I predict the Raiders will win the AFC West this year

I hope they decide to release asomugha and take the cap hit and then luckily enough for us we've squirreled away some money and he will want to come play for the dolphins on the cheap....

i say NE doesn't win the AFCE. oooo crazy!

i'll go out on a limb and say the redskins take the NFCE. why? dunno, just feel like making a "out on the limb" prediction. it probably won't happen though the giants are stacked. and the eagles can at least hold on.

the packers take the NFCN. Favre (or their other QBs) are going to kill the vikings. The lions will surprise people.

 

yeah i was joking with my predictions i'll come clean.

i think the giants will most likely take the NFCE unless the eagles (the only team i think that will be able to contend with what they've got) can make their OL gel enough to the point where it can get a decent enough pass pro and run blocking going on to stop the monster that is the giants front seven. if not those two teams dallas has the outside shot. i just don't think the redskins have it in them.

i think if favre is a viking that division is in a hell of a bit of trouble so long as the williamseses aren't suspended (any word on that?) because between that running game and having a QB that can get the ball down field and their defense i think they'll be tough to beat. other than that i think the bears/packers (not sure because I don't follow the NFCN really) and the lions.. well. i think they will win more than people are thinking but not as many as we did last year. they are in a similar situation though a lot of their games were close last year they just couldn't close it out.

Also about the AFCE. As a homer I want to say we win the division. If we can get our rookies to come in and step up (mainly at least one of the the WRers and CBs -- I know, you're thinking that's pretty much what we drafted --) to help us run a better offense and help against the spread defensively I think the QBs they've got up in NY (a rookie and a career backup) might give them trouble. They may have a hell of a ground game but you can't just run all game every game and take a division. at least not this year.

i think the patriots are going to have more problems than most people are willing to admit. for some reason people have anointed them champions already (ok, i know the reason.. it's brady) but like you said padre their oline was creaky last year and if they did give up the most sacks pitt had to be a close second.. or at least it seems i heard roethlisburger (?) was getting sacked all the time. anyway back to my point.

brady only plays one position. yes he is a good QB. but 11-5 with a guy who hadn't started since HS is NOT a shabby record. does he really make them that much better? he doesn't play all the other positions on the team. they have questions up in NE about certain positions. the CBs they have up there now are NOT asante samuel. they may be good, but they are not his caliber. and I don't think he's the best in the game but he is top 5 maybe and top 10 for sure.

the bills i think will be decent but not good enough to take the division..

we have questions on our own team, too.. a lot of people are saying white makes or breaks this draft. IMO Davis/Smith/Turner make or break this draft. we basically got pat white for free.

 

i actually see the cheifs doing well this year. last year they had a very young team with atleast 7 rookies contributing a great deal.now they have a qb plus a back-up that could play very well for them. add to the fact that their locker room is not in turmoil due to bad coaching decisions and they could be a contender in that division. even though they did poorly last yr they never quit fighting and that could become a dangerous situation for the other teams there.

 

They still have no pass rush however nor do they have a nose tackle or the corners to play man to man coverage. Last year they were a Tampa 2 team basically and now they're the complete opposite in terms of scheme. McIntosh still gives up a ton of sacks on the right side, they have no RG and they're center position is average. They're a mess IMO.

 

they had no pass rush last yr. whole new yr it is. dorsey will have a yr of experience(if he stays healthy)and a familiar face with the pick up of fellow lsu tyson jackson to man the de spot.they also went out and picked up zach thomas and mike vrabel..brandon flowers should be more comfortable this yr at the corner spot while they picked up washington at cb in the draft who is a great allaround athlete. they also picked up mcgee with their third to play at dt as well.so that defense should be much better than it was last yr.

on the offensive side they added my boy quinten lawrence from msu who brings speed(also returned his only kr 70 yrds and a td) and alot of it to go along with dwayne bowe. they added a tackle through the draft who may push mcintosh back to the doughnut line.brandon albiet(sp) will have a yr under belt at gaurd but all i can say for cassell is i hope he remembers the five d's of dodgeball(duck,dodge,dive,dip and..dodge). they remind me a little of us where they have some question marks but enough talent to contend with the paiders,donkeys and a norv turner led san deigo if things go right for them.

 

They're asking Dorsey to play defensive end now, instead of the position he should be playing, under tackle.

I like Tyson Jackson but Zach Thomas is getting old as is Vrabel.

Brandon Flowers is a zone cornerback, which is why Herm Edwards drafted him. Herm comes from a Tampa 2 background and now they're asking Flowers and Carr to play more man.

Keyword: athlete.

Watch him play and you'll see that he is incredibly raw. He got burnt quite a bit in college, rarely uses technique, isn't a player in run support and really has a lot to learn about football.

I like Magee as much as the next guy and liked him a lot coming out. However, he has had inconsistency issues which is why he went in the third round. He's also going to be playing end for them from what I know, which means he'll be sitting on the bench until Jackson or Dorsey start stinking it up.

Lawrence is a young guy and still has to develop. Dwayne Bowe is still dropping passes at an incredible rate and showed up to training camp overweight by over twenty pounds.

Pushing McIntosh doesn't mean much considering he gave up over 7.5 sacks last season IIRC. He's a mess and even if they insert Colin Brown into the line up, he's going to have growing pains.

Albert is a LT.

I think they are much less talented than the team that we had when we went 1-15. I don't see them taking over the division champion San Diego Chargers, no matter how many boneheaded mistakes Norv makes.

 

I predict that the Broncos will do very well this year, and come out winners in the Cutler trade.
I also predict that the Lions will win the division.

 

Can you have a division where no one wins?

 

Actually think the Chargers will walk that division this year, expecting at least 12-4. That divison is very weak. McDaniels seems hell-bent on letting go of any quality players that remained in Denver when Shanny left. KC are heavily in a state of transition and I actually cant see them doing anything in the new 3-4 defense, as they dont have the personell to make it successful. The Raiders are the Raiders, a team filled with players who were evaluated by the increasingly senile Al Davis. That franchise will never do anything in the NFL as long as Al Davis remains in charge.

As for the Chargers, a team full of quality and with Merriman back and drafting Larry English, that pass-rush has the potential to rip teams apart. Theri recievers seem to be getting better each year, along with Rivers and LT is reportedly back to his old self. DC Rivera will also have the defense more settled after he was appointed during the Chargers bye-week last season (which they went 5-3 after).

Sure Norv has come under alot of flack in San Diego, but he has still manged to get them in the playoffs twice and take them much further in the playoffs than Schotty ever did. The only thing that I can see stopping the Chargers is injuries.

 

Bills will win the div...No. Can't say it, sorry...)

 

I'm telling you guys, the Broncos are the winners of that Cutler trade.