With CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco set to drop his list of the top-100 players, we thought it'd be appropriate also to grade the top-10 front offices. The top five or six are relatively easy to predict (and you can shift the order around a bit and not be incorrect), but there are some front offices in this year's list that would have been nowhere near it last season. Which is why we continue to give the newcomers a healthy dose of skepticism and why we give extra credit to those franchises that are continuously near the top of the standings every season. After all, it's not just the players and the coaches that make a team successful. It's the scouts, the player personnel evaluators, the general managers and the owners. Source: The Top 10 NFL front offices - CBSSports.com 10. Vikings 9. Saints 8. 49ers 7. Eagles 6. Falcons 5. Ravens 4. Patriots 3. Steelers 2. Giants 1. Packers
I have a hard time with the 49ers being behind the Eagles and Falcons. The turnaround since Jeds takin control has been remarkable, especially since Parrag and Baalkes arrival and ascension and Harbaughs hiring. We did just best the Falcons in the NFCCG or crying out loud, and made it to the one prior...and the overall level of homegrown talent on our roster certainly smokes either one, IMO. No homer.
While I agree with you that the 49ers front office should be ranked ahead of the Eagles and Falcons, those ranking came from a website whose football IQ really isn't that good.
if we are talking about the last 2-3 years.... i have a hard time puting anyone ahead of the niners. Pats have been rebuilding that defense since their last superbowl win and its still average at best.
I agree Ward. But they do need to be in the discussion. I can't stand the Giants, but they seem to always draft good and for the most part make really good financial decisions.
Definitely need to be in the discussion. They should have "spelled out" the criteria they were using. I think for the most part (especially recently) the teams on this list belong there in one order or another.
top front offices should also be judged on how they spend money, player and coaching contracts, number of players drafted and developed and the teams winning seasons and playoff appearances. gm and coaches are tied together, most of the time it takes 3-5 years to see if the franchise on the rise or back on the fall again.
