For everyone asking for NFC North starting lineup grades, here you are. Hope you have time to get ready for opening weekend.
| NFC North | |
| Bears | |
| QB | Mitch Trubisky |
| I am not sure Mitch is the right guy but he is all they have C | |
| RB | Jordan Howard |
| Howard is solid but this group is deep with quality A- | |
| WR | Allen Robinson & Taylor Gabriel & Anthony Miller |
| Robinson is FA from JK. He & Gabriel will start. White is a bust & may get cut. Miller & Fowler will stay. B | |
| TE | Trey Burton |
| Miller is out so Burton will start C | |
| OL | lt Charles Leno lg James Daniels c Cody Whitehair rg Kyle Long rt Bobby Massie |
| Right side is OK left not so much. C | |
| DL | le Jonathan Bullard nt Eddie Goldman re Akiem Hicks |
| Hicks is solid rest are not D | |
| LB | lolb Khalil Mack lilb Danny Trevathan rilb Nick Kwiatkoski rolb Leonard Floyd |
| Group is solid and will be better with Mack and when Roquan Smith gets in B+ | |
| DB | lc Prince Amukamara rc Kyle Fuller fs Eddie Jackson ss Adrian Amos |
| This is the strength of the D and will get better with Amukamara healthy B+ | |
| Lions | |
| QB | Matthew Stafford |
| Top 5 and has a RB now. A- | |
| RB | LeGarrette Blount |
| 2 time NFL Champ that can hit the middle of the D. B+ | |
| WR | Marvin Jones & Golden Tate |
| This group is outstanding. Tate FA from SE. A- | |
| TE | Luke Willson & Michael Roberts |
| Wilson can catch Roberts is the blocker B- | |
| OL | lt Taylor Decker lg Frank Ragnow c Graham Glasgow rg T.J. Lang rt Ricky Wagner |
| Group is green as baby peas but has potential C- | |
| DL | le Anthony Zettel lt A’Shawn Robinson rt Sylvester Williams re Ezekiel Ansah |
| Ansah is find the rest are not D | |
| LB | Solb Devon Kennard ml Jarrad Davis wolb Jalen Reeves-Maybin |
| Davis & Reeves-Maybin are young & have potential. Kennard is OK C- | |
| DB | lc Darius Slay rc Teez Tabor fs Glover Quin ss Quandre Diggs |
| Tabor is the weak link otherwise OK B- | |
| Packers | |
| QB | Aaron Rodgers |
| If the OL can keep him healthy he is fine A- | |
| RB | Jamaal Williams |
| He is OK but needs better blocking by the OL C | |
| WR | Davante Adams & Randall Cobb & Geronimo Allison |
| 2/3 of the group are fine Allison is the problem B- | |
| TE | Jimmy Graham |
| SE Loss is GB Gain B+ | |
| OL | lt David Bakhtiari lg Lane Taylor c Corey Linsley rg Justin McCray rt Bryan Bulaga |
| lt Bakhtiari is solid rest not so much C- | |
| DL | le Muhammad Wilkerson nt Kenny Clark re Mike Daniels |
| re Daniels is decent. FA Wilkerson may help vs run. C- | |
| LB | lolb Clay Matthews lilb Blake Martinez rilb Oren Burks rolb Nick Perry |
| Matthews is fine if healthy. Martinez stops the run. Rest are average B- | |
| DB | lc Jaire Alexander rc Tramon Williams fs Ha Ha Clinton-Dix ss Josh Jones |
| Corners are weak but HaHa & Jones are OK. C | |
| Vikings | |
| QB | Kirk Cousins |
| Risked everything to bring in Cousins after getting to the NFC Champ game last year C | |
| RB | Dalvin Cook |
| Cook was hurt most of last year. Should be fine this season. B | |
| WR | Adam Thielen & Stefon Diggs |
| Cousins has never has this good a group of WR A- | |
| TE | Kyle Rudolph |
| Solid A- | |
| OL | lt Riley Reiff lg Tom Compton c Pat Elflein rg Aviante Collins rt Mike Remmers |
| OL is very over rated C | |
| DL | le Danielle Hunter lt Linval Joseph rt Sheldon Richardson re Everson Griffen |
| Griffen is solid rest is not. Depth will help. B | |
| LB | solb Anthony Barr mlb Eric Kendricks wolb Ben Gedeon |
| Barr & Kendricks are solid, Gedeon is a project B+ | |
| DB | lc Xavier Rhodes rc Trae Waynes fs Harrison Smith ss Andrew Sendejo |
| Rhodes & Smith are all pros Rest are OK. A- | |