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| Even with these guys at the helm, Jets fans should be happy with their offseason |
Last night's season opener marked the end of one streak and the continuation of another. The Giants became the defending champ to lose the season opener in prime time, breaking a streak of 8 years in a row. In a related story, the Backup Quarterback got knocked out in his Suicide Pool in week 1 for the 3rd year in a row. The Giants sure seemed like a sure thing, so I blame the fact that the game was on a Wednesday rather than a Thursday. At least Floyd Mayweather made some money betting on the second half.
While watching last night's game, the BQB finished up his AFC offseason player movement rankings. Several AFC teams got their own posts throughout the offseason (including the Bengals, Jets, Chiefs, Titans, Browns, and Bills). Following final cuts, we had to re-run the numbers, so some of the outlooks have changed.
Groundrules for this post:
1. We're considering non-rookie player movement only. Draft picks are covered here.
2. Each player gets a value ascribed to him, based on the AV formula from our friends at Pro Football Reference:
2009 AV + 2 x 2010 AV + 3 x 2011 AV
3. If a player was on a team's roster the previous season and is no longer on that roster this season, that represents value "lost" for the team. If a player is on the roster this season and was not on the roster last season, that represents value "gained" for the team. It doesn't matter how they got there -- free agency, trade, waivers, whatever.
4. Net value represents value gained minus value lost.
5. A player's value is all that matters here. Their salary, what a team got in return for that player via trade, intangibles, etc. aren't considered.
6. These obviously aren't the be-all and end-all of our season projections (coming soon), but they are a component of them.
So who had the best offseason in the AFC? The answer surprised us . . .
