2006 NFC Predictions
 

I was talking to a Dallas Cowgirl fan the other day arguing who is a better coach Gibbs or Parcells. His argument for Parcells was weak and I ended up [font=Helv][size=2][font=Verdana]guaranteeing[/font] [/size][/font]him the the 'Skins will finish no lower than #2 in the NFC East. I really believe this now that:

[b][u]Internal Reasons[/u][/b]
1.We have Saunders designing/calling the plays. Which should put us in the top 5 in offense. (Portis, Cooley, Moss, Patten) yes I said Patten

2. G. Williams is back and has learned alot(how to influence players) from Gibbs. *** He is our future coach so the system will stay the same.

3. All of our core players are signed for awhile(and they believe)

[b][u]External Reasons[/u][/b]

1. NY Giants only won the NFC East title because of an [u]extra[/u] home game.(Eli Manning has been exposed. Stop Tiki= Stop Giants)

2. The Eagles will be better but never like they were a few years past.
(They need a #1, #2, #3 receiver) The defense sucked with all of its starters.

3. Cowboys just suck. (even if they get TO, look who is throwing the ball)


[b][u]My Concerns of not being #1 in East[/u][/b]

1. Jason Campbell- We dont now how this is going to pan out. (Can he handle the blitz, will he gel with the receivers, is he NFL ready)

2. We need another #2 receiver in the offseason. Patten is a #2. But we need another just for good measure.


Am I wrong for making such a prediction so early or is it just me that feels we are looking at a Super Bowl in the next 2 years?

***Doesnt it feel good to see people try and JUMP on the 'Skins bandwagon since Gibbs is back.lol.lol.lol. (aka: Peter King)

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I honestly belive that we can be NFC Champions next year pending our offseason goes alright as far as the cap is concerned. I really think we have a window of opprotunity right now that we must take advantage of.

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all depends on if brunell can hold up/campbell is ready to start

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it's early to be discussing this. but i think the Eagles are still the team to beat. Donovan healthy makes Todd Pinkston look like he belongs in the NFL. And lets me honest, my little sister can take a hit more like a man than that faggot.

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HA! That's hilarious.

I TRULY doubt the Eagles will be a contender though. NFC East will be wide open with the Cowboys looking to be in the cellar.

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16-0!!

It's January, let's talk in August.

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eagles have a really good QB and a good staff, so they'll always be a threat of some kind.

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we will be the number 1 seed in the NFC

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I just dont see anyone stopping us from being the NFC East champs but ourselves.

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I know it's a little early for this considering Free Agency and the Draft hasnt begun yet but here is my Pre- FA/Draft predictions for the NFC.

1.Seahawks 13-3
2.Redskins 12-4
3.Panthers 11-5
4.Vikings 10-6
5.Giants 10-6
6.Falcons 9-7
7.Buccaneers 9-7
8.Eagles 9-7
9.Cardinals 8-8
10.Cowboys 8-8
11.Bears 8-8
12.Packers 7-9
13.Rams 7-9
14.Saints 6-10
15.Lions 6-10
16.49ERS 5-11

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You dont think we can get that last win to over take the seaweeds?lol.lol.

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[QUOTE=RMSkins]I know it's a little early for this considering Free Agency and the Draft hasnt begun yet but here is my Pre- FA/Draft predictions for the NFC.

1.Seahawks 13-3
2.Redskins 12-4
3.Panthers 11-5
4.Vikings 10-6
5.Giants 10-6
6.Falcons 9-7
7.Buccaneers 9-7
8.Eagles 9-7
9.Cardinals 8-8
10.Cowboys 8-8
11.Bears 8-8
12.Packers 7-9
13.Rams 7-9
14.Saints 6-10
15.Lions 6-10
16.49ERS 5-11[/QUOTE]

I think the Seahags are a one hit wonder. They did look rather impressive against the Panthers though.

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[QUOTE=skinsguy]I think the Seahags are a one hit wonder. They did look rather impressive against the Panthers though.[/QUOTE]

Frankly, the Skins D played Seattle much tougher than Carolina. We're left to wonder what might have been had Carlos Rogers not dropped the INT for a 10-0 Skins lead. I'll say this - if we get a rematch, Al Saunders won't be nearly so conservative as Gibbs was in Seattle. Their weak link on defense is the secondary, and Gibbs didn't try to exploit that until they were down 2 TDs. It would be sweet if the Skins could get home field, but as bad as the NFC West is, Seattle could go 13-3 or 14-2 next year.

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I think the best preparation for the playoffs is the NFC East. Once we come out no less than #2, we should have no problems in the playoffs. With our offense being wide open next year, Seattle wont have a chance.

