NFL Tier List: Separating the Super Bowl contenders from the pretenders

With the draft out of the way and players beginning to report to OTA’s starting from next week, the 2022 NFL season really does feel like it is getting closer and closer.

Whilst free agency will give teams the chance to make a few changes here and there, the vast majority of teams will have a rough idea of what their starting lineups are going to be, with the next few weeks and months used as an opportunity to set the last few places on their 53-man roster.

And as a result, we can start to look ahead to what we think will be happening come the end of the season.

Now that teams are mostly set, we can look at what additions and subtractions have been made from last year, analyse what they have put together and try to work out who will be making a deep run into the playoffs, and whose season is already over before it started.

To do this, we’ve used the help of TierMaker to split the teams into 5 categories for what the league will look like come the end of the season, those categories are:

Serious Super Bowl contenders: This should be pretty self-explanatory, but these are the teams we think will do deep into the playoffs and should be in a position to at least reach the conference championships

Might need some luck: The teams who have got very good foundations and could go on a run, but they just need one or two things extra to go their way in order to separate from the rest of the pack. A breakout year from an unknown player to take them over the top, or for their key player to stay injury-free.

Squeaking into the playoffs: Teams that by hook or by crook will find themselves making the playoffs come the end of the season, but have a good chance of going one and done if they have to face up to some of the more serious