00:00Let's get to our first offseason power rankings now that we're week two into free agency.
00:06Yeah, we got NFL.com's power rankings from Eric Edholm, and so he's got a reshuffling of the deck after
00:13everybody's made some of their moves.
00:15Just before we get started, where would you say roughly, because obviously it's, you know, they're back behind several teams.
00:22Where would you say roughly the Cowboys were at the end of the season, and do you think they're any
00:26different today?
00:27Okay. Roughly. I mean, they had to be in the 20s. Yeah, I would have guessed 23, 22.
00:35Yeah, I was thinking 22 to 24, somewhere in there, probably.
00:39And now I would go probably three or four spots higher.
00:47Okay, so as high as 18, maybe somewhere in there. I don't think I'd get higher than 18.
00:5521 was where they were, I'd say, at the end. And I would guess 18 now.
00:59Okay. All right. Very good. Well, we'll go down the list. Do you want me to just jump in, Cowboys?
01:02Or do you want me to go top? How do you want me to do this?
01:03Top to bottom.
01:04Okay. Number one team in the NFL is...
01:07RJ's Rams unseating the Seahawks?
01:10No.
01:11Seattle.
01:11It is the Seattle Seahawks. Even with the departures, all these different departures that they've had, they're still big on
01:18the Seattle Seahawks.
01:19Number two.
01:20Rams.
01:21You don't even have to leave the division. It is the Los Angeles Rams that are number two.
01:25In fact, we don't have to leave that specific type of division. We just got to leave a conference to
01:30find number three on the list.
01:32Denver?
01:32The Denver Broncos are ranked third.
01:36They're up a spot from where they previously were to end the season.
01:39This is after the Waddle trade?
01:42Yes. Yeah, so this is after the Waddle trade, and they've got them at number three.
01:45Now, they had them at number four at the end of the season.
01:48Who's y'all's three?
01:50Who?
01:52Are you putting number one Denver over New England?
01:55No.
01:56You're not putting Denver over New England?
01:58Mm-mm.
02:00Are you putting Denver over Buffalo?
02:03Yeah, yes. For now.
02:05Are you putting Denver over Baltimore?
02:07Yes.
02:08Yeah.
02:09That was quick.
02:10I might have, the highest team I may have here, and it's, I've been burned by being high on them
02:17in the last couple years,
02:19but Houston's so good. It's just I don't know about Stroud.
02:22But I don't know about a lot of the AFC quarterbacks.
02:24Yeah, that's a stupid take.
02:26Yeah, I don't know if I can get Houston.
02:28I don't think, if I were picking right now, I think I would,
02:31I don't think I'd pick Houston with a division.
02:33I think I would pick Houston to beat Denver eight times out of ten.
02:36Whoa!
02:37No, I disagree.
02:39It's one of the only teams they can play where the quarterback's even more of a question to me.
02:43Ooh, all right.
02:46Number four on the list.
02:47Next, we've done Broncos, Rams, Seahawks, and these are Eric Edholm's NFL power rankings after free agency.
02:55First week.
02:57To me, a lot of these rankings pay homage to the people.
03:00Were you about to say Panthers?
03:02No, Patriots.
03:02Oh, I thought you were going to say Panthers.
03:03I was like, my goodness, you're really high on Jalen Phillips.
03:06Patriots.
03:07No, not Patriots.
03:08Patriots might be getting a little disrespect here.
03:10Buffalo, it is the Buffalo Bills.
03:11They actually move up a spot on this list.
03:14Number five.
03:19They are going to put New England.
03:23Nope.
03:24Baltimore.
03:25Nope.
03:28Are they going to put Chicago?
03:31Nope.
03:31Philly.
03:32Nope.
03:32Green Bay.
03:33Nope.
03:34Jacksonville.
03:35Nope.
03:37San Fran.
