The New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints have been the smartest spenders in the NFL over the past five seasons, according to a study by Bloomberg.

Bloomberg calculates how much teams spent per win and added bonuses for playoffs wins and championships.

1. New England Patriots
2. Green Bay Packers
3. New York Giants
4. Pittsburgh Steelers
5. New Orleans Saints
6. Baltimore Ravens
7. Indianapolis Colts
8. San Diego Chargers
9. Atlanta Falcons
10. Philadelphia Eagles
11. Arizona Cardinals
12. Tennessee Titans 
13. New York Jets
14. Dallas Cowboys
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
16. Chicago Bears
17. Jacksonville Jaguars
18. San Francisco 49ers
19. Houston Texans
20. Minnesota Vikings
21. Denver Broncos
22. Cincinnati Bengals
23. Seattle Seahawks
24. Carolina Panthers
25. Kansas City Chiefs
26. Miami Dolphins
27. Buffalo Bills
28. Cleveland Browns
29. Washington Redskins
30. Oakland Raiders
31. Detroit Lions
32. St. Louis Rams 

The Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers and Baltimore Ravens have the three oldest collections of starters in the NFL. 

The Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks and Cincinnati Bengals are the youngest.

Former Vikings head coach Bud Grant had a popular saying that "for every young guy you start, you lose a game."

Pete Carroll worked for Grant early in his coaching career, but has had one of the youngest teams in the NFL during his tenure with the Seahawks.

"I was of that mindset in classic fashion until I had to be in charge of calling all the shots and then it just flipped in me that we don't know where we're going unless we find these guys out," Carroll said. "One of the really exciting things about playing guys early is ... by the middle and to the end of the season, you’ve developed players that fit into your rotations now that add to your depth and also add to the opportunity to not over-play your older guys." 

Below is a full list with the rank in offense/defense in parenthesis.

1. Atlanta Falcons (2/5)
2. San Diego Chargers (7/3)
3. Baltimore Ravens (1/15)
4. Chicago Bears (11/4)
5. Pittsburgh Steelers (25/1)
6. New York Jets (23/2)
7. New York Giants (9/2)
8. Detroit Lions (3/20)
9. New Orleans Saints (6/13)
10. San Francisco 49ers (8/8)
11. Denver Broncos (14/7)
12. Houston Texans (4/23)
13. Oakland Raiders (13/11)
14. Buffalo Bills (12/17)
15. Arizona Cardinals (16/14)
16. Washington Redskins (21/9)
17. Dallas Cowboys (18/16)
18. New England Patriots (5/28)
19. Green Bay Packers (17/21)
20. Jacksonville Jaguars (24/19)
21. Miami Dolphins (26/18)
22. Carolina Panthers (15/26)
23. Indianapolis Colts (28/10)
24. Philadelphia Eagles (19/25)
25. Tennessee Titans (10/31)
26. Minnesota Vikings (30/12)
27. St. Louis Rams (22/27)
28. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (20/30)
29. Cleveland Browns (31/24)
30. Cincinnati Bengals (32/22)
31. Seattle Seahawks (29/29)
32. Kansas City Chiefs (27/32) 

Bruce Irvin hasn't recorded a single tackle or sack during his first three preseason games with the Seattle Seahawks.

"He's grown in big ways here already," Pete Carroll said. "Hopefully we'll see this week. I won't be surprised at all if he has some real quality rushes. In the game last week, if you go back, he really was close enough to have four sacks in the game."

Irvin was the 15th overall pick by the Seahawks in the 2012 NFL Draft.

"Bruce was the most productive guy in practice throughout the camp," Carroll said. "We keep score of that stuff, and he was the highest-ranked guy in terms of productivity. That's in sacks and tackles for losses and knocking balls loose and all that stuff."

Despite a report to the contrary, the Seattle Seahawks said Tuesday that they are not in the process of making a bid to host a future Super Bowl.

"We are not presently pursuing a Super Bowl bid for the City of Seattle," they wrote on their official Twitter feed.

The Super Bowl sites for 2013 (New Orleans), 2014 (East Rutherford, N.J.) and 2015 (Glendale, Ariz.) already have been determined.

Seattle has never hosted a Super Bowl.

The Seahawks cut Terrell Owens last week, but they didn't make the move because of his famous personality.

"Anybody that thinks he had an attitude around here or something like that got in the way is wrong," Pete Carroll said. "They don't know what they're talking about.

"This guy was great. He did everything we wanted him to do. He practiced hard, he studied hard, he asked questions, he worked hard in the games. He did everything. He was terrific."

Carroll said Owens was let go because younger receivers on the roster were a better fit.

There was some shock when the Seahawks decided to go with rookie Russell Wilson as their starting quarterback over free agent addition Matt Flynn.

The belief was that Seattle spent a lot of money on Flynn, but Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk points out that they really didn't.

Flynn received a signing bonus of $6 million and a guaranteed base salary of $2 million in 2012. Next season, Flynn has another fully guaranteed $2 million but a non-guaranteed total salary of $5.25 million.

In today's quarterback market, that isn't an excessive amount for a backup, especially when your starter is untested.

Terrell Owens is once again a free agent, but the Jets are uninterested despite a need at wide receiver

The Jets need offensive help, in the red zone especially, but have no interest in Owens.

There has also been a report indicating that the Dolphins have no interest in Owens.

The Seahawks will start Russell Wilson at quarterback in Week 1 against the Cardinals.

Seattle drafted Wilson in the third round. He has battled free agent addition Matt Flynn and incumbent Tarvaris Jackson, who has reportedly been traded to the Bills.

"It's been a very exciting competition that has gone on, and Russell has taken full advantage of his opportunities and has done everything that we have asked for on the field and more than what you guys could know off the field in meeting rooms and with our players and how he's represented. He's earned this job," Pete Carroll said.

"It was a legitimate competition as we said from the beginning, and with the opportunity he's taken advantage of he deserves to start."

The Bills have agreed to send an undisclosed draft pick to the Seahawks for Tarvaris Jackson, according to NFL sources.

Buffalo is also trying to finalize a new contract with Jackson.

Jackson started 14 games for Seattle last season, but the Seahawks signed Matt Flynn as a free agent and drafted Russell Wilson in the third round.

The Bills have their starter in Ryan Fitzpatrick, while Vince Young, Tyler Thigpen and Brad Smith are still on the roster.

The Seahawks announced Sunday they have terminated the contract of veteran wide receiver Terrell Owens, according to an ESPN.com report.

Owens earlier had posted on his Twitter page that he no longer was with the team.

"I'm no longer a Seahawk. I THANK the organization 4 the opportunity, I'm truly blessed beyond belief. My FAITH is intact & will NOT waiver," he wrote.