Buffalo Bills: B+, in my opinion a very good season for them, if it wouldn't be for that awful loss in Oakland they would play in playoffs, they shown an awesome defense against both runs and passes and despite the tough absences in HB position during the season Orton have been able to lead his offense to sufficient result to beat teams like the Packers and the Lions, the had a 9-7 record facing a very tough schedule
Miami Dolphins: C-, after a very good start of the season the Dolphins didn't continued it and they failed again to reach the post season, they show an elite defense against the pass especially with Wake, Vernon on pass rushing and with Grimes, Delmas on their secondary but they had some problems against the running game. On offense Tannehill has not been continuous and Mike Wallace continued to be a bad sign for them the good part has been the o-line and the improvements shown by HB Miller
New England Patriots: A+, awful start of the season then nearly unstoppable due to a very good defense lead by Revis and all the new stars like Collins and Hightower with their improvement the let them win the SB along with a precise and avoiding turnovers offense lead by Brady who played on his usual standard after the o-line fixed their problems. This has been an awesome season for them not only because they won the SB but also because they are the youngest team ever to do it
New York Jets: D, another disappointing season for them that cost the job to coach Ryan but in my opinion the 4-12 record and all the bad losses are not only his fault in fact the front office didn't provide to the team a decent offense especially on QB position in fact Smith proved that he doesn't deserve the starting spot and the biggest mistake of Ryan has been to not give a real chance to Vick giving him just sporadical spots, the defense especially against the runs has been good has everything happen with Ryan's defenses. I think also that Johnson deserved more runs, he still a very good HB but as the same of Vick he hasn't been able to prove his skills due to the limited space left to him
AFC North
Baltimore Ravens: B, good regular season being one of the best team on the ground on both offense and defense even due to the add of Forsett who had a career year, even the S.Smith acquisition has been very good for them but they had high problems against the passes even having one of the best duo of pass rushers Suggs and Dumervil. Flacco made very good playoffs but in the regular season he shown he has been paid too much being inconsistent in the most part of key part of the games including the divisional vs the Pats where they have been eliminated due to the 4th quarter offensive collapse
Pittsburgh Steelers: B-, they shown a very good offensive improvement especially on the ground with the explosion of Bell who has been great all season long and his absence had an huge impact on their elimination at Wild Card game. Their defense has been one of the weakest in all LeBeau era due to of the age of the secondary who is getting older an older but the good front 7 lead by Timmons limited the damages for them.
Cleveland Browns: C, after a very good 1st half of the season they seemed to could reach a playoffs' spot but their passing game who managed well the team in that winning period along with a very good defense especially against the pass and a reliable running game, started to make too many turnovers and even with Manziel they haven't been able to a win a game in their last 5 of the season. The 7-9 season without Gordon for the most part of the season should be considered not a bad one but the very good start and the easy schedule change this consideration
Cincinnati Bengals: C-, as always they have been very good in regular season even with the help of an easy schedule but has everything happened in Dalton's era they didn't win any playoffs game, Dalton struggled all season long and the question marks are becoming a lot of on him, the found a very good HB in Hill at his 1st season who improved so much their running game but the defense due to the departure of RE Johnson struggled so much to do sacks and this fact had ripercussions of the total performance of the entire defense
AFC South
Indianapolis Colts: A-, counting the injuries and the defense ranking before the season's start they arrived a way more far then everyone thought arriving in the championship game lost against the Pats, the achievement of this great result has been made thanks to thievery good passing game lead by Luck and Hilton, a good o-line who provided good protection to their QB and a very good effort by the entire defense.
Jacksonville Jaguars: C+, yes they finished 3-13 but they have a very young team and they shown very good improvements and even on some losses especially on the 2nd part of the season they fighted hard and provide that they could have a very good future if they will be able to develop some of them, the best youngsters in my opinion have been: HB Robinson, WR Hurns, DT Marks and WR Shorts III.
