Erin Silva breaks down and ranks every post-draft NFL roster (1 Viewer)

[Bracie Smathers]

His view and I'm sure others have their own views to counter Erin's but its a compact take i one place where you can see every projected starting line--up (and I'm sure Erin is off on some of those projections), where you can easily see how many new additions their are on both offense and defense.

So its a useful reference if nothing else.

I'm guessing that many won't agree with Erin's projected starting lineups and how he ranks each team.

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/43199/59/post-draft-nfl-lineup-rankings?pg=1

 

[jurb26]

Most overrated, Wash at 7.

Most underrated, Cinci at 17.

Thoughts?

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Erin?

 

[Adam Harstad]

Most overrated, Wash at 7.Most underrated, Cinci at 17.Thoughts?

I'm picking up what you're laying down. I actually think Baltimore is slightly more overrated (they're opening as 7-point dogs at Denver, while Washington is only a 6-point underdog at Denver in week 8), but Washington is a good choice. I also think the Packers and Colts are a bit overrated, and the Bucs (post-Revis) and Rams both seem pretty underrated to me, too.

Interesting note: Vegas currently has Green Bay's week 3 game at Cincinnati (Silva's #4 at his #17) as a pick 'em.

 

[Caveman_Nick]

Sure, I will disagree with something. Ball will not be starting in Denver if Fox's history has anything to say about it.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Thanks Bracie, what I liked is the way you can scan thru and see the rosters quickly based on his projections. I love these kind of write-ups in the off season, thanks for posting in here BS.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

Many won't bother to click on a link so I'll post the top-ten teams, complete with full rosters, and the other teams sans rosters with the exception of the Bengals who were mentioned as being under-rated at #17.

Its interesting to see early projections cross tabulated with how teams might be ranked.

Also I'm including Silva's small preamble of what he was trying to do in ranking the teams as he did>>>>

With free agency and the NFL draft behind us, starting lineups around the league are mostly set pending training camp position battles and a handful of third-wave veteran signings. Here is a glance at each team's projected first-string offense and defense, ranked in order of quality.

* = Offseason Addition.

1. Seattle Seahawks
QB: Russell Wilson
RB: Marshawn Lynch
WR: Percy Harvin*
WR: Sidney Rice
WR: Golden Tate
TE: Zach Miller
LT: Russell Okung
LG: James Carpenter
C: Max Unger
RG: J.R. Sweezy
RT: Breno Giacomini

RE: Cliff Avril*
LE: Red Bryant
DT: Brandon Mebane
DT: Michael Bennett*
MLB: Bobby Wagner
SLB: K.J. Wright
WLB: Malcolm Smith
LCB: Richard Sherman
RCB: Brandon Browner
FS: Earl Thomas
SS: Kam Chancellor

2. San Francisco 49ers
QB: Colin Kaepernick
RB: Frank Gore
FB: Bruce Miller
WR: Michael Crabtree
WR: Anquan Boldin*
TE: Vernon Davis
LT: Joe Staley
LG: Mike Iupati
C: Jonathan Goodwin
RG: Alex Boone
RT: Anthony Davis

RE: Justin Smith
LE: Ray McDonald
NT: Glenn Dorsey*
ILB: Patrick Willis
ILB: Navorro Bowman
OLB: Aldon Smith
OLB: Ahmad Brooks
LCB: Carlos Rogers
RCB: Tarell Brown
FS: Eric Reid*
SS: Donte Whitner

3. Denver Broncos
QB: Peyton Manning
RB: Montee Ball*
WR: Demaryius Thomas
WR: Eric Decker
WR: Wes Welker*
TE: Joel Dreessen
LT: Ryan Clady
LG: Zane Beadles
C: J.D. Walton
RG: Louis Vasquez*
RT: Orlando Franklin

LE: Derek Wolfe
RE: Robert Ayers
DT: Terrance Knighton*
DT: Sylvester Williams*
MLB: Nate Irving
WLB: Wesley Woodyard
SLB: Von Miller
LCB: Champ Bailey
RCB: Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie*
FS: Rahim Moore
SS: Mike Adams

4. Green Bay Packers
QB: Aaron Rodgers
RB: Eddie Lacy*
WR: Jordy Nelson
WR: Randall Cobb
WR: James Jones
TE: Jermichael Finley
LT: Bryan Bulaga
LG: Josh Sitton
C: Evan Dietrich-Smith
RG: T.J. Lang
RT: Derek Sherrod

RE: Datone Jones*
LE: B.J. Raji
NT: Ryan Pickett
ILB: Desmond Bishop
ILB: A.J. Hawk
OLB: Clay Matthews
OLB: Nick Perry
LCB: Casey Hayward
RCB: Tramon Williams
FS: M.D. Jennings
SS: Morgan Burnett

5. New England Patriots
QB: Tom Brady
RB: Stevan Ridley
WR: Danny Amendola*
WR: Aaron Dobson*
TE: Rob Gronkowski
TE: Aaron Hernandez
LT: Nate Solder
LG: Logan Mankins
C: Ryan Wendell
RG: Marcus Cannon
RT: Sebastian Vollmer

RE: Chandler Jones
LE: Rob Ninkovich
DT: Vince Wilfork
DT: Kyle Love
MLB: Brandon Spikes
WLB: Jerod Mayo
SLB: Dont'a Hightower
LCB: Aqib Talib
RCB: Alfonzo Dennard
FS: Devin McCourty
SS: Adrian Wilson*

