Re: Don's 2010 Season Predictions
NFC EAST
DALLAS COWBOYS
2009 Record: 11-5 Correct
2010 Projection: 11-5 (3rd Place)
Dallas has one of the toughest schedules in the league specially the second half of the season so if they can make it maybe they can play at a top level in the playoffs. I can see them winning the division based on the talent but it would be very hard to get the first round bye just because teams like Green Bay and New Orleans have a much easier road to the playoffs. If this team doesn’t get to the NFC Championship we can expect a coaching move at the end of the season there’s too many talent in this team to continue to underperform.
NEW YORK GIANTS
2009 Record: 8-8
2010 Projection: 10-6 (Wildcard)
After a weird 2009 I expect this team to rebound their biggest question mark used to be the QB but each year Eli gets better now it’s their running game, the only thing I don’t like about what this team is doing is the overload of talent at the front 4 of the line you got Probowl talent as backups there and other areas of the field like LB are getting left behind.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
2009 Record: 11-5
2010 Projection 8-8
We all knew the Donovan’s days in Philly were numbered for a franchise that has never won anything they quickly forget the old bad days but it was clear that they would never win a Championship with McNabb and it was time to try something new. Kolb looks promising just like Rodgers did when he took over for Favre. But Just like Rodgers, Kolb will need a year to get his feet wet before he can really light it up.
Washington Redskins
2009 Record: 4-12
2010 Record 7-9
I like the Changes the Redskins have made especially in the front office and coaching staff, this team is moving in the right direction and I really can’t wait for year 2 of the Shanahan era. It’s unreal to expect a new team with a complete new staff change of defensive system and new QB to come out and beat everybody but then again you can say the same thing of the 2006 Saints so don’t rule them out. Can anyone think of a tougher division than the 2011 NFC East if we get to that season.
NFC NORTH
CHICAGO BEARS
2009 Record: 7-9
2010 Projection: 7-9
This team is desperate to win I just don’t trust Cutler, their Oline and Wr’s. They’re set I none of the toughest division and I’m not sure if they’re even the third best team in it that should be enough to say this won’t be their year.
DETROIT LIONS
2009 Record: 2-14
2010 Projection: 7-9
like I said last year, I like what Schwartz is doing with the franchise from the picks to the mentality he has put into a losing team. Don’t let the record confuse you this team played hard the last season and Stafford looks like he will be better this year, I believe this team if they keep it up is 1 or 2 years away from getting back to the playoffs.
GREEN BAY PACKERS
2008 Record: 11-5
2009 Projection: 12-4 (Conference Champions)
My Superbowl prediction of 09 will be the team to get to this Superbowl this year. This team has everything and has looked great in the preseason, they just look like a team that it’s going to be their year. Let’s hope I’m not wrong.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
2009 Record: 12-4 Correct
2010 Projection: 9-7
You just don’t get the same feeling from last year from Vikings camp, Favre it’s not Ok and you can’t expect another Cinderella year like he had last year, with Rice gone and Percy having problem with migraine the offense will suffer. I really believe this is the year Favre should had stayed retired and I truly believe this is the year he won’t play all 16 games. Also I believe they sent the wrong backup away.
NFC SOUTH
ATLANTA FALCONS
2009 Record: 9-7
2010 Projection: 11-5 (Wildcard)
The defense has gone better, Ryan gets his running game back so we can expect a better year from the Falcons. The franchise never had two winning season in a row before last year this will make it 3.
CAROLINA PANTHERS
2009 Record: 8-8
2010 Projection: 9-7
I really like Matt Moore and I believe he will have a good year but the team doesn’t have enough weapons on offense or defense to contend for a playoffs spot this year. Many expect this year to be Fox’s last year as a HC I agree so expect another team very happy in January.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
2008 Record: 13-3
2009 Record 12-4 (2nd Place)
Well I was right on the money last year with this team. I don’t expect them to suffer for too much partying like many do they have a strong coaching staff, strong veterans in the locker room and this is a team with ambition. If I didn’t knew how hard is for a team to repeat I would take them but the reality is that it almost never happens. I expect them to make the playoffs but they will not defend their crown.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
2009 Record: 3-13
2010 record: 3-13
This was my comment last year “No QB, No OC and No defense no way. Plain and simple this team is rebuilding and needs a lot”. Can I make the same comment two years in a row? Well I think I just did.
NFC WEST
ARIZONA CARDINALS
2009 Record: 10-6
2010 Projection: 6-10
Welcome back old Cardinals we missed you this past years when you actually looked like a team. This team is having a complete overhaul I don’t expect Anderson to last the season and I expect one of the rookies QB’s to take over at some point during the season. Sorry for al lyou fantasy guys that took Larry this year, be prepare to get frustrated.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
2009 Record: 8-8
2010 Projection: 10-6 (4th Place)
If San Francisco doesn’t win their Division this year I would be astonished. It’s like all the other division teams said “here take it we don’t want it- it’s your turn now”. There’s almost no competition in this division. Heck even a Division II team could win it.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
2009 Record: 5-11
2010 Projection: 4-12
I like the changes Pete Carroll has made with the team (except dropping Houshmandzadeh ), they had one of the best drafts and he’s moving this team in the right direction but it will take more than 1 year to make this team good.
ST. LOUIS RAMS
2009 Record: 1-15
2009 Projection: 2-14
Bradford looked very good in preseason…. Oh Yeah it was preseason… Sorry. I really believe Spagnoulo is the right coach to turn this franchise around but it will take him at least 2 more years.
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Baltimore Ravens vs Cincinnati Bengals
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Green Bay Packers vs Dallas Cowboys
SUPER BOWL
Cincinnati Bengals vs Green Bay Packers
SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS
Green Bay Packers
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