan Allen re-signed, New England’s moving on to locking up one of the league’s most consistent kickers.EDTShareTweetShareShareReport: Patriots and kicker Stephen Gostkowski working towards a new contractDale Zanine-USA TODAY SportsMan, it’s like our fearless leader Bernd has been texting Bill this week or something:(hint: that one real need he’s referring to wasn’t whichever wide receiver killed it on your 2014 fantasy team)After a couple weeks of free agency, kicker Stephen Gostkowski still hadn’t crossed the T’s and dotted the lowercase J’s with anyone despite some outside interest and the possibility he could retire (he IS 35, after all), and now, we know why. According to NBC Sports Boston’s Tom Curran, the question isn’t IF Gostkowski will re-sign with the Patriots Youth Irving Fryar Jerseys , just when and, oh yeah, how many dollars are involved.There’s precious little in the way of deets available at the moment, but here’s what they do know:Like we said, that’s basically the whole article. Not a whole lot to go on, especially since punter Ryan Allen’s previous contract turned out to be nowhere near what he got earlier this week, in terms of contract length or average annual value. So, there’s that.EDIT: The Patriots are also sitting on barely enough cap space for a Taco Bell run at the moment, so more than likely, there’s gonna be some other dominos that have to fall before a Gostkowski deal actually happens. Per PatsCap, they’re currently at roughly $2.5 million:There’s no point in going over SG’s stats for the 800th time because at this point Irving Fryar Jerseys Stitched , he’s not going to change whatever opinion you already have of him anyway. There are legitimate discussions to be had about some high-profile misses as of late, and there’s also something to be said for a guy that’s been among the league’s most dead-on balls-accurate kickers since he was drafted out of Memphis in the same year The Departed and Talladega Nights came out. And as everybody who’s not too plastered by kickoff knows, Steve also handles those and handles them well, even with the league changing kickoff rules to try and discourage returns while actually encouraging them, so, there’s always that.As always, keep it locked on the Pats Pulpit free agency tracker for all the latest news on what moves the Patriots are making, all day, every day.Oh, and take a break from your bracket getting destroyed and vote in Pats Madness Elite 8 round. It’s more fun than watching your money disintegrate like half the universe. Promise.