2021 Preseason NFL Overall Team Offense Top 10 Grades/Rankings
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. Click Here To View Player And Team 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
