This Years Surprise Team

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

skinsfanthru... just so you know ray buchanan was a pick up this year, and shoudl help their secondary a lot.
Yea, Sapp and Washington are getting old, and the decline in stats came in teh form of less sacks. No one ran on washington last year, and adding sapp next to him wont hurt.
I picked the raiders becasue they had four wins last year and shoudl greatly improve on that, making them a surprise team. HOWEVER, and im surprised no one mentioned this, they do have norv as their coach, heheheh

ray buchanon got benched on a team that had the worst secondary defense in the league so that says something about how much he's declined the past couple seasons. and with sapp and washington they've both had a decline in not only sacks but tackles as well. the raiders could make a turn around this year but with their team being ancient by nfl standards in key positions as well as being in a division with 2 contenders for the AFC crown, and having a new head coach who hasn;t had much success since we was with Dallas all those years ago doesn't help their chances much in my opinion.

[SmootSmack]

Seems like we have a nice range of opinions here. I'm looking forward to next month when we have the official NFL predictions thread

[skinsfanthru&thru]

this year so many teams seem capable of competing atleast in their respective divisions so it should be a very good year for football this season with division titles not being clinched until the last game of the year. Who do u all see as the team with the best chance to last the longest undefeated? I gotta go with the pats even though i don't know their schedule.

[backrow]

Eagles in NFC. Skins improve by 4 games to 9-7.

[memphisskin]

I predicted the Panthers last year as well, and I like that division again. This year I'm going with the Falcons. Vick was hurt last year, but with him healthy and in the West Coast offense he should be able to get the ball out of his hand early. If he's able to pass efficiently, then he becomes even more dangerous on scrambles and rollouts because you have to respect his running ability. And I like Mora to come in and re-tool that defense as the Falcons make the playoffs.

I think the Skins will win the division.