I never said where the Patriots should be slotted in the rankings - I'm not an expert, and I did not give my opinion.
Believe me, the experts aren't experts either.
These power rankings are just predictions made by spectators because it's part of their job and it gets people talking. It's complete opinion. Besides that, I'm sure that there is a lot of eenie-meanie-miny-moe going on when slotting all 32 teams.
Especially at this time of year, such predictions are meaningless. They're kinda fun, but they don't really mean much.