2024 NFL ‘Triplets,’ rankings, Part I: Broncos check in last; Steelers, Giants take fall; Cardinals leap up

Well, folks, it’s that time of the year around here once again. Just as we did last year and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that and the year before that, the crew here at CBSSports.com recently set out to rank each NFL team’s “triplets.” 

Why not, right? It’s the middle of the offseason, and it’s tradition around these parts. 

So in the space below, we are once again taking a look at the NFL’s best QB-RB-WR/TE trios, grading the expected starters at quarterback and running back and their presumed top pass-catcher for the 2024 NFL season. For some teams, it was obvious who would fill each role. For others, less so. Where we had to make judgment calls on which player would start at quarterback or who would be the top target, we did. For the most part, that meant deferring to the rookie quarterback, while the skill-position slot went to the more experienced player unless it was clear that the younger one would be taking a significant step forward. (So for example, the running back for the Titans is Tony Pollard, but for the Lions, it’s Jahmyr Gibbs.)

In the space below, you’ll see our rankings of these triplets. The first number in parentheses is the team’s average ranking based on the votes of several of our staff writers and editors at CBSSports.com, while the second number reflects the high and low end of where our staffers ranked that individual team. 

For example, our No. 32 team, the Denver Broncos had an average ranking of 31.2, with a high ranking of 30 and a low of 32. We have denoted tier breaks in any place where there was either a significant gap between the two averages (i.e. the Panthers check in with an average of 30.4, while the Giants are at 28.8, so the Giants begin a new tier) or a significant sea change in the types of teams on the list (i.e. separating the Browns and…


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Author : Jared Dubin

Publish date : 2024-07-15 14:04:03

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