NFL Lockout: which teams could be hurt the most competitively...

[Auggie]

provided there is a season.

by Vittorio Tafur, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer / Saturday, March 12, 2011

Coaches and general managers all put on a brave front at the recent NFL combine, saying all teams would be in the same boat if a lockout wiped out offseason workouts and delayed free agency. The truth is, with some teams hiring new coaches and changing their offenses or defenses, the boats idling on the dock look nothing alike.

1. Titans: Tennessee chose coach Jeff Fisher over quarterback Vince Young, then watched Fisher leave after 16 seasons anyway. Now the Titans have a new coach in Mike Munchak, two new coordinators and a quarterback named Rusty Smith.

2. Broncos: The main reason Denver named Kyle Orton its starting quarterback over Tim Tebow is because it was trying to trade Orton. For now, he can't be traded. John Elway is running the show now, and he has a new coach in John Fox and new coordinators.

3. Browns: Cleveland's biggest problem is that it doesn't have the personnel for coordinator Dick Jauron's new 3-4 defense. Second biggest problem is that quarterback Colt McCoy and new coach (and offensive coordinator) Pat Shurmur haven't done anything more than shake hands.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/11/SPE51I9GU0.DTL

Rest of the top ten (complete list is at the link):

4. Panthers
5. 49ers
6. Cardinals
7. Seahawks
8. Bengals
9. Redskins
10. Eagles

[TZ]

1. Lockout or no lockout the Redskins are gonna suck big time...

They might be theleast influenced by it, I think, their problems are deep and severe. Donovan McNabb personally? He's probably screwed by it though

[KamaAina]

2. No Raiders?

Then again, in Oakland, a new coach is as much a sign of spring as the swallows returning to Capistrano. :eyes:

[Auggie]

3. Raiders are better prepared, according to the author

Listed at #23.

Al Davis spent close to $100 million in recent weeks signing potential free agents such as Richard Seymour, Kamerion Wimbley and Stanford Routt. Hue Jackson, the new coach, was the offensive coordinator last year. And Jason Cambell returns at QB.

[underpants]

4. Hold it -Elway hired John Fox???

I did not know that.