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[QUOTE=SouperMeister]Frankly, the Skins D played Seattle much tougher than Carolina. We're left to wonder what might have been had Carlos Rogers not dropped the INT for a 10-0 Skins lead. I'll say this - if we get a rematch, Al Saunders won't be nearly so conservative as Gibbs was in Seattle. Their weak link on defense is the secondary, and Gibbs didn't try to exploit that until they were down 2 TDs. It would be sweet if the Skins could get home field, but as bad as the NFC West is, Seattle could go 13-3 or 14-2 next year.[/QUOTE]

You don't think that they'll lose Hutchinson and Alexander?

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Here are my early predictions for next year.

NFC
Washington 12-4
Tampa Bay 12-4
Seattle 10-6
Chicago 9-7
Atlanta 10-6
Dallas 10-6

Dallas beats Seattle
Atlanta beats Chicago
Washington beat dallas
Tampa beats Atlanta

NFC championship Washington over TBAY

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skins are gonna make the playoffs and the giants from the east :towel:

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I think the Skins have a really good chance to win the division. And I don't agree that Philly is still the team to beat. They have no running back, and their o-line is suspect. I know they had a lot of injuries, but I don't see them coming back as strong as they were before.

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Realisticly, the NFC East will be a dog fight. Every team in the NFC East is competitive, even the Cowgirls. The Redskins are off to a great start in the offseason but they have to upgrade their personnel especially at wide receiver, defensive line and the quarterback position (Brunnel needs to improve or Campbell needs to take the job). This is how I see the rankings in the East.

1. Washington Redskins
2. Philadelphia Eagles
3. New York Giants
4. Dallas Cowboys

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You think Philly will be better than the giants? The Eagles are getting Westbrooke back along with McNabb but their receivers are trash. Eli at least has receivers.(although he cant win ball games with his arm)

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If the 'boys don't make the playoffs next year. Goodbye Tuna!

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[QUOTE=Monksdown]If the 'boys don't make the playoffs next year. Goodbye Tuna![/QUOTE]

Do you think he'll hang it up or do you think Jerry Jones's patience will run out. Personally, I think he'd walk away cause he doesn't have the patience for that. I mean God forbid he get a young QB and development them, oh no, just put a band aid on that position. :rolleyes:

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i dont think even j jones has the balls to fire parcells.at least 10 wins and 2 playoff wins.i really can see us in the nfc championship game next season

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I predict that the NFC East will be much tougher next season.

Little Eli will have another season under his belt and should cut down on mistakes. The[color=navy] [b]Giants[/b][/color] have a good linebacker group, led by "our" guy, Antonio Pierce. The secondary got better thru the season. They need another receiver to balance Plax Burress. Toomer is near done from what I see. They will compete for a receiver with the Redskins on the free agent market.

The [color=seagreen][b]Iggles[/b][/color] are a playoff caliber team when they are healthy. Donovan McNabb makes them so. Plus, I'm not convinced they will follow-thru with dropping Terrell Owens. When faced with the reality of getting nothing in return for dropping him, the Iggles may lose the emotion and make a hard core business decision - no drop/trade if no value in return. For TO, there is no better way to rehabilitate his rep than by playing well for Philly. He will not improve his contract by leaving. I say it's 50-50 Owens stays. Don't laugh. I'm not predicting this, but won't be surprised if it happens!

The [color=blue][b]Cowboys[/b][/color] have the biggest challenge only because O-line issues are the hardest to fix. If they can coach up those young tackles, they could easily win 9 games.

The [color=darkred][b]Redskins[/b][/color] take an interesting approach to 2006 by investing in coaches. I think that's smart. They have most of the other pieces already. The O-line is almost good enough to earn the name Hogs. David Patten returns; at least he draws double coverage. They have young rushing talent to back up Clinton Portis. We don't need to talk about the D, except to say we are better off with Arrington here than gone. Mostly thay have team continuity in staff and most players. They have to make better use of who they have. Gibbs didn't play fantasy football (play the name game) last season. He did his homework and thought about the attributes he wanted in role players. Then he got players everybody else overlooked. What did [i]YOU[/i] think when you heard he signed Santana Moss and Mark Brunell? I believe he/Saunders will do the same and come up with someone unexpected, but who is exactly what the offense needs.

Barring injury, I say the Giants and Redskins could win 11-12 games next season. Philly is in that group with McNabb [i]and[/i] Owens. Dallas' prospects depend on how well they upgrade protection for Drew Bledsoe.

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Jerry is the type of guy, that if it seems unreasonable to fire someone. Especially someone with the Tuna's credentials, he would fire him just to prove to us how smart he is. I love the guy, I really do.

