Perhaps the largest relevance chasm of any one thing in the NFL, between the media and actual NFL front office and coaches, resides in the first depth chart that teams release before the first preseason game. Media slurps it up like a hot fudge sundae, wondering why “random third string veteran is listed behind two rookies!”

Meanwhile, coaches and general managers dismiss the depth chart entirely, citing it as a requirement from the league as part of the administrative informative package for media and fans. In fact, DeMeco Ryans basically told the assembled media on Tuesday in West Virginia to rip it up and ignore it.

Well, DeMeco can request us to do anything, it doesn’t mean we have to comply. Not only will I refrain from discarding your depth chart, DeMeco, I am going to embrace it a

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