NFL Power Rankings 2024: Which players are on the hot seat? - ESPN

The 2024 NFL season is just around the corner. Cut-down day is approaching — Aug. 27 — and preseason games wrap up on Aug. 25, which means it's time to reevaluate the outlooks for all 32 teams. Our last edition of Power Rankings was after April's draft, and a lot has happened since. So how have holdouts, injuries and trades this offseason impacted the rankings?

In addition to our preseason rankings, NFL Nation reporters named one coach, player or executive on each team who is on the hot seat this season. This can include a player trying to hold on to his starting spot as well as coaches/GMs looking to stay employed. Let's start with our No. 1-ranked team.

Our power panel of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities evaluates how NFL teams stack up against one another, ranking them from 1 to 32.

Jump to a team:
ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND
JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN
NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF
SEA | TB | TEN | WSH

Post-draft ranking: 1

Who's on the hot seat: WR Rashee Rice

Given his offseason of legal troubles, it wouldn't be a bad idea for Rice to have a big season. The Chiefs invested in a big way at wide receiver in the offseason, adding free agent Marquise Brown and drafting Xavier Worthy in the first round. But Brown injured his shoulder in the preseason and Worthy is an untested rookie, making a big season from Rice a necessity. — Adam Teicher

Post-draft ranking: 3

Who's on the hot seat: OT Ronnie Stanley

Stanley enters the most pivotal season of his nine-year career after taking a 50% pay cut this year — $7.5 million — to remain with the Ravens. If Stanley can rebound anywhere close to his 2019 All-Pro form, he could set himself up for