2005 NFL PREVIEW

NFC East Preview

Philadelphia would be doing themselves a world of good if they would just rid themselves of that cancerous Owens, but we all know that will not happen. Love him or hate him the Eagles are just going to have to put up with Mr.Rich for the time being, the offensive unit is better with Owens on the field but the overall team is NOT. One thing you can't knock Owens about, he makes every off-season an interesting one.
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The NY Giants still have an all-star look to their lineup but what they don't have is that all-star "finish". What the Giants need to do is open up their offense, this is a team that has been gaining their yards 2-3 at a time for almost a decade now. The Giants are always one of the lowest scoring teams in the league, they have so much offensive power to work with yet it rarely comes to fruition. If the Giants are going to have success this season they are going to have use their outside receivers more, they are also going to have to get creative with their running game which for the last 6 years has been the same almost every touch - straight up the gut.
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The Dallas Cowboys have sure fallen a long way from the late 80's pillar of grace they once occupied. This team does not have a proven superstar anywhere near the team complex, their running game is one of the worst in the league and their passing game is one of the most ineffective ever witnessed. There will be all sorts of new faces on the Cowboys squad this season, it will take them quite some time to gel as a complete unit on the field.
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Washington has been a team in turmoil for many years now, management fighting publicly with their players has been a big problem for this team and things have not gotten any better over this last year. The Redskins are expecting a whole lot of offense from RB Curtis Portis, while he is a great ball-carrier we have learned in the past what can happen when teams depend too much on just one player - failure. Washington is not a team with any real chemistry, they come to play for their cheques but most of the players on this team could easily be replaced with a practice squad member and observers would not notice a difference. There are way too many mediocre players on this Redskins team to actually consider them a contender for anything this season, I expect Washington to lose a ton of games in 2005.
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AFC West Preview

San Diego got career years out of QB Drew Brees (3159yds + 27 TDs) & RB Ladainian Tomlinson (1335yds + 17 TDs), Antonio Gates was a great presence as well with 81 catches for 964yds - he also contributed 13 scores on the season. The Chargers were 12-4 last season and they did very well at home where they lost just 1/8 on the year. Expect the dynamic duo of Brees and Tomlinson to burn up the field once again this season, with more then a few years playing together now under their belts, these two are capable of anything.
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Denver is the team that always seems to be just out of the reach of the promised land. Great team, great players, great chemistry, just not much finish. The Broncos finished last season 10-6 but with some of the numbers they put up, this team should have had a much better record. Jake Plummer led the offense with over 4000yds passing and he stayed healthy enough to throw a staggering 27 TDs, WRs Lelie & Smith combined for over 2200yds receiving alone, this team has star-power. The team is a little revamped this season, overall they still have their core players intact and should look much the same as last season. With Plummer familiar with his surroundings and knowing what his team-mates are capable of, this team might just do some serious damage this season.
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Kansas City finished last season with just 7 wins next to 9 losses, quite frankly - they stunk. They still do because Dick Vermeil is still the coach. A good guy, a great person, a fantastic role model but when it comes to coaching, Vermeil is kraft dinner. He's been in the league now for 14 years and his coaching record sits at 110-103, that's only 7 games over the .500 mark. He came from St. Louis where he won the SB with a Marshall Faulk who was in his prime and a much younger Kurt Warner who was staking his territory and making a new name for himself with the Rams, oh yeh, and Warner was working with a couple guys named Bruce and Hakim as well. Vermeil has Priest Holmes (892yds rushing 14 TDs on the ground alone) Tony Gonzalez (1258yds receiving 7TDs in the air alone) and Trent Green who passed for 4591yds and 27TDs last season, this guy has gold in his hands yet is producing lemon-seasons. Until the brass for the Chiefs understand they need a coaching change, this team will continue to hang around the .500 mark.
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Oakland was the worst team in the AFL West last season with a record of just 5-11. Their ground game was atrocious, Amos Zereoue (?) was their leading rusher with 425yds and only 3 scores, THAT is how bad their ground game was. Overall the team was crap and their hasn't been enough change on their roster at this point to suggest this season will be any different then last.
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NFC North Preview

