1. Minnesota Vikings

Coach: Mike Zim­mer (sev­enth year — 57–38‑1 reg­u­lar sea­son, 2–3 playoffs)

2019 record: 10–6 (sec­ond in NFC North; lost to San Fran­cis­co in divi­sion­al round)

Offen­sive play-caller: Coor­di­na­tor Gary Kubi­ak (sec­ond year)

Quar­ter­back sit­u­a­tion: Kirk Cousins, 32, had one sea­son left on his con­tract, but the Vikings signed him to a two-year exten­sion worth $66 mil­lion in March. Cousins is 19–13‑1 (reg­u­lar season/playoffs) for the Vikings (58 touchdowns/17 interceptions).

Young skill-posi­tion play­ers: Run­ning backs Dalvin Cook (25, 2017 sec­ond round) and Alexan­der Mat­ti­son (22, 2019 third round)  rushed for 1,135 and 462 yards, respec­tive­ly, last year. Tight end Irv Smith (22, 2019 sec­ond round) is a com­ple­ment to vet­er­an Kyle Rudolph. And to replace Dig­gs, the Vikings draft­ed Justin Jef­fer­son (21) in this year’s first round.

Key sta­tis­tic: 52. Com­ple­tions of at least 20 yards last year by Cousins, tied for 10th in the league.

2. Green Bay Packers

Coach: Matt LaFleur (sec­ond year — 13–3 reg­u­lar sea­son, 1–1 playoffs)

2019 record: 13–3 (first in NFC North; lost to San Fran­cis­co in NFC cham­pi­onship game)

Offen­sive play-caller: LaFleur (sec­ond year)

Quar­ter­back sit­u­a­tion: Aaron Rodgers turns 37 in Decem­ber and after the Pack­ers draft­ed Jor­dan Love in this year’s first round, Rodgers’ future is in doubt. Rodgers has start­ed all 16 games in five of the last six years and had 26 touch­downs against only four inter­cep­tions last year.

Young skill-posi­tion play­ers: The Pack­ers ignored receiv­er in this year’s draft, going with Love, 21, in round 1 and run­ning back A.J. Dil­lon, 22, in round 2. The only oth­er young play­ers are receiv­er Allen Lazard, 24, and tight end Jace Stern­berg­er, 24.

Key sta­tis­tic: 40. Touch­down catch­es by receiv­er Davante Adams since the start of 2016, most in the league.

3. Detroit Lions

Coach: Matt Patri­cia (third year — 9–22‑1 reg­u­lar season)

2019 record: 3–12‑1 (fourth in NFC North)

Offen­sive play-caller: Coor­di­na­tor Dar­rell Bev­ell (sec­ond year)

Quar­ter­back sit­u­a­tion: Matthew Stafford, 32, remains the Lions’ fran­chise quar­ter­back. He had start­ed every game from 2011 until mid­way through ’19 (136 con­sec­u­tive games) before sus­tain­ing a back injury. Stafford is 69–79‑1 in the reg­u­lar sea­son and 0–3 in the playoffs.

Young skill-posi­tion play­ers: Run­ning backs Ker­ry­on John­son (23, 2018 sec­ond round) and D’Andre Swift (21, 2020 sec­ond round). John­son hasn’t been able to stay healthy, which semi-jus­ti­fied adding Swift. Tight end T.J. Hock­en­son (23, 2019 first round) had only 32 catch­es as a rookie.

Key sta­tis­tic: 28. Years since Detroit’s last play­off win (1991 divi­sion­al round), the sec­ond-longest drought in the NFL (Cincin­nati 29 years).

4. Chicago Bears

Coach: Matt Nagy (third year — 20–12 reg­u­lar sea­son, 0–1 playoffs)

2019 record: 8–8 (third in NFC North)

Offen­sive play-caller: Nagy (third year).

Quar­ter­back sit­u­a­tion: Mud­dled, peri­od. The Bears report­ed to camp in July with­out a start­ing quar­ter­back. Incum­bent Mitchell Tru­bisky, his fifth-year option not picked up, was going to be chal­lenged by vet­er­an Nick Foles, acquired from Jack­sonville. The Bears could be back in the mar­ket for a starter next March.

Young skill-posi­tion play­ers: The Bears have used the draft to find depth, includ­ing Antho­ny Miller (25, 2018 sec­ond round), run­ning back David Mont­gomery (23, 2019 third round) and tight end Cole Kmet (21, 2020 sec­ond round). The 2018 trade for Khalil Mack cost the Bears two first-round picks.

Key sta­tis­tic: 50. Three-and-out pos­ses­sions last year by Chicago’s offense, third-most in the league behind the Jets (55) and Wash­ing­ton (51).