Top 10 NFL Teams To Watch

[icancount2one]

here is my opinion on top 10 teams to watch and why !

10.RAVENS- now that flacco has a boldin it should be intresting to watch. and i expect ray rice to emerge as top 5 rb this season!

9.TEXANS- i expect them to improve in upcoming season and make run in playoffs . plus any team with andre johnson should always make top 10 to watch . he is simply amazing.

8.PATRIOTS- brady to moss..need i say more?

7.COWGIRLS- as much as i hate them they are stacked with talented players . austin really proving himself last year . i predict he follows up with a even better season this year.

6.CHARGERS- now with LT gone sproles has chance to show out. should be a intresting season.

5.REDSKINS- despite all the drama with that fat FU** at DT , i think mcnabb is a great aquire for them and they will strive.

4.JETS- huge offseason for a already good team . watch for them deep in playoffs!

3.COLTS- as long as number 18 is QB , always a good watch. he always finds ways to win.

2.VIKINGS- with or without brett farve. if he is there i dont need to explain why to wacth. but if he isnt then i will watch just to see how there going to do.

1.SAINTS-Defending world champs with something to prove

All teams in bold are going to be in the "teams that did good last year but are disappointing this year" category, with the possible exception of the Pats. Eagles and Gmen are going to do better than expected in the East, Pats have to contend with the Jets and Fins, history has not been kind to the superbowl losers, Favre should regress to his mean this year, and the Chargers will continue drifting under Norv Turner.

In fact, I think the Chargers are the perennial power most due for a fall. Firing Schotty was a huge mistake, and Antonio Cromartie and LT paid for it. Their defense is vanilla, and their Offense would be stagnant if Rivers wasn't a superstar. With KC getting two big names to run their sides of the ball very well in Crennel and Weis and Oakland getting a QB who isn't Jamarcus Russell, the West isn't going to be a creampuff division anymore.

I would not be surprised if none of these teams made the playoffs, and would be surprised if more than 2 did.

[icancount2one]

^ Oops, I just said the Redskins did well last year. I meant to say they were just over rated as I don't think McNabb will be a good fit in that offense.

[frankzig]

alot of valid reasons

[slacker00]

All teams in bold are going to be in the "teams that did good last year but are disappointing this year" category, with the possible exception of the Pats. Eagles and Gmen are going to do better than expected in the East, Pats have to contend with the Jets and Fins, history has not been kind to the superbowl losers, Favre should regress to his mean this year, and the Chargers will continue drifting under Norv Turner.

In fact, I think the Chargers are the perennial power most due for a fall. Firing Schotty was a huge mistake, and Antonio Cromartie and LT paid for it. Their defense is vanilla, and their Offense would be stagnant if Rivers wasn't a superstar. With KC getting two big names to run their sides of the ball very well in Crennel and Weis and Oakland getting a QB who isn't Jamarcus Russell, the West isn't going to be a creampuff division anymore.

I would not be surprised if none of these teams made the playoffs, and would be surprised if more than 2 did.

If Favre regresses to his mean this year, that's still worth a playoff berth and a playoff win. That's his HOF mean.

Drifting under Turner? Turner has a better track record than Marty @ SD. Norv made the playoffs all 3 years so far and has 3 playoff wins in those 3 years. Norv's 'drift' should equal a playoff berth and a playoff win. That's HIS mean.

You simply make poor arguments here. You've gotta do better than knock a HOF career in Favre or one of the winningest coaches in the last 3 years in Norv. You sound more like a fan than a handicapper.

[Nomocino]

Packers in the Super Bowl

[DaProfessor23]

All teams in bold are going to be in the "teams that did good last year but are disappointing this year" category, with the possible exception of the Pats. Eagles and Gmen are going to do better than expected in the East, Pats have to contend with the Jets and Fins, history has not been kind to the superbowl losers, Favre should regress to his mean this year, and the Chargers will continue drifting under Norv Turner.

In fact, I think the Chargers are the perennial power most due for a fall. Firing Schotty was a huge mistake, and Antonio Cromartie and LT paid for it. Their defense is vanilla, and their Offense would be stagnant if Rivers wasn't a superstar. With KC getting two big names to run their sides of the ball very well in Crennel and Weis and Oakland getting a QB who isn't Jamarcus Russell, the West isn't going to be a creampuff division anymore.

