Thursday, August 25, 2011

NFC & AFC East 2011 Predictions

NFC East

Philadelphia Eagles (11-5)

Nobody busted into free agency like the Eagles did. They signed Nnamdi Asomugha, obviously the most sought after defensive free agent this off season. Then they traded for Antonio Rodgers- Cromartie from The Cardinals and picked up a few more offensive pieces for Vick in free agency by signing Ronnie Brown and Steve Smith. Michael Vick is coming off of an MVP type season last year and I expect him to continue it onto this season. DeSean Jackson ended his holdout which is one of the best things for them since he not only is a threat on offense but also on special teams. I’m still not sure why The Eagles won’t give him the money he deserves, but that’s for another conversation! On offense The Eagles are stacked and should have no problem at all tearing up opponents throughout the season and they are going to have people locked down in the secondary with their shut down corners, but the problem to me is going to be their pass rush. Their linebackers are either young or really not that impressive and their defensive line isn’t that impressive either. But the good thing for The Eagles this year and really the entire NFC East is that they all take on The NFC West this year, which is by far the most pathetic division in football and this will help them get some easy wins. I think in the NFC East it will be a battle between The Eagles and Cowboys, but I think that The Eagles will win the division.

Dallas Cowboys (10-6)

The Cowboys are starting a new era with Jason Garrett as the head coach and Rob Ryan as the defensive coordinator. I am extremely excited about Rob Ryan he is exactly what this defense has been missing, besides a secondary. Ryan loves to rush the passer and The Cowboys definitely have the defensive line and linebackers to take care of this. Demarcus Ware is coming off of one of his best seasons so I can imagine what he is going to do under Rob Ryan this year! The Cowboys secondary still has some questions to answer, last year they loved to blow coverage and give up big plays to receivers, but hopefully the pressure up front is going to prevent some of those big plays. The Cowboys didn’t do too much in free agency this year and I don’t think they really needed to because a lot of their problem last year was injuries. Romo returns on offense and still has a ton of weapons to get the ball to. Dez Bryant is also back from missing the last part of the season, he was spectacular to start last year and I think he is going to continue it on into this year and have a huge year, not only on offense but also on special teams. With the release of Marion Barber that means Felix Jones has become the man at running back with Tashard Choice backing him up. I think The Cowboys will be much improved from last year because Jason Garrett is bringing discipline back to the team, which is something they have needed for YEARS! The dumb ass plays, penalties, and little mistakes need to stop and discipline is what stops that kind of stuff! The Cowboys should be competitive in not only their division but also be a contender in the playoffs.

New York Giants (8-8)

I’m not expecting much from The New York Giants this year. They cut the majority of their offensive line, which sucks for Eli Manning because he is going to be running around and be on his ass all season long! By the way Eli, you aren’t anywhere near Tom Brady’s status as a quarterback dumbass!! Eli only looks good when he has big targets to just lob the ball up to and pray that they catch it, other than that Eli is just an average quarterback at best! The Giants didn’t resign the tight end Kevin Boss, who was a big target for Eli. It looks like Osi Umenyiora is going to miss some games this season due to his knee surgery so that will be a huge loss on defense for them. They are also missing the majority of their secondary to injury as well. This looks like the injury bug is going to kill The Giants and follow them around all season long. I think this is going to be an up and down year for The Giants, they’ll get some wins because of the weak schedule, but other than that this team isn’t that impressive.

Washington Redskins (4-12)

I have no idea what the hell this team is doing with themselves?! They are either going to be starting Rex Grossman or John Beck at quarterback this year? Really?! Did you guys even try this off season to get a real quarterback? I understand if you were over the whole Donovan McNabb experience, but those other two chumps can’t possibly be what they think is the answer at quarterback can they? Rex Grossman is literally one of the biggest sacks of garbage to ever hit the NFL and John Beck who the hell is he?!?!?! Whatever I hate The Redskins so I will enjoy watching how terrible they are this year. The defense should be decent and help them win a few games this year, but other than that what else do they have? On offense they picked up Tim Hightower and signed Donte Stallworth, but that isn’t going to do much for them with no quarterback. I’m starting to wonder if Mike Shanahan has really lost it because so far since he’s signed on with The Redskins he’s made some idiotic moves. All The Redskins will be competing for this year is the first pick in the 2012 Draft.


AFC East

New England Patriots (13-3)

The Patriots had a great off season, they picked up all the little pieces to the team that they needed. They traded for Chad Ochocinco who just adds to a deep receiving core with Wes Welker and Deion Branch. They picked up some help on defense by trading for Albert Haynesworth and also signing Andre Carter and Shaun Ellis. The pass rush was The Patriots weakness last year so they went out and got the help that they needed. It’s only the preseason but The Patriots are back to business as usual, just beating everybodies ass! Tom Brady is coming off of an MVP season so I’m sure he’ll still be ripping apart every defense he plays this season. The Patriots are definitely going to be one of the teams to beat this season!

New York Jets (12-4)

For the past couple of seasons The Jets have been getting close to The Super Bowl but just fall short. The Jets didn’t have a lot of holes to fill in the off season to complete their team, but I definitely think they got an upgrade at wide receiver  by signing Plaxico Burress. He has always been consistently good throughout his career and this will just give Mark Sanchez one more big target to throw to along with Santonio Holmes. Two big play wide receivers who caught the game winning TD’s in past Super Bowls, all Sanchez has to do is not be stupid with the ball and the offense should be lights out. Don’t forget they have Tomlinson in the back field and a lot of people have been sleeping on him. The Jets pride themselves on defense and I expect them to have one of the best this season and this will help carry them to the playoffs! It is going to be a tough battle for the division with The Patriots, but I think The Jets will make it very interesting in the AFC East this season.

Miami Dolphins (5-11)

The Dolphins have so many problems I don’t know where to start! How about quarterback? Chad Henne is not the answer, he is mediocre at best. He’s just lucky that he has Brandon Marshall and Reggie Bush to get the ball so they can make a few plays. But I don’t think that will be enough for The Dolphins to actually be competitive this year. They don’t look much better on defense either. It’s going to be a long season for The Dolphins.

Buffalo Bills (3-13)

Yet another team with so many problems I don’t know where to begin! This team has one of the worst quarterback situations because every one of them on their roster is barely even worthy of a 2nd string backup role! Then they go and trade away Lee Evans one of the few decent guys they had on offense and who in the fuck is their starting running back? CJ Spiller? The bust from last year…? The Bills defense has a few good players who will help them win a few games this season, but The Bills are going to be one of the laughing stocks in the league this year! Not really anything new for them though! HAHA!

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