Packers Are Sixth-Youngest Team in the NFL

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Packers Are Sixth-Youngest Team in the NFL

The Packers have been one of the six youngest teams in the NFL every year since 2006.

Sep 05, 2012

During the Green Bay Packers' annual meeting in late July, general manager Ted Thompson told the team's shareholders, “Our team is maturing. We won’t be the youngest team in the league this year for the first time in a while.”

While Thompson was right that the Packers aren't the youngest team in the NFL, they continue a trend of being among of the youngest teams in the league in the Thompson and Mike McCarthy era.

The Packers are the sixth-youngest team in the NFL this season, according to STATS LLC, based upon the average age of the players currently on the active roster.

As of Sept. 5, the average age of the Packers is 26 years and 73 days.

For comparison's sake, the youngest team in the NFL is the St. Louis Rams with an average age of 25 years and 300 days. while the division-rival Detroit Lions are the oldest team in the NFL with an average age of 27 years and 326 days.

This is the seventh-consecutive year that the Packers have been one of the six youngest teams in the NFL (depending upon when the measurement was taken), a streak dating back to 2006, McCarthy's first year as head coach and Thompson's second as general manager.

For four straight seasons from 2006 to 2009, the Packers were the youngest team in the NFL.

The following is the complete list of the average age of every team in the NFL in 2012:

Team	Years	Days	Players
1. Detroit Lions	27	326	53
2. San Diego Chargers	27	292	52
3. Atlanta Falcons	27	183	53
4. Arizona Cardinals	27	141	53
5. San Francisco 49ers	27	121	53
6. Buffalo Bills	27	81	53
7. Chicago Bears	27	67	53
8. Pittsburgh Steelers	27	61	53
9. Baltimore Ravens	27	23	53
10. Oakland Raiders	27	7	53
11. Denver Broncos	26	355	53
12. Washington Redskins	26	333	53
13. New York Giants	26	327	53
14. Houston Texans	26	327	53
15. New Orleans Saints	26	308	53
16. New York Jets	26	248	52
17. Carolina Panthers	26	203	53
18. Jacksonville Jaguars	26	196	54
19. Dallas Cowboys	26	154	53
20. Tennessee Titans	26	145	53
21. Indianapolis Colts	26	138	53
22. Cincinnati Bengals	26	120	53
23. Kansas City Chiefs	26	115	53
24. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26	100	53
25. New England Patriots	26	88	53
26. Seattle Seahawks	26	78	53
27. Green Bay Packers	26	73	53
28. Minnesota Vikings	26	54	53
29. Miami Dolphins	26	47	52
30. Philadelphia Eagles	26	19	53
31. Cleveland Browns	26	8	53
32. St. Louis Rams	25	300	53

Comments (4)

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September 05, 2012 at 07:20 pm

I think the most surprising team on there for me was the Lions. When they come to mind, I think youth movement. Thinking about it now, they do have quite a few veteran players and such, but I still wouldn't have guessed that they were the oldest team.

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September 05, 2012 at 09:47 pm

Was thinking the same thing.

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September 06, 2012 at 02:26 pm

The Lions punter and kicker are a combined 80 years old. Those two positions have a HUGE effect on average age. For example if the Vikings keep Longwell (38) instead of Walsh (22) they go from 4th "youngest" to 14th if my math is correct. This is one of the least meaningful articles that comes out every year in my opinion.