NFL Teams Tier List
The NFL makes ranking easy to start and hard to finish, because roster strength, coaching and watchability rarely point the same way. Twelve teams, unranked, and no requirement to put the current champion first. Every entry starts in Unranked — drag or tap a tile to fill S through F, rename any row, then export the finished board as a PNG.
Kansas City Chiefs
San Francisco 49ers
Philadelphia Eagles
Dallas Cowboys
Buffalo Bills
Baltimore Ravens
Green Bay Packers
Pittsburgh Steelers
New England Patriots
Los Angeles Rams
Detroit Lions
Miami Dolphins0 of 12 items ranked.
Board saved automatically in this browser. Original.
How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.
What's included in this NFL Teams board
The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.
How to rank this NFL Teams board
Rank roster strength first, position by position rather than by highlights. A team with an elite quarterback and nothing else is a different proposition from one with five good units. Then weigh coaching and front office: who develops players, who wins the margins, who survives a bad season without panicking. Third, judge watchability, which is a legitimate criterion for a television product and the reason neutral fans pick a team. Finish by scoping the season. Power rankings expire in a week; a list about organisations should still make sense in three years, so decide which one you are building.
Using the board without over-thinking it
Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.
Ranking criteria used here
- roster strength
- coaching and front office
- how watchable they are
Before you share it
Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.
All 12 items in this template
Back to the boardKansas City ChiefsSan Francisco 49ersPhiladelphia EaglesDallas CowboysBuffalo BillsBaltimore RavensGreen Bay PackersPittsburgh SteelersNew England PatriotsLos Angeles RamsDetroit LionsMiami DolphinsNFL Teams tier list FAQ
Is this a power ranking?
Only if you date it. A power ranking without a week number is a historical document pretending to be a forecast.
How much should quarterback play count?
As much as your criteria say — but say it. If one position decides your whole list, the list is about that position.
