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As my NFL Preview Blitz nears its end, my final two articles with league-wide relevance will require less actual writing of me and more in the way of rankings and predictions. In this article I will rank teams in several aspects, and in tomorrow night’s article I will provide my full NFL predictions. Tomorrow’s first…More

More Likely: Worst to First or First to Worst?Either scenario would come as a genuine shock, more so than maybe any other division in the league. As with a couple of previously-covered divisions, it just feels more reasonable to imagine a catastrophic season for one team, the Broncos, than to imagine the Raiders passing them…More

For those of us who wait eagerly for football season, for those of us who start during the confetti-laden presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy every year to count down the weeks until our sport is back, for those of us who wait with bated breath and feel like we’re coming out of hibernation when…More

More Likely: Worst to First or First to Worst?In this crowded and, frankly, underwhelming division, no order can really be ruled out. But the Saints are coming in with a few major injuries across the roster, so the hype as a sleeper candidate for the division has cooled considerably. While the Panthers made a couple…More

As we begin to realistically count down by hours rather than just days until the NFL season begins, it would seem that here and now is the only thing that matters. For players and coaches, fans and media, it is all that matters for the next five months or so. However, greatness is evaluated over…More

More Likely: Worst to First or First to Worst?First to worst. The Jaguars are a prime regression candidate, and both the Colts and Titans have reasons to expect some improvement this year. But those same Titans shouldn’t expect to pass the Texans, who won 12 games in what amounted to an unlucky 2025 season. Hottest…More

This will be the ninth season since the Eagles won their first championship in the Super Bowl era, thus removing themselves from the hopeless ranks of the “Never Won a Super Bowl Club.” A great deal has transpired in that time, including a very different Eagles team winning another Super Bowl and the Bengals coming…More

More Likely: Worst to First or First to Worst?In this division, the teams could realistically finish in any order and I wouldn’t find myself terribly surprised by the results. Of the two given options, though, I’d say worst to first is more likely. The Vikings are well-coached, have good weapons on both sides of the…More

In an organization as internally intertwined as the NFL, every result, every injury, every decision has ripple effects that can be felt league-wide for years at a time. These ripple effects often turn into narratives, which we all engage with in one way or another before, during, and after every season. Such narratives are often…More

More Likely: Worst to First or First to Worst?Definitely first to worst. Without the steadying influence of Mike Tomlin that they enjoyed for two decades, the Steelers are likely to experience some drop-off. With two other potential playoff teams in the mix, the only stretch down for Pittsburgh is finishing below Cleveland, while those same…More