Wednesday, July 31, 2013
NFL Power Rankings: 21-32
Finally, #21 - #32
They have made all the offseason moves and will work their butts off in training camp and the grind of an entire NFL season, but in the end, these Lombardi Swag seekers will be left looking towards 2014.
# 21 Eagles - Another QB battle, only this one is to see who will take the reigns of Chip Kelly's up-tempo offense. Vick will most likely win out but there is too much uncertainty with his play style/health and a mid year QB change to Fowles doesn't sound like a playoff bound season for the Eagles. This does not even take into account some of their glaring holes in their "D."
# 22 Chargers - With key additions this offseason of LT Matt Starks, DE Dwight Freeny, RB Danny Woodhead and CB Derek Cox, new Coach Mike McCoy has to think the Bolts have filled some of their holes from last year. Sadly for Phillip Rivers the one "hole" left out was wr weaponry where its pretty much the same old 2012 story.
# 23 Dolphins - Look for Joe Philbin to make a push to to improve on their 7-9 season last year with tooling up for 2nd yr QB Ryan Tannehilll (re-signing of Harline, signing Mike "9 Route All-Day" Wallace and Dustin Keller.) Their D looks to be improved from a solid 2012 performance with the addition of 1st round pick DE Dion Jordan. A team looking for a bright future? Possibly. A team looking up at the Patriots at the top of the division at the end of the year? Definitely.
# 24 Titans - Bringing in some key players to solidify their offensive line, CJ 1.2K will have no excuses this year not to put up big numbers. However, even if he returns to 2K form, an inconsistent Locker with an underachieving Kenny Britt will make 2014 a letdown in Nashville.
# 25 Panthers - Is it just me or does the tandem of Jonathon Stewart and DeAngelo Williams seem like the mediocre brittle bones duo for about 5 years now? They along with Steve Smith and Greg Olsen provide the same cast for the Cam Newton show. Their season will depend on whether or not Cam Newton also sees it as a Cam Newton show.
# 26 Chiefs - Andy Reid is now in Arrowhead and making more moves then Jackie Chan knocked up on caffeine. Some good some bad but regardless, he is trying to imprint his winning (well Playoffs anyway) ways into this franchise. We do believe he will use the teams best player Jamaal Charles more effectively then last year but we are not sure if Alex Smith will be as productive as he was with a Harbaugh. A step forward this year for the Chiefs but they will not get over the hump yet.
# 27 Browns - The Browns are quietly creeping up as players in the AFC North with perennial top 10 defenses, a rising star wideout in Josh Gordon and a bell-cow RB in Trent Richardson. Now can Old Man Wheeden bring the Browns back to relevancy in December/January? Probably not this year.
# 28 Bills - Whether it's a "mediocre good-in-the-system" QB in Kevin Kolb or the raw young E.J. Emanuel, whoever is taking snaps at the end of the year will be playing out another disappointing "rebuilding" year for the Bills. The Bills will look to the legs of C.J. Spiller to carry them to a mediocre season.
#29 Cardinals - Is Palmer the golden arm Fitzgerald has been looking for since Kurt left? We like this potential hook up and a young "D" who showed promise last year. There is just not enough on this roster however to see the Cardinals as a serious threat this year.
# 30 Jets - With Sanchez being Sanchez and rookie Geno Smith already looking a bit out of shape in training camp, 2014 doesn't look too bright for the J-E-T-S. Whoever does win this "QB battle" will have a whole host of WR4 options in a 20 team Fantasy League to throw to. Sure Rex's D will find a way to keep them in some games, but we expect him to have more media sound bytes then wins this year.
# 31 Raiders - When your starting QB couldn't beat out a rookie or got passed over by other teams in free agency, then you are looking at a rough season. Every NFL team will only go as far as their signal caller can take them and Matt Flynn looks like he can get them to about 6-10.
# 32 Jaguars - Blaine Gabbert hasn't exactly shined in his first two years in the NFL and is hobbling into training camp this year. Can Blackmon stay out of trouble? Can MJD return to his former self coming off of an injury? New coach Gus Bradley sure hopes so but we still look for the Jaguars to take a couple of years to turn this ship around.
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