Yahoo! Sports · Feb 13, 2025
ESPN Breaks NFL Down Into 11 Tiers; Where Are Packers?
This will be a key offseason for the Packers, who finished 11-6 in 2024. / Jeff Hanisch-Imagn ImagesGREEN BAY, Wis. – Despite their disappointing end to the 2024 season, ESPN.com’s Jeremy Fowler remains a believer in the Green Bay Packers.
Fowler took the NFL’s 32 teams and broke them down into 11 tiers, ranging from “Still major contenders” – a two-team list consisting of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Super Bowl runner-up Kansas City Chiefs – to “Yep, still rebuilding.”
Three teams are in the second tier of “On the cusp,” a list that includes the Detroit Lions, who won the NFC North and were the No. 1 seed in the NFC until they were tackled by injuries.
