We know we know we know... “How can you have rankings when teams haven’t played games in 2023?”
Easy, national publications put out different kinds of rankings at different times in the season based on how they see those teams at that time. No different than NFL draft big boards that rank players despite never seeing them play at the NFL level.
Recently, we’ve covered how the Cleveland Browns defensive line was ranked, where the wide receiver group falls (much lower than expected) and even who ranked as the team’s “make-or-break player” for 2023.