Power Hour 2! Ranking All 32 Teams for 2026 with Brandon Perna

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**Mina Kimes** (0:34)
Let's listen to The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny, Power Hour Edition.
So excited for this week's Power Hour because I have a first time guest. We had talked before about making some Broncos content, and then the Broncos kind of fizzled out that season. But Brandon Perna, I'm very optimistic about them this season, which is part of the reason why I wanted you on to do this particular exercise because Broncos finished very high last week, and you are a Broncos fan. You also cover the entire NFL on your YouTube channel. Tell us about it, and also, are you scared about all the Broncos' enthusiasm?

**Brandon Perna** (1:11)
I mean, a little. The last time I and I think Broncos fans were this high on the Broncos is when we acquired your very own Russell Wilson. And things didn't really work out there, although it was great for my business. But yeah, I think having this weird ending to their season where your quarterback breaks his ankle on a play that nobody even realized, and you're enjoying the high of... Defeating the Bills in the playoffs, and that joy lasts for 20 minutes.
And when you hear the news, you have to like double and triple check to make sure you're not getting trolled by a fake Schefter account or something.

**Mina Kimes** (1:55)
That was fake.

**Brandon Perna** (1:56)
You know.

**Mina Kimes** (1:58)
Okay, good. All right. Channel that energy into this exercise. As always, we go team by team. We are ranking the entire NFL. I will give Brandon two choices for every slot.
I was tempted to give you the Broncos for the first slot, but I just feel like the fans of the two teams that I gave to Ryan Clark last week would be in fear. Correctly, that's just not right. I am going to give you the same choice that I gave Ryan for one and two, the Super Bowl champs, the Seattle Seahawks versus everybody's offseason darling, the Los Angeles Rams, who is the best team in the NFL.

**Brandon Perna** (2:40)
Yeah, that's a fun one. It's a little intimidating knowing you're a Seahawks fan and you might have some strong counters for this. But Miles Garrett going to the Rams seems a little bit like a cheat code, right?
Bose, I missed it.

**Mina Kimes** (3:03)
Oh, no, I put it up the Rams. I assume you're faking the Rams.

**Brandon Perna** (3:06)
I mean, I think that's the hot pick, right?

**Mina Kimes** (3:08)
I'm getting out ahead of it. I don't know. Well, I don't know, unless you were pulling a big fake out on me, like, but I'm going with the Seahawks. Sounds like you're under the Rams. Yeah.

**Brandon Perna** (3:16)
Well, I have the soft spot for the Seahawks because they went on to defeat the Patriots, which would have been cooler if they did that the first time around in the Super Bowl. But after watching the Patriots take down the Broncos, even though we were riding with Steddy, I'm going to say Seahawks. I'm going to say Seahawks because they did not care. I don't think they're going to care. I like Sam Darnold. I'm going to root for the Sam Darnold experience moving forward. I have a question for you. The one thing that confused me about their offseason, you lose both Kenneth Walker and Kobe Bryant.
I thought they would have kept one of those players. In Walker with the injuries, I know their salary cap, whatever. But if you could have kept one of those players, who are you keeping?

**Mina Kimes** (4:12)
It would have been nice actually to keep Kobe Bryant, who is the safety who went to Chicago, just because I think he's really underrated. And I think it's easier to find. But the choices, they had tough choices, right? Every Super Bowl team, not only them, Rick Woollen, Boyam Afey. The interesting thing was that they kept Rashid Shaheed, who they actually paid and paid a decent amount of money.
And he was kind of quiet after the trade, but that felt very deliberate and intentional on their part.
And I'm interested in seeing how he's used this year. And look, I feel like you pick in the Super Bowl champs over the Rams. I mean, they did beat the Rams twice, so it's not an unreasonable choice. It's just the Rams feel like such a super team. All right, well, let's do it right now. Rams, Broncos, let's go. Who's the better team?