03:38The top three teams in the NFC, according to this list,
03:41are all in the NFC West, the San Francisco 49ers,
03:43after they say you get the ever-reliable Mike Evans,
03:46you've cleaned things up after the bizarre Brandon Ayuk situation,
03:50you get Oso Digizua, so they're high on the 49ers.
03:52Number six on the list.
03:55Up nine spots from where they finished the season.
03:59Up nine spots, so this still is not New England.
04:03Not Houston.
04:04Not New England.
04:05AFC, though.
04:06Baltimore.
04:07Baltimore.
04:08And they haven't made a whole bunch of moves.
04:10That, to me, is just your pay and respect back to,
04:12well, they finished the season crappy,
04:13but we're going to assume Baltimore's good again.
04:15And I would do the same thing.
04:16Number seven.
04:18Down four spots.
04:19New England.
04:20The New England Patriots.
04:22Saying that there's some health risks about their biggest offseason additions,
04:26and saying that they added some age as well,
04:28so they don't know how much better they got compared to everybody else.
04:30Number eight on this list.
04:31AFC.
04:36One, two, three, four.
04:38Jacksonville.
04:39Nope.
04:40Houston.
04:41The Houston Texans.
04:42So you've got in the top eight the only representatives from the NFC are all the NFC West teams.
04:47Wow.
04:48Sounds like a vulnerable conference of sorts, if Dallas would be on top of things.
04:52Number nine.
04:53We've only given another NFC team, and no, it's not the Cardinals.
04:57Philly.
04:58Nope.
05:00Chicago.
05:00The Chicago Bears.
05:01Saying that it's been a mixed free agency for them.
05:04Won some, lost some.
05:05Number 10.
05:06And this team is up a spot.
05:10Pack.
05:11Nope.
05:13You know, I'm.
05:15You asked for the buzzer back.
05:16I know, I'm regretting it.
05:17I'm regretting putting that buzzer.
05:21Philly?
05:21Philly.
05:22I don't know how you can say Philly's up.
05:23Hey, give me my ring.
05:24Yeah.
05:25Just don't buzz me.
05:26I don't know how you can say Philly's up with everything they've lost, and they've just replaced it with, like,
05:31some gambles.
05:32Right.
05:33So, I don't know how.
05:34Unless you're just saying everybody else that's moved in the shuffling has been worse, and you like their core better.
05:40Well, they got re-quilling, unlike you.
05:41I liked it.
05:42Number 11.
05:46We're.
05:46I love.
05:47AFC.
05:48West.
05:51Chargers?
05:51Chargers over Jaguars, who are 12.
05:54Woo!
05:55Disrespecting RJ's team.
05:56Not a lot of people buying in on the Jaguars.
05:58It doesn't feel like high.
05:59Did they lose?
05:59Did they lose, guys?
06:01The Jaguars?
06:03No.
06:03Not really.
06:04They lost.
06:04They lost.
06:05They lost A-chan.
06:06A-chan and a linebacker, right?
06:07Chris A-chan.
06:08Yeah.
06:08And Devin Lloyd.
06:09Yeah.
06:09Just go through the rest.
06:10Yeah.
06:11People in Jacksonville were not happy with that.
06:12This seems really high.
06:1313.
06:14The Pittsburgh Steelers.
06:1514.
06:16They added a lot, but they don't have a quarterback.
06:1814.
06:19The Kansas City Chiefs.
06:21Without a quarterback.
06:2215.
06:22The Green Bay Packers.
06:23I think that's some disrespect.
06:25Like, I don't think Green Bay is, like, top of the league, but that feels a little disrespectful.
06:28Look at his stank face.
06:3016.
06:31The Lions.
06:31Aiden in his Packer hat.
06:3217.
06:33The Carolina Panthers.
06:34We're still not to the Dallas Cowboys yet.
06:3618.
06:37The Indianapolis Colts.
06:3919.
06:40The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
06:42And at number 20, one of the only teams who has not moved up or down, basically, according
06:47to these rankings since the end of the season, the Dallas Cowboys.
