Quarterback: Joe Flacco (# 14), Mark Bulger (# 30)
Running back: Ray Rice (# 3), Willis McGahee (# 17),
Wide receivers: Derrick Mason (# 23), Anquan Boldin (# 38), Mark Clayton (# 73)
Tight ends: Todd Heap (# 7)
Protection QB: # 21
Rush Protection: # 4
Sacks (from opponent): # 20
Run Defense: # 1
Pass defense: # 9
Key additions: WR Anquan Boldin (# 38), WR Derrick Mason (# 23), QB Mark Bulger (# 30)
Key losses: DT Justin Bannan, DE Dwan Edwards
Notes: Baltimore quietly had the best offseason they could hope for, keeping all the pieces that carried them past the Patriots and into the divisional playoffs. Plus, they added much-needed support in QB, and two quality receivers to back Joe Flacco … Rice and McGahee are the third-best RB combo in the NFL, behind Carolina’s Stewart and Williams, and Carolina’s Williams and Brown. Miami Hiring Jim Zorn as QB coach was a fantastic move; He was instrumental in perfecting the mechanics of both Charlie Batch and Matt Hasselbeck. Website design By BotEap.com2) Cincinnati Bengals 8-8
Quarterback: Carson Palmer (# 15)
Running back: Cedric Benson (# 14)
Wide receivers: Chad Ochocinco (# 15), Andre Caldwell (# 60), Antonio Bryant (# 66), Terrell Owens (# 70)
Closed ends: Jermaine Gresham (N / A)
Protection QB: # 11
Rush Protection: # 22
Sacks (of the opponent): # 18
Run Defense: # 7
Pass defense: # 6
Key additions: WR Antonio Bryant (# 66), CB Pacman Jones
Key losses: WR Laveranues Coles (# 44), K Shayne Graham
Notes: This team is remarkably average for a team that made the playoffs last year … Teams don’t win by being mediocre at everything; one facet of this team needs to stand out, be it running, passing or gaping defense … Nobody leaves Pacman Jones (vandalism, assault with a deadly weapon, public intoxication) near Cedric Benson (DWI, resisting arrest). Is it just me, or do those orange alternate shirts look more like prison monkeys? Just a thought. Website design By BotEap.com3) Pittsburgh Steelers 8-8
Quarterback: Ben Roethlisburger (# 8), Byron Leftwich (# 24)
Running back: Rashard Mendenhall (# 25)
Wide receivers: Hines Ward (No. 9), Mike Wallace (No. 16), Antwaan Randle El (No. 51)
Tight ends: Heath Miller (# 8)
Protection QB: # 30
Rush Protection: # 18
Sacks (from opponent): # 3
Run Defense: # 5
Pass defense: # 15
Key additions: QB Byron Leftwich (# 24), WR Antwaan Randle El (# 51), CB Bryant McFadden
Key losses: WR Santonio Holmes (# 10), RB Willie Parker (N / A), G Darnell Stapleton
Notes: Perhaps Roethlisburger’s legal troubles can be traced back to all the blows to the head he takes behind this horrible offensive line? … No team lost more this offseason: Holmes will be impossible to replace, as will Roethlisburger (by the beginning of the year) … With their offense on the decline, the Steelers must return to the way the Super Bowl gave them : Blitzburg … Expect the Steelers passing game to fail without a valid running game to back it up (too, as long as the O line goes down and plays dead). Website design By BotEap.comCleveland Browns 5-11
Quarterback: Seneca Wallace (# 26), Jake Delhomme (# 33)
Running back: Jerome Harrison (# 28)
Wide receivers: Chansi Stuckey (# 85), Josh Cribbs (N / A), Mohamed Massaquoi (N / A)
Closed ends: Ben Watson (# 10), Robert Royal (# 33)
Protection QB: # 17
Rush Protection: # 17
Sacks (of the opponent): # 7
Run Defense: # 29
Pass defense: # 28
Key additions: QB Jake Delhomme (# 33), QB Seneca Wallace (# 26), TE Ben Watson (# 10)
Key losses: QB Derek Anderson (# 42), QB Brady Quinn (# 31), RB Jamal Lewis (# 41)
Notes: While more attention has been paid to the review of the pins, one has to wonder: Who exactly will they pass to? … Ben Watson is the most promising player here, but when was the last time Belichick let a quality player go? .. Jake Delhomme made the biggest change in recent memory, from Carolina’s high-flying offense to the plane crash that is the Browns … I had high hopes for Colt McCoy, but he better hope for a trade if he wants to fulfill his immense potential as a quarterback. Website design By BotEap.comMore to come!