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Every year in February, I like to take a step back and size up the NFL field, pre-offseason, by looking at a few factors.

1. Who has a lot of work to do?

2. Who doesn't have a lot of work to do?

3. Who has a lot of money?

4. Who doesn't have a lot of money?

5. Who has a lot of draft currency?

6. Who doesn't have a lot of draft currency?

After breaking it all down, most teams fall somewhere in the middle. The 1-15 Cleveland Browns have a ton of work to do, but they have two first-round picks, two second-round picks and more cap room than anyone else in football.

Meanwhile, the Atlanta Falcons are still stacked coming off a Super Bowl season, and they don't have a lot of big-name players hitting free agency. But they pick 31st overall, and only a handful of teams have less cap space.

With that criteria in mind, we can also offer our condolences to teams with lots of work to do (roster holes, plenty of in-house free agents) that don't have a lot of salary-cap space and/or draft currency (a high pick or two and a steady dose of selections in the early and middle rounds).

The Los Angeles Rams, for example, are riddled with holes coming off a 4-12 season. They're also without a first-round pick, while nearly half of the league has more cap space than Los Angeles does. That's not good.

But on the other end of the spectrum, you find a team with little work to do, lots of money and a great draft situation. You find a team coming off a winning season with a strong core in place, including a young franchise quarterback.

A team with two top-20 draft picks (including the selection that originally belonged to the Rams) and more than $60 million to spend (more than all but three other teams). They don't have any high-priced in-house free agents to take care of. They're good, and they practically have carte blanche to become great in the coming months.

That team in a particularly golden position this year is the Tennessee Titans.