Jared Dubin#60 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 8, 2026
Dubin sorts all 32 NFL teams into five tiers roughly a quarter of the way through the season, placing San Francisco, Seattle, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Kansas City and the Rams in the top "inner circle" group and Miami and Tennessee as the league's worst teams.
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We're sorting all 32 NFL teams into the following tiers: The dregs of the league, the teams that are probably not that good, the teams that are probably average, the teams that are probably pretty good and the teams that look like inner-circle contenders.
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- Ranking all 32 NFL teams into tiers: 49ers among the elite, but some teams not as good as they seem
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“Tier 5: The Dregs — Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans ... Tier 4: Probably Not That Good ... Tier 3: Probably About Average ... Tier 2: Probably Pretty Good — Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings ... Tier 1: The Inner Circle (For Now) — Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks”
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