Now that free agency is well in the books, and we’ve finally put a cap on the 2021 draft, it’s time to assess how NFL teams have improved their prospects for the upcoming season — or not. With all the player acquisition processes affected by COVID, especially the draft, methods changed. Teams may have been more reliant on area scouts than in previous years, the focus may have been more on on-field performance than off-field character due to a relative lack of face time (as opposed to FaceTime) with players, and everybody’s going to have to hope that the majority of players who opted out in 2020 don’t show any rust. Not that we’re questioning those personal and individual choices, but it is what it is, as Bill Belichick is fond of saying.
So, with most of the moves made — there are still a handful of potentially impactful free agents out there — it’s time to analyze how every team did. Here are Touchdown Wire’s post-draft power rankings.