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To project which NFL franchises are in the best shape for the next three seasons, we asked our panel of experts -- John Clayton, Louis Riddick and Mike Sando -- to rate each team on a scale of 0-100 in five categories: roster (excluding quarterback), quarterback, draft, front office and coaching. We had a change at the top this year, along with having a perennial Super Bowl contender fall all the way to No. 14 and another team jump from 28th to sixth.
The overview: The Packers moved up one spot from a year ago, overtaking Seattle. What was the key? Green Bay's drafting improved from 11th to first, while holding on to the top spots in the quarterback and front office categories.
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#1 Green Bay had an overall score of 91.3, up from their 85.5 score in 2014:
GB's Coaching: 87.3
GB's Roster: 88.3
GB's QB: 98.3
GB's Draft: 91.7
GB's Front Office: 93.0
Seahawks dropped to #2 but saw an overall improvement in their score from 88.4 to 89.7:
Seahawks' Coaching: 91.7
Seahawks' Roster: 89.7
Seahawks' QB: 87.3
Seahawks' Draft: 87.3
Seahawks' Front Office: 92.3
The future for Seahawks is all about how to they manage their team-building process and salary-cap discipline when Wilson -- their Super Bowl-winning franchise quarterback -- no longer counts just $1.69 million against the cap, as he does in 2015," wrote Louis Riddick of ESPN.com. "Properly valuing Wilson is not as easy as it seems, which is a good thing for the QB, and not so good for Seattle. Linebacker Bobby Wagner is set to become a free agent in 2016 and will likely be looking for a deal that averages about $9 million per year. And maybe most importantly, the Seahawks need to start preparing for life after Marshawn Lynch, whose desire to play will be reevaluated seemingly every offseason.