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Sleeping positions: Five teams that could surprise

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Thursday, August 30, 2007

From a competitive standpoint, the NFL provides every opportunity for teams to quickly go from worst to first in a division. The draft is weighted so that lower-rung teams get the best players. And even though schedule breaks aren't as beneficial as before, the league tries to give fourth-place teams in each division the easiest schedules in hopes of gaining ground on the stronger clubs. But as you search ESPN.com's preseason power rankings for a sleeper team, don't concentrate solely on thos ...

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