NFL

A new season has started and time for some predictions. I wanted to write this blog before the season begins but just wanted to give couple of weeks to find out few new facts.

Patriots are looking brilliant again. I actually would be surprised if they can not win the Superbowl this year. It's just perfect team. They got most balanced team. They dont have Chicago Defence, but there defence can hold any team. I would be surprised if anyone can score 3 touchdown against pats in the regular season. They got best coach in the business and they got best Quarterback, Tom Brady. Now, that Offense also have Randy Moss, a star wide receiver. So, last season, Jets do looked little promising but I can safely secure, AFC East to New England Patriots. By judging the way, Miami dolphins or Buffalo Bills play, I doubt they can win more than 6 games in the season. Ny Jets can best hope for the Wild Card, and for that also they have to rely on other teams to play bad.


I hated Steelers coach and I always thoughts, Roethlisberger is a little over rated Quarterback. With new Coach and little more room to their Quarterback, they are looking good. My Guess would be, they would win the AFC North with about 12 Wins. Their Defence needs to hold to let them go further in the Post Season, but Steelers do look Post season reachable team. Baltimore Ravens would be the second team in the group, and they would give a good fight to Steelers but I think, They might have to settle for Wild Card. But, Ravens look good with their defence, In fact, there defence is way, better than Broncos and might be the best defence in AFC. Cleveland Browns would struggle to win more than 6 games while Cincinnati Bengals would atleast win 8 or 9 games and would be in the race of Wild Card but may loose out against Chargers/Broncos.

AFC South is like NFC East. Toughest group of AFC, but I would say, Colts are still going to win this group. I saw them struggling against, Vince Young's Titans and Texans but as long as Tony Dungy and Payton Manning is there, they would be still winning atleast 12 games and would qualify for the Post Season. I dont think so, they would be able to make it to the Super Bowl this year, as Pats are looking way better than Colts but we are long way away from season end. Jaguars got good defence. They are good enough team to hold the oppositions to 20 pointers but I dont know how many games they will win with their offence. Here comes Head Vs Heart Problem, I like Vince Young so I want Titans to play good, I think, Houston Texans are the best underdog team of the league. So, I would actually put, Jaguars last and would guess they might win not more than 9 games in the season. I assume, Titans and Texans would also win around 7 or 8 games. But none of the other team would qualify for the Wild Card from this group.

AFC West, initially looked 2 way battle. Chargers looked awesome last season and so is Broncos. I think Broncos are going to win this group but not with 12 wins, may be 11. Raiders are not looking horrible this season, like they looked last season. They would and should atleast win more than 6 games. Chiefs is the horrible team of the entire group and may be alongwith Bills they would come with the least number of wins at the end of the season. Whichever game Chiefs are going to win is because of Larry Johnson. They gotto remove their coach as soon as possible. I think, Chargers are struggling ever since they lost to Pats, but I guess LT would make them the post season team. As they have the new coach, they would go with that initial struggle, but they would be my Wild Card Team.

So, PATS and Colts would avoid to play with the Wild Card Team. Steelers will play Chargers and they should be able to hold on while, Ravens and Broncos would be some defensive game. My prediction says, We will have PATS Vs Steelers/Broncos in the AFC finals while PATS will go all the way to the Super Bowl.

NFC East is the toughest group of both the league. All 4 teams are playing tight games, and any one of them is capable of winning the group. Washington RedSkins is the best underdog team. I think, all the teams are going to win minimum of 7 wins. The battle of who winning NFC East would go to the last 2 weeks. It is hard to predict who would win the NFC East, but my personal favorite for this year would be Philadelphia Eagles. They got almost as good of defence as of Giants and they got the best /experienced Quarterback of the League, Donovan Mcnaab. Although Tony Romo from Cowboys is a revolution, but Since he became celebriety , he is going to struggle. Having New Coach is definately not going to help Cowboys, Plus they got their own problematic great wide receiver, Number 81, TO, the infamous, Terrel Owens. I must say this, Newyork Giants got very good defensive team. But Eli Manning has his own limitations, He is not as bad as Rex Grossman who is just Gross....but Eli struggles against good blitz, but he also has ability to pull up the fighting in the second quarter to make his team come backs. Do I think, there will be any chance of 2 teams coming from this group, well, the group is so tightly placed that, it is going to be a matter of 1 win to miss the bus of Wild Card. So, Eagles would win the group, Cowboys and Giants would be second and third team but hey Watch Out for Red Skins, they may surprised everyone, including me.

NFC North at this moment looks secure for Greenbay Packers. They dont have great team, but they are playing like a great team. They are playing for their Quarterback, Brett Favre. I think , over the coarse of long season, Favre;s body is going to struggle but I do think, they would win NFC North. Vikings is the most unpredictable team. You never know with them, they are crazy team, They have the ability to create those one of two big upset wins but I dont think so they are any threat overall. They would finish under 8 wins. Lions are looking good team but eventually they are also going to fumble and although they look above 10 winning team, but they wont win 10 games for sure. So, Question for this group would be, Can Chiago Bears, win the group against Packers, My Answer is, Not Until they have Rex Grossman as their Quarterback. I mean come on, that guy is horrible. He can just maximum become, Baseball Outfielder, He has good arm but that guy throws the Football like a 10 year old kid. They gotto remove him to have any chance to go further this season. Mind you, Chicago Bears got the best defense in the entire NFL and they got a good coach as well and they got special, "Special Team" with Hefner. So, Packers on number 1 and Bears on number 2. This could change, if bears change their Quarterback.

NFC South, would be more clear after next week with their number 1 and number 2 team playing with each other. Carolina Panthers are good all round team while Tampa Bay Buccs, got Jeff Garcia. I think Saints would struggle to win even 10 games this season and would struggle even to win the group or get the Wild Card. Falcons were going to struggle even with Miachael Vick, without him, season has ended for them before it can begin. My personal fav. would be Tampa Bay Buccs. Panthers and Saints have to fight for number 2 and 3.

NFC West, would once again go to Seattle Seahawks. They got good offense, good quarterback, good coach. I think they are looking very very good this year. Rams are going to struggle this year, 49ers would put up a fight but I doubt they can make to the Post Season this time. Cardinals are underrated team but they would not qualify for the post season as well.

So, Eagles/Packers/Buccaneers/Seahawks are going to win their groups while Panthers and Cowboys would be Wild Card teams. Bears can upset this with change of their Quarterback while Redskins would be underdog team.