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I am very happy to not have the Vikings on this list.

The biggest news from Minnesota was Antoine Winfield being unhappy with the offense and Childress going with Tarvaris Jackson as his starting quarterback.

I don't think you can categorize the Chargers as dysfunctional. They return all the same key players and they got rid of a great regular season coach who has never gotten teams to the big dance. So what? In comes Norv Turner to work with a talented team, for a change, and I see them rolling again.

Andrew, my Steelers are another story. We cheap out on paying Cowher, typical, and then bring in some lightweight who wants to dismantle the 3-4 that has served us so well for the past 20 odd years. We lose 2 important coaches who were overlooked for the HC job and the old vet RB coach retires. The o-line loses the cog in the middle, All-Pro Alana Faneca is choked about not getting paid and will join his coaches in the desert after this year and Grimms replacement is spamming everyone with porn emails. Throw in the fact that the new OC, Bruce Arians of failed Browns lore, wants to "open up the offense??? and use 4 wide packages and get away from Steeler football and I'd say that qualifies as a dysfunctional team!!

Cincinnati immediately released Nicholson after his arrest - so chalk that up for sticking to their zero tolerance guns. As for Quincy Wilson A) he's a practice squad BACKUP rb who probably wasn't even going to make the cut as that this year, and B) details about the arrest are starting to come in and it looks incredibly sketchy. He's actually always been considered a really high character guy in the locker room. Obviously no list like this was going to omit the Bengals - at least they weren't at number 1.

The Giants offseason has not been dysfunctional. There has been no complaining, holdouts, arrests or other distractions this season. Actually, this is the first offseason that has not been dysfunctional for the Giants in a long time. This is just another example of you writers trying to drum up something that isn't there. Sure they have questions this year just as any other team does, but I would not call it dysfunctional. The only thing I would call dysfunctional is your sports writing.

The Giants offseason has not been dysfunctional. There has been no complaining, holdouts, arrests or other distractions this season. Actually, this is the first offseason that has not been dysfunctional for the Giants in a long time. This is just another example of you writers trying to drum up something that isn't there. Sure they have questions this year just as any other team does, but I would not call it dysfunctional. The only thing I would call dysfunctional is your sports writing.

Actually, only 2 arrests for my Bengals? I'd say that's progress!

i dont feel the bengals have had a problematic offseason at all. aj nicholson never played to begin with and was immediately cut. quincy wilson never played and will never. he'll be cut. odell thurman has done everything to get back and should get reinstated. chris henry has been nothing but respectful to his the commish and his coaches. im fine with practice squad players getting arrested. it makes it easier for cut downs.

I definitely wouldn't have the Chargers at #1. Yes, they fired their head coach but their assistants left for head coaching jobs (which happens on successful teams). All the new staff actually gets along with the GM and works the same system the Bolts previously used. Not to mention basically the entire stacked roster is back. Because of weird coach firing you can keep them in the top 10 but not #1. Lamer

The Bears will be fine. We've added offensive weapons with Hester, Olson and Wolfe. Briggs is a big baby. We can plug Jamar Williams into the system with no problems. The franchise tag seems to **** off every player that gets it., so who cares? I'm suprised they didn't mention the Thomas Jones trade.
Big deal. We traded a good but aging RB who never really broke off any huge runs. I expect Cedric Benson to have a great year as long as he stays healthy. He ran like a bull at the end of the year. Had he not been injured at the start of the Superbowl who knows what could have happened.

How could my Fins not be #1??? I really can't think of a positive story to come out of not just this offseason, but the past 3 or 4 years. Even Jason Taylor winning the Defensive POY was tainted by the whole controversy over Lights Out. I mean we got booed at our own draft party!!!!!!!! The draft is the one time EVERYBODY is optimistic (even the Raiders) and we booed our own coach. The Dolphins should hold the top 3 spots on the list!

I don't understand why players get pi**** off because they arte named franchise players. they're guaranteed to be in the top five salaries at their position and shows the team obviously thinks highly of them. what gives? besides the usual out-of-touch whinyness that seems to consume professional sports these days.

Ughhhhh, what are my Bucs doing? After seeing Gruden on ESPN late night I was to throw up.
I certainly hope Garcia does well, other wise there are going to be a lot of "i told you so's"

The Bucs defense is aging, and fast. They have not really had a decent QB in years, and that includes the year they won the Big Dance with Brad Johnson. Hey, I could have been QB that year and they would still have won the SB due largely to the strength lof the defense. Actually I ain't that much older than Johnson.. :-)

The Patriots may not have had a dysfunctional offseason, but it has certainly been controversial. From questions about whether starting cornerback Asante Samuel will be with the team, to brining in Randy Moss, to the strange circumstances surrounding Tom Brady's private life...well it has certainly been different.

A top ten list with complaints and TO and Randy Moss's name is not mentioned? What is this world coming too?

Come now Andy, you can't list the Chargers above the Falcons, Bears, and Dolphins. And what about the Browns? Golden boy Quinn's holding out for big time cash. Cash he believes he should earn for sitting on the bench for a year. What a great start to the Brown's year!

this blog is most dysfunctional. marty is not the closer we need. great motivator great builder but not a closer. the players made the 14-2 record as much as any coaching. i actually thought our coaching staff could have done a better job of in game adjustments. there adjustments almost always came at halftime or 3-4 series down the road. i said to myself if we lost phillips and cameron to hc positions then we should fire marty and we did it just took an extra month. as a die hard charger fan i would rather take the time to get it right than make the wrong decision. i dont mind the media calling the chargers front office dysfunctional at all. gm aj smith is right far more than any blogger of national media member or former gm/player. what aj smith has done with this bolt roster in 6 short years is amazing look at his drafts and roster moves and he is the best in the business.

Just glad to see the Redskins didn't make the list. Worst thing to happen to them was the drafted a Safety they didn't need and he got shot in the groin with a paintball. Could be worse and probably will once the games start.

Yeah, the Franchise Tag (and the Transitional Tag I think is the other one) were actually things the Players Association fought to get into the CBA, and now no player wants to get the tag.

And its a matter of simple economics. If the top 5 at the position averaged out, mean you get $8 million for 1 year, but had you gone into Free Agency, you could have a 3 year contract worth $20 million, gotten a signing bonus of $5 million plus a salary of $5 million in the first year. If you get hurt in Year 1, you make out better going into FA. If you don't get hurt, year 2 gives you another $5 million, and then you hold out in year 3 for a new contract.

And thats how it pretty much works out. Alot of the owners were against the Tags originally (Al Davis was the loudest in support of it though), but most have come to like it more than the players who are getting tagged. Since it seems that most don't like the tag, they need to make sure the Union does something about it in the next CBA.

so...the Bucs get listed for *GASP* signing a free agent and trading for a guy who wanted out of his old team? Not only that, but they get listed above a team whose hardcase coach drove the team's biggest star into retirement and then said coach goes to the media, to tell his players, not to whine to...you got it...the media?

Yeah. That makes sense.