Which NFL teams have the best -- and worst -- rosters? Let's stack all 32 projected lineups

After a flurry of draft picks, trades and free cause signings, the offseason is implicit and each 32 NFL teams person their rosters (mostly) set. So however bash these rosters stack up arsenic we get person to the 2025 season?

That's the question we're tackling, arsenic we asked NFL analysts Mike Clay, Aaron Schatz and Seth Walder to fertile every lineup successful the league. We combined their rankings to signifier the eventual preseason roster ranking, considering factors specified arsenic talent, property and production.

That's lone the fractional of it. Along with projecting each starting lineup, Clay elaborate the strongest and weakest presumption groups for each team, Walder identified X factors and Schatz picked nonstarters who could person an outsized relation this season.

Let's get going, starting with a squad that has been connected the cusp the past 2 seasons.

Jump to a team:
ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND
JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN
NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF
SEA | TB | TEN | WSH

1. Baltimore Ravens

Biggest strength: Quarterback. Lamar Jackson, an All-Pro successful each of the past 2 seasons and the NFL MVP successful 2019 and 2023, is 1 of the champion successful the business. He fell conscionable abbreviated of his 2nd consecutive MVP past play contempt starring the league successful QBR (77.3) and producing career-high marks successful passing yards (4,172) and passing touchdowns (41, the second-most successful the league). The dual-threat QB has ne'er finished a play little than 2nd astatine his presumption successful rushing yards. Former Cowboys QB Cooper Rush besides makes for a coagulated backup. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Guard. New year, aforesaid "weakness" for a roster that is different beauteous stacked. On the near side, Patrick Mekari is retired and volition beryllium replaced by Andrew Vorhees, Ben Cleveland oregon possibly a rookie. Daniel Faalele returns connected the close broadside aft underwhelming arsenic a tally blocker and ranking among the worst successful the league successful tally artifact triumph complaint (71.8%). -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Left tackle Ronnie Stanley. This is each astir his health. Stanley didn't miss a crippled past season, which helped gain him a well-deserved contract, but that doesn't mean the wounded risks each went away. When Stanley and Jackson are connected the field, the Ravens' discourtesy is awfully hard to beat. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Kicker Tyler Loop. The sixth-round rookie had showed inconsistent accuracy successful his last 2 seasons astatine Arizona, and present helium has to replace Justin Tucker, the top kicker successful NFL history. No pressure. -- Schatz

2. Philadelphia Eagles

Biggest strength: Offensive tackle. The defending champs person galore strengths, but it's pugnacious to bushed arguably the league's apical tackle duo, with Jordan Mailata manning the near broadside and Lane Johnson connected the right. Mailata ranked among the apical tackles successful PFF grade, walk artifact triumph complaint and tally artifact triumph complaint successful some 2023 and 2024. Johnson is 35 years aged but hasn't mislaid a step, ranking apical 10 among tackles successful walk and tally artifact triumph complaint past season. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Edge rusher. Josh Sweat (free agency), Brandon Graham (retirement) and Bryce Huff (trade) are each gone, leaving Nolan Smith Jr. arsenic the lone established subordinate connected the extent chart. Smith is apt to beryllium joined successful the starting lineup by 2024 third-rounder Jalyx Hunt, who was a coagulated backup arsenic a rookie. Offseason additions/journeymen Azeez Ojulari and Joshua Uche volition vie for work. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Guards Tyler Steen and/or Kenyon Green. Last year's violative enactment reclamation project, Mekhi Becton, left successful escaped bureau (yielding a projected fifth-round compensatory prime for the Eagles successful 2026, per OverTheCap.com). But questions remain. Who volition capable his void astatine close guard? Can violative enactment manager Jeff Stoutland proceed to enactment his magic? If the reply to the second question is "yes," past Philadelphia should person a stout enactment crossed the committee yet again. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Cornerback Kelee Ringo. Ringo hasn't gotten connected the tract overmuch since the Eagles took him successful the 4th circular of the 2023 draft. He played lone 10 snaps oregon much successful 3 games past season. But helium has shown committedness successful constricted playing time, with above-average sum DVOA successful some seasons. He has got the carnal tools astatine 6-foot-2 with 4.36 speed, but he's inconsistent. If seasoned Adoree' Jackson falters, Ringo could gain the starting spot, replacing Darius Slay. -- Schatz

3. Detroit Lions

Biggest strength: Running back. I could've gone information oregon violative tackle, but the Jahmyr Gibbs/David Montgomery duo is elite. Since 2023, Lions RBs person produced a league-high 5,960 yards and 57 touchdowns. That's 718 yards and 8 much touchdowns than immoderate different team. Gibbs led the NFL with 20 TDs past season, and Montgomery produced 1,000-plus full yards for the sixth play successful a enactment contempt missing 3 games. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Interior violative line. This should travel arsenic nary astonishment aft the Lions said goodbye to standout halfway Frank Ragnow (retirement) and close defender Kevin Zeitler (free agency) during the offseason. Graham Glasgow (last season's starting near defender and the weakest nexus connected the line) is present a campaigner to commencement astatine center, leaving the likes of 2024 sixth-rounder Christian Mahogany, second-round rookie Tate Ratledge and veterans Trystan Colon and Kayode Awosika arsenic the apical candidates to commencement astatine guard. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Offensive coordinator John Morton. Former OC Ben Johnson often seemed to supply the Lions with a schematic advantage. The large question this season: To what grade was that the lawsuit and tin Morton bash the same? Detroit's rubric hopes remainder rather a spot connected the reply to those questions. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Offensive tackle Dan Skipper. Everybody successful Detroit loves erstwhile Skipper reports eligible arsenic the sixth violative lineman. He had an mean walk artifact triumph complaint erstwhile forced to commencement 5 games owed to injuries past season. Will helium request to play that overmuch again successful 2025? -- Schatz

4. Buffalo Bills

Biggest strength: Quarterback. Who other but reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen? Allen has finished nary little than sixth successful QBR successful each of the past 5 seasons (third oregon amended successful 4 of those seasons, including 2024). His counting stats were down past season, but helium inactive finished apical 8 among QBs successful some passing (28) and rushing (12) touchdowns for the 5th consecutive year. Mitchell Trubisky is the backup. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Safety. The Bills' roster is successful beauteous bully shape, truthful we person to prime connected a information radical with immoderate uncertainty. Taylor Rapp, Cole Bishop, Damar Hamlin and Cam Lewis instrumentality aft each played 400-plus snaps past season, though the second 3 posted a anemic PFF grade. Veteran Darrick Forrest was the lone extent summation to the group. Bishop -- a 2024 second-round prime -- is simply a campaigner for a Year 2 leap. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Wide receiver Keon Coleman and choky extremity Dalton Kincaid. The Bills request astatine slightest 1 of the 2 to instrumentality a large measurement forward. If they do, GM Brandon Beane volition look plentifulness justified not investing more successful different walk catcher. More importantly, that would springiness Allen different existent playmaker to propulsion to too Khalil Shakir (I'm not overmuch of a believer successful erstwhile Chargers receiver Joshua Palmer). If neither interruption out, past Buffalo has a pass-catching weakness. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Wide receiver Elijah Moore. The slot people has ne'er finished higher than 70th successful DYAR (defense-adjusted yards supra replacement) and ESPN's Receiver Tracking Metrics gave him a people of 24 past season, adjacent the bottommost of the league. But Moore played for the Jets and Browns for 4 seasons. Will helium yet amusement his talents successful a bully discourtesy with a large quarterback? -- Schatz

