A joke on Twitter about North Korea and the Patriots didn’t work out well for Bills WR Stevie Johnson. Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill has been holding workouts with his receivers. There’s a familiar look to the Patriots’ preseason schedule. The Jets will get a chance to use some hot sauce on Reggie Bush early in…

1. Falcons (five first-place votes):  They’ll have to wait until January to exorcise their playoff demons.  For now, they’ll have to settle for another crack at further erasing the memory of Mike Vick. 2. Giants:  The schedule gets difficult now, which is good for a team that can’t get focused when it’s time to play…

Despite the offseason addition of a franchise quarterback and house cleaning that so far appears to have the franchise headed in the right direction, the Indianapolis Colts have been largely written off by NFL prognosticators. We had the Colts 31st in our own preseason power rankings, and haven’t seen them much higher anywhere else. But…

La Toalla Terrible es no mas. The Associated Press reports that the Pittsburgh Steelers have asked a Pennsylvania man to stop selling Terrible Towels in languages other than English.  (The Steelers are No. 6 in the PFT Power Rankings.) Nick Rossi claims that his towels are a “new and improved” version of the original article,…

Like every other media outlet that covers the NFL, the Associated Press finally has come up with a system of power rankings. Unlike every other media outlet the covers the NFL, the AP is affirmatively promoting its power rankings, aggressively. Clumsily dubbed “Pro32″ in an apparent effort to avoid drawing too much attention to the…

With the fourth pick in the 2012 draft, the Browns traded up a spot.  And with the third pick in the 2012 draft, the Browns took running back Trent Richardson. And now the same knee that hampered Richardson in the run-up to the draft will send him to Dr. James Andrews for a look-see. Regardless…

Much of the focus on the Jaguars this offseason has been on the offense, but they’ve got an absence to deal with on the other side of the ball. Austin Lane, penciled in as the starter at left defensive end, sprained his foot last week and Gene Frenette of the Florida Times-Union reports that he’ll…

Unsigned first-round pick Justin Blackmon has missed five days of camp. Franchise running back Maurice Jones-Drew is holding out, with no resolution in sight. Big-ticket offseason addition Laurent Robinson struggled throughout the first few practices, and dropped more passes on Monday. Head coach Mike Mularkey says $35 million tight end Marcedes Lewis “has to get in better…

Broncos fans welcomed Peyton Manning to his first training camp in Denver with record attendance and all kinds of excitement. He has energized the organization and its fan base. But as we alluded to in our Denver Broncos season preview, unanswered questions about the 36-year-old quarterback remain. Manning, who underwent four separate neck surgeries between…

Unsurprisingly, Dolphins first-round pick Ryan Tannehill’s “holdout” didn’t wind up lasting very long. A league source told Florio on Saturday evening that the Dolphins and Tannehill have agreed to terms on a contract. The four-year deal will include a club option for a fifth, as is the case with all first-round contracts. Per Florio’s source,…

It’s over.  Done.  Finished.  Kaput. The team-by-team power rankings wrapped up just in time for the craziest offseason in NFL history to end. For those of you who have asked for the full list (and specifically for those who have threatened bodily injury if we don’t compile it), here it is.  Bottom to top, with…

Finally, we’re reached the last team in our comprehensive preseason preview. And the last is the first.  And the first is the Packers. Check out the full write-up for the reasoning.  Then use the comments and/or the poll pasted below to let us know whether you agree or disagree. If you agree strongly enough, there…

The last time a team went 15-1 and failed to win the Super Bowl, that team won the Super Bowl the next year. Of course, by the time the 2005 Steelers navigated the AFC playoff field from a sixth-seed starting position, their one-loss regular season from the prior year had become a faded memory. For…

According to our Preseason Power Rankings, the Patriots start the year in the same place they finished the last one. That would be second, for those of you who can’t remember back to that February night in Indianapolis. After a busy offseason centered on revitalizing the defense, the Patriots still look like the class of…

Bill Belichick may prize secrecy, but you didn’t need a background in espionage to suss out the plan in New England this offseason. When the Patriots needed a play in the Super Bowl, though, the defense couldn’t come up with one and had to watch Eli Manning celebrate at their expense for the second time…