Hey ladies and gentlemen, thought I would come back from my month layoff of not writing and write my NFL preseason top 10.
I will be updating the top 10 every week and making sure it's accurate to me. So I present to you, my NFL preseason top 10.
1. New York Giants
Now, I know everybody is saying that the Patriots are the best team, but that's just on paper. They were the best team on paper last year also, if I remember, and I don't remember them winning the Super Bowl.
Until the Giants lose a game in the regular season, they are the ones to beat, because in case you guys forgot, they are the defending Super Bowl Champions.
Eli Manning showed us what he was capable of in the playoffs, and I expect him to show improvement this year. Brandon Jacobs is a tough runner that is hard to bring down, and Ahmad Bradshaw is a change-of-pace running back.
Their defense isn't going to be as dominant as it was last year in the playoffs, and the wide receivers are going to be about the same with Plaxico Burress coming back with a healthy ankle. Jeremy Shockey's departure is a loss because of his talent, but is an upgrade because of his attitude in the locker room.
2. New England Patriots
What a season last year, 16-0 in the regular season and then came up short at winning the Super Bowl. Sorry guys, 18-1 without a Super Bowl win is horrible.
I do believe they are probably going to have the best offense once again, with Randy Moss, Wes Welker, and Tom Brady, but their defense is going to be even older than last year, and they lost Asante Samuel, but drafted a beast of a linebacker in Jerod Mayo, who should be a breath of fresh air at the linebacker position.
They have the easiest schedule in football, and that should help with the defense not wearing out, but don't expect another 16-0 season.
3. San Diego Chargers
Man, this team is loaded with talent: LT, Shawn Merriman, Luis Castillo, Antonio Gates, Jamal Williams, Shaun Phillips, Antonio Cromartie, Quenten Jammer, and Mike Scifres. Now, with all that talent you would think they could make a Super Bowl run, but they haven't been able to.
Last year, the injury bug bit them where it hurt (LT, Rivers, and Gates). As long as they can stay healthy and have the electric defense they usually have, then I don't see why they can't make a Super Bowl run and maybe finally make it "Lights Out" for the critics.
They seem to know how to beat the Colts, but it's the Patriots they have to prove themselves against.
4. Dallas Cowboys
Now I know your saying Tony Homo or whatever nickname you have for Tony Romo, and I bet your also probably saying TO is a crybaby and is a jerk.
Well, I hate to break it to you guys, but TO is a freak of an athlete, no question about that. He does drop passes, but he catches a lot of TD passes, thanks in part to Tony Romo being his quarterback, oh and don't forget about Jason Witten, either.
Tony hasn't won a playoff game, but I see that changing this year. The team is better all around, and the offense is going to be the same or even better, with the addition of Felix Jones.
13 comments Last one added 10 months ago — Leave a Comment
Michoel Botwinick 11 months ago
Good article!
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Vinny Gazzara 11 months ago
Finally, someone gives the superbowl champs some credit! Good article.
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Brendan Krooker 11 months ago
Giants #1? What are you smoking?
They lost a lot fo good players from last year's team and they were not a great team last season. They simply got hot at the right time and got a lot of bounces.
Giants will either lose in the 1st round or not make the playoffs.
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Vinny Gazzara 11 months ago
Its more than you can say for whoever you root for.
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Tanner Kluth 11 months ago
I hope you're rating the Giants number one for reasons other than "They're the Superbowl champs."
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Vinny Gazzara 11 months ago
until someone bets the Giants, they're No.1, and you can't deny that. As the Giants proved last season, you can't predict a season on paper.
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Tanner Kluth 11 months ago
Without Favre, Green Bay isn't nearly as good of a team. Aaron Rogers has very little experience, and I doubt the team truly sees him as a leader.
They're still good, but I think Minnesota takes the NFC North crown.
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Tanner Kluth 11 months ago
>>In the six games where he broke 100 yards, he rushed for 953 yards. So he ran for most of his yards in those six games.<<
Yup. And that's amazing. He wins games by himself.
Most of the games where Peterson rushed for under one hundred yards where when he was out with injury, so it's unfair to call him inconsistent.
If you take the Redskins game for instance, Gregg Williams took a big risk by doing as little coverage as possible against the pass, so most of the defense was stuffing the run. He had twenty-seven yards in that game.
Normal, balanced coverage = Monster numbers for Peterson.
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m m 11 months ago
Aaron "Run for your life" Rodgers hasn't proven anything except he is more likely to get injured than not. I want to see him do well, but I wanted Favre to come back. No one has said anything about what put him over the edge to retire: a handicapped guy who came to the organization the same time as Favre died the week before he retired...and a death will make you over react sometimes. Aaron Rodgers better have a career like Tom Brady, or him and Thompson are going to get shipped off to warmer weather. Viva Favre!!
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Kyle Bunton 11 months ago
Guys I'm just saying "To Be The Champs, You Have To Beat The Champs." Like I said, the rankings will change, this is just for the preseason, I'm absolutely sure the Giants won't be that high in my later rankings. And as for the Vikings, you can't just win a division with running, you need to be balanced, unless you're the New England Patriots and pass almost every down.
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Fher T 11 months ago
This is gonna be the Bolt's year!!
good review.
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Brendan Krooker 11 months ago
The Giants winning the SB was like App State beating Michigan, a fluke.
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Jack Temple 10 months ago
Somehow I stumbled on this article through google and this article was so ridiculous that I joined the site just to post this comment saying that you, my friend, are an incompetent moron. It honestly seems like you picked 13 teams out of a hat and wrote a bullshit paragraph about each one as you pulled it out. And thats not a typo, you actually put 13 teams into your top ten list because your plethora of insightful thoughts to offer readers gives you the ability to completely ignore the fact that a top ten list of teams contains just that......10 teams. Whats worse is that you have other clueless "sports fans" post useful responses such as "Good article!" to further stroke your ego and continue wasting other peoples time by writing crappy articles with insanely underdeveloped opinions about sports. Maybe instead of a month off this time, you retire. Good Article though.
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