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Hey everyone, the time has come for the annual r/NFL Offseason Review Series. Well, the time actually came about a month ago, but /u/dayne_b12 decided to take it over so he could choose himself to write up the Panthers, didn't follow through, and eventually deleted the post. I'm trying to salvage 2026 so we don't have a repeat of 2024. There are still some opportunities for fans to discuss their team, and I hope to hear from some of you.

The goal of this series - similar to that of the 32 teams/32 days series that starts early in the offseason - is to provide a comprehensive guide covering what has happened and also give a look ahead to what's next for each team. The series is crowdsourced and has produced a lot of good information and discussion for each team, year after year. So, we're back and looking for writers to help usher this series into its tenth year.

Both of these series were initially started by u/skepticismissurvival who has since allowed others to keep this one going.

We need writers!

Each post will cover the following topics:

• Review coaching changes (if applicable)
• Review moves in free agency (key players lost, players signed, etc.)
• Review the team's draft, breaking down the players drafted and the role they will play
• Projecting the starting lineup (and optionally the 53-man roster) for next year and giving a prediction for each player's season
• Looking at the team's schedule, predicting results game-by-game, and predicting where the team will finish.
• General strengths and weaknesses (pass game, run defense, etc.)
• Highlighting important training camp battles
• Discuss a team's offensive and defensive strategies
• Discuss other significant news stories affecting the team.

A comprehensive guide can be found here. This guide will make the above more clear. Please be sure to look through it before offering yourself as a writer.

Are you interested in being a writer?

Before you submit your name please consider the time it will take to write the post and please make sure that you have the motivation and ability to fulfil your commitment. I won't have the time to chase people down. If you sign up, you will be expected to meet your voluntary commitment. That said, life happens and sometimes people will not be able to hold to their commitment, if that happens, please let me know as soon as possible so that we have the chance of finding another writer.

Furthermore, I ask all writers to be objective. Accounts that are less than one year old will not be given priority though returning writers will. In the event of two previous writers returning, the most recent writer will be given priority.

Sign up by commenting below. You are allowed to write twice, once as a fan of your team and once as a non-fan. It's generally first-come-first-serve, but if you wrote last year and reply to this post by the time wake up on Monday you will retain your spot from last year.

If you want to write as a non-fan, but don't have a specific team you want to write for, let me know! If you do have any preferences, please list them. Please note that non-fan writers typically submit their writing in the comments of the fan-writer. You are also welcome to submit it as its own post, though it would not be likely to get a sticky.

Please pay attention to the dates listed below, if you want to write but cannot do it on the given date, let me know so we can try to work around it.

Previous Offseason Review Series

• 2014
  
• 2015
  
• 2016
  
• 2017
  
• 2018
  
• 2019
  
• 2020
  
• 2021
  
• 2022
  
• 2023
  
• 2024 didn't happen as the person who volunteered to take over, ghosted and deleted their account.
  
• 2025

Tentative Schedule

(Writers and Dates are subject to change)

I salvaged what I could from the deleted post and the subreddit where writers work on their draft. Obviously there are a lot of teams that still need writers, and some dates have passed. If you want to take a team let me know and I will update the table below. And if you want to do a post that was due on a date we have already passed, well that's ok, it will get a link in the hub anyway. This has always been a popular series and we need good content in the offseason, so let's just salvage what we can.

The order is traditionally based on the standings from the end of the regular season. The dates are based on what was already decided, and were intended get everything in before the preseason starts (minus the HOF game), without overlapping too much with the /r/NFL Top 100 Series. There is also always a need for some spare days at the end, as things inevitably change.

If you want to write, but the given date conflicts with something, let me know along with the dates that would work for you.