1. Chargers (0) Nothing will make me move on this. Patriots still have too many questions in their secondary.
2. Patriots (0) I'm inching closer and closer to putting them below the Colts, but nobody's seen Marvin Harrison alive for months. It's a helluva thigh bruise. Anyways, they need some help with CBs. Ellis Hobbs, and Jason Webster/Fernando Bryant? Give me a break.
3. Colts (0) Nothing happens in Indianapolis.
4. Cowboys (0) Still worried about Jerry Jones not using his plethora of picks to get players at CB, WR, S, and OL, all aging positions, and instead trading the draft for McFadden... but whatever. I also hope they realize that if this whole 'interest in trading for Pacman Jones' is not just a story manufactured by Jones' agent, they wouldn't have to give Tennessee more than a 6th rounder and a nice bottle of wine.
5. Giants (0)Well, they got Danny Clark?
6. Seahawks (0) Good stuff with resigning Lofa Tatupu to an extension. This entire team is made up of underrated players. The Cardinals are toast next season.
7. Browns (0) They have Shaun Rogers on their team now. How can I move that? (Bad Joke.)
8. Jaguars (0) All's quiet in the AFC South.
9. Eagles (0) They got Samuel, but I would put them down a few pegs if they traded Lito Sheppard. With Brown in the slot, they have the potential to make a fearsome secondary... don't get rid of Lito.
10. Saints (0) The loss of Steve Gleason was tough, but they will survive.
11. Bills (0) Still have a decent shot at a wildcard spot, especially if they can beat up on the Jets and Dolphins.
12. Vikings (0) Still looking like a possible NFC North winner next season.
13. Steelers(+1) I know it doesn't seem like much, but getting Justin Hartwig was huge. Fixing the O-line on this team is basically the one thing holding them back. Other than maybe a true shutdown corner and assurances that Willie Parker will be okay to play.
14. Packers (-1) I think they won't make the playoffs next season. Too much of a young team with a young QB. Give it two years.
15. Broncos (0) They lost Jason Elam. That will be terrible for them, but all the teams around them have questions too, so I have trouble dropping them too far.
16. Titans (0) Get Haynesworth that contract. This is looking like it might get messy.
17. Buccaneers (0) They got Eugene Wilson and so are not penalized for the loss of Brian Kelly. I'm still really not sold on this team next year though.
18. Bears (0) They're hibernating here. (Sorry.)
19. Redskins (0) I am very, very tempted to put them above the Bears, but that's assuming that Jim Zorn is a good head coach. And I don't know that yet.
20. Panthers (+3) Huge move for the Panthers here. The WR group they've made, with Steve Smith, DJ Hackett, Muhsin Muhammad, and Dwayne Jarrett is a thing of beauty. So long as Jake Delhomme comes back, this will be a decent season in Charlotte.
21. Ravens (-1) They continue their slide because Free Agency was a chance for them to get younger, and they didn't do that. Now they have the draft. Get it done.
22. Rams (0) Well, their WR group has a lot to prove to me, but they could be an outside contender next season.
23. Texans (-2) I still don't know if Schaub can stay healthy for a season, and that's important. Good hire with Chris Brown though.
24. Raiders (+2) If the Raiders were a house, I'd tell you that the foundation is so shaky that it could crash down in the next two years... and that you should not buy this house. Since they are a team, I will tell you that they will win more games next season than they did this one... and that's why they move up.
25. Jets (0) So they have an O-line, and maybe a D-line. They have something that resembles a secondary, a running game that will probably be around for at least another season, and a linebacker group that might do well or might disappear, depending on the day (because they have no experience). I still need to know what it is that this O-line is protecting. Please. Somebody get them a QB. Culpepper, anyone?
26. Cardinals (+1) They finally restructured Larry Fitzgerald's contract in time to sign some rookies. Let's be honest, they weren't going to make any marquee free agent hires. Nobody wants to come to Arizona.
27. Bengals (-3) This is probably too harsh a drop, but man does it look like Marvin Lewis' team is about to implode. TJ Houshmanzadeh (Spelled on the first try, NICE!) is almost out of contract, and if he wanted to stay he'd be asking for an extension. Chad Johnson just wants out, and said so to the three people watching the NFL Network during the offseason. The defense seems like it will probably still be a shambles, but maybe Odell Thurman will come back and be amazing (the loss of him to criminal charges and David Pollack to neck injury are really what has messed up this franchise). And meanwhile Carson Palmer is signed until 2014. Good luck buddy.
28. Falcons (+3) Since 2003, the team to finish last in the NFC South the previous year has, the very next season, finished first. (2003 Panthers, 2004 Falcons, 2005 Bucs, 2006 Saints, 2007 Bucs). Will this happen to the Falcons? No. But they're trying. And they play in the weakest division out of all these bottom feeder teams.
29. Dolphins (+3) I'm going to give Parcells some credit, because it looks like the team next year might be semi-competent. It won't be good, and will inspire the most "Who the heck is that guy?" moments, but it will be decent. And maybe Parcells will show Joey Porter how to play football again. Everyone remember Joey's guarantee from last season? "The Dolphins will win a game." It's tough to see a trash talker play for a losing team. Of course, if the Steelers hadn't lost a loudmouth, they never would have discovered that James Harrison, an abusive criminal, could also play really well at linebacker. Miracles happen every day.
30. 49ers (0) How did the Falcons and Dolphins move above them you ask? Well mostly because Justin Smith will be next to useless in the 3-4 scheme, the 49ers and Falcons didn't cut Darrell Jackson for a WR signed to a ONE YEAR CONTRACT, and none of you have a QB... so what's the difference? Haha. Burn.
31. Chiefs (-3) There are three good things about the Chiefs organization: 1) Tony Gonzalez 2) Jared Allen's fairly calm behavior in regards to his contract situation 3) Herm Edwards yelling on HBO's Hard Knocks that "I did a terrible job preparing this team! I did a terrible job!" Seriously, Chiefs are ruined until Carl Peterson is out of office.
32. Lions (-3) Yes, this is truly where they belong. They sign Chuck Darby, which is a good move, and then cut Kenoy Kennedy. They sign Brian Kelly, and then get rid of Fernando Bryant. It's like they never want to have more than 5 competent players on the team, so they just cut people instead of having them compete for starting jobs. Maybe a team that's trying to win should stop awarding things on the basis of privilege and past accomplishments.
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