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I think the Bears might have a chance if Trubisky can make a jump. The Bears have made some decent improvements.
I am guessing it's someone that works at Excaliber........... maybe
Trubisky didn't look much worse as a rookie than Wentz or Goff in their rookie years, the bears got significantly better offensive skill players and coach this year. While I wouldn't bet on the bears, if you told me one of the teams listed played in the next super bowl, I'd assume it was the bears.
Apparently teams ranked 5, 18, and 23 are terrible²
And the Pats underachieved last year but they have some talent.
Both defenses not named New England will see some regression because of the strain the respective offenses will put on them.
Yeah there was a stretch of games where they allowed massive yardage (but part of that is teams having to keep up with their offense) but have always been on of the top "points allowed" defenses.
You know you're good when you have the 5th best defense (scoring), win the conference, and underachieved.
Jets actually upgraded their o-line and running game - they are far from an offensive juggernaut but they shouldn't be worse than last year.
Do you really see the Jets and bills offenses being worse than last year? Buffalo I guess is foreseeable but the Jets really shouldn't be worse.
Jets upgraded their running game to below average, maybe. They don't have any tight ends or wide receivers worth getting excited about. They will be starting a rookie QB for most of the season, I would bet. If he cannot beat out McCown, that's not good. I don't think it's a strain to say that the offense will burden the defense. The Jets have no pass rushers. Their entire linebacker corps are JAGs. Good looking secondary, but how long can they cover for? Yeah, I would call it a bad defense.
I'm not arguing against your Miami pick - they could very well be the surprise team for many reasons.
This hurts my heart as a Bills fan. A playoff team has worse odds than a team that went 0-16
The Bill's QBs though. I'd take the browns over them though either team is a lot more than 100 to 1 to me.
It's only because the Browns took the Bills QB....................Taylor is a difference maker.......hahahahhaa
I disagree actually. I think the only thing they really need is for their offensive line to stay mostly healthy, which is probably not likely. The pieces are in place otherwise.nirad3 said:
this link says 42 to 1 ...
Meh. Cousins makes to many bone head plays to win a playoff game. I’ll take Keenum
No team is more likely to win their division than the Patriots.
Kirk Cousins is a lesser QB than Case Keenum?abbottjamesr said:
It’s in the realm of possibility that Rodgers won’t be as effective this year as he has been in the past. Maybe motivation won’t driving factor but I think it could’ve part of it. I hear reports that Rodgers has not been involved or that he agrees with some of the moves that the staff has made this year and the direction that the team is moving in. Don’t know if any of that is true but it makes sense. The trade away Jordy and replace him with 3 late round draft picks, they seem to want to move toward a run first offense, they brought in another older receiver that can’t separate any more. Maybe I’m reading into things too much but I think the Bears have a chance to win the division.
While it's certainly possible, I'd think Zimmer would have kept Keenum and saved the $10 million / year if he agreed.
Absolutely. I think most people, professional coaches and wannabes like us, believe Cousins has far more physical ability than Keenum. I'm just not certain he is a better QB.
