NFL: Ranking every team as an organisation from 'Well-oiled Machine' to 'Dumpster Fire'
To be a successful team and franchise in the NFL, you need more than just a good team on the field.
You need to make sure that everything is running smoothly right the way through the building, from the owner who signs the cheques, the GM who signs the players, the coaching staff and then the players.
For instance, the New England Patriots dynasty of the 2000s and 2010s, a lot of that came down to how well the three main pieces worked together, from Robert Kraft down to Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, and even though the relationships were frosty at times, for the most part the levels of trust and respect that they had for each other meant that they could put a winning team on the field for two decades.
Compare that to say the Jacksonville Jaguars who following the appointment of Doug Pederson this past offseason are on their 6th head coach since Shahid Kahn took over the team in 2011 and have only put together one winning season during that timespan.
With 32 teams in the NFL, it was never going to be the case that every single one of them were well-disciplined and smooth, as each team has different personnel running them, all with differing capabilities and skillsets, but who are the best run and which ones should think about clearing house completely?
Using Tiermaker.com, we have ranked the 32 NFL teams into the following 5 categories:
Very rarely a scene of drama in the league and have staff that know what they’re doing
Still pretty good, but are either still growing or have had one or two problems to drag them down
Neither spectacular or a disaster, just going about the business
More problems that most that can sometimes become bigger than they need to be
Often in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons
So where