The New England Patriots are the standard for NFL success heading into the 2017 season. Naturally, they're Sporting News' pick to win Super Bowl 52.
There are three easy reasons why.
New England has the best coach in the NFL in Bill Belichick, who doubles as the best GM in the NFL. The Patriots also have the NFL's best quarterback in Tom Brady. When you average the ranking of all three, the math is easy.
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What about the rest of the NFL? Sporting News ranked the league's starting quarterbacks, head coaches and general managers this summer. We averaged the rankings of those three for each team to determine which NFL franchises are best set up for success.
Here is a closer look at the results.
(Ties broken by regular-season record last season)
| RANK | TEAM | QB | COACH | GM | AVG |
| 1 | New England | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Seattle | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Green Bay | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Atlanta | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Oakland | 10 | 14 | 4 | 9.3 |
| 7 | Dallas | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | New Orleans | 6 | 7 | 17 | 10 |
| 9 | Baltimore | 20 | 6 | 6 | 10.7 |
| 10 | N.Y. Giants | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Arizona | 18 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| 12 | Carolina | 7 | 12 | 22 | 13.7 |
| 13 | Kansas City | 14 | 5 | 28 | 15.7 |
| 14 | Detroit | 13 | 19 | 16 | 16 |
| 15 | Cincinnati | 15 | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| 16 | Miami | 21 | 10 | 21 | 17.3 |
| 17 | Houston | 29 | 13 | 11 | 17.7 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 16 | 24 | 13 | 17.7 |
| 19 | Indianapolis | 8 | 16 | 29 | 17.7 |
| 20 | Minnesota | 23 | 17 | 14 | 18 |
| 21 | Tampa Bay | 17 | 21 | 18 | 18.7 |
| 22 | Denver | 28 | 29 | 3 | 20 |
| 23 | L.A. Chargers | 11 | 30 | 23 | 21.3 |
| 24 | Philadelphia | 24 | 22 | 20 | 22 |
| 25 | Washington | 19 | 23 | 31 | 24.3 |
| 26 | San Francisco | 26 | 28 | 19 | 24.3 |
| 27 | Buffalo | 22 | 27 | 30 | 26.3 |
| 28 | Chicago | 27 | 20 | 32 | 26.3 |
| 29 | Jacksonville | 25 | 32 | 24 | 27 |
| 30 | N.Y. Jets | 32 | 25 | 26 | 27.7 |
| 31 | Cleveland | 31 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 32 | L.A. Rams | 30 | 31 | 25 | 28.7 |