5. Kansas City Chiefs

Biggest strength: Quarterback. I was tempted to pivot to wide receiver, but adjacent aft finishing eighth successful QBR the past 2 seasons, Patrick Mahomes remains Kansas City's champion player. The two-time league MVP has led his squad to 10-plus wins (career-high 15 successful 2024) and the AFC Championship Game 7 seasons successful a row. He has won the Super Bowl and the Super Bowl MVP 3 times each -- and he's not adjacent 30. Mahomes' ascendant reign is acold from over. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Offensive tackle. Tackle has carried implicit from 2024 arsenic the Chiefs' apical occupation spot. The head-scratching four-year, $80 cardinal deal handed to close tackle Jawaan Taylor 2 years agone has not worked out, arsenic helium has posted mediocre marks successful PFF people and tally artifact triumph complaint successful some seasons successful Kansas City. With Joe Thuney gone, Wanya Morris (benched past season, which forced Thuney to footwear extracurricular from guard) and erstwhile 49ers reserve Jaylon Moore are the apical seasoned near tackle options. There is immoderate anticipation here, arsenic No. 32 wide prime Josh Simmons could triumph the starting LT occupation and solidify the position. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Wide receiver Rashee Rice, pending disciplinary enactment from the league. Is this the play Rice genuinely ascends to the No. 1 receiver relation successful Kansas City -- and puts up the numbers to beryllium it? The signs are there. The Chiefs gradually accrued Rice's relation passim his rookie play successful 2023, but helium inactive finished with 2.6 yards per way run. In 4 games earlier a season-ending genu injury past season, that fig jumped to a monolithic 3.6 yards per way run. A steadfast and productive Rice could elevate the Chiefs' passing crippled to thing much akin to the Mahomes offenses of yore. It could assistance escaped up Xavier Worthy downfield, too. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher Felix Anudike-Uzomah. Raised successful suburban Kansas City, it was awesome for Anudike-Uzomah to triumph a Super Bowl successful his archetypal play with the hometown team. It's little awesome to person lone 3.0 sacks successful 2 NFL seasons arsenic a first-round pick. The Chiefs are truly hoping there's a butterfly inactive wrong that cocoon, and that an improved get-off tin item Anudike-Uzomah's earthy instincts. -- Schatz

6. Denver Broncos

Biggest strength: Offensive line. This was an casual telephone aft the Broncos led the NFL successful some walk artifact and tally artifact triumph complaint successful 2024. Denver returns each 5 starters from that unit, each of whom played 800-plus snaps (including the playoffs) past season. LT Garett Bolles, LG Ben Powers, C Luke Wattenberg, RG Quinn Meinerz and RT Mike McGlinchey each posted a walk artifact triumph complaint good supra league average. Incredibly, Wattenberg (first), Meinerz (third) and Powers (fourth) each ranked successful the apical 4 leaguewide successful that category. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Wide receiver. It's pugnacious to find a large interest area, truthful we'll prime connected a portion that inactive has thing to prove. Courtland Sutton (career-high 81 catches past season) is terrific, but it's yet to beryllium seen who volition look arsenic a accordant people down him. The apical candidates astatine WR2 are 2023 second-round prime Marvin Mims Jr. (who finished 2024 strong but was inactive a part-time player), third-round rookie Pat Bryant, arsenic good arsenic second-year players Troy Franklin and Devaughn Vele. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Mims. Mike conscionable alluded to it, arsenic helium recorded a precise businesslike 2.8 yards per way tally past season. But that was connected lone 182 routes. More importantly, 20 of his 52 targets were screens. If Mims could go a much reliable accepted receiver and support a reasonably precocious efficiency, it would assistance lick the aforementioned wide receiver weakness. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher Jonah Elliss. Elliss was 3rd among rookies with 5 sacks past season, and helium was unthinkable with the tally game, with an mean tackle aft a summation of conscionable 1.8 yards. He's versatile, with the quality to determination wrong to unreserved connected passing downs oregon driblet into sum from the outside. There is immoderate question astir erstwhile he'll beryllium available, arsenic a breached scapula from the wild-card loss to the Bills mightiness outgo him immoderate of grooming camp. -- Schatz

7. Washington Commanders

Biggest strength: Off-ball linebacker. It was tempting to prime Jayden Daniels and the quarterbacks, but the terrific Bobby Wagner/Frankie Luvu duo is excessively bully to walk up. Wagner is entering his age-35 season, but helium has shown astir nary signs of drop-off, ranking successful the apical 10 among off-ball LBs successful walk unreserved wins, tackles for nonaccomplishment and QB hits past season. Luvu is the lone NFL subordinate with 250-plus tackles and 20.0-plus sacks implicit the past 3 seasons (he has 335 and 21.0, respectively). The duo combined to play 98.2% of Washington's antiaircraft snaps past season. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Safety. It was a toss-up betwixt this and borderline rusher, but Luvu's pass-rushing contributions pushed maine toward safety. Jeremy Chinn is gone and acceptable to beryllium replaced by journeyman Will Harris, who volition enactment other Quan Martin. Percy Butler is returning arsenic contention astatine the position, too. None of these players posted a prime PFF people successful caller seasons. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Cornerback Marshon Lattimore. In his limited time with Washington past season, Lattimore didn't look similar the top-flight country helium has been successful the past ... but the Commanders request him to be. The walk unreserved is simply a superior concern, and Washington volition request Lattimore, Mike Sainristil and rookie Trey Amos to fastener down opposing wide receivers for arsenic agelong arsenic possible. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Wide receiver Luke McCaffrey. McCaffrey didn't get arsenic overmuch playing clip arsenic expected successful his rookie season, finishing with 18 catches for 168 yards and minus-12.7% receiving DVOA. However, helium comes from an NFL household and entered the league with an 86.8% playmaker rating, which ranked eighth successful the fantabulous 2024 receiver class. He is akin successful benignant and usage to Deebo Samuel Sr., which is simply a occupation due to the fact that the Commanders just acquired the existent Samuel. But if Samuel gets hurt, don't beryllium amazed if McCaffrey succeeds arsenic his replacement. -- Schatz

8. Los Angeles Rams

Biggest strength: Wide receiver. Cooper Kupp is out and Davante Adams is in arsenic Puka Nacua's moving mate. Of course, Nacua is the headliner. A fifth-round flier successful the 2023 draft, Nacua exploded for 105 receptions for 1,486 yards and six touchdowns arsenic a rookie and, contempt missing six games due to injury, caught 79 balls for 990 yards and 3 touchdowns successful 2024. Adams is present 32 years aged but doesn't look to person mislaid a step. He had 85 catches for 1,063 yards and 8 touchdowns successful 14 games with the Jets and Raiders past season. Tutu Atwell and second-year Jordan Whittington are among those competing for No. 3 duties. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Off-ball linebacker. Rarely a precedence for Sean McVay's Rams, this presumption remains an country of concern. Career situational subordinate Troy Reeder was vaulted into an every-down relation aboriginal successful 2024 anterior to a hamstring wounded ending his play successful Week 7. He's backmost and volition vie with seasoned newcomer Nate Landman, 2024 UDFA Omar Speights and possibly fifth-round rookie Chris Paul Jr. for important enactment this season. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Speights. Following up connected what Mike wrote, there's a accidental Speights could truly enactment out, which would beryllium a bully boon for this defense. He earned a starting relation midway done past play and posted encouraging numbers successful a semi-small sample. His 41% tally halt triumph complaint would person ranked successful the apical 10 among linebackers had helium played capable to qualify. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Safety Jaylen McCollough. As an undrafted rookie, "Tank" got a astonishing magnitude of playing clip down the Rams' 2 Kamrens (Kinchens and Curl) astatine information past season. McCollough played astatine slightest 25% of antiaircraft snaps successful 10 antithetic regular-season contests, moving backmost and distant betwixt the container and dropping deep. Last season, helium peculiarly excelled astatine covering moving backs, with a minus-13.6% sum DVOA (negative numbers are better). -- Schatz

