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Over the last five weeks, we have covered the top offenses and defenses using different categories. For offense, we graded and ranked passing offense, run offense, receivers, run blocking, and pass blocking. On the defensive side of the football, we graded and ranked the top pass-rush, run stop, and pass coverage defenses. The results of each, when combined, provide us with a preseason situational analysis grade for both the offense and defense of every NFL team that we use to determine NFL power rankings, the strength of schedule for all teams, and projected win totals.
About The Analysis
Today's analysis wraps up our total offensive team grades combining passing offense, run offense, run blocking, and pass blocking team grades. The average for each team determines how a team will be ranked heading into the 2021 NFL season.
The Grade Scale
The team grades use the individual player grades to get an average for each category. For offense, it's passing, the run offense, receivers, run blocking, and pass blocking. As mentioned above, we use pass rush, run stop, and pass coverage for the defense. The scale is a 1 to 10 rating scale, with one being the lowest and ten being the highest. On average, based on preliminary analysis, a grade of 6 to 6.99 is a playoff-caliber position group, or if the entire offensive grade is in the area of 6 to 6.99, that will represent a playoff-caliber offense. A seven or higher average represents a Super Bowl Caliber offense, defense, or position group.
You can find all of our preseason NFL team grades by visiting our beta version of the Team and Player Grade Dashboard.
Top Ten Projected NFL Offenses Heading Into 2021
Today's analysis covers the top ten NFL defenses using the grades from the five offensive categories (passing offense, run offense, receivers, run blocking, and pass blocking).
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 1st
PASS OFF: 1st
RUN OFF: 9th
REC: 1st
RUN BLOCK: *1st (Tied w/49ers)
PASS BLOCK: 7th (Tied w/Steelers, Jags, Rams)
Cleveland Browns
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 2nd
PASS OFF: 12th
RUN OFF: 2nd
REC: 10th
RUN BLOCK: 2nd
PASS BLOCK: 1st
Dallas Cowboys
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 3rd
PASS OFF: 7th
RUN OFF: 8th
REC: 2nd
RUN BLOCK: 13th
PASS BLOCK: 5th
Baltimore Ravens
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 4th
PASS OFF: 17th
RUN OFF: 3rd
REC: 15th
RUN BLOCK: *6th (Tied w/Cards, Bills, Chiefs, Chargers)
PASS BLOCK: 6th
Kansas City Chiefs
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 5th
PASS OFF: 2nd
RUN OFF: 18th
REC: 4th
RUN BLOCK: *6th (Tied w/Cards, Bills, Ravens, Chargers)
PASS BLOCK: 14th
Arizona Cardinals
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 6th
PASS OFF: 15th
RUN OFF: 15th
REC: 18th
RUN BLOCK: *6th (Tied w/Ravens, Bills, Chiefs, Chargers)
PASS BLOCK: 2nd
Los Angeles Rams
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 7th
PASS OFF: 10th
RUN OFF: 12th
REC: 12th
RUN BLOCK: 4th
PASS BLOCK: 7th (Tied w/Steelers, Jags, Bucs)
Green Bay Packers
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 8th
PASS OFF: 3rd (*W/Rodgers)
RUN OFF: 6th
REC: 16th
RUN BLOCK: 16th
PASS BLOCK: 4th
Buffalo Bills
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 9th
PASS OFF: 4th
RUN OFF: 21st
REC: 8th
RUN BLOCK: *6th (Tied w/Ravens, Cards, Chiefs, Chargers)
PASS BLOCK: 20th
Tennessee Titans
TOTAL OFFENSE RANK: 10th
PASS OFF: 6th
RUN OFF: 1st
REC: 3rd
RUN BLOCK: 11th
PASS BLOCK: 30th