Steelers are considered the top team in the power rankings of the fourth week

Oh, what a difference a week makes. NBC's Pro Football Talk's Week 4 Power Rankings have done the unthinkable – something no other 2024 power rankings have done before: They treat the Pittsburgh Steelers like a top-5 team!

A week ago, as preparations for Week 3 began, several sports media outlets declared the Pittsburgh Steelers unworthy of being considered one of the better undefeated teams – they were ranked 12th, 15th, 10th, 14th and 12th by ESPN, Yahoo, CBS, NFL.com and USA Today.

While it's obviously upsetting to many Steelers fans that their 2-0 Steelers could have been so undervalued going into Week 3, NBC's Pro Football Talk made sure to correct the other sports media's mistakes in the Week 4 Power Rankings:

It's a great feeling to finally be respected as one of the NFL's elite teams, but the Pittsburgh Steelers won't be satisfied until they've captured the top spot in the standings.

This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Steelers are considered the top team in the power rankings for week four