9. Cincinnati Bengals

Biggest strength: Wide receiver. I could've gone quarterback, but not galore teams tin lucifer the Ja'Marr Chase/Tee Higgins duo. Chase has been large since being drafted successful 2021 but cemented himself arsenic elite successful 2024 with league highs successful routes, targets, receptions, receiving yards, receiving TDs and extremity portion targets. He's the archetypal subordinate successful league past to scope some 1,700 receiving yards and 17 TD catches successful a azygous season. Higgins has battled injuries but posted 73 receptions for 911 yards and 10 TDs successful 12 games past season. Andrei Iosivas and second-year Jermaine Burton supply bully depth. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Secondary. Offensive enactment was a candidate, but secondary is simply a larger issue. Longtime slot antheral Mike Hilton and information Vonn Bell were the apical offseason departures, yet the squad made nary notable additions. That leaves Cam Taylor-Britt, Dax Hill (who tore his ACL successful Week 5 past season), DJ Turner II and Josh Newton arsenic the apical country options; Geno Stone and Jordan Battle are the starting safeties. None of those players posted an above-average PFF people successful 2024. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Defensive coordinator Al Golden. So overmuch hinges connected Golden's quality to get much retired of this defence than Lou Anarumo did successful 2024 -- with oregon without Trey Hendrickson. If Golden tin get decent play retired of the aforementioned secondary and make first-round prime Shemar Stewart quickly, that would spell a agelong mode successful getting Cincinnati backmost to the playoffs. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Defensive tackle T.J. Slaton: The erstwhile Packers tackle was highlighted this offseason by Bill Barnwell arsenic the league's apical two-down antiaircraft tackle. He controls gaps and led each interior defenders with a 45.5% tally halt triumph rate. That's a large summation for a defence that ranked 27th successful DVOA against the tally successful 2024. -- Schatz

10. San Francisco 49ers

Biggest strength: Tight end. I could've gone a fewer directions, but George Kittle gets the motion pursuing yet different outstanding season. Despite the 49ers' struggles and astir 3 afloat missed games due to injury, Kittle finished apical 5 among choky ends successful yards and touchdowns for the 3rd consecutive play (he has finished apical 10 successful yards 7 years successful a row). Kittle paced the presumption successful yards per way tally for the 5th clip successful 7 seasons. He was besides PFF's top-graded choky extremity successful blocking. Luke Farrell and Ross Dwelley were signed arsenic upgraded depth. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Defensive tackle. I was tempted to spell with the secondary, but the 49ers' DT concern mightiness beryllium the worst successful the league. Maliek Collins and Javon Hargrave signed elsewhere, and the team's lone interaction additions were draught picks Alfred Collins (second round) and CJ West (fourth). Jordan Elliott (a rotational player) tops the extent chart, and competitors Kevin Givens, Evan Anderson and Kalia Davis each played little than 30% of the team's antiaircraft snaps past season. The Niners fig to adhd much assistance and/or determination Yetur Gross-Matos and Sam Okuayinonu wrong much often. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The wellness of moving backmost Christian McCaffrey and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. If the erstwhile tin play astir of the season, and the second can travel back and regain his 2023 form, we volition again beryllium successful awe of the plethora of playmakers successful San Francisco. If not, this squad could inactive compete, but it apt requires a second-year breakout from Ricky Pearsall and different large play from Kittle (along with Jauan Jennings continuing his 2024 level of play if he's inactive connected the team). -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Farrell. The 49ers gave him a three-year deal (even though helium has ne'er caught a touchdown pass), and he's going to play down Kittle. It's each astir the blocking, wherever Farrell excelled for the Jaguars successful caller seasons. "He could travel successful and helium could artifact a 9-technique wherever George [Kittle] and Christian [McCaffrey] could some beryllium connected routes," manager Kyle Shanahan told the property astatine OTAs. The 49ers utilized lone 2 choky ends astir 12% of the clip past season, but that's going up successful 2025. -- Schatz

11. Minnesota Vikings

Biggest strength: Defensive front. Minnesota has a batch of strengths, particularly connected offense, but it's pugnacious to find a DT/edge rusher combo with much upside crossed the league. Edge was already a spot pursuing past season's additions of Jonathan Greenard and Andrew Van Ginkel, who were 2 of the 9 players successful the NFL with 11.5 oregon much sacks past season. The radical volition beryllium adjacent stronger this play if 2024 first-round prime Dallas Turner makes a leap. Minnesota besides beefed up its interior during escaped agency, adding Jonathan Allen and Javon Hargrave to spell with Harrison Phillips. Injuries were a occupation past season, but Allen and Hargrave person been difference-makers erstwhile healthy. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Cornerback. Quarterback would've been an casual pick, arsenic J.J. McCarthy has yet to instrumentality a regular-season snap, but I'm much acrophobic astir the country situation. Byron Murphy Jr. was a bully re-signing, but Stephon Gilmore and Shaquill Griffin some departed this offseason. That duo is acceptable to beryllium replaced by immoderate operation of Mekhi Blackmon (missed each of past play with a torn ACL) and journeymen Isaiah Rodgers, Jeff Okudah, Tavierre Thomas and Ambry Thomas. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: McCarthy. He's walking into astir arsenic bully a concern arsenic 1 could imagine: Playing for a QB-friendly and large violative strategy decorator successful Kevin O'Connell, throwing to perchance the champion wide receiver successful the crippled successful Justin Jefferson (along with a bully No. 2 successful Jordan Addison and choky extremity successful T.J. Hockenson) and playing down a enactment with beardown potential. That each helps substantially, but determination are nary guarantees. If McCarthy isn't astatine slightest decent, it won't work. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Wide receiver Rondale Moore. A 2021 second-round pick, Moore ne'er enactment up much than 435 receiving yards successful a play during 3 seasons with the Cardinals. He was traded to Atlanta past season, but helium missed the full twelvemonth with a genu injury. Now, connected an one-year, prove-it deal with the Vikings, Moore tin vie with Jalen Nailor for snaps to WR3. Can Moore yet truly nutrient arsenic a receiver? And volition O'Connell besides usage Moore's rushing skills? He had 28 carries for 178 yards and a touchdown successful 2023. -- Schatz

12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Biggest strength: Wide receiver. The Buccaneers person had 1 of the league's apical WR duos for a portion successful Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. Evans (1,000-plus receiving yards each 11 NFL seasons) is entering his age-32 run but seemingly hasn't mislaid a step. Godwin led the NFL successful receptions anterior to a season-ending injury and though his presumption is successful uncertainty for the opening of 2025, Tampa Bay is good stocked with depth. Jalen McMillan (a 2024 third-round pick) scored 8 TDs successful his last 5 games of 2024, and the squad spent its first-round prime connected Emeka Egbuka. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Edge rusher. The Bucs' roster is beauteous coagulated and balanced truthful I'm being picky, but borderline rusher continues to beryllium the largest concern. Yaya Diaby played good successful a hefty 808 snaps past season, though helium was constricted to 4.5 sacks (the Bucs' existent radical totaled 11.0 sacks successful 2024). Perhaps the Bucs tin get newcomer Haason Reddick backmost connected track, but that's nary definite happening aft a down play (1.0 sack successful 10 games) and successful his age-30 campaign. A agleam spot is that youngsters Chris Braswell, David Walker and Elijah Roberts each connection potential. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The fallout from Tristan Wirfs' knee injury. How agelong volition the prima tackle beryllium out? Can the Bucs upwind the tempest during his absence? Will helium instantly instrumentality to stardom erstwhile helium returns? Part of the Buccaneers' occurrence successful 2024 was a enactment that ranked apical six successful some walk artifact and tally artifact triumph rate. It volition beryllium overmuch harder to proceed their level of play without Wirfs arsenic an vantage successful the trenches. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Linebacker SirVocea Dennis. The third-year antheral has impressed successful OTAs contempt coming disconnected enarthrosis country and playing lone 4 games past season. His positives see play designation and scope successful walk coverage, arsenic helium was a antiaircraft backmost successful precocious school. "He gets his hands connected a batch of balls and I privation to accidental [he has had] a precise bully 4 days," Buccaneers manager Todd Bowles said aft OTAs. Don't beryllium amazed if Dennis ends up starting up of escaped cause summation Anthony Walker Jr. astatine mediate linebacker. -- Schatz

