In another unique spin on NFL Power Rankings, we've ranked every last place team for the 2025 NFL Season.
There are a few teams that finished in last place in 2024 that do have reason for optimism in the 2025 NFL Season, but nothing is guaranteed at all. Winning in the NFL is monumentally difficult, so the teams that have been able to do it for the long-term are just far and away ahead of others.
Our latest NFL Power Rankings has us ranking every last place team from 2024. Let's get into it here.
NFL Power Rankings: Ranking the last-place teams for the 2025 season
8. New Orleans Saints
What are the New Orleans Saints trying to do? The shocking retirement of Derek Carr has really put this team in a tough spot - the roster might be the worst in the NFL, and the shortcomings of GM Mickey Loomis have truly been brought to the light.
A first-year head coach also doesn't really inspire a ton of success in the 2025 NFL Season. The ideal scenario here might be for the Saints to really struggle in 2025 and be forced to finally rebuild. They are the worst team in the NFL, easily.
7. Tennessee Titans
Taking Cam Ward with the first overall pick could be the first step to this team sustaining long-term success, but Ward is a work in progress and isn't going to see the same first-year success that Jayden Daniels and Bo Nix had. Tennessee is going to be bad in 2025, but there is some light at the end of the tunnel.
6. New York Giants
Russell Wilson is projected to be the New York Giants starting QB in 2025 - or, at least, for part of the season. With Jameis Winston and Jaxson Dart also in the QB room, it's not a guarantee who ends the year as the team's starter. The G-Men are sixth in our power rankings.
5. Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns seem poised to begin the year with Joe Flacco as their starting QB, but both Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel could get some starts as well. Cleveland is absolutely building toward 2026 and beyond, so Browns fans should not get their hopes up.
4. Las Vegas Raiders
I have no idea if the Las Vegas Raiders are trying to sustain success or not, but I suppose they could stabilize things for a couple of years with Geno Smith and Pete Carroll. Comfortably the worst team in the AFC West, the Raiders have been a dysfunctional clown show for years and seemed to get serious-ish this offseason.
Neither Smith nor Carroll is going to be here for more than five years, but if GM John Spytek can put a plan in place behind the scenes, the Raiders might be onto something. Roster-wise, there are holes all over the place, so don't expect this team to be ultra-competitive in the loaded AFC. They are fourth in our last-place power rankings.
3. Chicago Bears
I love what the Chicago Bears did this offseason - they shored up the trenches on both sides of the ball, hired an offensive-minded head coach, and somehow found a way to upgrade the playmakers on offense. Right now, Chicago has all they need to be successful for the long-term.
If Ben Johnson can be the guy who unlocks Caleb Williams, the Bears will be a handful to deal with. I know people like to joke around and bash the Bears left and right, but this is the best roster this team has had in ages.
2. New England Patriots
The second-best team in the AFC East is the New England Patriots. Hiring Mike Vrabel and fixing the offensive line this offseason were two much-needed things that this franchise got done. Drake Maye was also a lot better than you think in year one, and Josh McDaniels is back with the team as the offensive coordinator.
I'm not sure if they have enough to make the playoffs in 2025, but a winning record is definitely in reach. Long-term, though, the Pats could be a problem in the AFC East.
1. San Francisco 49ers
The easiest schedule in the NFL for the 2025 season belongs to the San Francisco 49ers, and their 'down' years in the Kyle Shanahan era all seem primarily due to injuries, so if they can simply not deal with catastrophic injuries in 2025, they should have a clear path to at least 10 wins and a Wild Card berth.
The duo of Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan has been quite consistent for multiple years now, and this franchise simply knows how to win games. They might not be a juggernaut, but let's not pretend that the 49ers are dysfunctional.