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08-29-2009, 10:51 PM | #1 |
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Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
I think we all agree that the NFCE is one of the toughest divisions in the league. We also have 4 dedicated owners, high profile coaches, strong defenses, and each team's fanbase is certainly not shy about letting their feelings known about their team. Very reminiscent of the 1980's when the teams were all playoff/sb bound each year.
However, this version of the NFCE also seems more fragile to me. I don't remember Gibbs being on the hot seat other than his first year, or Parcells in NY feeling unsecure, and certainly Landry never worried. This year it seems to me that at least one of the teams, possibly more, will implode under the various strains or if they underperform by late November. So who do you guys think will be the first? (if you feel it's too early to play this game, you can feel free to opt out) Dallas: Wade Phillips is in his last year of the contract, and the speculation was that he was gone at the end of last year. If he has to devote more time to HC and less to the defense he could really be in deep trouble. Jason Garrett and Tony Romo also have to show that they can keep the locker room together. And, yes I know TO is gone, but if Romo starts struggling in Nov/Dec again, the question of who was at fault will come back up NYGiants: They are certainly the most stable, but it was just 2 years ago, before the SB run, that Tom Coughlin and Eli were being hammered by the fans. Last season they certainly got a pass from their fans with all the off field drama. But if Eli has a couple of outings like the Cleveland game last year, or if they end up 3rd or 4th in the division, will their fans start calling for some heads? Philly: Umm, hmm, what could possibly cause an implosion there? (we want vick) Washington: Everyone here knows the deal. If the Skins start slow(unlikely do to schedule) or if after the bye, when the schedule gets serious, a couple bad games by JC, and the stories of Zorn's imminent demise will be in all the headlines. As Trample says: What sayeth the mob? |
08-29-2009, 11:01 PM | #2 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
Landry should have worried...once Jerrah was in town.
Sticking with this Dallas theme, I vote the Cowpies. I think that overall they lack leadership and resilience. What I saw last year was that if they face adversity, they fold like a cheap table. When the going gets tough, they go to Cabo. They have lots of talent but little direction, so they are like a fancy yacht which is useless because it lacks a rudder. I think that they will have trouble winning, what little authority that Wade has will disappear, and by January they will be looking for a new coach, having finished last in the division. I've already got my broom ready for our sweep of Dallas this year.
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08-29-2009, 11:17 PM | #3 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
I think Philly has a good chance of imploding first because their fans will be calling for Vick and causing emotional trauma for the insecure McCrybaby. Shortly followed by the Cowgirls as they soon realize a new stadium with an underachieving team just gives you a new place to lose.
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08-30-2009, 12:38 AM | #5 | |
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All that said, I don't think any of the 4 teams will implode. I think it will be tough until the end.
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08-29-2009, 11:54 PM | #6 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
I agree every team is sorta a one way or the other type deal. I suspect it'll be a lot like last year. One team will blow. Two will be in contention all year. One team will roll or a while then cool and then roll again and win the division.
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08-30-2009, 12:15 AM | #7 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
Fair enough. My thought about this is again how fragile the teams seem to be. Most teams go through ups and downs throughout a season, but to me it seems the East is ripe for a dramatic implosion in one, maybe two teams. I think Dallas is most likely to really blow up, especially if Dallas makes blows the home opener against the Giants, and Jerry starts feeling his ego pushed.
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08-30-2009, 12:18 AM | #8 | |
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Dallas is my second choice. As high-maintenance and high-drama as TO is, he was still a top WR and I'm not sure R. Williams is ready to step into that role for Dallas. That being said, QB (until Nov/Dec.), RB, TE are solid. OL while aging should be solid. D has a lot of talent. But it all starts at the top. Wade Phillips is a mediocore head coach at best, he's better as a DC. When adversity hits he's not the guy you want in charge, he doesn't have a personality to "right the ship", or take a team to the "next level". Philly should be OK even with the loss of Jim Johnson. Solid on the lines, good QB Good RB, speed at WR, very good secondary. Vick will be a non-factor/minimal factor and the fans have been calling for McNabb's head for years, that won't faze McNabb/Reid.
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08-30-2009, 12:47 AM | #9 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
Dallas, no T.O no excuses when Tony cant get it done and their offense becomes 1 dimensional.
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08-30-2009, 04:21 AM | #10 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
Dallas is the easy pick, but they sort of already imploded, and will spend the first month or so of this year trying to pick up the pieces.
So I'll go with Philly. They have not looked good at all in the preseason, and Vick/McNabb is just begging for problems. Shawn Andrews has not gotten any preseason reps at RT, and frankly, Jason Peters hasn't been anyone's solution yet. It's a bad line trying to protect a very gimmicky offensive situation, and Brian Westbrook, always their fallback in past seasons, is not completely healthy. Right now, they're a bunch of spare parts, and that makes an implosion realistic.
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08-30-2009, 04:23 AM | #11 |
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Even I don't believe it, I am kind of surprised no one has said the Redskins. Maybe there is a sense of optimism pervading the board yet
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08-30-2009, 04:25 AM | #12 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
Well, there hasn't been anything in the preseason to suggest a collapse on our part. At least the Giants are a little banged up. This has really been a dream of a preseason for us.
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08-31-2009, 12:16 PM | #13 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
I go into each year thinking we have a chance to make the playoffs or just maybe the SB. I wear rose colored glass until the implosion is impossible to miss.
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08-31-2009, 12:33 PM | #14 |
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
I know the feeling.
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Re: Which NFC East team is most likely to implode
I just don't see us as having the necessary interpersonal dynamics for an implosion. We may not have the dynamics to win the Super Bowl (although I hope that we do), but I just don't see that catalytic ingredient which would lead to a meltdown.
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