How the Bucs and Patriots improved, and why the Raiders and Packers stumbled

Let’s finish up ranking the 32 NFL teams based on the work they did over the 2021 offseason. I did the bottom half of the league last week — the teams that had the worst offseasons — which means it’s time for 1-16.

This encapsulates both free agency and the draft and measures what each team did versus our expectations heading into the offseason. As an example, we knew heading into the spring that the New Orleans Saints were going to need to create nearly $100 million in cap space. My thoughts here aren’t about the…