13. Houston Texans

Biggest strength: Edge rusher. This was a toss-up betwixt borderline and cornerback, but the erstwhile gets the nod. Danielle Hunter was arsenic advertised successful his archetypal play successful Houston, registering 12.0 sacks (he present has 10.5-plus successful six of the past 8 seasons) and a league-high 77 walk unreserved wins. Will Anderson Jr. wasn't acold behind, racking up 11.0 sacks and 46 walk unreserved wins (13th most) contempt missing 3 games. Denico Autry, Derek Barnett and Darrell Taylor adhd terrific depth. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Interior antiaircraft line. Offensive enactment was a beardown candidate, but DT is arguably a larger concern. Tim Settle Jr., Mario Edwards Jr., Folorunso Fatukasi, Tommy Togiai and Kurt Hinish each instrumentality from past season's group; the lone significant addition was 31-year-old Sheldon Rankins. Autry volition origin in, though he's entering his age-34 play and has chiefly aligned astatine edge. No 1 from this radical cleared 31 tackles oregon posted an above-average PFF people successful 2024. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Rookie wide receiver Jayden Higgins. Houston entered 2025 needing different big-time enactment astatine walk catcher, particularly aft Tank Dell suffered a serious genu injury precocious past season. If Higgins, whom Houston took with the No. 34 pick, tin beryllium that player, past the Texans would person a formidable receiver country with Nico Collins besides connected the extracurricular and Christian Kirk successful the slot. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Offensive tackle Blake Fisher. The Texans person a batch of linemen successful the premix and could spell a batch of ways with their starting lineup. However, it has to beryllium astonishing for a second-round, second-year subordinate similar Fisher to look up and spot truthful galore players arsenic imaginable competition. Fisher had immoderate average-at-best games astatine close tackle past play and unsmooth lowlights against the Chiefs successful the AFC divisional round. His 85.6% walk artifact triumph complaint was good beneath average. -- Schatz

14. Green Bay Packers

Biggest strength: Safety. A precise coagulated violative enactment was nether consideration, but a information country led by Xavier McKinney gets the nod. McKinney was a location tally acquisition last offseason, arsenic the ex-Giant produced 8 interceptions (second astir successful the NFL) and posted PFF's sixth-highest people for a safety. A brace of 2024 draught selections, Javon Bullard (second round) and Evan Williams (fourth), each played important roles arsenic rookies and are candidates for a Year 2 leap successful a defence that loves three-safety looks. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Cornerback. Standout corners Jaire Alexander and Eric Stokes departed this offseason and were "replaced" by Nate Hobbs and seventh-round rookie Micah Robinson. The shake-up positions Hobbs (who, similar Alexander, has struggled with injuries successful caller seasons) for a starting role, on with Keisean Nixon and Carrington Valentine. No different country connected the roster played a regular-season drawback past season. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper. His numbers arsenic a rookie were softly excellent. He recorded a 46% tally halt triumph complaint successful 2024, which would person ranked archetypal among each linebackers had helium played capable to qualify. His 0.6 yards per sum drawback was amended than mean for the position. And helium rushed the passer 46 times, resulting successful a coagulated 19% walk unreserved triumph complaint and 3.5 sacks. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher Lukas Van Ness. The 2023 first-round prime inactive hasn't breached into the starting lineup. He had lone 3.0 sacks past play but did negociate 22 pressures and was tenable successful tally defense. The Packers are inactive looking to get much retired of him this season, particularly with their questionable extent astatine the position. -- Schatz

15. Chicago Bears

Biggest strength: Offensive line. I could've gone a fewer directions present (WR? TE? DB?), but Chicago's O-line has a changeable to beryllium 1 of the league's best. That mightiness look silly considering the Bears allowed a league-high 68 sacks past season, but they ranked 15th successful walk artifact triumph complaint (60.4%) and eighth successful tally artifact triumph complaint (72.5%) and are present substantially amended connected paper. All 3 interior positions were upgraded (left defender Joe Thuney, halfway Drew Dalman and close defender Jonah Jackson) adjacent to standout tackles Braxton Jones and Darnell Wright. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Running back. The Chicago roster is successful beauteous darn bully shape, truthful this is much astir that and little astir what is simply a passable moving backmost situation. D'Andre Swift was engaged successful his archetypal play successful Chicago, finishing apical 10 successful snaps, carries and routes, though helium was constricted to six touchdowns and averaged a career-low 3.79 yards per carry. Roschon Johnson (3.7 yards per transportation connected 136 carries, 5.0 yards per people connected 63 targets) is the superior backup and could beryllium pushed by seventh-round flier Kyle Monangai. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Quarterback Caleb Williams. It's the evident telephone but the close one. Williams tin either ascend to conscionable his imaginable oregon proceed to scuffle successful Year 2. Which helium does volition beryllium everything. Williams' rookie play numbers were poor: A 46.7 QBR (28th), 10% sack complaint (31st), 5.1 yards per dropback (32nd) and a minus-1.4% completion percent implicit anticipation per NFL Next Gen Stats (25th). But a twelvemonth of acquisition and new caput manager Ben Johnson could beryllium capable to unlock Williams into the backmost the Bears dreamed helium would become. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher Austin Booker. There's precise small extent connected the edge, truthful the Bears volition request contributions from Booker, a 2024 fifth-round pick. But Booker was 1 of the lowest-ranking prospects successful past year's class, according to my SackSEER projections. Booker had 1.5 sacks and 8 pressures past season, according to FTN Data charting. That was little accumulation than departed borderline backups Darrell Taylor oregon Jacob Martin. -- Schatz

16. Los Angeles Chargers

Biggest strength: Offensive tackle. Rashawn Slater, a 2021 first-round pick, has rapidly emerged arsenic 1 of the league's champion near tackles. He was PFF's second-highest-graded tackle and ranked 10th among each linemen successful tally artifact triumph complaint past season. On the other end, 2024 5th prime Joe Alt looked the portion arsenic a first-year starter past season, ranking seventh successful walk artifact triumph complaint and 14th successful tally artifact triumph complaint among 80 qualified tackles -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Interior antiaircraft line. Da'Shawn Hand should beryllium a adjuvant add, but this presumption remains an country of concern. Otito Ogbonnia (graded 86th astatine PFF among 89 DTs who played 400-plus snaps past season) remains positioned for a large relation on with Teair Tart (the lone 1 successful this radical with much than 1 sack past season), third-round rookie Jamaree Caldwell, Naquan Jones and Scott Matlock. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Cornerbacks Cam Hart, Tarheeb Still and Donte Jackson. A twelvemonth ago, antiaircraft coordinator Jesse Minter worked immoderate magic to get the astir retired of his country group, which included Kristian Fulton, Hart and Still (the second 2 were some rookie, Day 3 picks). The Chargers finished with the sixth-best EPA allowed per dropback successful the league. Now Minter needs to bash it again with the 2 second-year players and 29-year-old Jackson, who is successful his first play successful Los Angeles. Whether 2024 was a one-year wonderment oregon not volition find the occurrence of this defense, which is lacking walk rush. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Center Andre James. A escaped cause summation from the Raiders, James is simply a fascinating subordinate due to the fact that helium presents specified a disconnect betwixt metrics and scouting. He's consistently large successful walk artifact triumph rate: 5th among centers past play and 2nd the twelvemonth before. He wasn't that acold beneath mean connected a batch of tally plays past season, but helium looked similar a catastrophe connected film. What volition run-first caput manager Jim Harbaugh bash if injuries connected the interior violative enactment unit James into the starting lineup? -- Schatz

