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A handful of teams still have their mandatory minicamps next week and a few others will be hanging around for odds and ends. But for all intents and purposes, the NFL is about to kick off its summer break that won’t end until the start of training camps at the end of July.
Hopes are high across all 32 organizations, with visions of best-case scenarios and carefully laid plans front and center following an offseason in which nearly every team believes it got better. This is the perfect time to look ahead to the upcoming regular season with a Final 2025 Offseason NFL Power Rankings.
I’m not immune to that optimism. Nineteen teams are ahead of the potential playoff cutoff in my tiers and I could have easily pushed that well above 20. As we saw last year with the Commanders, any team can make a run if things align perfectly. Washington had the No. 2 pick last year and their betting line was set at 6.5 wins. They shattered that with 12 wins and an appearance in the NFC Championship.
However, the reality of the NFL is far harsher. By the end of Week 1, sixteen teams will be winless. Injuries will grind down some teams, and just 14 of 32 will make the playoffs by the end of the year — almost half of which will be different than the batch that qualified this past season.
This is a first look at trying to project which teams will live up to the hype this fall. Like last year’s version of this article, I’ve not only ranked the teams from 1-32 but also included tiers to provide a better comparison. For instance, the Texans may rank six spots higher than the Jaguars, but they’re in the same tier and have roughly similar playoff aspirations in my view.
Early Super Bowl favorites
2024 record: 15-2
2025 betting line: 11.5
Despite the embarrassing loss to the Eagles in the Super Bowl that killed the Chiefs’ lofty goal of three straight titles, I have them ranked at No. 1. There are real challenges Kansas City will have to overcome to get back to the big game, as big as any other team in this tier, but no team has been as consistently excellent for the past several years. That track record serves as a tiebreaker.
Those challenges are weighted more toward the offense, where the Chiefs will be trying to snap out of a funk that’s dragged on multiple seasons. There was a lot of optimism last year about bringing back the explosive play, but injuries to the receivers derailed that plan. In 2025, the Chiefs are healthier and deeper but it still has to come together. Part of that is making sure the offensive line makeover goes smoothly, with new starters at left tackle and left guard.
The defense should once again be solid. The Chiefs have some changes in the secondary...
