With the NFL preseason in full swing, we are just weeks away from real, competitive professional football. Thirty-two teams have aspirations of advancing to the postseason. After seeing the Texans, who finished 3-13-1 in 2022, jump from anonymous also-rans to division champs in a matter of months last season, no franchise is going to be counting itself out in August. Footballs bounce in funny ways, and if a team really landed a few difference-makers in the draft and hired the right coaches during the offseason, it can go from the basement to the penthouse quicker than anybody expects.