NFL power rankings: Saints, Chargers lead way into 2019
With the 2019 NFL draft in the books, the current NFL power rankings have the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Chargers at the top 2 spots.
So this year’s draft is in the books and now teams will be busy trimming their roster, adding undrafted free agent and grabbing some of the remaining veterans on the open market. Too early to talk 2019 NFL Power Rankings?
Nah. Here is a brief peek at where all 32 clubs stand at the moment. Yes, the moment is fresh off 254 prospect being added over a three-day process in Nashville, Tennessee. Of course, the ’19 NFL fiscal year began way back on March 13 and even before then, clubs were preparing for this upcoming season. Of course, an awful lot will happen before now and when training camps open this summer. But there is no time like the present.
Of course, there’s no need for panic or euphoria here. Keep in mind that these thoughts are in part a combination of a franchise’s offseason decisions, the team’s current roster and a club’s recent lineage. So what you see now could look dramatically different from the 32-1 rankings come early September.
. Arizona Cardinals. 32. team. 32. .
2019 Key Additions: When it was all said and done, general manager Steve Keim and the organization pulled the trigger and used the first overall pick in the draft to select 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray. But prior to that, the Cardinals were also busy during the free agency period, adding veterans such as outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, cornerback Robert Alford and inside linebacker Jordan Hicks. The club’s new defensive coordinator is Vance Joseph, who spent the previous two seasons as head coach of the Denver Broncos. Along with Murray, the Cards added 10 more players in the draft, including three wide receivers. There’s a lot of work to be done in trying to rebound from a 3-13 showing in 2018.
Offseason Review: New head coach Kliff Kingsbury inherits a team that finished dead last in the NFL in total yards, rushing yards and passing yards per game – the first club to manage that dubious feat since the 1977 Buccaneers. The Cardinals were outscored by a combined 200 points this past season (425-225). He also gets the quarterback that fits his system in Murray. So can the one-time Texas Tech sideline leader do what Sean McVay (Rams) and Matt Nagy (Bears) did in recent seasons? It won’t be easy in a division that features a pair of playoff teams from a year ago, including the reigning NFC champions.
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