Tennessee Titans: E, this season have been full of problems offensively where they couldn't rely on any QB who played this season and defensively where they changed from the 4-3 to the 3-4 and this provided huge problems especially to stop the runs, the mix of those problems let them win just 3 games playing bad football all season long
Houston Texans: B-, they finished 9-7 and they failed the playoffs due to the tie breaker in favor of the Ravens, they missed the 1st overall pick Clowney for the most part of the season and counting the skills of their QB Fitzpatrick they done a very good result and this has been possible due to the good defense especially against the runs and even on the offense they have been so good on the ground, most of the defense's results hen achieved thanks to JJ Watt the defensive player of the year and in my opinion even the MVP because he scored even 5 receiving TD on offense that along with 20.5 sacks put him on the history of the NFL
AFC West
San Diego Chargers: C+, the 9-7 record and the failure to reach playoffs have been such a disappointing result for them but the arguably the most difficult schedule in the league and the tons of key injury they suffered make it a lil less worse, the most disappointing thing has been the loss in KC against the Chiefs full of injuries and lead by Daniels. The offense has been very limited by the o-line's injuries and defense has been solid but shown some problems against the no huddle offense and the inside powerful runs
Denver Broncos: B-, great start of the season due to a very improved defense and the same awesome offense lead by Manning but the last month of the season has been awful and the meltdown continued to the divisional game where they have been eliminated by the Colts, everything that wouldn't be a ring would be considered a failure by this team and the elimination on the divisional game have been an hard one
Oakland Raiders: E, this has been another disastrous season for them but the main difference between this and the other recent seasons has been that this year they seemed to have found an interesting QB for the future in Carr and also a good ROLB in Mack that should have a good future and so upgrade the team giving the bases to build something good around them and this is what the Raiders need and they haven't been able to find in recent years
KC Chiefs: B-, KC has been one of the team heavly conditionated by the injuries especially on defense with Johnson and DeVito along with Barry at the end of the season, on offense they have been great on running game but so poor on passing game with Kelce as the only decent receiver in the season not having a single WR with a TD and i think that has been a factor that kept them out of playoffs but with a good 9-7 record
NFC East
Dallas Cowboys: A+. awesome season for them counting that they have been eliminated in the divisional game due to a bad call by the refs and most of all a lot of people at the beginning of the season thought that they would finish with 3 or 4 wins but thanks to a great improvement of the o-line came along with the add of rookie RG Martin who has been great for Murray's runs and also they provided to Romo the protection that he often miss, the defense against the runs has nbot been bad but the one against the pass has been awful all season long
Philadelphia Eagles: A-, 10-6 having their starting QB out for the most part of the season??? yes they did they let Sanchez play as a starter and he managed well the team for the 1st 3-4 starts then he screwed everything up throwing interception over interceptions, the biggest motivations why they have been able to get 10 win (but unfortunately for them miss the playoffs) have been the very good running game, a decent defense with the great quality of scoring on turnovers and the best special teams in the league who provided always great field positions and even TDs!
Washington Redskins: D-, they did worse then last year due to the lack in QB position and the hard truth of RGIII bad choice in draft and also Cousins has been mediocre forcing them to let McCoy play, Morris provided again another good year on the ground and DeSean Jackson played very well when he has been targeted, on defensive side the only good player that i would keep is LOLB Kerrigan along with Orakpo IF he could stay healty something that he didn't this year
NY Giants: D+, most of their 6 wins came at the end of the year in garbage games (without any meaning) they has problems in every department with the exception of the WR role where they had Cruz and once he got injured they discovered then great talent of rookie Odell Beckham Jr. Manning wasted too many possessions due to the interceptions and the bad decisions that he took. On defense they had an old secondary and the Amukamara injury has been a bad loss for them and along with the departure of Tuck the pass rush has not been the same counting that J Pierre Paul struggled in last 2 season even due to the injuries
NFC North
Detroit Lions: B+, the controversial call vs Dallas in the Wild card game where they ended their season leave me a lil bit frustrated because with their defense (the best against the runs) along with an offense full of great players like Megatron Bush and along with the surprising Tate and Joique Bell they should do very good.
