NFL report cards: Breaking down top/bottom 5 of several notable categories, including head coaches and team owners

The NFLPA released its annual report cards on Wednesday, surveying players about their teams and the facilities/services they offer.

Several notable categories were featured, including team rankings overall, head coaches, team owners, locker room and treatment of families. Here’s a look at the top five and bottom five of those categories.

NFL team rankings

Here are this year’s NFL team report card rankings, via the NFLPA’s survey. (Amber Matsumoto/Yahoo Sports)

Great food and facilities. A strong connection to the head coach.

Those were among the leading reasons the Miami Dolphins and Minnesota Vikings ranked No. 1 and 2 in the NFLPA’s overall workplace rankings.

The Dolphins got straight As in 11 categories. The NFLPA’s report noted about the Dolphins, “Multiple players made it a point to give credit to the staff in the cafeteria. They think the food service staff is tremendous.”

Although head coach Mike McDaniel didn’t crack the top five among his peers, ranking eighth overall, he was lauded as the second-highest head coach willing to listen to the locker room.

Their worst grades were A- in treatment of families and training staff, while they ranked first in a whopping five categories: food/cafeteria, training room, training staff, team travel and ownership.

Last year, the Vikings finished No. 1 overall in the NFLPA rankings. They didn’t fall too far this year which can be partially credited to the players’ strong connection with head coach Kevin O’Connell who ranked No. 2 among head coaches. The team’s lone B grades were in the training staff and food/cafeteria categories. Minnesota took first in treatment of families, nutritionist/dietician, locker room and strength coaches.

The Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars rounded out the top five. Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson noted on the Jags:

The biggest jump in the rankings went to the Jaguars, who were infamously outed in last year’s survey as having a rat infestation in their previous…

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Publish date : 2024-02-29 00:11:26

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