My Power Rankings are based somewhat on performance thus far, but still factors in overall potential and how I think they’ll do this season. I want to avoid wild swings in where I have teams ranked, but it may be inevitable. Here is one man’s view of Week 2:New England (-3) at Carolina, 1 p.m. on SundayThis will be a tight fight – and is the marquee game of the weekend. I wonder how Sports Illustrated feels about its Super Bowl pick starting 0-2? But after last season’s 1-7 start by the Panthers I don’t think they’ll be too worried about an 0-fer in their first two contests.This is a rematch of Super Bowl 38 (the Roman numerals are just too cumbersome) and many of the principles are still in place for both organizations. You have to love the home dogs in the NFL, and I do think that the odds of a team with as much promise as the Panthers dropping two straight in front of their own fans, but the Pats are really tough to go against. I would feel a lot better about this game if I were a Carolina fan if A) Kris Jenkins had waited…