We’re now a few months removed from Super Bowl 57, where the Kansas City Chiefs triumphed over the Philadelphia Eagles mostly due to a controversial flag thrown on the Eagles’ cornerback James Bradberry.
As a die-hard Eagles fan, I’ve mostly recovered from the game at this point, but it lingers every now and then when I glance at a TV in a bar and see either a replay of the game or some commercial promoting the upcoming 2023-24 NFL season.
Anyways, enough of my issues. Free agency has come and gone, and so has the NFL Draft.
Teams have been conducting rookie minicamps, OTAs are occurring, and before you know it, it will be time for training camp.
Knowing this, we’re power-ranking all 32 NFL teams heading into this football season, and we’ll give out some team betting odds, as well.
Please note that all 2023 NFL futures odds are courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook and are current as of Wednesday, May 24, at 10:30 a.m. ET.
2023 NFL Power Rankings
32. Houston Texans (3-13-1)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+20000)
Another season, another coach was fired for the Houston Texans.
Houston was expected to be the worst team in the NFL this season, and by winning its Week 18 contest against the Colts, it technically overachieved by not finishing with the league’s worst record.
This cost the Texans a shot at drafting their assumed preferred target in Bryce Young, and the team eventually drafted C.J. Stroud instead.
The move to hire former linebacker and 49ers DC DeMeco Ryans as the team’s next head coach will have gone a long way to restore some faith, but this definitely a rebuild. The tenure of his contract (six years) proves as much.
31. Arizona Cardinals (4-13)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+20000)
If it could go wrong, it probably did this season for Arizona. Let’s be real, even the turf at State Farm Stadium for the Super Bowl was a disaster.
The Cardinals started the season on uneven footing thanks to DeAndre Hopkins‘ six-game suspension and finished the year on a seven-game losing streak. Franchise quarterback Kyler Murray tore his ACL and meniscus in December, casting doubt over his availability for Week 1 of the 2023 season.
Arizona fired GM Steve Keim and head coach Kliff Kingsbury in January, replacing them with former Titans director of player personnel Monti Ossenfort and Eagles DC Jonathan Gannon, respectively. However, the Cardinals still have to pay Kingsbury, who they extended until 2027 just 13 months ago.
Things compounded when, just before the NFL Draft was slated to begin, the Cardinals were hit with a tampering charge for impermissible communication with Gannon before the Super Bowl.
The Cardinals moved all around the board on the first night of the draft and picked up Houston’s 2024 first-round pick. What could that mean for the team next year?
30. Tennessee Titans (7-10)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+8000)
This team has the unfortunate look of a team that is unsure whether to go into a full rebuild or desperately try to compete for one more season, and it appears that they are trying for the latter one more time.
Keeping both Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry would seem to suggest this. Still, the Titans didn’t add anyone of substance in free agency or the draft to help them achieve this goal and one could wonder just how long does Mike Vrabel want to stay around this potentially sinking ship?
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29. Atlanta Falcons (7-10)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+7000)
The Falcons finished with a 7-10 record for the second straight season under head coach Arthur Smith.
You could argue that producing the same results after moving on from the former face of the franchise, Matt Ryan, was a solid result. And Atlanta did surpass its preseason win total of 4.5 while staying in the NFC South division race until December, but it’s how it got there that is concerning.
The Falcons ran the ball on 55.29% of their offensive plays this season, per TeamRankings, which was the second-most of any team in the NFL (Chicago). While Smith’s strategy did keep his team competitive with Marcus Mariota under center, it’s fair to question whether Atlanta’s time would have been better served trying to further the progress of rookie Desmond Ridder.
The third-round pick started the team’s last four games and appears to be Atlanta’s pick to start the bulk of this season.
28. Indianapolis Colts (4-12-1)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+10000)
The massive question that will permeate the Indianapolis fanbase for years to come: Is Anthony Richardson the answer? Jim Irsay certainly thinks so, saying that the player the Colts took with the fourth overall pick in the draft would have been their pick at first overall, as well.
The Colts had a legitimately good draft outside of Richardson, too, with numerous value picks at places of value.
What makes this offseason and the immediate future a success will be how quickly Richardson can develop under new HC Shane Steichen.
27. Chicago Bears (3-14)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+8000)
As if a 3-14 season didn’t bring enough pain, Bears fans had to watch their former head coach, Matt Nagy, win a Super Bowl as the QB coach for the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Bears had the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, but traded it away to the Carolina Panthers and then traded down one more pick on draft night to select a new offensive lineman.
