These Teams Are the Fringe Super Bowl Contenders

It is, indisputably, time to start thinking Super Bowl for these teams in the latest installment of the Preseason Power Rankings Countdown.

Once again, we will not reveal who the teams are in this episode description, but we will provide these clues from our conversations:

Team 12: Will this be the best third-place team in football? And what do we make of the newness of it all (or the maybe lack of good-ness in the linebacking corps)?

Team 11: Let’s see just how much competent quarterback play and a new defensive coordinator who never blitzes means for this team.

Team 10: A team that used to be bad, but now will likely be good for a long time. And while their offense should evolve, it’s already built to last.

Team 9: The unluckiest then luckiest then unluckiest team of 2021.

The alternate title to this episode: “There Are Two Dylan Parhams.” Come back every Monday for the next four teams in the countdown.

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