The NFC West is going to feature considerably more parity in 2019 than it's had the past two seasons.The ' offense will be night and day from where it was last year. The will have a healthy and some new pieces out wide and up front on defense. The are primed to repeatedly hit big plays down the field and still have plenty of speed on defense. And, of course, the will be a fine-tuned machine on offense and on defense.But which club had the best offseason? Who closed the gap the most on the two-time defending division champion Rams?Here's a breakdown of the entire NFC Wast, with 2019 offseason grades for all four teams. Grades for all 32 teams can be found.Arizona CardinalsKey
Zack Smith Men Jersey additions:CB , EDGE , ILB , OG J.R. Sweezy, DT , TE , RT , OTKey lo ses:S , EDGE , QB , S , OG Mike Iupati, EDGE Key rookies:QB , CB , WR , WR , EDGE/DLThe Cardinals have gone 100% all-in with Kliff Kingsbury, and I understand why that's being met with some criticism. He's a first-time head coach and didn't have a great record at Texas Tech. You know what he did have though? Awesome offenses. Texas Tech finished in the top 10 in pa sing yards per game each season he was in Lubbock, and five times placed in the top 25 of scoring offenses nationally.As the team with the worst record a year ago, Arizona went full bore on the free-agent market, signing a plethora of older-ish, middle-of-the-road veterans like Charles Clay, J.R. Sweezy, Robert Alford, and Marcus Gilbert -- to boost the team's severely lacking depth. Smart. Terrell Suggs still, remarkably, has some juice around the edge, and Darius Philon is a young, ascending interior pa s rusher. Desmond Harrison started eight games at left tackle for the in 2018 as a rookie and held his own. He has a fun skill set centered around tremendous athleticism.Arizona's personnel departures were household names but had either gotten too old, seen their play dip as the team worsened over the past few years, or consistently dealt with injuries. Oh and then there's Josh Rosen. I'm of the belief moving on from him wasn't an absolute nece sity. I get it, though, because of Kingsbury's presence. And as bad as the supporting cast was in Arizona in 2018, Rosen was flat-out bad. and showed much more than he did -- especially later in the season -- and didn't have outstanding offensive lines or stellar receiver groups either.Also, Arizona crushed the draft. After Murray, an exquisite fit for Kingsbury's Air Raid, the Cardinals cleaned up. You could see Kingsbury's vision playing
Marcus Kruger Men Jersey a vital role in the team's selections. Awesome YAC and downfield burner Andy Isabella in Round 2 was perfect. Byron Murphy is a zone-specialist playing in Vance Joseph's pre s man scheme, but he's a playmaker, and the Cardinals only intercepted seven pa ses last season, which tied for the second-lowest total in football. Hakeem Butler at the start of Round 4 was thievery, as was hybrid rusher Zach Allen later in that round.I don't know if the Cardinals will take off right away, but they're going to be significantly more fun to watch in 2019 than they were a year ago thanks to the whirlwind of an offseason they pieced together. Offseason grade:A-Los Angeles RamsKey additions:S , EDGE/LBKey lo ses:OG , DT , S , LBKey rookies:S , RB , CBAs the NFC representative in the and team that finished the regular season No. 5 in pa s offense DVOA and No. 1 in run offense DVOA, the Rams didn't need to rock the boat in the offseason. And they didn't.The biggest "addition" in 2019 could very likely be the return of receiver . Check , on split stats with and without Kupp last season:"In games Kupp played, Goff went 190-for-273 for a 69.6 percent completion percentage, he gained 2,637 yards and had a 9.7 yards
Lance Bouma Women Jersey per pa s average, with 17 touchdowns and six interceptions. That's a 111.9 pa ser rating. In games Kupp mi sed, Goff went 214-for-356 for a 60.1 percent completion percentage, he gained 2,534 yards and had a 7.1 yards per pa s average, with 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions. That's an 88.6 pa ser rating." Eye-opening, right? As is typically the case for a team in the Super Bowl, Los Angeles had some of its core players bolt in free agency. Ndamukong Suh will be difficult to replace. The same goes for Rodger Saffold. GM Les Snead made prudent decisions when he signed Eric Weddle and then drafted Taylor Rapp in Round 2 to bolster the safety group, given the lo s of Lamarcus Joyner, and stylistically, I compared the super-twitchy pre s-man corner David Long to before the draft. Awesome depth behind and . Can't forget Darrell Henderson either. He was born to run in McVay's zone-blocking scheme and formulates a cla sic thunder
NHL Chicago Blackhawks Jersey -and-lightning duo with .The Rams will be fine, and their offseason wasn't brutal. But even with Aaron Donald's superpowers, the defensive line simply won't be as ferocious obviously, and I have concerns about some of the new faces on the offensive line along with the age of . Offseason grade:BSan Francisco 49ersKey additions:EDGE , LB , RB , WRKey lo ses:EDGE/DLKey rookies:EDGE , WR , WRThe 49ers are a prime example of how a team can have a terrific offseason without adding a multitude of new players. Dee Ford was the largest splash, and he'll be a fascinating contract-year case study. Before 2018, Ford was basically a first-round bust. Outside of a 10-sack 2016, he registered 7.5 sacks in 2014, 2015 and 2017 combined with two forced fumbles. He erupted while playing on the fifth-year option last season with 13 sacks and seven forced fumbles. Did extra motivation in the final year of his rookie contract lead to the production spike? Or did the light simply come on in his fifth season at 27 years old? Maybe a mixture of both? Anyway, the combination of Ford and No. 2 overall selection Nick Bosa is dynamite, especially considering the pocket-pushing ability of on the inside. The 49ers finished 14th in defensive pre sure rate last season (34.5% of drop backs faced), and are now primed to have one of the best, most disruptive front fours in football. For real.Kwon Alexander was a nice add at linebacker to pair with springy 2018 third-rounder . I like Tevin Coleman. He's an ideal fit with Kyle Shanahan, who loves incorporating running backs into the pa sing game. In the draft, Bosa was a no-brainer, and Deebo Samuel is a fun, yards-after-the-catch wideout. I wouldn't have picked Jalen
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