I would not be surprised if none of these teams made the playoffs, and would be surprised if more than 2 did.

out of the teams you picked in bold , i only believe 2 will make playoffs , pats and colts. now saying that , im still leaving them in top 10. I still believe those teams will be good to watch. they may not do the best but almost all those teams have pressure on them , and a big ? mark on how good there going to do this year. most of the have high expectations and it will be enjoyable to watch to see if they can show up. I agree with almost everything you said tho , very good write up. . here are all my playoff predictions

AFC north winner - Ravens
AFC south winner- Colts
AFC east winner- Jets
AFC west winner- Chiefs [ weak division this year , i think chargers start off season bad and dont recover]

NFC North winner- green bay
NFC South winner- Saints
NFC East winner- Giants
NFC West winner- 49ers

AFC wildcard - texans , pats

NFC wildcard- cowboys , vikings

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Superbowl - Ravens vs Packers

[Cappy]

I was holding hope for the panthers, but If Steve Smith is hurt then there is no way they'll do anything. It's a decent squad, but Smith is a monster

[slacker00]

out of the teams you picked in bold , i only believe 2 will make playoffs , pats and colts. now saying that , im still leaving them in top 10. I still believe those teams will be good to watch. they may not do the best but almost all those teams have pressure on them , and a big ? mark on how good there going to do this year. most of the have high expectations and it will be enjoyable to watch to see if they can show up. I agree with almost everything you said tho , very good write up. . here are all my playoff predictions

AFC north winner - Ravens
AFC south winner- Colts
AFC east winner- Jets
AFC west winner- Chiefs [ weak division this year , i think chargers start off season bad and dont recover]

NFC North winner- green bay
NFC South winner- Saints
NFC East winner- Giants
NFC West winner- 49ers

AFC wildcard - texans , pats

NFC wildcard- cowboys , vikings

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Superbowl - Ravens vs Packers

You directly contradict your primary claim. Nice post.

Also, WTF with picking the Chiefs to win the AFC West? They were the worst team in the worst division last year. Cassell is another Scott Mitchell, they are 8-8 in their wet dreams, at best. Even that would take a miracle.

[icancount2one]

Yeah, I think Oakland is much more likely to make a run this year/next year and the Chiefs in the next three years or so. At least they've invested in coaching and have a decent QB. And if you change your NFC wildcard to Falcons and Eagles you have an equally plausible scenario.

Slacker, imo Norv has been winning with Marty's team, and the departures of LT, Antonio Cromartie, and the troubles at WR could be his death knell in SD. He was supposed to be the Jon Gruden that came in and won the big one Norv couldn't, but he hasn't. Brett's career numbers are impressive, but in the last five years he's had only two seasons with more TDs than picks, and is 2-2 in the playoffs. Last year was an insane outlier for him. If he does it again, bully on him, but I doubt it.

There's about 50% turnover on playoff teams every year. I'm just taking an educated guess as to which half.

My playoff scenario (without adjusting for strength of schedule)

AFC:

East: Jets
North: Baltimore
South: Houston
West: Oakland
WC: Cincy, Miami/NE

NFC:

East: Eagles (call me crazy)
North: Green Bay
South: Saints
West: San Fran
WC: Giants/CBoys, Falcons

[slacker00]

Yeah, I think Oakland is much more likely to make a run this year/next year and the Chiefs in the next three years or so. At least they've invested in coaching and have a decent QB. And if you change your NFC wildcard to Falcons and Eagles you have an equally plausible scenario.

Slacker, imo Norv has been winning with Marty's team, and the departures of LT, Antonio Cromartie, and the troubles at WR could be his death knell in SD. He was supposed to be the Jon Gruden that came in and won the big one Norv couldn't, but he hasn't. Brett's career numbers are impressive, but in the last five years he's had only two seasons with more TDs than picks, and is 2-2 in the playoffs. Last year was an insane outlier for him. If he does it again, bully on him, but I doubt it.

There's about 50% turnover on playoff teams every year. I'm just taking an educated guess as to which half.

My playoff scenario (without adjusting for strength of schedule)

AFC:

East: Jets
North: Baltimore
South: Houston
West: Oakland
WC: Cincy, Miami/NE

NFC:

East: Eagles (call me crazy)
North: Green Bay
South: Saints
West: San Fran
WC: Giants/CBoys, Falcons

I do like Oakland to turn things around and surprise some people this year, but I'm not willing to say that they'll overtake the Chargers just yet. The Chargers still have too many veterans with pride and Norv doesn't deserve the flack that he's getting. Marty couldn't win with his own guys, Norv did. I didn't like the way that Marty went out either, but Norv wins playoff games and Marty doesn't.