17. Arizona Cardinals

Biggest strength: Interior antiaircraft line. Their biggest weakness past play has go their biggest strength. After finishing 2024 ranked 28th and 20th successful walk unreserved triumph complaint (33.3%) and tally halt triumph complaint (29.8%), respectively, Arizona present has potential. Standout veterans Dalvin Tomlinson and Calais Campbell were signed to anchor the interior, with caller first-round picks Darius Robinson (2024) and Walter Nolen III (2025) adding upside. Justin Jones, L.J. Collier, Dante Stills and Bilal Nichols volition vie for extent roles. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Off-ball linebacker. Kyzir White (second among Arizona defenders successful snaps played successful 2024) was not re-signed, which leaves journeymen Mack Wilson Sr. and Akeem Davis-Gaither, on with fourth-round rookie Cody Simon, arsenic the astir notable options. This radical volition person to measurement up, considering the team's awesome DT/edge group. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Edge Josh Sweat. Which mentation volition the Cardinals get? Will it beryllium the Sweat who had 2.5 sacks successful Super Bowl LIX for the Eagles and who bushed his blocker repeatedly with above-average walk unreserved triumph rates successful 2021, 2022 oregon 2023? Or volition helium beryllium the 2024 regular-season Sweat, who had a below-average 11% walk unreserved triumph complaint astatine borderline to spell with 8.0 sacks? -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher Baron Browning. Browning has ne'er played a afloat play since entering the NFL successful 2021 and had lone 2 sacks and 18 pressures past season, which he split betwixt Denver and Arizona. Browning volition get a accidental for plentifulness of playing clip this play successful an borderline rusher rotation made up of Sweat and a batch of "maybe" players. -- Schatz

18. Dallas Cowboys

Biggest strength: Wide receiver. It starts with CeeDee Lamb, who managed his 3rd consecutive 100-plus-catch play contempt missing 2 games and being without Dak Prescott for most of 2024. Since 2022, Lamb, 26, leads the NFL successful receptions (343) and is apical 5 successful yards (4,302) and touchdowns (27). Lamb's new moving mate, George Pickens, failed to scope his ceiling portion overcoming shaky QB play successful Pittsburgh. But helium has inactive produced 800-plus yards successful each 3 of his NFL seasons. Jalen Tolbert, KaVontae Turpin and Jonathan Mingo supply serviceable depth. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Running back. This wasn't a pugnacious prime for a squad that hasn't prioritized the presumption recently. Out is Rico Dowdle and successful are Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders and Day 3 rookie Jaydon Blue. Williams has the highest ceiling, but the 25-year-old has struggled severely with ratio since tearing his ACL successful 2022. Sanders was a nonfactor during 2 seasons successful Carolina, though helium showed immoderate foodstuff with 116 full yards and 2 touchdowns successful Week 18 past season. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The close broadside of the violative line. Last season, rookie near tackle Tyler Guyton, near defender Tyler Smith and rookie halfway Cooper Beebe were each mean to large successful walk artifact triumph rate. But rookie close defender Tyler Booker isn't solidified, and close tackle Terence Steele finished 56th retired of 66 tackles successful walk artifact triumph complaint successful 2024. If Booker and Steele could each beryllium mean walk protectors, Dallas could person a amazingly beardown enactment successful beforehand of Prescott. It's a large "if," though. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Linebacker Jack Sanborn. Sanborn followed caller antiaircraft coordinator Matt Eberflus from Chicago, and Sanborn volition get immoderate playing clip aboriginal successful the play portion DeMarvion Overshown recovers from his knee injury past December. Sanborn doesn't play capable to accumulate a batch of stats, but helium has been a utile subordinate against the walk and run. -- Schatz

19. Pittsburgh Steelers

Biggest strength: Edge rusher. T.J. Watt has been an All-Pro successful each of his past 5 steadfast seasons and has an NFL-high 108.0 sacks since entering the league successful 2017 (only helium and Myles Garrett person much than 83.0). Running mate Alex Highsmith missed six games past season, but helium remained a full-time subordinate erstwhile steadfast and his 33.5 sacks implicit the past 4 seasons ranks 16th successful the league. Nick Herbig (5.5 sacks successful 13 games) was terrific successful an expanded relation past season. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Offensive tackle. Tackle is simply a large question, but there's anticipation astir who volition support Aaron Rodgers. Broderick Jones (2023) and Troy Fautanu (2024) were caller first-round picks who could marque a large leap guardant this season. After struggling astatine close tackle the past 2 seasons, Jones is acceptable to instrumentality implicit for Dan Moore Jr. astatine near tackle this season. Fautanu (who played 49 snaps arsenic a rookie) volition regenerate Jones connected the close side. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The secondary. The Steelers' look for occurrence successful 2025 is simply a passable discourtesy with an elite defense. Regarding the latter, the walk unreserved is afloat there. The questions are successful the secondary. Can Jalen Ramsey and Darius Slay play similar their younger selves? Can Joey Porter Jr. get the penalties successful check? Can Juan Thornhill beryllium an capable replacement for Minkah Fitzpatrick arsenic the heavy safety? If the reply to each 3 questions is "yes," past the Steelers volition beryllium dangerous. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Wide receiver Roman Wilson. The Steelers took Wilson successful the 3rd circular past year, but helium played lone 5 snaps arsenic a rookie due to the fact that of ankle and hamstring injuries. Wilson's velocity and way moving were awesome coming retired of Michigan, and the Steelers person a past of processing midround receivers into stars. He'll vie with Calvin Austin III for snaps successful the slot this season. -- Schatz

20. Seattle Seahawks

Biggest strength: Interior antiaircraft line. The Seahawks stay stacked up front, with Leonard Williams starring the way. Williams is inactive playing astatine a superstar level astatine property 31. He led each interior linemen with 11 sacks and ranked 4th with 35 walk unreserved wins past season. Jarran Reed (4.5 sacks successful 2024) and Johnathan Hankins are back. Byron Murphy II, a 2024 first-round pick, is simply a campaigner for a second-year leap aft a coagulated rookie showing. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Offensive line. Seattle's violative enactment outlook is amended than it was a twelvemonth ago, but this portion inactive has plentifulness of uncertainty extracurricular of prima LT Charles Cross. Left defender could beryllium coagulated if first-round rookie Grey Zabel works out, but the remainder of the projected starting enactment (C Olu Oluwatimi, RG Anthony Bradford, RT Abraham Lucas) posted shaky/poor PFF grades and tally artifact triumph rates a twelvemonth ago. None of them has played a afloat play arsenic a starter successful the past 2 seasons. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Wide receiver Cooper Kupp. As bully arsenic Jaxon Smith-Njigba is, this discourtesy volition request a 2nd receiver for Sam Darnold, and Kupp is the champion candidate. I'm skeptical helium tin capable that relation -- his 1,947-yard 2021 play looks similar an outlier -- but there's a chance. Seattle astir apt needs Kupp oregon idiosyncratic other to measurement up to vie successful a pugnacious NFC West. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence. There aren't a batch of teams that person a subordinate with 61.5 vocation sacks coming disconnected the bench. Lawrence wants to beryllium helium inactive has thing successful the vessel astatine property 33, and his 3 sacks past play came successful lone 4 games earlier a Lisfranc ft injury outgo him astir of the 2024 season. He should beryllium an important portion of the Seahawks' walk rush. -- Schatz

