The matchup is awesome! Of course I am a little prejudice to say the least considering the home town boys are playing. So let's take a look into the future of this NFL football season and see what Frankie Raye has to say. I won't pick wins for every team this year but I will give you my take on what teams will show their stuff including a couple of MY surprise teams of 2010.
Let's take it by Divisions first and we'll start with the NFC South. Don't believe all that curse stuff and teams that won the Super Bowl have a hard time repeating. I remember all the Naysayers last December telling everyone who would listen that "No Team that lost its last 3 games had ever made it to the Super Bowl" let alone win one. Strike that one down. We are in a different NFL world these days and normal rules don't apply. The Saints will win the NFC South with a strong challenge from the Falcons but ultimately they will succumb to the Saints. The NFC South looks like this Saints(Division Winners), Falcons(2nd Place and a Wildcard in Playoffs), Bucs will be improved and finished 3rd, while the Panthers finish dead last and John Fox good coach that he is will be looking for a job.
In the NFC North a much improved and well coached Packers team will win the Division with the Vikings getting enough out of Brett Favre to garner the other Wildcard spot. The Lions will surprise and finish 3rd getting to .500 and showing some promise. Lovie Smith, however, showing that he has worn out his welcome in Chicago will be looking for work as the Bears will finish last in the North.
In the NFC West.....WHO CARES??? The 49ers will take the whole enchilada and win their 1st Division title since Steve Young was quarterbacking. The rest of the pack is hard to distinguish one from another but I'll say the Cardinals have enough talent left over to finish 2nd but it won't get them to the Playoffs this year. The Seahawks are in transition and I do not believe Pete Carroll will make that much of a difference. His previous stints in the NFL as a head coach were less than spectacular. The Seahawks will finish last and the Rams will get enough of a spark from new quarterback Sam Bradford to finish at .500 and 3rd place in the West.
In the NFC East many are picking the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl. I believe the Cowboys will have enough troubles getting out of their own way. There is something wrong in Dallas and we'll probably never know the answer but it ain't pretty. The Eagles and Giants are pretty evenly matched and will fight for the title this year. The team that really intrigues me is the Redskins. Now there is a coach(Mike Shanahan) who can make a difference. Look for the Redskins to be the spoilers of more than a few teams including the ones in their division. The biggest problem the Redskins will have is the same problem the Eagles had over the last several years...Can Donovan McNabb stay healthy for an entire season??? I am going to call it this way....Eagles(Win Division), Giants come in 2nd and out of the playoffs with the Cowboys finishing 3rd and possibly Wade Phillips looking for a job as well. Redskins will finish strong but not enough to get out of the cellar this year.
Tomorrow the AFC...........
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