Sunday 26 February 2012

The 2012 Season - Looking Ahead

In this next few posts, I'm going to be boldly making predictions about each team in the NFL, where they'll end up, whether they'll make the post season and who they need to pick up in the off season. I know that this is before the free Agency sorts itself out, before the Draft sorts itself out, before Peyton Manning sorts himself out, but that's part of the fun, I'll look like a genius if I'm write, and can just blame the FA and the Draft for when I'm wrong. So, every two or three days I'll be writing about a particular division, starting off with my very own NFC East

Giants - In the last five years this is a team who have won the Super Bowl for the first time as a Wild Card (finishing 10-6), won the Super Bowl for the first time as a 9-7 team, and then somewhere in the middle managed not to make the playoffs. Clearly then this it's hard to make predictions with 6 minutes to go before kick-off, let alone 6 months when Big Blue is involved. I'm going to stick my neck out here and say they end up 12-4, the same record they had the season after beating the Patriots last year, and win the division. Eli is playing like an elite QB right now, they have one of the best receiving corps in the League, provided they can keep hold of Mario Manningham, their front four on defense is the stuff of legends, and they should get more out of last year's draft picks, Prince Amukumara, Greg Jones and Taylor Sash, who weren't heavily featured last year. If you have good taste in football and join me in supporting the G-Men, the signs are good for this year. 

Eagles - The Dream Team or The Nightmare Bunch? After a woefully under par season, this team has something to prove. Michael Vick still has to silence the critics in Philly and some fans patience is running out. DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy have to lead this team offensively again. But it's on defense that I worry about this team. The Eagles could do with picking up some coverage for the secondaries in the off season in order to stop teams stretching them at the back as we saw sometimes during this year, perhaps looking at one of the Niners duo of Rogers and Goldson for some class at the back. Overall I think this team lets a Wildcard spot slip through their fingers in December, finishing 10-6, with the NFC's 7th overall ranking. 

Cowboys - One timeout in the desert stopped this team from going to the playoffs. Yes, you guessed it, the famous ice your own kicker incident. That story pretty much sums up this football team - the nearly men. The raw talent is more than evident, Romo, Ware, Murray, Jones, Witten, but it's stupid things which cost this franchise a shot at another Lombardi. Romo could do with a bit more time in the pocket to find an open man, so I say the 'Boys should look to pick up a guard in these few months. They finish 10-6, coming third in the division, with Romo having another forgettable December. On a completely different note, who wouldn't love to see T.O back in the Lone Star State. What a storyline that would be. 

Redskins - The most important question for this team is who will line up under centre come September. It's time teams worked out that Rex Grossman is not the kind of QB who you can build offenses around. So who? Matt Flynn, RG III, Peyton Manning, even Jason Campbell could make a return. All I know is that if I'm a Skins fan I'd take any of those names over Grossman. What worries me too is Shanahan. Where does he get that tan from? Seriously, that cannot be healthy. Aside from that, this is another lowly year in DC, so I'd be surprised if the Skins finished anything better than 7-9. 

So there we have it, my (perhaps not so) extensive knowledge of the NFL and predictions exposed to the world. Thanks for reading, feel free to comment below and I shall get back to each and every one of you personally, and if you like what you read then please do share it. 

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Thanks again, 

Chris

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