Even with a graying Brett Favre at the helms last season the Green Bay Packers still managed 1st place in the NFC North, they finished the season 10-6 overall but impressed most on the road where they won 6 of 8 on the year. WRs Javon Walker and Donald Driver both finished the season with over 1200yds, Driver had 84 catches while Walker hauled in 89. Favre is ignoring father time and this season will eclipse the 50,000 yard passing mark for his career, it will happen sometime over the course of the first two regular season games. Green Bay has their core players in camp so they are ready to go, it should be another challenging season for Favre and company but there is no reason this team can't challenge for first in the NFC North.
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Minnesota was one of the most inconsistent teams of last season, they did finish 8-8 but the Vikings looked like a real bad team more then they ever did a good one. Now with their leading ball-carrier in Onterrio Smith gone for the year because of drug problems, their star-player in Randy Moss gone to Oakland, this Vikings team will look even more dysfunctional. It was QB Daunte Culpepper who was the second leading rusher on this team last season with 406yds on 88 carries, Culpepper averaged 4.6yds per carry, who is this team going to hand the ball to?? Randy Moss may have been a distraction to this team, he may have been the biggest goofball to ever put on the purple uniform but who is going to fill his shoes from last seasons 767yds + 13 endzone strikes?? There are many questions to be answered on this team, the biggest one of them all has to be "does Culpepper even want to be one this team anymore"? Minnesota will struggle to reach .500 this season.
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The Detroit Lions had a dreadful season in 2004, they went just 6-10 and had mirror-image records of 3-5 both at home and on the road. It did not help the team one bit when they lost all-star receiver Charles Rogers to an early season-ending injury. The one shining light out of last season was the fact that RB Kevin Jones had 1133yds on just 241 carries, he averaged almost 5yds per carry and he saw the endzone 5 times. Their two leading receivers combined had only 1350yds, that is going to have to improve bigtime if they are going to be better then they were last season, Rogers return to the lineup should give Harrington more options and confidence then he had last year.
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The Chicago Bears had one of their worst seasons in franchise history in 2004, they finished with just 5 wins next to 11 losses. Worst of all the Bears won just 2 of 8 at home, they gave their fans nothing to cheer about and they shuffled their lineup so often that even their head coach needed a media guide to figure out who was on the field. Chad Hutchinson was the leading pivot with a total of just 903yds through the air, he threw a grand total of 4 TDs. Thomas Jones was their leading rusher with only 948yds, he barely averaged 4yds per carry and he only managed 7 TDs on the year. The leading receiver on this team had only 699yds on the season, it was David Terrell and he caught only 1 TD marker on the season, it WAS ugly. Chicago has not made enough off-season noise to suggest this season will be any different then last.
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NFC South Preview

The Atlanta Falcons finally got more then a couple games out of their star quarterback, Michael Vick led his team to an 11-5 record last season and they challenged every opponent they met. Atlanta was an incredible 7-1 at home, there was big money to be made on the Falcons on their own turf. Vick passed for 2313yds last season and he did throw 14 TD strikes, but his feet were his strongest weapon as he piled up over 900yds on the ground including 3 endzone markers. Atlanta will find it hard to repeat last seasons incredible run, RB Warrick Dunn is more prone to injury and their receivers aren't giving Vick the support he needs to reach that next level.
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The New Orleans Saints have all the makings of a contender but they just can't seem to get past that annoying .500 mark. Aaron Brooks passed for 3810yds last season, he threw 21 TDs, RB Deuce McAllister rushed for 1074yds and he saw the endzone 9 times last year, Aaron Stecker was a solid backup averaging over 4yds per carry and marking up 2 TDs on the season. Joe Horn had a very solid year with 1399yds and 11 TDs. The Saints have all the tools they need to get to that next level but they need to keep their players healthy, they have had 2 or 3 of their star players on the shelf for almost every game over the last few seasons. I expect the Saints to do better then .500 this season, this could be their year. Click Here For An In Depth New Orleans Saints Season Preview >>

Its difficult to fathom how Carolina QB Jake Delhomme could pass for almost 4000yds last season, throw 29 TD strikes and still the team didn't even make the .500 mark. Last year the Panthers went just 7-9, they were just 3-5 at home and that really hurt them down the stretch. Muhsin Muhammad had a monster year with 93 catches for 1405yds, he also hauled in 16 TD markers. Their ground game was questionable more days then not, Nick Goings led the team with 821yds but only 6 TDs on the season. Carolina hasn't made many moves since the season ended, I don't expect they will do much better this season then they did last.
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It's hard to believe it was only a few years back that the Tampa Bay Bucs were dancing around our television screens holding the SuperBowl. Time goes fast and so does talent if you let it get away on you which the Bucs certainly have. Long gone are stalwarts from that Bucs defense that won the SB, Warren Sapp - John Lynch just to name a few have left for greener pastures and it is showing very clearly at this stage of the game. The Bucs finished last season just 5-11, good for last place in the NFC South, the only bright spot from last year is that the Bucs did all their losing on the road (1-7) so their fans did get a little bit back for their investment. This is a very unbalanced team and it has not helped one bit that the Bucs have been completely unable to develop their own QB over the last decade, they continue to bring in leaders from other clubs and then get impatient when they do not see immediate results. Bucs are in a serious transition period but until management recognizes it and addresses it, the problems on this team will continue.
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