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Jerry jones fired Jimmy Johnson, who won 2 Super bowls for the girls. Tuna fish has doing nothing close to that, so him being fired is not too far off.

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texanskin,how well does it work you being a skins fan in philly?ill bet that sweet come football season

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We are a #2 WR and some depth at OL,DL,CB away from home field advantage throughout the playoffs. if we can get...

1) A.Randle El and possibly K.Robinson
2) Depth at OL, DL, CB nobody expensive
3) X-Factor Jesse Lumsford. I think this kid can be very versitol for us. On short yardage on screens similar to the way we use cooley and special teams.

This will not be that hard to do. We pull it off and Joe Gibbs will win his 4th Super Bowl with 4 different QB's, cementing his rightfull place as the best Head Coach Ever.

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[QUOTE=Dana87]We are a #2 WR and some depth at OL,DL,CB away from home field advantage throughout the playoffs. if we can get...

1) A.Randle El and possibly K.Robinson
2) Depth at OL, DL, CB nobody expensive
3) X-Factor Jesse Lumsford. I think this kid can be very versitol for us. On short yardage on screens similar to the way we use cooley and special teams.

This will not be that hard to do. We pull it off and Joe Gibbs will win his 4th Super Bowl with 4 different QB's, cementing his rightfull place as the best Head Coach Ever.[/QUOTE]

if you think our chances for homefield depend on lumsford, then we're screwed.

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The NFC East is back and I believe we will see 2 playoff contenders again next year with us winning the division with a 13-3 record.

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I agree with most people on this thread that the Skins will finish in the top 2 of the EAST...I also believe we will be in the toughest division in the league again this year...meaning we will be battle tested again for the playoff run....I also agree that we a REAL shot at the SB these next two years, especialy if Campbell steps in and there's no hickups at QB....Knowing Snyders style, i'm sure we will pick up another WR and add to our deffense...With out additions to our team, this is where i see we are up on all the other teams in our division and where some other teams are up on us:

Coaching:Redkins, Easy Pick
Secondary:Redskins (if Taylor is FREE)-Philly, VERY close
LB's:Redskins (with or without Lavar), if we lose Lavar Philly would be closer
DLine: NY Giants
QB: Eagles
RB: Skins slight edge over NY, even though I love Portis...you can't knock Tiki
WR: Giants, just because they are deeper...not better
TE: Giants, just because Cooley is a H-back and not a TRUE TE...
O-Line: Redskins, just ask the Giants
FB/H-back: Cooley and Sellers, do I have to say more?????????

I would love to say we will win the east, but realisticly I can't do that...just because I don't know which Brunnell will show up next year, and if Campbell will be ready.....What do you guys think about??????????????

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I agree the NFC EAST is is back I love that not only that the Hole NFC is starting to look like contender that they where missing from previous years.

This will be again the tougher division in the NFL all 4 teams are playoff contenders in paper right now and could easily beat any of the other teams. Heck in this SB you beat Seattle and we had them beat and all the players are saying we were the toughest team they played heck we were the only team to held them to less than 300 yards and alexander to less than 70 ( not counting philly game because they where losing 42 -0 and took alexander out in halftime), we beet the other division final Carolina and almost beat Denver so that tells me we're contender.

Right now it's to early to tell wich team will be on top we all have some holes to fill (us more) and have to see how FA and draft goes but I can see any teamgoing long next year it all come down to division victorys.

right know you have made the best offseason moves than any team resigning williams and signing Saunders wow 3 Head coaches in 1 team

right now I will rank the team as how I feel them at this point.

1.- Redskins
2.- Phi
3.- Cowboys
4.- NYG

Biggest Concerns

Redskins
QB.- brunnell was looking tired at the end of the season not making enough plays and it showed in both playoffs games and he's going 2 be 1 year older and I don't know if campbell is ready to take over and if he is I don't believe he could take you deaph in the playoffs--- best chance rigt now to make a run to the SB is Brunell if he has a good season.

WR.- you dont have a sure #2 and I know some said pick up Antwan but he's like Moss a speed receiver and you need a good posesion receiver. I don't like the idea 1 bit if you pic TO (I don't think you have the cap but its scary) even though he might only help 1 year it he might help you get 2 the SB

Oline- depth when you lost your starting line it showed.

Cap.- you have huge cap problems we need 2 see who is let go, or who is traded.

Arlington.- he bring a different dimension to the D you can say all you want about his free style or anything but he is a playmaker ad has hearth and passion in the field and the d just look different without him.