6. Baltimore Ravens
QB: Joe Flacco
RB: Ray Rice
WR: Torrey Smith
WR: Jacoby Jones
TE: Dennis Pitta
TE: Ed Dickson
LT: Bryant McKinnie
LG: Kelechi Osemele
C: Gino Gradkowski
RG: Marshal Yanda
RT: Michael Oher

LE: Chris Canty*
RE: Arthur Jones
NT: Haloti Ngata
ILB: Jameel McClain
ILB: Arthur Brown*
OLB: Terrell Suggs
OLB: Elvis Dumervil*
LCB: Lardarius Webb
RCB: Jimmy Smith
FS: Michael Huff*
SS: Matt Elam*

7. Washington Redskins
QB: Robert Griffin III
RB: Alfred Morris
FB: Darrel Young
WR: Pierre Garcon
WR: Josh Morgan
TE: Fred Davis
LT: Trent Williams
LG: Kory Lichtensteiger
C: Will Montgomery
RG: Chris Chester
RT: Tyler Polumbus

RE: Stephen Bowen
LE: Jarvis Jenkins
NT: Barry Cofield
ILB: London Fletcher
ILB: Perry Riley
OLB: Brian Orakpo
OLB: Ryan Kerrigan
LCB: DeAngelo Hall
RCB: Josh Wilson
FS: Phillip Thomas*
SS: Brandon Meriweather

8. Chicago Bears
QB: Jay Cutler
RB: Matt Forte
WR: Brandon Marshall
WR: Alshon Jeffery
WR: Earl Bennett
TE: Martellus Bennett*
LT: Jermon Bushrod*
LG: Kyle Long*
C: Roberto Garza
RG: Gabe Carimi
RT: J'Marcus Webb

RE: Julius Peppers
LE: Corey Wootton
DT: Henry Melton
DT: Stephen Paea
MLB: Jon Bostic*
WLB: Lance Briggs
SLB: D.J. Williams*
RCB: Charles Tillman
LCB: Tim Jennings
FS: Chris Conte
SS: Major Wright

9. Atlanta Falcons
QB: Matt Ryan
RB: Steven Jackson*
FB: Bradie Ewing
WR: Julio Jones
WR: Roddy White
TE: Tony Gonzalez
LT: Sam Baker
LG: Justin Blalock
C: Peter Konz
RG: Garrett Reynolds
RT: Lamar Holmes

RE: Osi Umenyiora*
LE: Kroy Biermann
DT: Jonathan Babineaux
DT: Corey Peters
MLB: Akeem Dent
WLB: Sean Weatherspoon
SLB: Stephen Nicholas
LCB: Asante Samuel
RCB: Desmond Trufant*
FS: Thomas DeCoud
SS: William Moore

10. Indianapolis Colts
QB: Andrew Luck
RB: Vick Ballard
WR: Reggie Wayne
WR: T.Y. Hilton
TE: Dwayne Allen
TE: Coby Fleener
LT: Anthony Castonzo
LG: Hugh Thornton*
C: Samson Satele
RG: Donald Thomas*
RT: Gosder Cherilus*

LE: Cory Redding
RE: Ricky Jean-Francois*
NT: Josh Chapman
ILB: Jerrell Freeman
ILB: Kavell Conner
OLB: Robert Mathis
OLB: Bjoern Werner*
RCB: Vontae Davis
LCB: Greg Toler*
FS: Antoine Bethea
SS: LaRon Landry*

11. New York Giants
12. Houston Texans
13. New Orleans Saints
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
15. Minnesota Vikings
16. Pittsburgh Steelers

17. Cincinnati Bengals
QB: Andy Dalton
RB: Giovani Bernard*
WR: A.J. Green
WR: Mohamed Sanu
TE: Jermaine Gresham
TE: Tyler Eifert*
LT: Andrew Whitworth
LG: Clint Boling
C: Kyle Cook
RG: Kevin Zeitler
RT: Andre Smith

LE: Carlos Dunlap
RE: Michael Johnson
DT: Geno Atkins
DT: Domata Peko
MLB: Rey Maualuga
WLB: Vontaze Burfict
SLB: James Harrison*
RCB: Leon Hall
LCB: Terence Newman*
FS: Taylor Mays
SS: Reggie Nelson

18. Miami Dolphins
19. Kansas City Chiefs
20. St. Louis Rams
21. Dallas Cowboys
22. Carolina Panthers
23. Detroit Lions
24. Cleveland Browns
25. Philadelphia Eagles
26. Arizona Cardinals
27. Tennessee Titans
28. New York Jets
29. San Diego Chargers
30. Buffalo Bills
31. Jacksonville Jaguars
32. Oakland Raiders

 

[identikit]

Evilgrin 72, on 07 May 2013 - 15:46, said:Erin?

 

[TheWick]

I'm guessing he didn't watch too many NFC West games last year.

 

[TheGreatSpinks]

Erin?

Evan's sister?

 

[Bracie Smathers]

I'm guessing he didn't watch too many NFC West games last year.

You seem to disagree with those teams being ranked one and two.

San Francicso made the Superbowl and Seatle went deep into the post season. Both of those teams had extremly young quarterbacks who got better and better as the season progressed. Seattle adds Percy Harvin and a slew of pass rushers, San Francisco adds Anquan Boldin and had Aldon Smith but added pass rushers in Tank Carradine and Corey Lemonier on top of moving up in the first round to get safety Eric Ried.

So both of those teams made aggressive trades involving their first round picks to go after talented players. They got extra proven WR talent and boosted their pass rush. It seems impressive to me so I can't fault him on ranking those teams that high.

I'm not sure why you are questioning having those teams at the top.