NFC Predictions Updated
Same deal as the AFC, but this one has the Super Bowl bundled with it.
NFC East-
1. Cowboys- Quite honestly, the Cowboys look to be the best team in the NFC this year. Romo's coming off another good season. Owens, Crayton, and a non-injured Glenn gives him an outstanding receiver corps. Barber and Jones should give Dallas a good one-two punch run attack. Witten is one of the best TE in the league. The Cowboys have a fairly solid O-Line. It'll be hard for anyone to get past it. The Boys have a fairly average D-Line and is their biggest weakness on defense. Ware, Thomas, and Ellis make up a very good LB unit. Dallas has a great secondary this year. If Jones can stay out of trouble, he could have a great turn-around season. With Newman, Jones, and Henry; the Boys will have a top-10 secondary. Hamlin's coming the best season of his career. The Cowboys are the team to beat this year. Record: 14-2
2. Giants- The Giants just barely edge the Eagles for second in the division. It'll be interesting to see which Eli the Giants get. The Eli that plays average football, or the Eli that plays amazing football in the postseason. Burress, Toomer, and Manningham should give Manning plenty of targets. The Giants had a good rushing attack last year, and look to be even better. New York has a pretty good O-line, but not great. It'll be interesting to see how the Giants pass rush will do without Strahan. Osi should be just as good this year. Kiwanuka and Pierce are pretty good LB. Madison and Ross will make up an okay corner unit. The thing that strikes me about New York's secondary, it's just good enough. Not great, just good enough to get the job done. Phillips and Knight should give the Giants some good safeties. Record: 11-5; Wild Card
3. Eagles- The Eagles will be fun to watch this year. If McNabb is healthy, the Eagles will have a very good passing game. Curtis, Brown, and Jackson will combine to form an elite group. Philadelphia has an alright O-Line. Westbrook is one of my favorite RB. I like to watch him because he can do everything. Westbrook will be an elite back if he can stay healthy. Clemons and Cole from a solid pass rush. Laws was a DT who I have seen play on many occasions. He should play well, but not great. I was checking the Eagles roster, and Spikes isn't on there anymore. Someone tell me if he got released. Samuel and Sheppard should be an outstanding corner group. Dawkins is still one of the best safeties. The Eagles season will be determined by who gets injured win. Record: 9-7; Wild Card
4. Redskins- The Redskins are a good team, but they're the worst in the division. I was very impressed with their draft however. Campbell (or Todd Collins) has plenty of receivers with moss, Randle El, Kelly, Thomas, Davis, and Cooley. The Skins should be a very good passing team this year. Their O-line looks to be pretty good this year. Portis is getting on in years but shows no signs of slowing down. He's coming off a good year and looks to be a surprise back this season (fantasy football people may want to get him) Washington has a fairly weak D-Line, and they didn't do much to improve it. Teams will knife through it like butter. The LB really need to step up to be successful this year. Marcus Washington's coming off a 5 sack season, you may want to watch him. London Fletcher is also coming off a good year with three picks and leading the team in tackles. If they perform as well as they did last year, they should be even better. The Skins' secondary didn't perform well last year, but they have the talent to. It'll be interesting to see how they do. Stu will make them worse though. Poor tackling and average cover skills aren't good for replacing Taylor. It's up to Landry to be the head safety. Record: 7-9
NFC North-
1. Vikings- This is Minnesota's year. Peterson should be playing at an even higher level after coming off an outstanding rookie year. Unless Jackson steps his game up, or Booty beats him out for the job, the pass attack for the Vikings will be a little shaky. Jackson showed signs of being a good QB last year, but his bad games overshadowed his good games. Who knows, maybe Favre will step in. (don't count on it) Berrian won't be spectacular and Rice already he showed he's pretty average. Vikings have a pretty elite O-line. It'll be hard for teams to get a good force going against it. Minnesota's D-Line is equally good. Allen gives a good pass rush to the interior run stopping force of the Williams duo. The Vikings also have some pretty good LB. Minnesota's corners weren't very good last year. They have the potential, and it'll be interesting to see how they'll play. Williams and Sharper should combine to be a good pair safeties. Record: 11-5
2. Packers- I think Rodgers will be a good QB. Not elite, just good. He has some pretty good receivers to work with. Driver, Jennings, and Nelson make up a still-elite receiver corps. Grant is coming off a surprisingly good season. He should be even better with a full season and a great O-Line. The Packers bring a tough defense to go with this offense. KGB and Kampman are an outstanding pass rush. Barnett, Chillar, and Hawk from Green Bay's elite LB corps. The Packers' aging corners could prove a problem. Harris is still great, but Woodson ain't what he used to be. Bigby's coming off a big year. The Packers will be a little shaky this year because of Rodger, but they'll be back in the playoffs next year. Record: 8-8
3. Lions- The Lions look to be the Browns of this year in the sense that all their games will be pure shootouts. Kitna is still a pretty good QB, and now some of the pressure's being taken off of him. Kevin Smith, in my opinion, was one of the gems of the draft. I think Smith really has the potential to be great in this league. Williams, Johnson, and Furrey are still together, and are a force to be reckoned with. Of course, they're useless without a sturdy O-Line. Which I have some doubts about. They have the potential to be good, but they just can't seem to meld together. Detroit has a notoriously weak defense, and that doesn't look to change that much this year. Their D-Line is full of nobodies who haven't accomplished much of anything. They got rid of their lines two strongest members. Now that Edwards is with the Raiders and Rogers with the Browns. Sims is a pretty good LB in the league. Dizon should be a nice addition to this LB corps. Bodden is a great move by the lions to strengthen this secondary. Leigh had a good season for Cleveland. Smith is also a good addition to this secondary. Record: 7-9
Will finish later
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