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secondary points
Draft ( you don't have a 1st and lets see what you can get in the 2nd)

3 capable HC in the staff this sound great should be great but an also hurth if they can control their own egos (not 2 worried about williams ) gibbs Saunders 2 offensive gurus with different aproaches 2 the offense lets see how it pans out ( but hey they said Jones and Parcell wouldt get along and we allready have 3 years under the belth).

CB and SS you need at least 1 of each 1 to be the nickel corner and 1 to be alongside Taylor.

PHI

Coaching staff.- they lost their Offensive coordinator lets see how they adapt to the change it hurth NE it can hurth PHI

WR.- they need a #1 and #2 and #3 (lol) receiver this is the worst receving corps in the nfl.

QB.- Mcnabb needs to stay healthy the hole season (they deppend completly on him)

Oline.- they have huge problems at Guard



secondary points.....
the hole loker room is divided with the TO deal a lot of them support TO and don't support Mcnaab that hurst the chemestry and it get reflected on the field.

RB.- Im just no Westbrook fan good rb comming as a receiver but not so good rb

Dline they are getting old and don't have depth.

Cowboys

Oline.- we have huge problems here and it showed once F.Adams went down the offense was totally different after that you just need to see the first PHI,NY,WAS meeting and the next meeting he cant get hurth and we need a Guard, RT and Center either the young guys step up or get veteran help.

FS.- this is a must we have 3 good SS but no FS and have huge problems with coverage and deep balls

LB.- we need at least 2 Qualitty lb we change to the 3-4 but don't have depth we have Ware and B.James who are rally good , a 2nd round pick Burnnet from last year but almost didn't play and (fujita and shanle that aren't really starter material).

Secondary points.
Bledsoe.- needs protection and needs to stay healthy no real backup after him

O-coordinator.- Palmer don't know what he'll bring but I guess Parcell will still be calling the shots so that means we need good defense.

Rb.- consistency out of Julius Jones he has shown flashes of greatness but 2 many injuries and some bad games also related to the o-line

pick veteran help.- we have over 10 mill on the cap need to bring some help we an't have another year with 5 rookies playing prominet roles and 4 1st year starters

Wr.- need to get younger the top 2 can still produce but need some fresh legs to spread the field


NYG

Sencondary.- they have the worst secondary in the division to many holes here.

LB.- only 2 capable LB not a lot of dept

Oline.- need help at guard

Wr.- more dept Plaxico has turn great Ike is a servicible 2 (more like a 3rd) but not real dept after that.

Seconday points.

QB.- it depend if Eli steps up or still get cold feet with the presure this team will go as far as he can take it he has ha dgreat games but to many awfull performances.

DE.- Strahan is getting old and if he can't perform at the top level their pass rush is going to be affected tremendously he's the lider on that group we saw 2 years ago what happend when he went down.

RB.- Jacobs has to step up and be the power runner he was drafted 2 be

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ohh i forgot ....

Dallas
Need

KICKER #1 they all suck (this year cast)

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D'boys, you have to have the worst spelling and grammar I have ever seen.

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for the giants, jacobs still runs too high and plex totally shrinks in big games. In a playoff game he was running half speed for some reason.

Cowboys - parcells got good young talent in last years draft, but fans got too into immediate rookie impact (which is very rare), however he TOTALLY screwed the pooch on taking jones over jackson (who's a stud rb instead of just a serviceable one) and his inssistance on using a band aid on the QB position hasn't really helped either.

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D'BOYS, you made some pretty decent assessments of each team. thanks for your opinions. it's always good to hear how fans of other teams view our beloved redskins. i'll add just a few of my own feelings. i don't think there will be any sort of power struggle between gibbs and saunders. saunders has control of the offense and will call the plays. gibbs won't stand in the way of that. the other issue i'll comment on is the terrell owens issue. it's my belief that the skins have absolutely no interrest in t.o. T.O is in no way a gibbs type of player, plus i heard on comcast sports last night that vinny carrato said that t.o was not in the skins plans.


also, the skins are not in as much of a cap hell as people think, they are actually in pretty good shape.

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[QUOTE=steveo395]D'boys, you have to have the worst spelling and grammar I have ever seen.[/QUOTE]

steveo, no you didn't!

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[QUOTE=saden1]steveo, no you didn't![/QUOTE]
oh...i did

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[QUOTE=D'BOYZ]ohh i forgot ....

Dallas
Need

KICKER #1 they all suck (this year cast)[/QUOTE]

Take John Hall.
Please.

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[QUOTE=D'BOYZ]

right now I will rank the team as how I feel them at this point.

1.- Redskins
2.- Phi
3.- Cowboys
4.- NYG


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Pretty good assessment D'boyz!


Hard to shake that "Cowboys" and Brokeback image, huh?

Wonder how that will fly in 31 other stadiums?