Ranking NFL teams by age after 53-man cutdowns: 2019 editionBY JIMMY KEMPSKIThe Dolphins could be the youngest team in the league for a few years.
Previously, the youngest teams in the NFL were as follows:• 2018: Cincinnati Bengals
• 2017: Cleveland Browns
• Every year from 2012-2016: St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams
The New England Patriots have the oldest roster this year.
Although even with continued roster movement, the average ages of each team shouldn’t change much. Here are the results, with a recent historic look at the average ages of each team on 53-man cut down day:
Team___2019___2018___20177___2016____2015Dolphins
25.2 (1) 26.5 (26) 26.6 (29) 26.2 (20) 25.6 (4)
Bucs
25.4 (2) 26.1 (22) 26.2 (21) 25.7 (8) 25.9 (11)
Browns
25.4 (3) 25.3 (2) 24.2 (1) 25.1 (2) 26.1 (16)
Seahawks
25.5 (4) 25.7 (9) 25.8 (13) 25.6 (7) 25.9 (12)
Packers
25.5 (5) 25.7 (10) 25.7 (11) 25.4 (3) 25.5 (3)
Vikings
25.5 (6) 25.5 (6) 26.1 (20) 26.6 (31) 25.8 (7)
Colts
25.6 (7) 25.6 (8) 25.6 (5) 26.5 (29) 27.2 (32)
Jaguars
25.6 (8) 25.5 (5) 25.6 (7) 25.4 (4) 25.3 (2)
Raiders
25.6 (9) 27.4 (32) 26.1 (19) 26 (13) 26.5 (23)
Rams
25.6 (10) 25.5 (4) 25.1 (2) 25 (1) 24.9 (1)
Broncos
25.7 (11) 26 (17) 26 (16) 25.5 (5) 26.2 (18)
49ers
25.7 (12) 25.8 (15) 25.7 (10) 26.1 (16) 25.8 (8)
Bengals
25.7 (13) 25.2 (1) 25.5 (3) 26.3 (23) 26.3 (20)
Steelers
25.7 (14) 25.9 (16) 26.1 (18) 26.3 (24) 26.6 (26)
Chargers
25.8 (15) 25.8 (14) 25.7 (8) 25.7 (9) 26.3 (21)
Chiefs
25.9 (16) 25.8 (13) 25.9 (14) 25.5 (6) 25.8 (6)
Ravens
25.9 (17) 26 (18) 26.4 (25) 26.4 (27) 26 (15)
Giants
26.0 (18) 26.1 (21) 25.7 (9) 26 (14) 26.5 (25)
Texans
26.0 (19) 25.6 (7) 25.5 (4) 26.2 (19) 25.8 (5)
Washington
26.1 (20) 26.2 (23) 25.9 (15) 26.4 (25) 26.2 (17)
Saints
26.2 (21) 26.3 (24) 26.5 (28) 26.4 (26) 26.7 (29)
Bears
26.2 (22) 25.7 (12) 26.3 (22) 25.9 (10) 26.2 (19)
Lions
26.2 (23) 26.6 (27) 25.8 (12) 26.1 (18) 26.5 (24)
Cowboys
26.3 (24) 25.4 (3) 26.1 (17) 26 (12) 26 (14)
Panthers
26.3 (25) 26.8 (29) 26.8 (31) 26.5 (30) 26.9 (31)
Bills
26.3 (26) 26.7 (28) 26.7 (30) 26.3 (22) 25.9 (10)
Cardinals
26.4 (27) 26.5 (25) 27.3 (32) 26.1 (17) 26.4 (22)
Falcons
26.5 (28) 26.9 (31) 26.4 (24) 27.1 (32) 26.8 (30)
Titans
26.5 (29) 26.1 (20) 26.5 (27) 25.9 (11) 25.8 (9)
Jets
26.5 (30) 26 (19) 25.6 (6) 26.2 (21) 26.6 (27)
Eagles
26.6 (31) 25.7 (11) 26.4 (23) 26.5 (28) 26.7 (28)
Patriots
27.0 (32) 26.8 (30) 26.5 (26) 26.1 (15) 25 (13)
Note: Every year I do this study, I seem to get the same basic comment, which I'll address ahead of time."The difference between the Dolphins and Patriots is only 1.8 years. So what?"
While 1.8 years may not be a monumental difference between two individual players, keep in mind that these are the average ages of 53 players per team.
1.8 years on average * 53 players = A difference of about 95.4 total years between the Dolphins and Patriots.
In other words, if you took the 19 oldest Patriots and shaved 5 years off each of their ages, their roster still wouldn't be as young as the Dolphins' roster.
To note, "old" doesn't mean "bad," especially for a team like the Patriots, who are Super Bowl contenders every year.
But certainly, you don't want to be old and bad, like some of the teams on the chart above.
And obviously, teams that are both young and talented can feel pretty good about their long-term chances of being consistent contenders.
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