This team will still take some time to figure out their identity, but Ryan Poles has set the stage for them to proceed at a nice pace.
Winning seven or eight games should be the target for Matt Eberflus in Year 2.
26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+7500)
The Buccaneers got the ending their chaotic season deserved: an emphatic Wild Card Weekend round exit.
Tampa Bay underperformed all season long. Offensive line issues rendered running the ball useless. Even the greatness of Tom Brady couldn’t mask the problems up front.
Todd Bowles‘ defense didn’t live up to expectations. Injuries were partly to blame, but this team simply wasn’t as talented or well-coached as the one that won the Super Bowl two years ago.
Now what?
Brady has retired (again) and this time it feels real. There is no heir apparent at quarterback, so adding Baker Mayfield in free agency was a start.
But more than anything, this team needs an injection of young talent. Making some tough decisions and opting for the rebuild probably makes the most long-term sense.
25. Green Bay Packers (8-9)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+3000)
I think we all expected Green Bay to take a slight step back after trading Davante Adams to the Raiders last March, but the impact of that move proved to be larger on Aaron Rodgers and the offense than we could have imagined.
Still, Rodgers and his crop of young wideouts almost got it together in time to make the postseason, but a Week 18 home loss to the Lions brought a disappointing campaign to a fitting end.
The end was coming, and it did in April, with the Packers and New York Jets agreeing to a trade for Rodgers for multiple picks.
Now, as Jordan Love steps into the captain’s chair for the first time, what can we expect from the Packers?
24. Las Vegas Raiders (6-11)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds (+6500)
The Raiders ended up signing none other than former Josh McDaniels student Jimmy Garoppolo to be the starting quarterback this season, so that’s the main thing.
This pissed off (seemingly) Davante Adams, so keep a close eye on that rapport.
Other than that dynamic, there isn’t much to discuss with the Raiders. This is a team on the skids that lost four of their last five games in 2022 and don’t seem well run.
It could be a minute before they’re truly competitive again.
23. Washington Commanders (8-8-1)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+6500)
Bye-bye, Dan Snyder. The long-disliked owner finally sold the Commanders this offseason to an ownership group headed up by businessman Josh Harris, who will lead them back into prominence.
Or will he?
Carson Wentz was sent packing this offseason, and his replacements are second-year QB Sam Howell and journeyman Jacoby Brissett. Is it too crazy to say that Terry McLaurin now should see the best QB play of his career so far?
The Commanders are in a bit of a holding pattern, which is why they land in this no-man’s land area of the rankings, but they could go in either direction this season and neither would truly surprise me that much.
22. New Orleans Saints (7-10)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+3500)
Derek Carr, YOU are a New Orleans Saint now. Wow, what a weird sentence.
The former Raiders QB made his way to the Big Easy after being released, and it could wind up being sharp for them, as the NFC South is wide open waiting for a team to come in and claim the top spot.
The question after that, though, is hard to answer: Is there a ceiling beyond the NFC South for this team?
I’m not quite sure there is a good answer here.
The team is getting much older defensively, there is a lack of cap space, and Dennis Allen appears to be a lame-duck coach since he’s just not that good.
21. Los Angeles Rams (5-12)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+6500)
I think Rams fans will forgive Los Angeles for its lost season after lifting the Lombardi Trophy on its home turf just 12 months ago.
But given GM Les Snead‘s DFS-like approach to roster construction (stars and scrubs), it’s hard to know what version of the Rams we will see in 2023.
There are some positive signs looking forward. Head coach Sean McVay is returning for another season. Quarterback Matthew Stafford is, too.
He, Cooper Kupp, and Aaron Donald should all be 100% healthy come Week 1 after injury-riddled campaigns.
Questions remain, though, as to whether the Rams can truly compete with the lack of young talent they have been able to bring into the organization with so few draft picks the last several years.
20. Carolina Panthers (7-10)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+7500)
The Panthers have an interesting year ahead of them. Despite having the No. 1 overall pick (and taking new franchise QB Bryce Young with it), they are in a prime position to compete for and possibly win the NFC South.
As mentioned before, the division is wide open for the taking, and realistically any of the teams could win. So, why not Carolina?
They traded away D.J. Moore, but they drafted Jonathan Mingo early, signed Adam Thielen, and still have a solid defense to go along with things.
The Panthers could surprise.
