2012 NFL Preview

The NFL season is just around the corner. As we finish up Week 3 of the preseason, teams will be making cuts and finalizing their depth charts. Depth on your football team is what leads to championships. With players getting faster and stronger every year, injuries are becoming more prevalent. Being exposed in what area of your team can spell doom. Title hopes are dashed every season by a unit getting exposed. Where are the weaknesses on your favorite team. Take a look at the position by position rankings for every team in the NFL. (The starter or best position player is listed in parenthesis).

Quarterbacks
1. New England (Tom Brady)
2. Green Bay (Aaron Rodgers)
3. New Orleans (Drew Brees)
4. Denver (Peyton Manning)
5. NY Giants (Eli Manning)
6. Pittsburgh (Ben Roethlisberger)
7. San Diego (Phillip Rivers)
8. Dallas (Tony Romo)
9. Detroit (Matthew Stafford)
10. Atlanta (Matt Ryan)
11. Houston (Matt Schaub)
12. Chicago (Jay Cutler)
13. Baltimore (Joe Flacco)
14. Philadelphia (Michael Vick)
15. Carolina (Cam Newton)
16. San Francisco (Alex Smith)
17. Oakland (Carson Palmer)
18. NY Jets (Mark Sanchez)
19. Cincinnati (Andy Dalton)
20. St. Louis (Sam Bradford)
21. Tampa Bay (Josh Freeman)
22. Kansas City (Matt Cassel)
23. Buffalo (Ryan Fitzpatrick)
24. Seattle (Matt Flynn)
25. Indianapolis (Andrew Luck)
26. Washington (Robert Griffin III)
27. Tennessee (Jake Locker)
28. Cleveland (Brandon Weeden)
29. Minnesota (Christian Ponder)
30. Arizona (John Skelton)
31. Jacksonville (Blaine Gabbert)
32. Miami (Ryan Tannehill)

Running Backs
1. Houston (Arian Foster)
2. Jacksonville (Maurice Jones-Drew)
3. Baltimore (Ray Rice)
4. Philadelphia (LeSean McCoy)
5. Chicago (Matt Forte)
6. San Francisco (Frank Gore)
7. Tennessee (Chris Johnson)
8. Oakland (Darren McFadden)
9. Minnesota (Adrian Peterson)
10. Kansas City (Jamaal Charles)
11. Buffalo (Fred Jackson)
12. Seattle (Marshawn Lynch)
13. Atlanta (Michael Turner)
14. Carolina (DeAngelo Williams)
15. San Diego (Ryan Matthews)
16. St. Louis (Stephen Jackson)
17. Dallas (DeMarcus Murray)
18. New Orleans (Pierre Thomas)
19. Miami (Reggie Bush)
20. Arizona (Beanie Wells)
21. Cleveland (Trent Richardson)
22. Denver (Knowshon Moreno)
23. Washington (Roy Helu)
24. Pittsburgh (Issac Redman)
25. NY Jets (Shonn Greene)
26. NY Giants (Ahmad Bradshaw)
27. Cincinnati (Benjarvus Green-Ellis)
28. Tampa Bay (Doug Martin)
29. Detroit (Kevin Smith)
30. Indianapolis (Donald Brown)
31. Green Bay (James Starks)
32. New England (Stevan Ridley)

Wide Receivers / Tight Ends
1. Green Bay (Greg Jennings)
2. New England (Wes Welker)
3. New Orleans (Marques Colston)
4. Detroit (Calvin Johnson)
5. Arizona (Larry Fitzgerald)
6. Philadelphia (DeSean Jackson)
7. Kansas City (Dwayne Bowe)
8. Atlanta (Roddy White)
9. Houston (Andre Johnson)
10. San Francisco (Mario Manningham)
11. Carolina (Steve Smith)
12. NY Giants (Hakeem Nicks)
13. Pittsburgh (Mike Wallace)
14. San Diego (Robert Meachem)
15. Dallas (Miles Austin)
16. Denver (Demaryius Thomas)
17. Tampa Bay (Vincent Jackson)
18. Cincinnati (AJ Green)
19. Baltimore (Anquan Boldin)
20. Chicago (Brandon Marshall)
21. Washington (Pierre Garcon)
22. Tennessee (Kenny Britt)
23. Indianapolis (Reggie Wayne)
24. Buffalo (Stevie Johnson)
25. Seattle (Sidney Rice)
26. Jacksonville (Justin Blackmon)
27. NY Jets (Santonio Holmes)
28. Oakland (Denarius Moore)
29. Cleveland (Greg Little)
30. St. Louis (Danny Amendola)
31. Minnesota (Percy Harvin)
32. Miami (Davonne Bess)

