- Thread starter
- #1
iowajerms
Well-Known Member
Attached is .pdf file of the article with analysis of all the teams.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/13046017/seattle-seahawks-top-ranking-rosters-all-32-teams-nfl
By Sam Monson
For the second year in a row, we are ranking the entire rosters of each team in the NFL for ESPN.
We got together PFF's analysts and ran through the data, composing a ranking that incorporated our grading as well as football evaluation for added context -- allowing us, for example, to reward teams that have an excellent quarterback situation but a relative hole along the defensive line when it came to run defense. We have collected the number of elite or high-quality players each team can count among its starters (for these purposes we gave each team a starting side of 12 on each side of the ball to reflect both base and nickel/third-down defense), and you will see those figures in the chart at the bottom of the page.
Here is our 1-32 ranking of every roster in the NFL. The team at the top remains the same from a year ago, but nearly every other franchise made moves up or down the list.
1. SEA - (2014: 1)
2. GB - (8)
3. BAL - (16)
4. NE- (6)
5. DEN - (3)
6. PHI - (5)
7. DET - (11)
8. MIN - (29)
9. CIN - (7)
10. NO - (4)
11. DAL - (18)
12. PIT - (27)
13. IND - (12)
14. CLE - (24)
15. BUF - (20)
16. CAR - (22)
17. SF - (2)
18. SD - (14)
19. KC - (10)
20. NYG - (19)
21. NYJ - (23)
22. STL - (32)
23. MIA - (13)
24. ARI - (9)
25. CHI - (15)
26. HOU - (25)
27. WAS - (26)
28. OAK - (28)
29. TB - (17)
30. TEN - (21)
31. ATL - (30)
32. JAX - (32)
http://espn.go.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/13046017/seattle-seahawks-top-ranking-rosters-all-32-teams-nfl
By Sam Monson
For the second year in a row, we are ranking the entire rosters of each team in the NFL for ESPN.
We got together PFF's analysts and ran through the data, composing a ranking that incorporated our grading as well as football evaluation for added context -- allowing us, for example, to reward teams that have an excellent quarterback situation but a relative hole along the defensive line when it came to run defense. We have collected the number of elite or high-quality players each team can count among its starters (for these purposes we gave each team a starting side of 12 on each side of the ball to reflect both base and nickel/third-down defense), and you will see those figures in the chart at the bottom of the page.
Here is our 1-32 ranking of every roster in the NFL. The team at the top remains the same from a year ago, but nearly every other franchise made moves up or down the list.
1. SEA - (2014: 1)
2. GB - (8)
3. BAL - (16)
4. NE- (6)
5. DEN - (3)
6. PHI - (5)
7. DET - (11)
8. MIN - (29)
9. CIN - (7)
10. NO - (4)
11. DAL - (18)
12. PIT - (27)
13. IND - (12)
14. CLE - (24)
15. BUF - (20)
16. CAR - (22)
17. SF - (2)
18. SD - (14)
19. KC - (10)
20. NYG - (19)
21. NYJ - (23)
22. STL - (32)
23. MIA - (13)
24. ARI - (9)
25. CHI - (15)
26. HOU - (25)
27. WAS - (26)
28. OAK - (28)
29. TB - (17)
30. TEN - (21)
31. ATL - (30)
32. JAX - (32)