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Originally posted by Jimmy4
1) No way? There was no way the Lions or the Bengals would get a win last year, but by some miracle it happened. It's called an upset, and considering the Colts with another year of Dungy's D and Edgerrin coming back strong, it shouldn't even be called an upset.
2) How? Because any team can win on any given Sunday. Fox isn't that incompetant, and last time I looked, the Panthers were 7-9 last year, a very respectable record.
3) The Giants are a tough team. Much tougher than you see them. Parcell has an incredible amount of talent to work with, Campo was just Jerry Jones's puppet, nothing more. Not to mention the fact that Parcells has improved on his new teams record the first year he was there. The Cowboys were 5-11 last year and are in a much tougher division, so the wins will come from somewhere.
4) Your Saints lied to us all then.
5) Yes, I'm denying it. Any other playoff offense you put them up against and they're even, if not worse. Hell, I'd take Tampa's offense over the Saints. Granted, I don't like my choices on either side there, but I'd take Tampa. Come on, Tennessee, Philly, the Giants, Washington, all of them should dominate the Saints.
Oh, and Turley was a lot more than you give him credit for, and just because a team has depth doesn't mean it will be good. From Tennessee to the Giants, the Saints will be facing teams with great rushers. You might want to buy Brooks an ass pillow because he's gonna be laying on his for many, many, weeks.
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1) Can't argue with most of your points, but still don't agree with your prediction. James is the man, or was, at least, and should be stronger this year. Manning, what can I say? Damn good QB. However, no matter how much Dungy prods his D, they're still not where they need to be to stop the Saints O. Lions game was a tough loss on the road, one the Saints still had a shot to win, despite way too many turnovers. The Bengals loss, also on the road and in December and Brooks' shoulder was completely fucked. Now that's not an excuse completely, since strange things can happen on any given week, but how can the same team that handed the Super Bowl champs their hats two weeks prior fall apart against the Bungles? However, this will all be moot, if Brooks doesn't recover from shoulder surgery.
2) Much easier making 7-9 with a last place schedule, which they'll have again this year. All I got to say to that.
3) When you say much tougher division, are you insinuating that the NFC East is tougher than the South? I'm sorry, but you really must be smoking something to say something like that. Furthermore, let's play a little exercise: Name for me Dallas' starting QB, RB, WR (#1 only), best Lineman (both sides of the ball), best LB, and best CB. If you're a Dallas fan, fine, I'll accept your bias. The Eagles are the class of the East, by a wide margin.
4) Huh? I think I was trying to point out how strange it is to play the same, non-division team at home two years in a row. Really just making a point, so no response to this is necessary.
5) No team dominated the Saints last year, and the same will be true this year. Off weeks and injuries happen, but, even with those, every game was close last year.
6) Turley was a jackass and overrated. Look at the aforementioned Lions game last year, when Robert Porcher made Turley look like a paper tiger. He'll fold for the Rams just the same.