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Monday, September 3, 2012

2012 NFL Preview


When the NFL opens its season, the replacement officials will still be patrolling the fields.  The league and the regular officials have been unable to come to an agreement on a new contract.  I don’t think this will take to long to fix, after the teams and owners get a bad call against them in week 1, they’ll be all over the league to work out a deal as soon as possible.  The replacement officials have been far from perfect in the preseason.  No official is going to be perfect but at least the real guys are better and more consistent.     

On Wednesday night we start the road toward Super Bowl XLVII, as the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants kick off the season at home against their rivals the Dallas Cowboys.  It's been an interesting offseason for the (National Football League) NFL, Payton Manning and Tim Tebow have new homes and four rookie quarterbacks will start the season.     
In the (National Football Conference) NFC we have been pretty much drama free.  In the East the Super Bowl Champion Giants are strong, and I think primed for another Super run but as its been said it’s hard to repeat.  The did lose some big parts of that Super Bowl winning team (Manningham and Jacobs to SF) but new guys will step up (Jarrel Jernigan, Ramses Barden and David Wilson) and make a big impact.  The thing I would worry about with the Giants is the health of the offensive line and can those guys all stay healthy.  Sometimes the key in the NFL its how well teams deal with injuries.  The Washington Redskins might surprise some people with rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III.  The Philadelphia Eagles are always a though test, they just have to keep Michael Vick healthy.  The Dallas Cowboys have potential; right now I think they’re a mess.  In the South this might finally be Atlanta’s year with Matt Ryan.  Out West the San Francisco 49ers have a bunch (Mannigham, Jacobs, Moss) of new weapons.

NFC
East                                             North                                South                  
NY Giants  (10-6)                    Detroit Lions               Atlanta Falcons
Philadelphia Eagles#            Green Bay Packers#
Washington Redskins

West
San Francisco 49ers

In the (American Football Conference) AFC, we have the drama with Tim Tebow.  In the East, The New York Jets signed Tim Tebow this offseason for (backup to Mark Sanchez, I think he’ll be the quarterback of this team eventually) the Wildcat offense.  They’re going to let Mark Sanchez run the offense for most of the game and then bring in Tebow and the Wildcat.  The Wildcat is a gimmick that doesn’t always work.  In the NFL if you have two quarterbacks who can start, you have no quarterback. (chaos)   Besides having two quarterbacks the Jets have an offensive line issue.  The New England Patriots always have something up their sleeve with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.  The Miami Dolphins have a rookie quarterback and the Buffalo bills are around a .500 team.  In the North the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens are always tough, the Cleveland browns have a rookie quarterback but the Cincinnati Bengals might surprise people.  Out West Peyton Manning has a new address in Denver with the Broncos.                    

East                                       South                           North
NE Patriots                      Houston Texans             Cincinnati Bengals       
NY Jets (8-8)                  Indianapolis Colts#         Baltimore Ravens#                             

West
Denver Broncos

Wild Card #

Super Bowl XLVII: Houston Texans vs. Atlanta Falcons 

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