ESPN Ranks best rosters for 2026

[TheRainMaker]

Pats make a big jump from 2025, but I think they are rated too low here. However, there is a team that for some reason keeps being ranked really high.....for absolutely no reason. That team is the Bills. They are projected to have the 4th best roster in the NFL. Chubb was a nice addition, but he's not going to scare OC's. Eagles are way too high. Lions and Ravens are too high as well.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49231555/2026-nfl-roster-ranking-starting-lineups-projection-32-teams

 

[mgteich]

Pats make a big jump from 2025, but I think they are rated too low here. However, there is a team that for some reason keeps being ranked really high.....for absolutely no reason. That team is the Bills. They are projected to have the 4th best roster in the NFL. Chubb was a nice addition, but he's not going to scare OC's. Eagles are way too high. Lions and Ravens are too high as well.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49231555/2026-nfl-roster-ranking-starting-lineups-projection-32-teams

Might I suggest that there is only one group who considers BUF other than the best team in the AFC. That group is pats fans. especially those who post on message boards.

BUF is the heavy favorites as best in the division and conference among bettors and among the media.

I think that being judged the 7th best team in the NFL is approximately fair. We are likely to make the playoffs, even if we don't win the division, and we are closer to BUF than most think, IF AND ONLY IF Drake is improved, the OL is greatly improved and Landry is healthy (or someone else steps up).

 

[TheRainMaker]

Might I suggest that there is only one group who considers BUF other than the best team in the AFC. That group is pats fans. especially those who post on message boards.

BUF is the heavy favorites as best in the division and conference among bettors and among the media.

I think that being judged the 7th best team in the NFL is approximately fair. We are likely to make the playoffs, even if we don't win the division, and we are closer to BUF than most think, IF AND ONLY IF Drake is improved, the OL is greatly improved and Landry is healthy (or someone else steps up).

Buffalo is better than NE at QB, RB and OL.

It's a wash at Edge. NE beats them everywhere else and it's not even close.