21. New England Patriots

Biggest strength: Secondary. The Patriots beefed up astatine cornerback by signing standout Carlton Davis III arsenic a moving mate for Christian Gonzalez, a determination that supplies New England with 1 of the league's apical perimeter duos. Marcus Jones has developed into a prime slot corner. Jabrill Peppers has emerged arsenic an elite information successful caller seasons, and he'll beryllium joined by Kyle Dugger and newcomer Marcus Epps. All 3 safeties battled injuries past play but person been solid-to-good starters erstwhile healthy. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Wide receiver. The much-improved Patriots are reasonably balanced, which made this harder than expected. The Patriots upgraded their receivers, but questions remain. Stefon Diggs was 1 of the league's champion receivers successful his prime, but he's 31 years aged and recovering from last year's torn ACL. DeMario Douglas is simply a coagulated slot man, but he's undersized and constricted to short-range work. Kendrick Bourne and Mack Hollins are serviceable, but the squad inactive hopes for a breakout from youngsters Kyle Williams, Ja'Lynn Polk, Kayshon Boutte and/or Javon Baker. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Tackles Will Campbell and Morgan Moses. Last season, Drake Maye was forced to play down a porous enactment that ranked 31st successful walk artifact triumph complaint -- hardly perfect circumstances for a promising backmost the Patriots anticipation to develop. Tackles are the astir important portion of the pass-protecting equation, and with 2 caller ones, the Patriots could crook astir their extortion successful a hurry. Being the No. 4 prime hardly guarantees contiguous occurrence (even first-round violative linemen are beneath mean successful their archetypal season), but it means Campbell has a changeable to deed the crushed running. Moses has been a unchangeable walk protector, which should proceed if his property (34) doesn't drawback up to him. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Edge rusher K'Lavon Chaisson. A erstwhile first-round prime who struggled successful his 4 seasons with the Jaguars, Chaisson yet had a productive twelvemonth arsenic a part-time borderline rusher for Las Vegas past season. He enactment up 5.0 sacks -- each successful the last six games -- and 24 pressures. Was the breakout for real, and however overmuch tin Chaisson lend to the Patriots' walk rush? -- Schatz

22. Jacksonville Jaguars

Biggest strength: Edge rusher. Josh Hines-Allen has emerged arsenic 1 of the league's apical walk rushers, and 2022 first-overall prime Travon Walker is rapidly joining that conversation. Over the past 2 seasons, Hines-Allen ranks sixth (25.5) and Walker 12th (20.5) leaguewide successful full sacks. Depth is besides a imaginable strength, with Dennis Gardeck, Emmanuel Ogbah and Dawuane Smoot each signing connected successful escaped agency. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Offensive line. This is the Jags' main interest for the 3rd consecutive season. Tackles Walker Little and Anton Harrison posted mediocre walk artifact triumph rates successful each of the past 2 seasons, and they are expected to commencement again. The interior volition person a spot of a caller look. Incumbent near defender Ezra Cleveland volition beryllium joined by 2 newcomers -- halfway Robert Hainsey and close defender Patrick Mekari. But it's hard to ideate this radical making overmuch of a leap. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Rookie wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. In the best-case scenario, Hunter is astir a full-time, two-way subordinate who performs connected some sides of the shot close away. In this world, the Jaguars person a formidable one-two punch astatine receiver (with Brian Thomas Jr.) and astatine cornerback (with Tyson Campbell). But hitting that parlay is acold from a guarantee. If Hunter can't play good connected some sides, the Jaguars could person violative and antiaircraft issues. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Wide receiver Parker Washington. As Seth alluded to, determination isn't a batch of receiver depth. If Hunter gets wounded attempting to play some ways and Dyami Brown doesn't cookware out, Washington volition person to measurement up. The 2023 sixth-round prime had an mean DVOA past season, with 32 receptions for 390 yards and 3 touchdowns, but helium tallied a unsmooth 35 unfastened people successful ESPN's receiver tracking metrics. After Washington comes erstwhile Ram Austin Trammell, erstwhile Bengal Trenton Irwin and different antecedently unsuccessful agents. -- Schatz

23. Las Vegas Raiders

Biggest strength: Defensive line. New year, aforesaid strength. The Raiders already person Maxx Crosby (seventh successful the league with 34.5 sacks and archetypal among borderline rushers with 223 tackles implicit the past 3 seasons) and get backmost 1 of the league's apical antiaircraft tackles successful Christian Wilkins (fifth among DTs with 9.0 sacks successful 2023 earlier missing all but 4 games past season). Edge Malcolm Koonce (torn ACL successful Week 1 of 2024) volition besides return, and Las Vegas hopes to get much from 2023 first-round prime Tyree Wilson. Defensive tackle extent down Watkins and Adam Butler remains a concern, but this portion has plentifulness of potential. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Secondary. Tre'von Moehrig, Jack Jones and Nate Hobbs ranked first, 3rd and 10th, respectively, among Raiders defenders successful snaps played successful 2024. None volition instrumentality successful 2025. Eric Stokes, who didn't enactment retired successful Green Bay, could beryllium the team's apical corner. Jakorian Bennett, Decamerion Richardson, Darnay Holmes and third-round rookie Darien Porter are besides competing for starting jobs. At safety, coagulated journeyman Jeremy Chinn was brought in to regenerate Moehrig other Isaiah Pola-Mao, who graded 37th astatine PFF among 41 safeties with 900-plus snaps successful 2024. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Center Jackson Powers-Johnson. Powers-Johnson divided clip betwixt defender and halfway arsenic a rookie. At guard, helium ranked 4th successful walk artifact triumph complaint (though this dropped to 20th astatine center) and sixth successful tally artifact triumph complaint (moved up to archetypal astatine center). Given that first-year linemen typically struggle, there's a accidental the Raiders person a star. If they do, that should assistance caller Raiders Geno Smith, Ashton Jeanty and violative coordinator Chip Kelly enactment immoderate magic. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Defensive tackle JJ Pegues. In lawsuit you haven't heard, this rookie was a 325-pound Wildcat backmost successful college. Oh, and helium besides had fantabulous tackling grades from PFF. Alongside do-everything erstwhile Montana State quarterback-turned-receiver-turned-return-man Tommy Mellott, there's nary uncertainty the Raiders had the astir absorbing sixth circular of the 2025 draft. -- Schatz

24. Miami Dolphins

Biggest strength: Wide receiver. Miami's receivers mightiness person underperformed past season, but this Tyreek Hill/Jaylen Waddle-led radical is ace talented and a bully stake for a rebound. Dealing with injuries and two-high information looks astatine a league-high rate, Hill plummeted from 1,799 yards and 13 TDs successful 2023 to 959 yards and six scores successful 2024. Meanwhile, Waddle posted 58 receptions and 744 yards successful 15 games aft clearing 70 receptions and 1,000 yards successful each of his archetypal 3 NFL seasons. Miami besides upgraded its extent by signing Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, who had 9 TDs connected 32 receptions past play with the Titans. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Secondary. Miami's biggest spot this clip past twelvemonth has go its glaring weakness ... and possibly 1 of the league's biggest. Both starting safeties (Jordan Poyer, Jevon Holland) are gone, arsenic good arsenic apical corners Kendall Fuller and Jalen Ramsey. Oddly, Miami didn't bash overmuch to regenerate them, adding Artie Burns, Ashtyn Davis and Ifeatu Melifonwu (the trio combined for 468 snaps successful 2024). Fifth-rounders Jason Marshall Jr. and Dante Trader Jr. were their lone draught selections successful the secondary. Slot country Kader Kohou is beauteous good, but the concern astir him is simply a monolithic question. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The moving game. The Dolphins went from the astir businesslike moving crippled successful the league by EPA per play successful 2023 to 2nd worst past season. Run blocking played a large portion of that (Miami dropped from sixth to 26th successful tally artifact triumph rate), but the moving backmost show dropped, too. De'Von Achane, Jaylen Wright and Raheem Mostert (now departed) each recorded antagonistic unreserved yards implicit expectation, per NFL Next Gen Stats. One mode oregon another, Mike McDaniel volition request to get the crushed onslaught backmost connected track. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Linebackers Willie Gay and K.J. Britt. The Dolphins person built large extent astatine wrong linebacker with these erstwhile starters. Gay is beardown successful walk coverage, portion Britt had 72 combined tackles for Tampa Bay past season. But you usually play 2 of these guys astatine a time, and the Dolphins besides person Jordyn Brooks and Tyrel Dodson. Are Gay and Britt much of a luxury for this defense, fixed its important holes astatine different positions? -- Schatz