19. New England Patriots (8-9)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+6500)
It feels like forever ago that Mac Jones was heralded as a sort of savior for this franchise, post-Tom Brady leaving. For whatever Jones’ faults were, Bill Belichick was able to spin things in the Patriots’ favor to win games, resulting in one playoff berth and nearly a second one in each of the first two seasons.
Things unraveled last year, though, and Jones was benched in favor of Bailey Zappe, but that didn’t last long either.
The Patriots feel devoid of talent on the offensive side of the ball apart from Rhamondre Stevenson, passing up opportunities to draft and sign big offensive names. Sure, they signed JuJu Smith-Schuster to replace Jakobi Meyers, but is that actually an upgrade?
18. Denver Broncos (5-12)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+4000)
The Broncos bringing in Sean Payton as the head coach could change everything for this team. It all starts with what he’s able to do to fix Russell Wilson, though.
Payton decided to keep things mostly the way they are, personnel-wise, and this offense has a ton of pieces that have arguably never been unlocked. If the Broncos are going to compete with the Chiefs and the other AFC contenders, that’s where they’ll need to start.
17. Cleveland Browns (7-10)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+4000)
The Browns’ immediate future rests on the shoulders of Deshaun Watson and whether he can rebound from the rusty performances he had upon coming back from his suspension last season.
The team added a couple of receiving pieces for him in Elijah Moore and third-round pick Cedric Tillman, which should definitely help. This is a team that has the talent to contend for a wild-card spot in the AFC but needs to put everything together.
16. New York Giants (9-7-1)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+6500)
For the first time in what feels like forever, New York football was watchable this season.
A lot of the credit for that has to go to NFL Coach of the Year Brian Daboll, who got Daniel Jones to stop turning the ball over and turned him into a solid dual-threat quarterback.
The issue now is that the Giants have to figure out how to contend with mostly the exact same group of offensive weapons as last year, with the addition of Darren Waller. Waller is solid, but has dealt with a multitude of injuries and is on the wrong side of 30.
15. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-8)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+5000)
Mike Tomlin does it once again, turning a variety of issues into a winning record. He’s done it every single season as the head coach of the Steelers, and 2022 was no different.
Despite the rookie struggles of Kenny Pickett, despite Diontae Johnson scoring zero touchdowns, and despite the defense falling apart at times, the Steelers were able to succeed.
The next step is maximizing this young offense to get into the playoffs. The team drafted, as the Steelers tend to do, through the trenches this year, restocking the pool on the offensive line, which should help a run game that was inefficient last year.
14. Seattle Seahawks (9-8)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+3000)
Predicted by many to be one of the worst teams in the NFL this season, Seattle’s surprising ascent to the playoffs was one of the league’s best stories.
However, seeing the Seahawks swept aside by the 49ers in the wild-card round didn’t come as much of a shock. Even head coach Pete Carroll admitted there was a sizable talent gap between the two teams.
So, how does Seattle address that moving forward?
It started with its two first-round draft picks this year. It first drafted Devon Witherspoon to round out its cornerback group with Denver’s No. 5 overall pick, and then they dove in and added a third stud wide receiver to the group in Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 20th overall.
It also added running back Zach Charbonnet to the arsenal. Watch out for the Seahawks in 2023.
13. Minnesota Vikings (13-4)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+3500)
I honestly feel for Vikings fans. It’s truly the hope that kills you.
The analytics community said this team was fraudulent all season long, and it turns out they were right. A Wild Card Weekend home loss to the Giants was a far-too-predictable end for Minnesota, which needs to improve on the defensive side of the ball.
Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson can only take this team so far, though adding Jordan Addison will surely help them in the vertical passing game.
12. Los Angeles Chargers (10-7)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+2500)
It’s going to be a long offseason for Chargers fans, who probably still haven’t figured out how their team blew a 27-point lead in a wild-card round loss to the Jaguars.
Injuries certainly played their part over the course of the season, with J.C. Jackson and top pass-rusher Joey Bosa playing just five games each.
But for a team with preseason Super Bowl hype, it’s hard to categorize this year as anything other than a disappointment.
There is certainly some degree of concern when it comes to the coaching staff. Brandon Staley was oft-criticized for some late-season decision-making, and former Cowboys OC Kellen Moore wasn’t the most exciting hire.
Still, this team is going to have potential as long as Justin Herbert is around, and he is expected to sign a massive contract extension this offseason.
