Bill Barnwell’s ranking of the team situations are as follows—-from best to worse:
- Green Bay
- Baltimore
- Seattle
- Detroit
- Cleveland
- New York Jets
- Denver
- Dallas
- Tampa Bay
- Arizona
With each team, Barnwell lists what he considers to be the team’s biggest strength and biggest weakness. He rates the Cowboys, for example, so low because despite their roster talent (biggest strength) he thinks that “ownership meddling” is their biggest weakness.
In the case of the Arizona Cardinals, Barnwell claims the opposite:
Biggest strength: ownership stability
Biggest weakness: roster talent
Barnwell predicts that the Cardinals are most likely to stick with the combo of HC Steve Wilks and OC Byron Leftwich for another year—-alluding to the fact that the Bidwills have never fired a coach after one season.