The longest offseason in major professional sports will be over by the end of the week. Five NFL teams have already opened training camps. Twenty-three more start on Tuesday, and the remaining four kick off Wednesday. We must point out that the Hall of Fame Game between the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears is less than 48 hours away.
As usual, the NFL preseason goes down to 4 weeks, but the first week, will only have a single game, which is going to be taking place this Thursday, and it is the aforementioned match.
After that, we go to next week’s Thursday, where the regular list of games begins, with all the teams getting ready to bring us a solid 16 games per week through August before the First week of the Regular Season Kicks off in September.
The Teams and Current “Power Rankings”
The preseason rankings start where last season’s rankings ended — with the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers at the top — but there’s been some movement down the line.
The Hall of Fame Game participants, for instance, are among the biggest risers because of one young quarterback who has already proven himself and another who everyone expects to soon.
1. Kansas City Chiefs
The last time the Chiefs failed to make the NFL’s final four, Matthew Stafford was a Lion, Ryan Tannehill was a Dolphin, and Ben Roethlisberger was an active player. That was 2017. Since then, Patrick Mahomes has won 15 playoff games (more than all quarterbacks but Tom Brady and Joe Montana) and never finished a season as a starter short of the AFC Championship Game.
2. San Francisco 49ers
The 49ers are the NFL’s narrative busters. Need a top-10 quarterback to compete at the highest level? Nope. San Francisco has gone to two Super Bowls and two more NFC title games with Brock Purdy and Jimmy Garoppolo atquarterback.There are consequences for missing on a top-five quarterback? Not for the Niners.
3. Detroit Lions
The Lions have won more games since Nov. 6, 2022 (22),than they did in the previous 1,769 days (18). These are giddy times in Detroit, and the Lions have responded by throwing cash around, extending quarterback Jared Goff, offensive lineman Penei Sewell, and wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown to big-money deals this offseason.
4. Houston Texans
For most of the NFL’s history, calling a team the Lions of the AFC would have been fighting words. Not anymore. The Texans are the cross-conference counterparts of the Lions, which is to say they are their conference’s best-vibes team.
5. Baltimore Ravens
The 2023 Ravens were the NFL’s best team for long stretches. The 2024 Ravens are something different. Baltimore has added Derrick Henry but lost defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, linebacker Patrick Queen, safety Geno Stone, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, three starting offensive linemen, and about 10 percent of a quarterback.
6. Cleveland Browns
In the first four seasons of Deshaun Watson’s career, he had a passer rating of 104.5, a 2.4 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and was off target on only 6.4 percent of his throws, according to TruMedia. It’s why the Browns sent three first-round picks, a third, and two fourths to the Texans to acquire him.
7. Dallas Cowboys
In the last three seasons, the Cowboys have won 36 regular-season games and one playoff game.Owner Jerry Jones is so fed up that he … did nothing this offseason to improve the team. Head coach Mike McCarthy is back (with a new defensive coordinator — Mike Zimmer, who replaced Dan Quinn).
8. Green Bay Packers
Green Bay was the fourth-youngest playoff team in NFL history last season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.In the second half of the season, the Packers’ offense was eighth in the league in scoring (23.7) and fourth in yards per play (6.0), and they won seven of their last 10 games.
9. Buffalo Bills
Only the Chiefs have a longer active streak of double-digit-win seasons than the Bills’ five. Whether Buffalo can continue that streak is one of the league’s most interesting questions.
It lost Diggs, Jordan Poyer, Tre’Davious White, Mitch Morse, Tyrel Dodson, and Leonard Floyd in the offseason. That means more of the load falls on quarterback Josh Allen, who already carries plenty for the Bills.
10. Philadelphia Eagles
Questions abound in Philly. Will new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore’s system suit quarterback Jalen Hurts?
How will the offensive line hold up without “the other Kelce,” center Jason who, like his brother Travis, is a future Hall of Famer but, unlike his brother, is not dating Taylor Swift and is now retired? But the biggest question is: What the heck happened last season?
11. Los Angeles Rams
The Rams won seven of eight to end the regular season and dropped a one-point game to the Lions in the playoffs. In the offseason, they remade their secondary and fortified their offensive line. And just like that, 38-year-old coach Sean McVay is back in the fray in the NFC.
12. Miami Dolphins
Through Week 15 last season, the Dolphins led the NFL with 31.5 points per game. From Week 16 through a wild-card round playoff loss, they were 30th in scoring with 15.5 points per game.
Did defenses figure out the league’s fastest offense? Did injuries catch up to Miami? Was it just that they played better teams down the stretch?
Yes, to all three, but coach Mike McDaniel has had an entire offseason to adjust, and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa should have lots of motivation to play in the final year of his contract.
13. New York Jets
14. Cincinnati Bengals
15. Chicago Bears
16. Los Angeles Chargers
17. Atlanta Falcons
18. Indianapolis Colts
19. Seattle Seahawks
20. Pittsburg Steelers
21. Jacksonville Jaguars
22. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
23. Minnesota Vikings
24. Tennesse Titans
25. New Orleans Saints
26. Las Vegas Raiders
27. Washington Commanders
28. New York Giants
29. New England Patriots
30. Arizona Cardinals
31. Denver Broncos
32. Carolina Panthers
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