25. Indianapolis Colts

Biggest strength: Interior antiaircraft line. This portion is anchored by DeForest Buckner, 1 of the league's champion defenders. Despite missing 5 games past season, the 31-year-old has played 550-plus snaps successful each 8 of his NFL seasons and delivered astatine slightest 6.5 sacks successful 7 consecutive campaigns. He'll beryllium joined successful the trenches by underrated tally stuffer Grover Stewart, with Neville Gallimore, Adetomiwa Adebawore and Eric Johnson II providing depth. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Quarterback. The 4th prime successful 2023, Anthony Richardson Sr. has yet to look arsenic a reliable NFL starter due to the fact that of injuries and ineffectiveness. He is effectual with his legs, but erratic passing led to a horrific 48% completion complaint past season. The Colts signed Daniel Jones arsenic a fallback, and helium could triumph the Week 1 starting job. Similarly, Jones (who was benched and aboriginal chopped by the Giants past season) adds worth with his legs but struggles arsenic a passer. Jones has yet to wide 6.8 yards per effort successful a play arsenic a pro. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The additions successful the secondary, cornerback Charvarius Ward and information Camryn Bynum. If those 2 tin play astatine the level of their compensation, there's imaginable for this portion to measurement up aft allowing 0.10 EPA per dropback past play (23rd best). I'm rather bullish connected Ward, who has recorded better-than-average yards per sum drawback allowed successful 4 of the past 5 seasons. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Cornerback JuJu Brents. A 2023 second-round prime retired of Kansas State, Brents hasn't stayed healthy. He had a tenable show successful fractional a play arsenic a rookie, past made it into lone 2 games past season. He's a large (6-foot-3) extracurricular cornerback with agelong arms and property sum ability, truthful helium should get immoderate playing clip other Ward. -- Schatz

26. Atlanta Falcons

Biggest strength: Running back. Bijan Robinson is caller disconnected a breakout run successful which helium finished apical 5 among backs successful snaps, carries, routes, targets, receptions, touches and yards, and added 15 touchdowns (sixth most). The 2023 No. 8 prime is 1 of the league's apical violative playmakers and has a precise bully backup successful Tyler Allgeier -- his 2.24 yards aft drawback since being drafted is 3rd champion among 52 RBs with 300-plus carries. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Cornerback. The Falcons' cornerbacks person a accidental to beryllium fine, but there's nary 1 inspiring aft A.J. Terrell. Mike Hughes returns arsenic the No. 2 enactment aft a coagulated 2024 campaign, Dee Alford is backmost arsenic the superior slot, and Clark Phillips III is the apical reserve connected the perimeter. Atlanta didn't marque notable additions to a radical that allowed the league's highest drawback complaint portion ranking 26th successful walk breakups successful 2024. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. He was coagulated successful his 3 starts (in 5 wide games) past season, with a 51.0 QBR that was astir successful enactment with Kirk Cousins' ratio arsenic a starter. That's a tiny sample, however, truthful we should deliberation of Penix arsenic mostly an unknown. The scope of outcomes for the Falcons is vast, and it hinges much connected Penix's potential. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Defensive lineman Ruke Orhorhoro. The Falcons traded up to instrumentality Orhorhoro successful the 2nd circular of the 2024 draft, but injuries constricted him to 8 games successful his rookie season, and he's not penciled successful to commencement successful Year 2. Draftniks thought helium was a quick, prime bull rusher who could besides beryllium stout against the run. Atlanta needs to beryllium amended connected the interior aft finishing 26th successful tally halt triumph complaint past season, and a measurement guardant from Orhorhoro -- capable to situation Morgan Fox and Ta'Quon Graham for a starting spot -- would beryllium a large help. -- Schatz

27. New York Giants

Biggest strength: Defensive front. The Giants inactive person galore large roster concerns, but they mightiness person the league's champion antiaircraft front. It starts astatine borderline rusher with arguably the league's astir intimidating trio. Brian Burns is seventh successful the NFL with 54.5 sacks since entering the league successful 2019, Kayvon Thibodeaux ranks 21st with 17.0 implicit the past 2 seasons, and, arsenic if that's not enough, New York spent the 3rd pick of April's draught connected Abdul Carter. The Giants' D-Line besides features 1 of the league's apical antiaircraft tackles successful Dexter Lawrence II (second-team All-Pro successful 2022 and 2023). -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Offensive line. The Giants are acceptable to instrumentality each 5 starters from 2024, but that mightiness not beryllium a bully thing. LT Andrew Thomas is precise good, but helium has missed important game enactment successful caller seasons and doesn't person a ton of help. LG Jon Runyan, C John Michael Schmitz Jr., RG Greg Van Roten and RT Jermaine Eluemunor each posted below-average-to-poor PFF grades and tally artifact triumph rates past season, with each 3 interior linemen ranking bottommost 20 successful the second stat among 92 qualified players. The draught provided minimal help, arsenic fifth-round defender Marcus Mbow was the lone OL investment. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Safety Tyler Nubin. Despite being a rookie, Nubin led each antiaircraft backs successful tally halt triumph complaint past play among those with astatine slightest 50 qualifying plays. Now, he'll beryllium paired with Jevon Holland, an experienced information who had occurrence successful Miami. If Nubin takes different step, Holland meets expectations and cornerback Paulson Adebo succeeds successful his archetypal season successful New York, you tin commencement to spot however the backmost extremity of this defence could travel together. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Cornerback Cor'Dale Flott. Flott started 10 games past play but has been pushed to the seat due to the fact that of the summation of Adebo. Flott's sum DVOA ranked 60th among qualifying cornerbacks, but helium got amended arsenic the play went along. Flott is looking for the accidental to play much this play and gain a 2nd declaration somewhere, arsenic his rookie woody is astir to end. -- Schatz

28. Tennessee Titans

Biggest strength: Interior antiaircraft line. Jeffery Simmons is 1 of the league's best, and his 26.5 sacks implicit the past 4 seasons ranks sixth among interior linemen. It appears Tennessee recovered a gem connected Day 2 of past year's draft, arsenic T'Vondre Sweat was terrific arsenic a rookie, posting PFF's 13th-highest people among 89 qualified DTs. Veteran Sebastian Joseph-Day is returning and volition assistance capable retired the terrific trio. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: The remainder of the beforehand seven. Edge Harold Landry III (second among Titans' defenders successful snaps past season) and linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. (fourth) were among Tennessee's notable offseason departures. That leaves Arden Key (career-high 6.5 sacks past season) arsenic the team's apical edge, with a big of newcomers (Dre'Mont Jones, Lorenzo Carter and second-round rookie Oluwafemi Oladejo) competing for a salient workload. Linebacker Cody Barton is connected his 4th squad successful 4 years, but helium has registered 100-plus tackles each of the past 3 seasons. Though Barton could solidify things, nary different LB connected the roster played much than 140 snaps past season. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The violative line. This is simply a roundabout reply to processing rookie backmost Cameron Ward, but there's a wide scope of outcomes for this group. New near tackle Dan Moore Jr. is coming disconnected a coagulated walk extortion play with the Steelers but has been unreliable. Left defender Peter Skoronski is simply a young, ascending player, portion Lloyd Cushenberry III has been a bully pass-protecting halfway precocious but ranked past successful walk artifact triumph complaint determination past year. Guard Kevin Zeitler is ever good, but helium is 35. Second-year antheral JC Latham was OK successful walk extortion past play astatine near tackle, but he's moving to close tackle. So, the upside is there, but there's downside, too. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Cornerback Darrell Baker Jr. A journeyman connected his 3rd NFL team, Baker was a shocking No. 1 successful sum DVOA past play among qualifying cornerbacks. But his numbers were unusual crossed the board. He had an mean yards-per-target figure, and gave up a precocious fig of YAC erstwhile helium allowed a reception. However, Baker was seldom targeted erstwhile helium was connected the field. Was helium doing thing right, oregon is this a lawsuit of tiny illustration size (Baker hardly qualified for the rankings) and opponents picking connected different Tennessee corners? If L'Jarius Sneed gets injured again, the Titans volition find out. -- Schatz

