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These rankings are crap this time of year. Different ones base it off of different aspects such as bias, sexy offseasons, or lamely off of the standings of last year. ESPN consistently gives us the lowest grades, 23. Mid teens seem to be the most popular trend.
Something I found interesting was BR had the NYJ at 32, and ESPN had them at 13. Lol... What?
The highest I saw was #9 on Walterfootball. That was a good read.
The most surprising thing was I saw Green Bay and Chicago hovering around the top 5. I don't buy Chicago at all. Their defense is weak and they lost Peppers and Melton to FA. Peppers went to GB of all places. They have a dangerous offense, though.
Packers are lucky they have an average schedule and a division filled with bad defensive play. I read something funny on Walterfootball. "The real winners of the Eric Ebron selection was the Packers and Bears. They'll continue to throw all over the Lions secondary." Too true...
The NFCN and NFCE are similar in style points. Both divisions are put their money in offense, but the NFCN is way better. This division lands super stars while the NFCLeast just lets their managers continue to fail.
The AFC is pretty average to weak overall. I think Broncos seperated themselves from Patsies who have a firm grasp on the #2 spot. I'm pulling for Cinci. Cinci was consistently in the top 10.
Rams look like the biggest risers, easily, but I'm not sure you could call us a "surprise team." The NFL took notice when we drafted Donald. There's any other underdog team with a roster remotely close to ours. But hey, if we make the Playoffs in this division then that would be the best story.
ARZ got a lot of praise. However, I beleive they'll win 8-9 games this year. Their defense has two sets of huge shoes to fill with the Washington suspension and Dansby to CLE. Their OL looks a lot better with Vehdeer and Cooper starting this year.
It was interesting to see Denver was #1 on ESPN. They've done nothing I know of to improve their running game and list Decker. D. Ware looked washed up late in the season, but he won't play every down.
Something I found interesting was BR had the NYJ at 32, and ESPN had them at 13. Lol... What?
The highest I saw was #9 on Walterfootball. That was a good read.
The most surprising thing was I saw Green Bay and Chicago hovering around the top 5. I don't buy Chicago at all. Their defense is weak and they lost Peppers and Melton to FA. Peppers went to GB of all places. They have a dangerous offense, though.
Packers are lucky they have an average schedule and a division filled with bad defensive play. I read something funny on Walterfootball. "The real winners of the Eric Ebron selection was the Packers and Bears. They'll continue to throw all over the Lions secondary." Too true...
The NFCN and NFCE are similar in style points. Both divisions are put their money in offense, but the NFCN is way better. This division lands super stars while the NFCLeast just lets their managers continue to fail.
The AFC is pretty average to weak overall. I think Broncos seperated themselves from Patsies who have a firm grasp on the #2 spot. I'm pulling for Cinci. Cinci was consistently in the top 10.
Rams look like the biggest risers, easily, but I'm not sure you could call us a "surprise team." The NFL took notice when we drafted Donald. There's any other underdog team with a roster remotely close to ours. But hey, if we make the Playoffs in this division then that would be the best story.
ARZ got a lot of praise. However, I beleive they'll win 8-9 games this year. Their defense has two sets of huge shoes to fill with the Washington suspension and Dansby to CLE. Their OL looks a lot better with Vehdeer and Cooper starting this year.
It was interesting to see Denver was #1 on ESPN. They've done nothing I know of to improve their running game and list Decker. D. Ware looked washed up late in the season, but he won't play every down.
