Rick Gosselin ranks the 32 teams (1 Viewer)

[FavreCo]

I'm calling it now...The two worst teams in the league will be the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings.

Cannot be argued. Miami made themselves worse when they made their 1st round pick. That is an incredible feat. The Browns will give them a run though.

 

[FavreCo]

I'm having trouble figuring how the Redskins are ranked lower than the Bills, Lions and Vikings.

What do they have? At WR it's Moss and absolutely nothing. I mean NOTHING. Good TE. They are trying to fix the D but they have no O.

I think Portis is still pretty good.

Just a running game got Woody Hayes nothing but 3 and out. They are going to suck. I will say that the Viking running game is now better than the skins and they are going to suck equally.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I'm calling it now...The two worst teams in the league will be the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings.

Cannot be argued. Miami made themselves worse when they made their 1st round pick. That is an incredible feat. The Browns will give them a run though.

I think the Browns are going to surprise people this year. I'm not talking playoffs or anything, but they may go .500.

 

[FavreCo]

I think the Chiefs are closer to 28 than the 18 ranking Gosselin gave them.Other than that, pretty solid list.

Their defense will be very good this year and they still have Larry Johnson for at least another year. Herm knows how to win games in the regular season and don't forget that they have 8 games at Arrowhead.#18 may be a little high, but they won't finish in the bottom 3rd, either. I personally think they'll finish around #20.

The only thing the Herminator knows how to do is destroy an offense. He's accomplished that feat again in KC. They are heading south. Only L. Johnson is keeping them from a bottom 5 finish now.

 

[ravnzfan]

Mark my words, the Raiders will not be the worst team in this league, particularly with a defense as strong as theirs.

Also, Ravens in the top 5? I can't argue with Pats, Colts, Chargers, or Saints, but McNair was average most of last year and embarrassing in the playoffs. Would you fear the Baltimore passing game or just put 8 in the box? Top 5:

Pats, Colts, Broncos, Steelers, Chargers

Bottom 5:

Chiefs, Falcons, Giants, Dolphins, Browns

Oakland will not be the worst team in the league(see Houston & Mr Schaub)...solid D, and either McCown or Russell will give them better QB play than they got last year (as an aside, I'll take "over " 120 combined FF points for Jordan/Rhodes combined--this is a joke!)and Marc...if the Ravens aren't 5 and Pittsburgh is--these 2 generally battle it out pretty evenly every year--it isn't like the Ravens should be 15th, as you imply

w/McNair getting work in w/the team much earlier this year, I have to believe this only helps the passing attack (which did look awful in the 15-6 playoff loss to eventual Super Bowl champ Indy)...and McGahee over a banged up Lewis from the last 2 years will give the running game a bit more expolsiveness

the O-line has 3-1st day additions, plus 4th rounder Brown added to it over the last 3 years---a unit that only saw Jon Ogden as a 1st day selection for the 1st 8 years of the teams existance

younger, more athletic O-line + McNair for entire off season + McGahee= solid unit that will beg teams to go 8 man fronts!

 

[Donnybrook]

I think Seattle is ranked a little high at 9. The defense should be stronger this year but the offense lost a couple of weapons. Alexander's foot and no strong backup RB are issues IMO. Besides the other teams in their division are improving and one of them could even take over top spot this year. Seattle was only 3-3 in their division last year.

They lost Jackson and Stevens. Both inconsistent and poor 'charcter' guys. Though Pollard isn't s physically talented as Stevens, he's even keeled and adds a vet presence. They have the WRs to make up for jackson's loss and hopefully not to make up for his drops. Alexander's foot was fine enough to finish the season and shouldn't be a problem. They haven't had a backup RB worth a damn for their whole reign as NFCW champs so another non-issue. And with all the injuries last year we were only a FG away from beating Chicago at home for another shot at the NFC title. The health of our stars alone should keep us in the top 10.I think 9 is a pretty dead-on assesment and the D should really help them move up that list. The other NFCW teams are sure to be better but then again, so should we.

Since when was Jackson a poor character guy, Jackson who played hurt almost every week showed tremendous character in my book. Stevens had a lot of drops but he had some key TD receptions in big games. Hasslebeck was injuried last year but Wallace played steller in his absence. Alexander was less than impressive when he did play. Teams like the 49ers now know that they can beat the Hawks. I think NFCW could be turned on its head just like the NFCS was last year.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

I'm having trouble figuring how the Redskins are ranked lower than the Bills, Lions and Vikings.

What do they have? At WR it's Moss and absolutely nothing. I mean NOTHING. Good TE. They are trying to fix the D but they have no O.

I think Portis is still pretty good.

Just a running game got Woody Hayes nothing but 3 and out. They are going to suck. I will say that the Viking running game is now better than the skins and they are going to suck equally.

I'd rank the Redskins over the Bills too, but not by a great amount.Campbell, Portis/Betts, Moss, Cooley, plus a pretty solid offensive line and a great offensive coordinator should give them a potent offense.Defense still lacks a great pass rusher, but I really like the back 7 and Gregg Williams is still one of the best coordinators in the league.