06:50It says, what?
06:51No spending spree?
06:52Some fans might have been disappointed by Dallas' quiet start to free agency.
06:55After hearing Jerry Jones casually hint the team could spend more.
06:58I don't know how casual it was.
06:59But it follows a pattern that we've seen before.
07:01Remember the 2024 offseason when the Cowboys were supposed to be all in?
07:04Next season, Dallas is switching to a 3-4 scheme on defense, and there are parts required
07:08on all three levels.
07:09Linebacker looks pretty bare with the injury-prone DeMarvin Overshawn and not a lot else.
07:13But cornerback and edge rusher aren't too far behind on the needs list.
07:16If the Cowboys went all defense with their eight picks in the NFL draft, including their
07:20two first-rounders, I probably wouldn't hate it.
07:23This is the sort of class, rich with edge-rushing talent, that should encourage a team to at least
07:27be open to such an idea.
07:29I can get them ahead of Tampa.
07:32I don't feel great about it, but I could talk myself into it.
07:35Get them ahead of Indy.
07:37Same.
07:39I think that's where the line is.
07:40Now, I don't agree.
07:41I think Pittsburgh's too high.
07:42Now, can you get teams behind them ahead of them?
07:45Because they've got the Bengals directly behind them.
07:47You could.
07:48The Falcons.
07:50No.
07:52Now, there's just too many questions.
07:55The Saints, 23?
07:56No.
07:57The Commanders at 24?
07:59No.
07:59Could you put the Vikings ahead of them?
08:01Yeah.
08:01I mean, it depends.
08:02The Vikings being 25 seems really low.
08:04They were about a 500 team last year.
08:05Super Bowl champs, man.
08:07And you're saying Kyler's starting, right?
08:09Yeah.
08:10I would.
08:10Yeah.
08:11I mean, I get it.
08:12I mean, unknown with Jaden.
08:14Unknown with Atlanta quarterback.
08:15They dropped Minnesota four spots.
08:17Unknown with Minnesota quarterback.
08:18Like, three unknowns.
08:20But, yeah, they could beat the Cowboys.
08:21But can you get them ahead of Carolina?
08:22I don't know that I can.
08:24I mean, Carolina beat that ass last year.
08:26Detroit.
08:27But they lost the Cowboy killer, Rico.
08:29Detroit is going to be the value.
08:32The value possibility.
08:33I would bet on the Detroit bounce back.
08:36They lost a lot of guys.
08:37Yeah.
08:38Like, if they played tomorrow, I'd pick Detroit.
08:40Yeah.
08:40Green Bay?
08:40Detroit feels like a team that's going to either...
08:42They worked us.
08:43Detroit feels like a team that will, like, either make a bunch of people a lot of money
08:47or lose people money because they are just in the middle of a rapid crumble because
08:51of stuff.
08:51You can't pick the Cowboys over Green Bay right now?
08:54No.
08:55KC?
08:56Pitt?
08:58I mean, Kansas City, you could.
09:00Yeah.
09:01You could.
09:01Kansas City, Pittsburgh, I think I can.
09:02Other than that, I definitely can't get them over.
09:04There's nothing more depressing than being a Steeler fan heading into this season.
09:07Yes.
09:08It's like...
09:08It sucks.
09:09What is it?
09:10How do you get excited?
09:11What are they doing?
09:12Like, that front office, that ownership, I know they get, you know, all the credit for
09:16stability.
09:16How can you go into a season if Aaron Rodgers is the quarterback?
09:20You're locked.
09:22Like, the ceiling...
09:22Will Howard, man.
09:23Huh?
09:24Will Howard.
09:24I'd rather Will Howard.
09:26I would, too.
09:26I'd rather some mystery, some intrigue, than Aaron Rodgers.
09:32Come on.
09:32It honestly feels like, yeah, like, being a Steelers fan feels like maybe what it was
09:35like to be, like, over the last 15 years, like a Jazz fan, where it's like, they're
09:40okay.