11. Detroit Lions (9-8)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+2200)
After starting 1-6, the Lions won eight of their last 10 games. Detroit had a chance to make the playoffs heading into Week 18, and although it no longer did by the time SNF kicked off, the Lions went into Lambeau and won anyway.
After surpassing their season win total (6.5), Dan Campbell‘s team will have higher expectations heading into 2023.
And for good reason.
This roster already has a lot of young talent and is set to add more through the draft with the No. 6 (via LAR) and No. 18 picks.
The team traded down and then back up to 12th, and picked RB Jahmyr Gibbs, which should add an explosive pass-catching component to the offense after trading D’Andre Swift to the Philadelphia Eagles.
After allowing a league-high 392.4 yards per game last season, addressing the defensive side of the ball was imperative. Aidan Hutchinson (9.5 sacks) had a solid rookie campaign and free agent ILB Alex Anzalone is a tackling machine, but there isn’t much beyond that.
Detroit drafted linebacker Jack Campbell with the 18th overall pick, adding some much-needed talent at the intermediate level of the defense.
10. Jacksonville Jaguars (9-8)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+2500)
Over-performed in 2022? Check. Future looks good for 2023? Check.
After reaching the divisional round, the Jaguars seem to tick all the boxes. Second-year quarterback Trevor Lawrence made strides under new head coach Doug Pederson and this team got some valuable experience thanks to the Titans’ shortcomings.
So, what’s next?
Calvin Ridley is expected to give another dimension to this offense after serving a one-year suspension for gambling. Evan Engram is back for another year, and the team drafted Tank Bigsby to assist in the run game.
On defense, cutting veteran CB Shaquill Griffin will help the cap situation. The team added a few linebackers and edge rushers in the draft as well.
9. New York Jets (7-10)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+1800)
The Jets are a completely different team this offseason. Gone is the Zach Wilson experiment, as he’ll languish on the bench for the foreseeable future. In his place is the darkness retreat-extraordinaire, Aaron Rodgers, who was acquired in late April for multiple draft picks from the Packers.
Rodgers obviously changes the trajectory of this franchise, as they were arguably a quarterback away from the playoffs (and possibly a deep run) last season. Now that they’ve acquired their target, what kind of ceiling could the Jets have?
8. Miami Dolphins (9-8)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+2200)
The Dolphins are quietly an improved team, despite not having many picks in the draft this offseason. They traded for CB Jalen Ramsey to help out the defensive backfield, drafted RB Devon Achane to use as a speed weapon, and they also exercised the fifth-year option for Tua Tagovailoa.
These moves will give them a ton of added help on both sides of the football. On the coaching side, Vic Fangio is now the defensive coordinator, and this could be what Miami needed after some defensive mishaps last season.
All in all, is this a Super Bowl-caliber team? Maybe not quite, but they’re close.
7. Dallas Cowboys (12-5)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+1400)
Another year, another postseason disappointment in Dallas.
Dak Prescott and the Cowboys cruised past the Buccaneers in the wild-card round, only to fall on their face against the 49ers a week later. And so, the wait to return to the NFC Championship Game for the first time since 1996 continues.
Dallas’ defense was dominant all season long, but the offense, in the end, wasn’t good enough. OC Kellen Moore has been replaced by Brian Schottenheimer, an uninspiring retread, and there are key personnel decisions to be made on that side of the ball this offseason.
Dalton Schultz is gone, Tony Pollard stayed, and Ezekiel Elliott was cut. Dallas also addressed the wide receiver position, trading for journeyman Brandin Cooks.
Retaining Dan Quinn to run this defense again is huge, but all eyes will be on Jerry Jones this summer as he tries to get this team over the hump.
6. Baltimore Ravens (10-7)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+2000)
The Ravens made the biggest move of the season, retaining Lamar Jackson on the biggest contract in NFL history (just out-earning Jalen Hurts by a couple of million dollars). They also added talent at the wide receiver position, signing Odell Beckham Jr., as well as drafting Zay Flowers in Round 1.
Potentially a bigger move, though, is the addition of OC Todd Monken from Georgia to replace Greg Roman, as Monken will bring a vertical passing offense to Baltimore that should energize this team’s passing offense. If you remember early-career Jameis Winston with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that was Monken’s handiwork, and we could see Lamar outputting some similar stats (hopefully without all the interceptions).