 

[gump]

Isn't Gosselin's reputation as a guy who has great relationships in the league more so than a great predictor of games/records?

 

[mad sweeney]

I think Seattle is ranked a little high at 9. The defense should be stronger this year but the offense lost a couple of weapons. Alexander's foot and no strong backup RB are issues IMO.

Besides the other teams in their division are improving and one of them could even take over top spot this year. Seattle was only 3-3 in their division last year.

They lost Jackson and Stevens. Both inconsistent and poor 'charcter' guys. Though Pollard isn't s physically talented as Stevens, he's even keeled and adds a vet presence. They have the WRs to make up for jackson's loss and hopefully not to make up for his drops. Alexander's foot was fine enough to finish the season and shouldn't be a problem. They haven't had a backup RB worth a damn for their whole reign as NFCW champs so another non-issue. And with all the injuries last year we were only a FG away from beating Chicago at home for another shot at the NFC title. The health of our stars alone should keep us in the top 10.

I think 9 is a pretty dead-on assesment and the D should really help them move up that list. The other NFCW teams are sure to be better but then again, so should we.

Since when was Jackson a poor character guy, Jackson who played hurt almost every week showed tremendous character in my book. Stevens had a lot of drops but he had some key TD receptions in big games. Hasslebeck was injuried last year but Wallace played steller in his absence. Alexander was less than impressive when he did play.

Teams like the 49ers now know that they can beat the Hawks. I think NFCW could be turned on its head just like the NFCS was last year.

Since Ruskell took over as GM Jackson has been one foot out the door. There was a lot of flap about him last season and it was only a matter of time before he was gone. No problems on the field nor off in a TO fashion but he was no interested in the Seahawks as a team since he felt bettrayed from on high. And his drops hurt as much as his TDs helped.Wallace was very far from stellar. He played well at times but showed that he was a "rookie" as a starter. And Alexander was hurt in week 1 and played hurt all season. On top of that his line was very rarely the same personnel week to week. Jones was the only offensive (all O, not just line) starter to start all 18 games.

I agree that that NFCW could be turned on it's head, but as far as ranking them preseason Seattle has more proven vets with a better system and coach in a proven system. Last year's slide (and thus the losses to SF and AZ) was an aberration of injuries. Every year a couple teams are hit harder than others, last year was the Hawks' turn. Odds are that this will not be a repeat of that and the standard will be raised closer to the SB season than last season.

 

[duaneok66]

Isn't Gosselin's reputation as a guy who has great relationships in the league more so than a great predictor of games/records?

Bingo . . .

 

[Festivus]

The texans will finish ahead of the titans.

 

[thayman]

I'm having trouble figuring how the Redskins are ranked lower than the Bills, Lions and Vikings.

What do they have? At WR it's Moss and absolutely nothing. I mean NOTHING. Good TE. They are trying to fix the D but they have no O.

They have Campbell with game play experience, Randle-El is a fine #2, Cooley, top TE in the league. Healthy Clinton Portis, with Betts spelling him to keep him healthy for the year, plus a great line. Not to mention everyone has another year in Saunder's system.So you are right, after their young QB, RB, WRs, TE, and a good O-Line they don't have much after that.

 

[Capella]

Bucs may be awful this year, but this quote is pretty dumb:

The NFL's 29th-ranked offense was barely touched this offseason.

Really?

 

[Snotbubbles]

They have Campbell with game play experience, Randle-El is a fine #2, Cooley, top TE in the league. Healthy Clinton Portis, with Betts spelling him to keep him healthy for the year, plus a great line. Not to mention everyone has another year in Saunder's system.So you are right, after their young QB, RB, WRs, TE, and a good O-Line they don't have much after that.

David Carr and Joey Harrington have game play experience but that's hardly a ringing endorsement for optimism.I really don't want to argue about Randle-El, but a guy whos career averages are 39-472-2 really doesn't strike fear into me.The rest of the stuff I agree with.So a good RB tandem and a TE and a good (not great) O-Line with a swiss cheese D.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Bucs may be awful this year, but this quote is pretty dumb:

The NFL's 29th-ranked offense was barely touched this offseason.

Really?

Other than a new starting QB and LT, of course.

 

[Assani Fisher]

It is true...coming out of college. Now this season we will see how it translates. That is all you are referring to, but coming out of college, no it couldn't be debated.

The difference beween the 4 pick and the 7 pick means nothing if they're in different years since different draft classes are stronger than others.

 

[gump]

Bucs may be awful this year, but this quote is pretty dumb:

The NFL's 29th-ranked offense was barely touched this offseason.

Really?

Other than a new starting QB and LT, of course.

...and LG and probably C...and possibly FB. Other than those 5 of 11 positions, they haven't touched it.

 

[RD1967]

Dude is smoking somthing if He does not have TENN in the bottom Seven. The Niners at 20!! We will see but it would not be improbable for the Niners to win the NFC West out right.