09:40Jazz went to two finals.
09:41But, like, I'm talking about the last, like, 15 years, like the Donovan Mitchell runs, where
09:45it's like, we have some good players, but, like, it never feels like we're ever going
09:48to break through.
09:49That's a good one.
09:49It's like, like, the rest of the list, 26, the Titans, 27, the Giants, 28, the Browns,
09:5329, the Raiders, 30, the Miami Dolphins, 31, the New York Jets, and last place, despite
09:58owning the top three spots in the NFC, is the Arizona Cardinals as the worst team in the
10:03national football league.
10:04I am, dude, like, the fact, there are two teams ahead of the Jets that are worse than
10:09the Jets.
10:10They need to have, they need to clean house.
10:12They need to clean house.
10:14A lot of people with the fan text, who is Travis Achan?
10:17Because I was in part of here.
10:19Natatolo.
10:19Detroit plays a last place schedule.
10:21The over wins is one of my favorite bets of the offseason.
10:24That's true.
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10:36How long do you think the Barnwell contender thing will take?
10:39Short or long?
10:40I could make it short.
10:42Yeah, I could make it short.
10:43So he did the weaknesses, the contender weaknesses.
10:47So the big remaining issues for the 20 contending teams.
10:52Again, the 20, 20, 20 contending teams.
10:56I was like, all right, let's just go.
10:57I want to see.
10:57I did my old Rangers trick.
10:59Control F, type in Rangers with the S because Rangers Suarez screws
11:02everything up.
11:03So I just typed in cow.
11:05Cow, right?
11:06And then it put the B and the O and the Y and didn't even pop up.
11:10Did not pop up.
11:11So he is not having them among their 20 contenders.
11:15Look, that's fine.
11:16They have a lot of holes.
11:17But, I mean, he's got teams.
11:20He has 5 and 12 Washington in here.
11:23Who was it?
11:24Was it Tannenbaum that we saw at the end of the season
11:25in their year-in-advance predictions?
11:27He picked them to win the Super Bowl next year?
11:29Washington?
11:29Yeah.
11:30Yeah.
11:31So, like, the teams he has on this are Baltimore, Buffalo, Carolina,
11:35Chicago, Denver, Detroit.
11:36Carolina's a contender?
11:37Yeah.
11:38Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Green Bay, Houston, Jacksonville,
11:42Kansas City, Chargers, Rams, Minnesota, Pats, Eagles,
11:47Pittsburgh, San Fran, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington.
11:52It's just, like, are we...
11:54Yeah.
11:54Okay, you're right.
11:55This doesn't have to take long.
11:56I can see, like, San Fran, they don't have a ton of holes to fill, right?
12:00I've been winning you over on him.
12:01Yeah.
12:01The Cowboys' biggest issue to me outside is simple.
12:04It stacks health.
12:05That's the biggest question mark.
12:06That's not a hole to fill.
12:07So, is he either saying the Cowboys have no holes to fill
12:10or they're that far away?
12:13I mean, you get the defensive plays halfway decent.
12:15I don't know what he means by contender.
12:16Does he mean that's a team that could, like,
12:18by the craziness of the NFL, win the Super Bowl?
12:20Or is he saying, like, these are teams that could potentially compete
12:22for a playoff spot?
12:24I think he's talking about competing, like, for...
12:28You could see it.
12:29As the year goes on, if they end up at the NFC Divisional Round,
12:33you're not stunned.
12:34Well, then it's insane to put the Chiefs in there right now.
12:37Well, yeah, because the Chiefs couldn't end up in the NFC Divisional Round.
12:40Because of Mahomes, the team, or everything?
12:42I mean, it's a brutal football team right now outside of Mahomes.
12:46And even still, like, Mahomes, like, there's no telling
12:48how much availability we're there.
12:49I don't think you can, like, reliably project them and say,
12:51that's a team that could reasonably be a contender.
