Chad Pennington is a MAJOR upgrade for them. I expect them to win atleast 2-5 games this year. Anymore and they are getting lucky. I think Pennington will be the major reason for the improvement. He is a very good player who doesn't usually make mistakes. Most of his INT or deflected or dropped passes that are picked off.
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Chad Pennington isnt a Major upgrade for them its a Decent upgrade because miami is in need for a QB. Lets be honest he cant even throw a post pattern. Its one of the easiest passes to deliver in football. Its just a pass with an angle to where only your receiver can catch the ball and he has trouble with that. The dolphins are banking on him being their future QB but I dont see it happening. It could happen I've seen it happen before. Just imo he's decent but he'll never be amazing. The jets will make it to the playoffs no doubt with favre by wildcard. I mean their only fighting miami and bills for the 2nd spot. I say 2nd because I dont see the jets having a better record then the pats in the long run.
Jericho and Coles will see a huge improvement with the addition to brett and show their true potential as WRs. Those 2 WRS are gonna go from average WRs to above average WRs because of favre. Lemme break this down from AFCs TOP 8 as of right now.
AFC
1 San Diego Chargers - Getting better every year, always a threat, and are hungrier than before. LT and Rivers should have an amazing season come this fall. Gates should be 100% by fall. Their defense is just amazing. Its like the indy colts defense while blitzing except they have a better backfield coverage then indy. Alot of people can agree or debate how most of the games they lose they should have always won. So in the future when they dont lose a game they are supposed to win they'll be super bowl champs.
2 Indianapolis Colts - Upgrading their roster, healing players, dont have much to fix just need to work on small errors, Defense has gotten so much better then 04-06. Offense has also been more explosive as of late. Key offensive players Wayne, Harrison, Gonzalez, Clark, Addai and most recently got D-Rhodes back from the Raiders but they lost Fletcher and Utect who were te's but that doesnt hurt much because they picked up a 2nd RB and clark will have to do by himself as always.
3 New England Patriots - Lost a couple of core players but they'll be playing tougher then ever this season because of the superbowl fluke which they were robbed. Brady wont break any records or do anything as crazy as he did last year but he'll still throw over 25 touchdowns and the patriots will do what they do best which is find ways to win games.
4 Jacksonville Jaguars - Physical team, always hurts their opponents, Their O is explosive especially their running game as of the past 2 years which has gotten so much better, most of all their defense needs a little work. This team reminds me of the colts in 03-06 with inconsistant defense except its not against the run this time its against the pass. If their defense steps up their almost impossible to beat.
5 Pittsburgh Steelers - Very shaky all around, one minute their good with running the ball and the next their not. Same thing happens to big bens wide recievers and te's. Their D is solid against the run but needs work on the pass. They have plently ways to score but need to be more consistant.
6 Tennesse Titans - Vince Young is healing and looking good. His receivers arent looking bad. Their running game and qb sneak game is good as usual. Their defense is solid and they have a kicker who can eat a 50 yard fg like nothing. This team isnt a joke but at the same time not so much of a threat but if you dont play smart against this team or they catch you while your sleeping they will make you pay for it. They probably will have a better season then the steelers this fall but I list them as number 6 and not 5 because when the steelers are in the zone their very tough to break.
7 Cleveland Browns - Always fun to watch, their more of a pass type offense so dont expect any huge or cool running plays but their splashed in their with passes, their defense is absolutely horrible which explains alot of their close games. Their offensive weapons and ability to score quickly makes up for their defense but they really need a better defense espescially against the pass in order to win games.
8 Cincinatti Bengals - This team is good but the players need to communicate better. Alot of their failures of wrong plays or mismatched formations is because of the teams incapablity to communicate with one another. This team doesnt have much chemistry but then again they have two amazing wide receivers. Their sort of like the browns but the bengals have a running game as well. Defense for the bengals is ok but could be better. I didnt choose this as number 7 because the browns are communicating well with each other and the bengals lack that to be taken seriously.
Heres my top 8 list for the NFC but I'll type a description on why I feel it should be in this order after because i've typed so much already. :lol:
NFC
1 Dallas Cowboys
2 New York Giants
3 Minnesotta Vikings
4 Philadelphia Eagles
5 Green Bay Packers
6 Tampa Bay Buccs
7 Seattle Seahawks
8 Chicago Bears
If theirs gonna be any sleeper football team for this years football season. Its gonna be based on the Green Bay Packers. Not only because getting rid of favre you can argue was dumb. But because if aaron rogers is as good as green bay thinks he is. It will shock the world and the green bay packers would again be a force to be reckon with. If hes not as good as the packers think he is then he better lace up for a media beatdown and a bad season.
I'll post my NFC top 8 decriptions tommorow morning.
