Who would be your preseaon top 5 in the NFL right now

[b bulldog]

I'd bet anyone in here the Bolts win the title next year.

[The Leaper]

Re: Who would be your preseaon top 5 in the NFL right now

Why NE in 5th place?

They are likely to lose some people this offseason. The big question mark is Moss. He will be a free agent, and will want a ton of cash. I'm not sure NE will pay him. A few other aging players (Seau, Bruschi) probably would retire after a SB win as well.

[RIPackerFan]

Both Dallas and New England have significant FAs and not a lot of cap room. NE is very old at a lot of positions (especially LB). I would put them down at 5.

I would remove Dallas from the top 5 - they could lose both RBs, some of their O-line, and some of their best D players before the next year - meanwhile, TO is not getting any younger.

Indy is starting to show its age - and while I think they will be good next year - they do not have enough cap room to replace the "old parts".

I would put:
SD -young and a ton of cap room
Jacksonville - young and a ton of cap room
Giants - Strong nucleus, youth - and some cap room
Packers - Young, a lot of depths - a lot of cap room considering only significant FA to sign internally - this assumes Favre comes back
NE - may lose some players, but coaching will always put them in the mix

What would be interesting would be if SD, with their cap room, get Moss from NE. (And why wouldn't Moss want to go to SD - he would get big time bucks and still be with a team that is a contender). Also, a big time D-player FA signing would put SD in the driver's seat next year for the SB.

[Guiness]

Indy
NE
GB
Dallas
Tennessee

Is Vince Young not playing QB anymore?

My thoughts exactly. And the big cap room won't help much, IMO, because they need too many pieces. Washington has shown us what adding too many expensive vet bodies at once can do.

I don't think Tenn belongs in the top 15, forget the top 5.

[Guiness]

I just have a feeling the situation in San Diego is going to implode with Norv at coach and Rivers at QB. Players don't seem to be enamored with Rivers. The Colts are going to have to revamp their OL and Harrison may be at the end. They also have to resign Dallas Clark. I have a feeling they'll drop out of the top 5.

Interesting. Don't like Norv much, but I thought Rivers gained a lot of respect by toughing out his injury during the playoffs?

Agree about Indi though. I'm not so sure about them next year. Freeney better come back 100%. I love Harrison but does he have Jerry Rice type drive to keep playing???

[The Leaper]

1. Chargers...easy division, no coaching change will help.
2. Colts...when healthy, they are as good as anyone.
3. Cowboys...they'll be strong once again in the regular season.
4. Patriots...hard to figure out just who will be back in 2008. Will drop more if Moss isn't back.
5. Jaguars...scary team, but can't get past Indy.