PFT's NFL preseason power rankings

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 12, 2012, 10:10 AM EDT

Things are different in Tampa Bay. Maybe not enough to move them out of the last spot in the NFC South, but it?s hard to think they?ll be as bad as last year. They?re still bad enough to come in at No. 26 in our Preseason Power Rankings, and they have significant ground to cover?

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 12, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT

What the Buccaneers did last year under coach Raheem Morris was simply amazing. Turning a 4-2 start into a 10-game losing streak is almost unthinkable. There?s no other way to describe it than to say the Bucs simply gave up, losing the final five by an average of 23 points per game. That it didn?t?

Posted by Josh Alper on July 11, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT

The Dolphins might be ranked 27th in our Preseason Power Rankings, but they?ve got something that the 26 teams in front of them don?t have. They?ve got their very own summer reality series on HBO and that is going to give them a higher profile heading into the season than some teams that will wind?

Posted by Josh Alper on July 11, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT

The Dolphins are hoping that breaking one long tradition leads to the end of a shorter, more immediately meaningful one. By drafting Ryan Tannehill in the first round, the team ended a nearly 30-year run of avoiding the position at the top of the draft. Whether Tannehill turns out to be another Dan Marino (the?

Posted by Evan Silva on July 11, 2012, 11:51 AM EDT

Browns. Colts. Jaguars. Vikings. At least based on majority poll results accessible at the links above, you believe we ranked each of those teams pretty accurately in our preseason Power Rankings. We have them as the four worst teams in football. The St. Louis Rams are fifth worst. (Or 28th best, if you prefer.) How?

Posted by Evan Silva on July 11, 2012, 11:16 AM EDT

The St. Louis Rams have been the NFL?s worst team for the past half-decade. Their won-loss record over that span is 15-65 (.187), and they bombed terrifically after a seemingly promising 7-9 finish two seasons ago. Just one loss short of a 2010 playoff appearance, the Rams went 2-14 in 2011 and cleaned house in?

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 11, 2012, 8:58 AM EDT

Buffalo could be the landing spot for former Baylor WR Josh Gordon in the supplemental draft. The Dolphins are also in the mix for Gordon, but are they desperate enough to upgrade at wide receiver to use a high pick on him? Patriots QB Tom Brady made a surprise appearance at a New England drugstore.?

Posted by Mike Florio on July 10, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT

The Vikings avoided the bottom three spots on the PFT Preseason Power Rankings. But not the fourth. The Vikings are No. 29 in our space-filling team-by-team previews. The ranking isn?t as relevant as the effort to summarize the team?s strengths, weaknesses, changes, looming camp battles, and prospects.? But if the ranking gets your juices flowing,?

Posted by Mike Florio on July 10, 2012, 2:59 PM EDT

A Christmas Eve win over the Redskins helped the Vikings avoid what would have been their worst season ever.? But the win came with a stiff cost. First, the Vikings lost running back Adrian Peterson to a torn ACL in that game.? Second, the Vikings? victory caused the team to miss out on a chance?

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 10, 2012, 11:59 AM EDT

Veteran reporters who cover the Browns and Saints are the guests on today?s ProFootballTalk Live. Up first is Tony Grossi, formerly of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and currently of ESPNCleveland.com, who will discuss a Cleveland team that, in the opinion of the five of us who voted in the PFT Preseason Power Rankings, is the?

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 10, 2012, 9:11 AM EDT

Oh, it could be quite a year in the AFC South, since it has already made two appearances in the PFT Preseason Power Rankings. The Colts weren?t the worst (that?s the Browns), but having Nos. 31 and 30 doesn?t exactly make it a banner year for the division. The Jaguars were deemed third-worst in the?

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 10, 2012, 9:05 AM EDT

There?s a sense of renewal in Jacksonville, which is needed. New owner Shad Khan offers a high-energy, engaged presence, but hasn?t shown himself to be a meddler yet. Also, he has the best mustache in the NFL by a wide margin. But the fact he was willing to stick with an in-place general manager in?

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 9, 2012, 3:14 PM EDT

The suspense was killing you, we know. After the Browns were installed at No. 32 in our Preseason Power Rankings, the suspicion began.?Who?s next? Get your Twitter warmed up, because it?s none other than the Indianapolis Colts. With all the changes they?ve undertaken, many of them deserved, it?s hard to imagine them much higher up?

Posted by Darin Gantt on July 9, 2012, 3:03 PM EDT

The good news is, the Colts should be exciting. The bad news remains, exciting isn?t nearly the same thing as good. There?s a new attitude coursing through Colts camp, which there should be after last year?s 2-14 train wreck. When you?re replacing guys at every meaningful level of the organization, a sense of renewal and?

Posted by Mike Florio on July 9, 2012, 10:39 AM EDT

Yes, we finally have surrendered to the temptation to craft space-filling crap during the sssslow period of the offseason. But hopefully you won?t regard it as crap, especially if you?re not a Browns fan. Our team-by-team season previews, done in the same format as the Joe-Piscopo-in-Johnny-Dangerously? ?they made us write a season preview magazine once?

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