Adelaide has announced itself as a possible premiership contender after a fearsome demolition of Port Adelaide in Saturday's Showdown at Adelaide Oval.
The Crows, coming off a Round 1 defeat to North Melbourne, dominated the contest from start to finish, with Tom Lynch (six goals), Eddie Betts (five goals) and Josh Jenkins (four goals) proving unstoppable up forward.
The Power had no answers as their fierce cross-town rivals cantered to a 22.12 (144) to 11.20 (86) victory.
The Crows mauled Port from the start - Betts set the tone with the initial two goals, and Adelaide led by 10 goals midway in the second term of Don Pyke's first win as an AFL head coach.
Lynch, Betts and Jenkins feasted on a supply of scoring chances generated by midfielders Scott Thompson (29 disposals) and Matt Crouch (24 touches) while utility Rory Laird (33 possessions) was outstanding.
Backmen Brodie Smith and Luke Brown were also prominent while fullback Daniel Talia kept Port's prized recruit Charlie Dixon goalless before 51,585 spectators.
Laird was stunned in a third-term incident likely to land Port's Tom Jonas in trouble - the Power backman laid a high shepherd on the unsuspecting Crow, who was helped from the field but later returned.
A misfiring Port were off the pace from the beginning - after Adelaide's early onslaught, the closest they got was 48 points midway in the third quarter.
The Power were overly reliant on Robbie Gray (37 disposals, one goal) and Ollie Wines (two goals, 27 touches) and Aaron Young made the most of his recall with four goals - though all were belated, coming after the fizz was out of a lopsided contest.
Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley figures it was just one of those dog days.
"We never played well at any part," he said after Port's 58-point AFL loss to Adelaide on Saturday.
Hinkley said his Power were off - and made to pay by a ruthless Crows outfit who kicked 22.12 to Port's 11.20.
"The concern is they have been able to get through us and been able to penetrate," Hinkley said.
"We understand, everyone has talked about has offence caught up to the defence a bit at the moment?
"We have got to question ourselves: are we aggressive enough with our defence or are we a bit a cautious?"
Hinkley suspects it's the latter which is causing problems but maintained faith in his players to find the solution.
"We're going to believe in the group of payers we have got, they are the ones we're working really hard with," he said.
"We had a really poor day today, there is no hiding from that. We had a poor day. But we'll bounce back."
While new Adelaide coach Don Pyke deflected any kudos for a breakthrough 58-point belting of arch rivals Power.
"I'm obviously really happy," Pyke said.
"It was a really even, consistent performance by our guys today. And that is the sort of team-first approach that we have been talking to the players about."
Pyke's Crows mauled Port from the start: Eddie Betts kicked the initial two goals to set a lopsided tone for Saturday's Adelaide Oval grudge match.
"From the start were aggressive around the contest which allowed us to win our share of the ball," Pyke said.
"And then our forwards were able to go to work."
The loss of Port's brilliant forward Chad Wingard was definitely felt by the side, with the star limping from the field because of a hamstring problem on a bleak day for the Power.
"We were cautious because the game was out of reach and he had some hamstring tightness," Hinkley said of Wingard.
" ... Chad wanted to go back on the ground but 10 goals down, you make a decision for the long term for the rest of the season and we did that."