GB Packers: A, bad start but awesome middle-final part of the season till the last 2 minutes of the championship game where they did everything they could od to lose that game, on offense they have been the best team in the NFL of course with their passing game lead by Rodgers but also on the ground with a tough HB like Lacy, on defense they had some issues to stop the runs but Matthews fixed that playing some MLB even thanks to the arrive of Peppers who provided great pass rushing and energy on his new role as OLB
Chicago Bears: E, nothing has been good for them in this season just Forte has been a reliable player all year long, Cutler played so bad and made so many turnovers that he has been removed from his starter role at the end of the season, on defense they struggle in every department and the absence of Briggs and Tillman have been huge
Minnesota Vikings: C+, they had a 7-9 season without Peterson all season long and they let play a very young team, on offense they have been decent rotating 2-3 HB in the backfield and with some good performances by Bridgewater during the final part of the season, on defense they shown some very good stuffs especially for the future in fact their 2 best players have been the youngsters FS Smith and the LOLB Barr
NFC South
Atlanta Falcons: D, so much talent on offense and a poor defense especially against the passes where due to a young secondary and an absence of pass rushers they have been one of the worst in the NFL and the last home loss against the Panthers that cost them the playoffs has been a perfect pic of what they have done all season long, they arrived so many times close to the win but they never closed it out
NO Saints: E, the worst disaster in NO since Katrina, a team built to win the SB in a such a weak division who finish 7-9 is unacceptable, on offense the poor WR core let the opponents double cover Graham lots of times and this reduced his production so much, on defense the only thing that worked well has been the pass rushers because especialòly the defense gainst the runs has been like butter all season long providing so many issues to the secondary
TB Buccaneers: E, another disappointing season for them especially on offense where everyhing that didn't have Evans wirte on the jersey didn't work and this put under huge pressure their defense that in my opinion is good but didn't get good result due to the extended time that they needed to pass on the field
Carolina Panthers: B-, after a very slow 1st half of the season with Newton underfire for the turnovers and the absence of Hardy the team played a way better especially the defense that returned to be a factor in their game and this let them play the divisional game in Seattle where they have bene eliminated but they shown a very good defense
NFC West
STL Rams: C+, they played all season long without Bradford and the 6-10 record with such a diffucult schedula has been a remarkable results for them especially with a very young team, on offense they rotated so well 23 back with Mason as their starter with good results and on defense they had an impressive front 7 lead by all rookie Donald and the veterans Laurinaitis and Long once healty, against the passes they shown some improvements but they have been good as against the runs
SF 49ers: C, after 3 straight championship and 1 SB the finished just 8-8, their defense played all year long without Willis and Bowman but either way they finished 3rd in the NFL finding in MLB Borland a very good player and even the SS Bethea had a remarkable season, on offense they seemed to be better than the last year due to the arrive of Johnson and Lloyd but Kaepernick had a very disappointing season and along with Gore's age they haven't been able to be effective
Seattle Seahawks: A, after a slow start the won 10 straight game and they have been the same solid team that won the SB the year before and they would do the same if it wouldn't be for the unfamous Carroll's call in the last play of the SB, the only department that they downgraded in has been the receiving core due to the departure of Tate and Harvin
AZ Cardinals: A, 11-5 record playing with their 2nd and 3rd QB, without Dockett, without Ellington and Washington for me it's an amazing result, they had offensive issues but their defense has been amazing especially against the run where their 3-4 played so aggressive on the line of scrimmage and the bad number against the passes has been a consequence of that aggressivness that by the way kept them alive for the 1st seed until the lastgame of the season, unfortunately for the their season ended in the wild card game against the Panthers due a total offensive blackout
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