Offensive Line
1. New Orleans (Jahri Evans)
2. NY Jets (Nick Mangold)
3. Tampa Bay (Carl Nicks)
4. New England (Logan Mankins)
5. Carolina (Ryan Kalil)
6. Baltimore (Marshal Yanda)
7. Miami (Jake Long)
8. Cleveland (Joe Thomas)
9. San Francisco (Joe Staley)
10. Denver (Ryan Clady)
11. Houston (Wade Smith)
12. St. Louis (Scott Wells)
13. Tennessee (Michael Roos)
14. Atlanta (Sam Baker)
15. Dallas (Tyron Smoth)
16. Pittsburgh (Maurkice Pouncey)
17. Kansas City (Eric Winston)
18. Jacksonville (Eugene Monroe)
19. Buffalo (Eric Wood)
20. Arizona (Levi Brown)
21. NY Giants (Chris Snee)
22. Cincinnati (Andre Smith)
23. Philadelphia (Todd Herremens)
24. Seattle (Russell Okung)
25. Detroit (Dominic Raiola)
26. Washington (Trent Williams)
27. Green Bay (Jeff Saturday)
28. San Diego (Nick Hardwick)
29. Chicago (Gabe Carimi)
30. Oakland (Stefen Wisniewski)
31. Indianapolis (Anthony Costonzo)
32. Minnesota (Matt Kalil)

Defensive Line
1. NY Giants (Jason Pierre-Paul)
2. Detroit (Ndamonkong Suh)
3. Philadelphia (Jason Babin)
4. Minnesota (Jared Allen)
5. Baltimore (Haloti Ngata)
6. San Francisco (Justin Smith)
7. Buffalo (Mario Williams)
8. Pittsburgh (Casey Hampton)
9. Atlanta (Ray Edwards)
10. New Orleans (Will Smith)
11. Oakland (Richard Seymour)
12. Arizona (Darnell Dockett)
13. Houston (JJ Watt)
14. Tennessee (Kamerion Wimbley)
15. Chicago (Julius Peppers)
16. Cincinnati (Domata Peko)
17. New England (Vince Wilfork)
18. Denver (Elvis Dumervil)
19. Cleveland (Athyba Rubin)
20. Kansas City (Glenn Dorsey)
21. Dallas (Jay Ratliff)
22. Green Bay (BJ Raji)
23. Tampa Bay (Gerald McCoy)
24. St. Louis (Chris Long)
25. Miami (Paul Soliai)
26. NY Jets (Sione Pouha)
27. Jacksonville (Tyson Alulalu)
28. Seattle (Chris Clemons)
29. Washington (Barry Cofield)
30. San Diego (Corey Liuget)
31. Indianapolis (Cory Redding)
32. Carolina (Charles Johnson)

Linebackers
1. San Francisco (Patrick Willis)
2. Pittsburgh (James Harrison)
3. Chicago (Brian Urlacher)
4. Baltimore (Ray Lewis)
5. Dallas (DeMarcus Ware)
6. Washington (Ryan Kerrigan)
7. Kansas City (Derrick Johnson)
8. NY Jets (Bart Scott)
9. Denver (Von Miller)
10. Green Bay (Clay Matthews)
11. Miami (Cameron Wake)
12. Indianapolis (Dwight Freeney)
13. Houston (Brian Cushing)
14. San Diego (Jaret Johnson)
15. St. Louis (James Laurinitis)
16. Minnesota (Chad Greenway)
17. Cincinnati (Rey Maualuga)
18. New England (Jerod Mayo)
19. New Orleans (Curtis Lofton)
20. Cleveland (D'Qwell Jackson)
21. Oakland (Rolando McClain)
22. Carolina (Jon Beason)
23. NY Giants (Michael Boley)
24. Jacksonville (Paul Posluszny)
25. Atlanta (Sean Weatherspoon)
26. Seattle (Barret Ruud)
27. Philadelphia (DeMeco Ryans)
28. Detroit (Stephen Tulloch)
29. Tennessee (Will Witherspoon)
30. Arizona (Paris Lenon)
31. Buffalo (Kirk Morrison)
32. Tampa Bay (Quincy Black)

