NFL report card: Despite another Super Bowl win, Chiefs once again rank among the worst workplaces for players

INDIANAPOLIS — A poll of 1,706 NFL players revealed eyebrow-raising highlights for franchises across the league this week as the NFL Players Association released its second annual club report on workplace conditions. and the lowlights were revealed again.

The performance review, which spans 11 categories and includes new research on things like head coaches' work performance and club owners' willingness to invest in facilities, focuses on how players view their workplaces within their franchises. It was something. The union reiterated that the report card: do not have It is believed that there is a correlation with wins and losses on the field. Instead, the aim was to assess each player's experience of what it is like to work within their respective teams.

That being said, this report provided predictable performance and continued anomalies when comparing the most and least successful franchises in the NFL. among them:

• The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs ranked 31st overall (29th last year) in the weighted category. The Chiefs received scores of D+ or lower in a surprising seven dimensions, including treatment of families (D+). Training room and team travel (both D). Nutritionist/nutritionist, locker room, training staff (all F). And in terms of ownership, he has the worst score in the league (F-). The ownership score is based on your commitment to investing in equipment.

  According to the NFLPA, players criticized team owner Clark Hunt for not renovating the team's locker room after the 2022 Super Bowl championship season.

• Carolina owner David Tepper is by far the most high-profile owner in the league, but he is understandably unpopular within his own building. Tepper was graded D, earning a score of 6.6/10, good for 28th in the league. The main issue, according to the news site, was his choice to change the playing surface at Bank of America Stadium to an artificial surface, even though the players unanimously wanted to play on natural grass. was.

• The top five groups by overall score were (in order of score) the Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Jacksonville Jaguars. The bottom five teams, ranging from 28th to 32nd overall, were the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Chargers, Chiefs, and Washington Commanders.

• Andy Reid received an A+ in the job performance category and was ranked among the top coaches. Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels finished 32nd, the lowest in the league, with a score of D.
  Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni received an A grade and was praised for his willingness to listen to the locker room. That's interesting considering the 10-1 start quickly unraveled and led to a coaching shakeup. A possible explanation is that the investigation ended in mid-November, when the team was 8-1 after a bye week with a win over the Cowboys.

• In coach Bill Belichick's final season in New England, the Patriots were ranked 29th, dropping four spots from last year's report. The union report says the Patriots are one of 12 teams that do not offer a family room on game days and one of seven clubs that do not offer child care support on game days. It pointed out. The NFLPA report states, “The Patriots are the only team in the NFL where a majority of players feel the team's facilities are worse than where they can train off-site.” The club's weight room received the worst ratings in the league. Belichick ranked 27th among head coaches and received a B grade.

• The biggest jump in the rankings went to the Jaguars, whose former practice facility was notoriously infested with rats after an inspection last year. The rat issue contributed to the Jaguars' overall ranking dropping to 28th place during the 2022 season. With the opening of a new practice facility and improvements in multiple other categories, the Jaguars jumped his overall ranking to No. 5 for the 2023 season.

• Despite having new ownership in 2023, the Washington Commanders have not seen any overall improvement. For the second year in a row, the Commanders finished 32nd overall in the rankings and had a league-worst F- in three different categories, including locker room, training room and treatment. of the family.

• The Arizona Cardinals saw a small bump in rankings that appeared to be a direct response to the NFPLA report card from a year ago. In this year's investigation, players noted that the team began offering child care and a small family room and stopped the practice of charging players for weekday dinners. This slightly moved him up from No. 31 to No. 27 in Arizona State's overall rankings.

• Two financial nuggets that stand out, considering they are tied to a multi-billion dollar franchise: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who finished 24th overall, will pay $1,750 for non-starters with less than four years of experience if they wish to opt out. Having a roommate in the hotel room before the game for which he was charged a fee of. And the Chargers offered discounts on game-day day care services. For the first child he costs $75, for additional children he costs $50 each.

Overall, NFLPA President J.C. Tretter and Executive Director Lloyd Howell and other leadership said they have seen overall improvement in a variety of categories across the league. This shows the union that the team has responded to last year's report card, which is the first of its kind to survey players about their perceptions of workplace conditions. Ta.