Deadspin | Report: Dolphins first, Steelers last in NFLPA report cards

The Miami Dolphins completed first in the NFL Gamers Affiliation’s annual participant report cards for the third 12 months in a row, based on an ESPN report on Thursday.

The Minnesota Vikings and Washington Commanders rounded out the highest three, whereas the Pittsburgh Steelers completed in last place for the primary time in the fourth time the survey has been performed.

“Gamers persistently describe the group as ‘one of the best in the NFL,” the survey mentioned of the Dolphins, based on ESPN.

Per ESPN, 1,759 gamers responded to this 12 months’s survey, which grades groups on a scale of A+ to F on issues starting from head coach and crew possession to locker room, therapy of households and residential discipline, a brand new class this 12 months. The survey was despatched to everybody on an energetic roster on the time the survey was performed from Nov. 2 to Dec. 11.

After survey outcomes had been made public every of the primary three years, the NFL received a grievance towards the gamers affiliation, claiming it violated the league’s collective bargaining settlement.

Whereas an arbitrator agreed with the league, the NFLPA made it clear it intends to proceed amassing surveys going ahead even when they can not be publicly shared.

The Steelers reportedly completed last in willingness to speculate in amenities, locker room and residential discipline, the latter so “by a large margin.”

“Gamers cite insufficient upkeep and extreme put on from internet hosting native school and highschool video games,” the survey mentioned, per ESPN. “Gamers throughout the league notice the poor situation of the sphere and emphasize the necessity for funding to deliver it as much as normal.”

The Arizona Cardinals, who completed in last place a season in the past, moved up one spot to thirty first. The Cleveland Browns remained at No. 30, the place they ranked last 12 months.

–Area Degree Media