5. San Francisco 49ers (13-4)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+1000)
The Niners finished with the NFL’s best point differential (+173) during the regular season, despite featuring three different starting quarterbacks.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan continues to dial up impressive offensive schemes and DeMeco Ryans ran one of, if not the, best defense in the NFL this season. Ryans has moved on to Houston, but much of the talent remains, so I wouldn’t expect too much of a drop-off next season.
The bigger question is what this offense will look like, and perhaps more importantly, who will be running it.
Trey Lance is working his way back from multiple ankle surgeries, while Brock Purdy tore his UCL in his throwing elbow in the NFC Championship Game loss to the Eagles and might not be ready to start the year. Meanwhile, the team also signed Sam Darnold to compete, and there are whispers he could be the Week 1 starter, as well.
Based on the injury timelines (and draft-capital usage), I’d expect Lance to lead this team into next season, but the former first-rounder will be under pressure to succeed with a championship-caliber roster and two semi-proven backups behind him.
4. Buffalo Bills (13-3)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+900)
The 2022 campaign was a roller-coaster ride for the Bills, who endured more than any football team should be asked to. Thankfully, Damar Hamlin is alive and seemingly recovering well.
Between that situation and Josh Allen‘s midseason injury, it’s difficult to analyze Buffalo’s season without knowing more about the variables at play.
How much did these things affect it? Could a first-round bye have changed the outcome?
Regardless, the Bills were Super Bowl favorites from the outset of the season and ultimately fell short of that goal. Allen and the offense didn’t show up in the divisional-round loss to the Bengals, and an injury-riddled defense didn’t make many plays, either.
Buffalo’s key free agents fall on that side of the ball. Bringing back safety Jordan Poyer and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds were priorities, but Edmunds ended up leaving in free agency.
On offense, the team drafted TE Dalton Kincaid in Round 1, who could act as a slot wide receiver for the team right away.
Getting a healthy Von Miller back will help, but additional changes need to be made to get Buffalo into the AFC Championship Game and beyond.
3. Cincinnati Bengals (12-4)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+1100)
Joe Burrow announced in January that Cincinnati’s Super Bowl window will be open for his entire career.
That may prove to be the case, but the Bengals arguably blew their easiest chance to lift the Lombardi Trophy this past season. Now, Burrow is set to become one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the NFL, and top target Ja’Marr Chase will get big bucks next offseason.
That puts the pressure on GM Mike Brown to bring in high-producing, low-cost talent through the draft and free agency. As we’ve seen with Kansas City, it’s certainly possible, but it’s easier said than done.
The back-to-back AFC North champions will be favored to win the division once again, but their Super Bowl potential will be decided by Brown’s decision-making.
2. Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+650)
The Eagles were a trendy preseason Super Bowl pick, but I’m not sure anyone actually expected them to actually steamroll the NFC to the extent that they did.
Philadelphia lost just one regular-season game that Jalen Hurts played in and then cruised through the NFC playoffs without much of an impediment. We learned in the Super Bowl that the Eagles’ defense may have been slightly overrated, but that this team was certainly good enough to win a title.
Hurts took a huge step forward this season and finished as the NFL MVP runner-up, which now complicates matters slightly for GM Howie Roseman. A lengthy, lucrative contract extension awaited, which Hurts received early in the offseason.
Bet Tip: Eagles Win NFC (+250) at DraftKings Sportsbook
The Eagles were the second favorites to take the NFC title earlier in the offseason to San Francisco, given their expected losses in free agency. They didn’t lose many players though, bringing back key free agents all over the place.
They also had a tremendous draft, nabbing arguably the best player in Jalen Carter, as well as a first-round steal in defensive end Nolan Smith.
Betting the Eagles to once again win the NFC, even at these shorter odds, is one of my favorite plays right now.
1. Kansas City Chiefs (14-3)
- Super Bowl 58 Odds: (+600)
If that was a rebuilding year for Kansas City, I’m scared to see what the future looks like.
The Chiefs won their second Super Bowl in four years, which has somehow already thrust Patrick Mahomes into the GOAT conversation just days after Tom Brady’s retirement.
While we’ll probably have another 10 years of Mahomes to make that comparison, the true test for Kansas City is turning this into the Patriots dynasty from earlier this century.
Shrewd drafting and savvy signings are needed to keep this run going, especially with Mahomes on a massive contract and other key pieces like DT Chris Jones set for significant paydays in the future.
Still, on days like today, it’s hard not to just bask in the greatness of Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Andy Reid. After hosting five straight AFC Championship Games, it’s hard to not expect the AFC to run through the Chiefs again next fall.