Being fair to Favre's past 5 years, he's been on 3 different teams and two of them were rebuilding. It's amazing that he was able to survive those years at all, much less put up Pro Bowl performances the past three consecutive years on three different teams. Can you name anyone that's done that?


I know the trend of 50% turnover for division winners in the NFL, I'll take my stab at matching that number:

AFC East Pats/Jets it's 50/50
AFC South Texans/Titans/Colts/Jags it's 25/25/25/25 I actually like the Texans having a slight edge tho.
AFC North Ravens 80-90%, but I'll round up to 100%. I like the offseason moves and general philosophy.
AFC West Chargers 80-90%, but I'll round up to 100%. Chargers get one last free pass in this division.

NFC East Cowboys 50%, Eagles/Skins/Giants 50%. A rare year I think the Cowboys are elite in the NFL.
NFC South Saints 50%, Falcons 50%. I love the Saints this year, but I also love the Falcons.
NFC North Vikings I'll round to 100% Vikings are seriously the most talent stacked team in the NFL right now.
NFC South 49ers 100% I have no faith in Matt Leinhardt, Pete Carroll in the NFL or Sam Bradford as a rookie QB.

So, last year's division winners were Pats,Colts,Bengals,Chargers,Cowboys,Sain ts,Vikings,Cardinals=100%
My picks for repeat winners are Pats(50%),Colts(25),Bengals(0),Chargers( 100),Cowboys(50),Saints(50),Vikings (100),Cards(0)=47% I'm actually picking BELOW 50% for repeat winners according to these numbers.

Here's a revised top ten list, leaning on my division winner predictions:
10. (tie) Texans, Titans, Colts, Jags
9. 49ers
8. Chargers
7. Cowboys
5/6. (tie) Saints/Falcons
3/4. (tie) Pats/Jets
2. Ravens
1. Vikings

[iwantcougars]

Redskins (even more if they trade for v jackson)
Falcons
Dolphins
Texans
49ers

[CaptainPrice]

I really doubt the Reskins will greatly improve. prolly be another 8-8 shanny team

[bigsmitty]

I agree with the Prof's Ravens being a contender. I love their D-line and their attitude. Forget what game it was but they gave the Colts (obviously on paper a hugely better team) got all they could handle and more. Teams like the Ravens and Titans throw a huge headache into teams that are "golden" like the: PATS, COLTS, SAINTS. My article should be written shortly with all opinons considered on ezinearticles. Cheers all

[DaProfessor23]

You directly contradict your primary claim. Nice post.

Also, WTF with picking the Chiefs to win the AFC West? They were the worst team in the worst division last year. Cassell is another Scott Mitchell, they are 8-8 in their wet dreams, at best. Even that would take a miracle.

that was my mistake , wrote that up pretty quick. since ive made my first post in this thread my outlook on this season has changed dramaticly . but i mos def believe chiefs have great chance to win afc west this year , with a few good running backs capable of having huge seasons. and by the way i love the combo of jones/charles , it should relieve alot of stress off casel so he can do what ever he is capable of doing , not sure yet but i think this season will either make or brake him. I have my money on him doing better than he is expected to do as of now by many people who would try to compare him to scott mitchell and what not . and a decent set of wr's i believe to score enough points to make up for lack of D .8-8 in there wet dreams? , i would have to disagree.maybe in chargers dreams chiefs dont ever have a good season so they can walk into playoffs with no competition. but i believe they end season either 8-8 or 9-6. depending if they can steal a game or two here and there. we will see , should be intresting season. not that they are necessarily a great team and will do big things in playoffs , but i feel this could be there year to finally get some "play" and start make a name for there team. call me crazy but thats my prediction
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games i expect they win are

-Week 2 agaisnt Browns
-Week 3 agaisnt eagles
-Week 7 agaisnt jags
-Week 8 agaisnt bills
-Week 9 agaisnt raiders
-Week 11 agaisnt cardinals
-week 15 agaisnt rams
-Week 16 agaisnt Titans
-And either week 1 or week 14 agaisnt chargers or both who knows.

Putting them at the top of AFC west..

PS.- sorry if i offended you by saying that i believe chiefs have a good chance to win there divison lmfao. so ill end this post with a fu** you and Have A Nice Day

[Grits n' Gravy]

Way too early for me to begin capping NFL, but I think Falcons, Packers and Miami will improve on last season's results.

Jets are going to be interesting to watch because expectations are way too high. If they drop a few games early I could see that team imploding.