29. New York Jets

Biggest strength: Cornerback. This radical isn't arsenic bully arsenic successful years past, but it's inactive apt the Jets' champion unit. Sauce Gardner battled injuries past season, but the 24-year-old remains 1 of the league's champion corners, having been a first-team All-Pro successful 2022 and 2023. Brandon Stephens, who paced the Ravens successful antiaircraft snaps played implicit the past 2 seasons, was brought in to regenerate D.J. Reed and should beryllium a coagulated moving mate for Gardner. Michael Carter II, 1 of the league's champion slot corners, is eyeing a rebound run aft an injury-plagued 2024. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Quarterback. The Jets replaced Aaron Rodgers with Justin Fields during the offseason, and it has yet to beryllium determined if the second tin found himself arsenic an interaction NFL starter. Fields, who was benched aft six starts successful Pittsburgh past season, has a vocation 47.1 QBR, which ranks 29th retired of 34 qualified QBs during the span. He's a high-impact subordinate arsenic a rusher, but hasn't finished a play with 2,600 yards oregon 18 TDs done the air. Tyrod Taylor returns arsenic the fallback option. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Tackles Olu Fashanu and Armand Membou. Fashanu ranked 43rd retired of 66 tackles successful walk artifact triumph complaint (88%) arsenic a rookie, but some tackles person the accidental to beryllium positive starters. Fields has been known to instrumentality a sack (or three), and bully (or not) walk extortion could beryllium the quality betwixt this discourtesy being businesslike (or not). -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Center Josh Myers. He was a starter for the past 3 seasons successful Green Bay, but Myers signed a one-year deal successful New York to beryllium a backup. It seems similar a unusual decision, but Myers gives the Jets fantastic extent if determination are injuries astatine immoderate of the 3 interior enactment positions. -- Schatz

30. Carolina Panthers

Biggest strength: Wide receiver. There's immoderate projection here, but receiver should beryllium this team's strength. Carolina boosted the presumption connected draught time by selecting Tetairoa McMillan with the No. 8 pick. He'll articulation 2024 first-round prime Xavier Legette and gem 2024 UDFA find Jalen Coker connected the perimeter, with reliable Adam Thielen (eighth successful the NFL with 665 receptions since 2017) backmost for much astatine property 35. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Safety. Xavier Woods, who led the defence successful snaps past season, is gone and volition beryllium replaced by free cause signing Tre'von Moehrig. That could beryllium an upgrade, but the remainder of the team's information concern is uncertain, with Nick Scott, Demani Richardson and fourth-round rookie Lathan Ransom competing for snaps. Neither Scott nor Richardson impressed with constricted snaps past season, and the Panthers allowed 6.94 yards per dropback -- 2nd worst successful the league. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Rookie borderline rusher Nic Scourton. If Scourton doesn't instantly endanger the quarterback, the Panthers volition beryllium successful occupation successful presumption of extracurricular walk rush. D.J. Wonnum, DJ Johnson and Pat Jones II are the different options, and nary look apt to origin overmuch disruption. That places a cardinal relation connected second-rounder Scourton. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Coker. The UDFA didn't marque the Panthers' roster until precocious September, but helium finished the play ranked 19th among qualifying wide receivers successful the ESPN Receiver Tracking Metrics and had an 83-yard touchdown against the Cowboys successful December. He's nary longer a starter, but he'll inactive play a relation successful the Panthers' discourtesy and could blossom if idiosyncratic up of him gets hurt. -- Schatz

31. Cleveland Browns

Biggest strength: Edge rusher. Four-time All-Pro and 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett carries this group, having posted 60-plus walk unreserved wins and 12.0-plus sacks successful 5 consecutive seasons. The extent isn't arsenic beardown arsenic successful years past, but determination are plentifulness of candidates for important work, including Alex Wright, Isaiah McGuire, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and Julian Okwara. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Quarterback. They accidental that if you person 2 starting quarterbacks, you person zero starting QBs. So what if you person four? Cleveland volition rotation retired a rare, full-on contention betwixt 4 underwhelming candidates: Joe Flacco, 40, journeyman Kenny Pickett, third-round rookie Dillon Gabriel and fifth-round flier Shedeur Sanders. Perhaps 1 of the rookies volition beryllium a gem, but it's hard to spot overmuch upside. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: The full rookie class. Cleveland is not a contender successful 2025, truthful the Browns' absorption should beryllium connected processing their young players into starters oregon stars. The highest-upside spot is with Gabriel and Sanders -- the sooner 1 of them pushes Flacco oregon Pickett for playing time, the better. But the QBs are agelong shots, and this doctrine extends to the remainder of the class. Can Mason Graham beryllium a stalwart of this antiaircraft enactment for galore years? Is Quinshon Judkins the Nick Chubb successor? These questions substance much than wins and losses for the Browns this season. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Linebacker Mohamoud Diabate. We expect caller summation Jerome Baker to commencement up of Diabate, but the 2023 UDFA was amazingly productive successful 2024. Baker made his mean tally tackle aft a summation of 2.7 yards, which ranked 4th champion among qualifying linebackers. He was besides bully successful walk sum DVOA and added 7 pressures connected blitzes. -- Schatz

32. New Orleans Saints

Biggest strength: Edge rusher. Carl Granderson has emerged arsenic 1 of the league's astir underrated walk rushers. His 139 tackles implicit the past 2 seasons are the 3rd astir astatine the position, and helium has had 14 sacks, too. Chase Young ranked 16th successful the league with 21 QB hits past season. Cameron Jordan, 36, played a smaller relation past season, but helium inactive leads the NFL with 120.5 sacks since 2012. Isaiah Foskey (2023 second-rounder) adds depth. -- Clay

Biggest weakness: Quarterback. Derek Carr's sudden retirement has near the Saints successful rebuild mode nether center. Second-round rookie Tyler Shough is the champion stake to look arsenic a viable starter, and possibly he'll beryllium much pro-ready than astir first-year QBs, considering he's 25 years old. Recent Day 3 fliers, Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener, some struggled successful alleviation of Carr past season. -- Clay

X origin for 2025: Tackles Kelvin Banks Jr. and Taliese Fuaga. The second struggled successful walk extortion arsenic a rookie astatine near tackle, signaling an 84% walk artifact triumph complaint that ranked 57th retired of 66 qualifying tackles. But this season, Fuaga is moving to his assemblage presumption of close tackle. If helium tin improve, and if Banks tin beryllium decent successful Year 1, the Saints could beryllium looking astatine a agelong aboriginal with their tackles successful place. Those are large "ifs," though. -- Walder

Nonstarter to know: Running backmost Kendre Miller. Miller was well-regarded for his size-speed operation erstwhile the Saints took him successful the 3rd circular of the 2023 draft. Injuries person kept him disconnected the tract for overmuch of the past 2 seasons -- helium has played lone 14 games with 80 carries, 304 yards and 2 touchdowns successful that span. Alvin Kamara volition beryllium 30 years aged this season, truthful determination mightiness beryllium an accidental if Miller tin enactment healthy. He'll vie for playing clip with veterans Cam Akers and Clyde Edwards-Helaire, positive sixth-round rookie Devin Neal. -- Schatz