I used to think “way too early” rankings were dumb. What’s the point of rankings more than six months before we’ll have even a remotely clear picture of what final rosters will look like? Four months before rookies are drafted? Heck, a couple of weeks before the Super Bowl!?
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Honestly, the ranks themselves don’t matter. One guy being 45 and another being 54? Flip them, and it won’t make much of a difference. This exercise is a snapshot of this very moment in the football universe. 2025 is fresh on our minds, and so much can be learned. Our thoughts haven’t been poisoned by the echo chamber telling us who the “next Puka Nacua” is. The main takeaway here is that these aren’t meant to be “This is what I think the rankings will be in August.” These are pre-Super Bowl, pre-rookie, right-now rankings. I’ll be doing rankings updates after the Super Bowl and the NFL draft. So keep checking out QBList.com for more football brain knowledge all offseason long.
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