2 questions:
1. Does anyone think that ESPN has ever once ranked an NHL, NBA, MLB, or NFL team that made the playoffs the previous year as last overall when making predictions the following year? The only one I can think of as a possibility is the Florida Marlins a while back when they had an all out purge. We lost Preston Brown, Eric Wood and Tyrod Taylor. This is just ridiculous and based on nothing.
2. If last year's roster played for another franchise, let's call it the Titans for argument's sake, had identical 2017 results and made identical offseason moves to us, would they get moved to 32 by ESPN? That is highly doubtful to me. Their rankings are uniform dependent. It's the Bills so 32. Titans, move them to 22. Steelers, they'd be ranked 8. Jets? 14. Cards? 26. Pats? Next 9 Super Bowls are in the bag.