Defensive Backs
1. NY Jets (Darrelle Revis)
2. Seattle (Earl Thomas)
3. Baltimore (Ed Reed)
4. Arizona (Adrian Wilson)
5. Houston (Johnathan Joseph)
6. Pittsburgh (Troy Polamalu)
7. San Francisco (Carlos Rogers)
8. Philadelphia (Nnamdi Asomugha)
9. Chicago (Charles Tillman)
10. San Diego (Eric Weddle)
11. Green Bay (Charles Woodson)
12. Denver (Champ Bailey)
13. Kansas City (Eric Berry)
14. Atlanta (Dunta Robinson)
15. Cincinnati (Leon Hall)
16. New Orleans (Jabari Greer)
17. Washington (DeAngelo Hall)
18. Buffalo (Jairus Byrd)
19. NY Giants (Terrell Thomas)
20. Cleveland (Joe Haden)
21. Jacksonville (Reshean Mathis)
22. St. Louis (Cortland Finnegan)
23. Detroit (Louis Delmas)
24. Miami (Vontae Davis)
25. Dallas (Morris Claiborn)
26. Tennessee (Maichael Griffin)
27. Oakland (Michael Huff)
28. Indianapolis (Antoine Bethea)
29. New England (Devin McCourty)
30. Carolina (Chris Gamble)
31. Tampa Bay (Ronde Barber)
32. Minnesota (Antoine Winfield)

Special Teams
1. San Francisco
2. Oakland
3. Jacksonville
4. Chicago
5. Arizona
6. Pittsburgh
7. Tennessee
8. Cleveland
9. Green Bay
10. Kansas City
11. New Orleans
12. Buffalo
13. Philadelphia
14. New England
15. Miami
16. Cincinnati
17. NY Jets
18. Detroit
19. Denver
20. NY Giants
21. Baltimore
22. Seattle
23. Washington
24. Atlanta
25. San Diego
26. Houston
27. Minnesota
28. Indianapolis
29. Dallas
30. Tampa Bay
31. St. Louis
32. Carolina

Coaching
1. New England (Bill Belichick)
2. NY Giants (Tom Coughlin)
3. Pittsburgh (Mike Tomlin)
4. Green Bay (Mike McCarthy)
5. Washington (Mike Shanahan)
6. Philadelphia (Andy Reid)
7. St. Louis (Jeff Fisher)
8. Denver (John Fox)
9. Baltimore (John Harbaugh)
10. San Francisco (Jim Harbaugh)
11. Chicago (Lovie Smith)
12. Arizona (Ken Whisenhunt)
13. NY Jets (Rex Ryan)
14. Cincinnati (Marvin Lewis)
15. Houston (Gary Kubiak)
16. Atlanta (Mike Smith)
17. Detroit (Jim Schwartz)
18. San Diego (Norv Turner)
19. Buffalo (Chan Gailey)
20. Seattle (Pete Carroll)
21. Kansas City (Romeo Crennel)
22. Dallas (Jason Garrett)
23. Tennessee (Mike Munchak)
24. Carolina (Ron Rivera)
25. Jacksonville (Mike Mularkey)
26. Minnesota (Leslie Frazier)
27. Cleveland (Pat Shurmur)
28. Tampa Bay (Greg Schiano)
29. Miami (Joe Philbin)
30. Indianapolis (Chuck Pogano)
31. Oakland (Dennis Allen)
32. New Orleans (Joe Vitt)