williewilliejuan
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I went Niners, Rams, Bears and Eagles.
So did I.I went Niners, Rams, Bears and Eagles.
The NFL is probably the sport with the most unknowns but one thing I do know for a fact is that you don't take what happened the year prior and use it to predict the current year.
I was trying to say the Rams were the team 49ers couldn't lose to. They should be better than last year, and they still beat Rams 2x.
I went Niners, Rams, Bears and Eagles.
Again... the people saying Eagles, well, I just don't get it. They're a team on the rise. They have a good young QB and top 5 (NFC) OLINE and DLINE. The rookie Barnett has 3 sacks in two preseason games. If he's good they're gonna have the best DLINE in football. No way are they a bottom 4 team and I see a lot of people predicting them to win the division
How many of those people live outside of 100 miles of Philadelphia?
Rams will have a different head coach, different wr corp, different te, different qb, different offensive coordinator, different defensive coordinator, different left tackle and won't be moving to a new time zone again. I'm not saying the Rams are a lock to be better but last year don't mean squat.I was trying to say the Rams were the team 49ers couldn't lose to. They should be better than last year, and they still beat Rams 2x.
Rams will have a different head coach, different wr corp, different te, different qb, different offensive coordinator, different defensive coordinator, different left tackle and won't be moving to a new time zone again. I'm not saying the Rams are a lock to be better but last year don't mean squat.
I'm actually with the Eagles guys. That team was far better than their record last year and upgraded nearly everywhere. They fell victim to the opposite results of what you saw from a statistically inferior team like miami in that the eagles lost an inordinate amount of close games last year ( 2-7). A simple reversion to mean puts them at 9-10 wins this year and that's before you talk about the fact they improved.
If Went progresses I think the Eagles make the playoffs. If he slumps I could see 7-9/8-8 againThe Eagles OLine and DLINE are too good to be a bottom 4 team. I'm not saying they are a playoff lock but bottom 4??? No way no how.
On a side note... there OLINE (interior) is not very good. They can't seem to run the ball in preseason but the DLINE might be the best in the NFL.
If Went progresses I think the Eagles make the playoffs. If he slumps I could see 7-9/8-8 again
I think the run game will be ok. It doesn't need to be great , just a decent enough threat to keep teams honest . I keep going back and forth on the Giants or the Eagles to win the division . I had Dallas included til Zekes suspension but I really don't see them going better than 3-3 in the first 6 and the back half of their schedule is loaded . NFC is toughMe too... and he will have his slumps cause he has a tendency to throw high. Evidently he was great in camp but last night he was missing receivers "high" again. What has me concerned about playoffs is it doesn't look like we have a run game to rely on when Carson is off target
The D looks like it's ready to breakout. We need Sidney Jones asap but I don't know if he's gonna play this year. I know they were talking about trading up into the top 10 to get him (before the injury). Hopefully Darby plays like he did as a rookie for Buffalo. But the Eagles went 7-9 with a very hard schedule and lost a ton of very close games. They had the worst WR and CB groups in the NFL and, on paper, they are much MUCH better units.
I think the run game will be ok. It doesn't need to be great , just a decent enough threat to keep teams honest . I keep going back and forth on the Giants or the Eagles to win the division . I had Dallas included til Zekes suspension but I really don't see them going better than 3-3 in the first 6 and the back half of their schedule is loaded . NFC is tough
Again... the people saying Eagles, well, I just don't get it. They're a team on the rise. They have a good young QB and top 5 (NFC) OLINE and DLINE. The rookie Barnett has 3 sacks in two preseason games. If he's good they're gonna have the best DLINE in football. No way are they a bottom 4 team and I see a lot of people predicting them to win the division
I see the Eagles more of an 8-8/9-7 team. Question marks are the running game, secondary and HC. Bright future with Wentz and the team is trending upward but I think they miss the playoffs.
It's not impossible but I think they need to get through the first 6 at 4-2 or better. The last 10 are crazy tough . I think it's going to take 10 or 11 wins ( probably 11) to win the east and there's no way they're going 8-2 or better in the last 10 imoI still have Dallas winning the division and taking on the 'us against the world (commish)" mentality.
At least he did that in a regular season game and not twice in the Super Bowl lolThat's a good point on the head coach. He had Dallas beat last year and instead of freaking kneeling on it and kicking a game winning FG he calls a negative 7 yard screen and punts from where his kicker earlier made a FG. There were several head scratching calls that cost us wins
8-8 or 9-7 is fair but bottom 4, no way no how.