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Yes, Garcia. If healthy he'll be angry at the Favre thing and be hyper-motivated. OK, use the comments. Be brief, no reason why for your picks. Barring injuries, of coarse. I won't edit mine...

Predictions Before Season Are Silly, But Let's Write January's Comedy Together

by William Berry (Columnist)

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September 04, 2008


Yes, Garcia.  If healthy he'll be angry at the Favre thing and be hyper-motivated.

OK, use the comments.  Be brief, no reason why for your picks.  Barring injuries, of coarse.

I won't edit mine.  I'm on record in other articles on this site anyway.

AFC

East - Patriots

North - Browns

South - Indy

West - Denver

Wild Cards

Jags, Chargers

NFC

East - Giants (SB winner gets this automatically)

North - Packers (Despite Favre apologist's wailings)

South - Bucs

West - Rams (if healthy, remember.)

Wild Cards

Cowboys (screwed out of division pick) and Saints

ROY, MVP, etc. awards are meaningless, but be my guest.

Super Bowl Patriots over Bucs

 

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  1. Paul Gillon 10 months ago

    You show all the classic symptoms acute delusionalism. You most likely believe in the Tooth Fairy, and pixies. In order for the Patriots to make it this season into the post season the team will require daily large showerings of pixie dust.

    RGDS

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  2. William Berry 10 months ago

    Paul,
    Either I missed the sarcasm (a serious possibility) or you are deluding yourself. Let's look at the teams involved.

    Buffalo/Toronto Bills if they improve their record by 4 games they'd be 11-5. And if the Patriots get 4 games worse they'll be 12-4 and beat the Bills

    If Brett Favre improves the Jets 6 games they will be 10-6. If the Patriots collapse and are 6 games worse at 10-6 then it'lll come down to tie breakers.

    If Miami has a 7 game improvement, they are 8-8. If the Patriots, well, lose 9 more games than last year...

    Like I said, maybe I missed the sarcasm.

    What are your picks, all the previous division winners and the Jets?:)

    Seriously, when the cowboys actually win a playoff game you can talk crap. " that's my quarter back.":)

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    • Paul Gillon 10 months ago

      William,

      I'm not totally sold on the Cryboys. They have a dubious history of turning from a team into a group of fuckups come mid November. The Bucs!? I seriously see a horrible Pats season. SB prediction: Dallas over Jacksonville.

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    • William Berry 10 months ago

      Yeah, the Bucs are a weird pick, but after the Cowboys who is there?

      Yes the other guys on GB got screwed by the media. The Packers without Favre were not a bunch of scrubs. I'm still not sold on Rodgers. (Though I could be wrong.)

      Who's left? New Orleans? I admit they are the sexy pick. Like last year. Without Duece they collapsed last year. I could be wrong, but what if Deuce isn't "Deuce" after coming off his injury? Yes, if Bush becomes like Westbrook he'll be good. If he tries to be like Deuce, however...

      Eventually, well around there actually, you hit the level of teams that includes the Bucs. If Garcia stays healthy he is undoubtedly better than, say, Kyle Orton. Add to that his extra "motivation," and you got the Bucs climbing over the dead bodies of "better" teams that had a flaw.

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  3. Paul Augustin, Jr. 10 months ago

    The Pats have all that offensive talent and a very easy schedule. They are a lock to make the playoffs and win their division unless Brady gets hurt and misses most of the season. My only question is why do the Giants automatically win the division this year because they won the Super Bowl last year? The bucs didn't win the division in 2003 after winning it all in 2002 and the Steelers failed to win the division in 2006 after winning the Super Bowl in 2005.

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    • William Berry 10 months ago

      Paul,

      Yes, that is stupid. However, I remember the disrespect in 2002 and 2003. (Heck, in 2004 too.)

      Until the giants are eliminated they are favorites.

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  4. Raider D Richardson 10 months ago

    Denver Winning the AFC West!? As long as Pigs can fly, that will come true.

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    • William Berry 10 months ago

      Again, who? SD will rely on an LT whose high point was the Colts in the Divisional game. Since he starts slow there will be a ton of excuses. Meantime on defense they count on Merriman. He'll be good, but not Merriman.

      So not SD, KC? Too young, maybe in a few years.

      Oakland? With a coach and owner seeing who will blink first? Front Office counts for a lot. (Fortunately you got KC grabbing the cellar in that division.)

      Denver? Cutler was injured last year. We give Roethlesbeger a mulligan for his face plant year, maybe, just maybe, diabetes is in the same class.

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