[slacker00]

games i expect they win are

-Week 2 agaisnt Browns
-Week 3 agaisnt eagles
-Week 7 agaisnt jags
-Week 8 agaisnt bills
-Week 9 agaisnt raiders
-Week 11 agaisnt cardinals
-week 15 agaisnt rams
-Week 16 agaisnt Titans
-And either week 1 or week 14 agaisnt chargers or both who knows.

Putting them at the top of AFC west..

PS.- sorry if i offended you by saying that i believe chiefs have a good chance to win there divison lmfao. so ill end this post with a fu** you and Have A Nice Day

I wasn't offended, just frustrated by the quality of some posts from time to time. I feel a need to say something.

I took a look at their schedule, and I have to agree that their schedule looks favorable. But I don't see them beating the Eagles this year, it's a terrible matchup for them. I also see the Jags & Titans being a tough matchup for them, despite those games being at home, I don't think they'll be favored in either game. I'll concede that 6 or 7 wins is possible with this team, but 8 will be the litmus test which I don't think they pass.

[JW Cash]

Green Bay could definately win the Super Bowl this year...

[TheJer]

Bengals O will be interesting to watch, their D will keep them in games but the pass game has to improve which I think it has and will especially with the Benson situation although with Scott and Leonard as the backups and Leonard ready to step up if needed I think they will be ok. They have a tough road ahead of them this year playing a lot of great teams but I am still excited and very optimistic about my WHODEY!

Being a Patriots fans also I am keeping a close eye on the Welker situation but am looking forward to seeing Edleman in his place.

[bigsmitty]

Pulling the plug on Wes JER? That's a bold statement my friend. How the hell am I supposed to put all this stuff into one concise article that will make people want to buy football jerseys? Maybe group them, I don't know. Cheers

[Jrod124]

Look out for Saints again for sure!

[DaProfessor23]

I wasn't offended, just frustrated by the quality of some posts from time to time. I feel a need to say something.

I took a look at their schedule, and I have to agree that their schedule looks favorable. But I don't see them beating the Eagles this year, it's a terrible matchup for them. I also see the Jags & Titans being a tough matchup for them, despite those games being at home, I don't think they'll be favored in either game. I'll concede that 6 or 7 wins is possible with this team, but 8 will be the litmus test which I don't think they pass.

oh , sorry about the quality , that was a very dumb mistake , i'll try to improve in future posts. and for some reason , i just see them pulling out a 8-8. i have a feeling teams like the eagles and titans will have a tough time stopping the run game because j.charles will be having a highlight season . and with t.jones there to take pressure off him it will help. i think they can steal a game here and there that there +7 . but who knows i could be completely off track , they could defiantly end up like 6-10 or 7-9 , and know one would be surprised [ not even me ] .

[TheJer]

I will never pull the plug on Welker lol but from what I am hearing on ESPN he may miss at least half this season although I think and am hoping he will not.

[AlphaOmega]

The New Orleans Saints will make another run for gold

[frankzig]

like to keep an eye on the jets and washington

[KC]

Jets will not win anything they will fail

Think they are a little overrated as well

[TheJer]

Going to have to agree I think the Jets are a little overrated this year, but we will see fairly soon!

[GunShard]

1. Vikings (With Brett Farve)
2. Saints
3. Colts
4. Packers
5. Cowboys
6. Patriots
7. Ravens
8. Jets
9. Bengals
10. 49ers

My top 10 to make it to the Super Bowl.

[Intuitive_Edge]

Barely 10 good teams in the NFL.

[frankzig]

how about the redskins?

[Killer_Demo]

raiders...its good to know campbell doesnt drink lean all the time and gets fat like duh-marcus

[GheorgheTopa]

Patriots pwns........ ...

[saintjames]

im betting on jets & skins to win their divisions this year

[Breschtastic]

peyton manning is the best QB of all-time and yes that is why the colts are favored to win the super bowl!!!!!!!!!woot

[hanco21]

The Chargers won't win 10 games this year. There best Tackle, WR won't sign till after the season start. Oh, did I mention their 1st round RB hasn't signed either. The team is a mess right now, that is the best of the year Chargers under 10.5

[BetWeather]

Hey guys, I'm writing an article for the top ten nfl teams coming up this season and looking for different ideas. Chime in if you want to suggest a team and why you think they're great. For example, "Green Bay is going to be excellent because Rodgers is a great QB and the team has a lot to prove for their fans..." Cheers

Kansas City will be great this year because they have the best tailgaters!