windsorpg
Practice Squad
Buffalo Bills Owner
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Post by windsorpg on Dec 15, 2015 20:43:58 GMT -5
Let's get some chatter in these forums!!! Season is just around the corner and im very excited to be in this league. Looks like a rebuilding season for me, but you never know. Im looking to trade, willing to trade anything. Have to put the new stamp on my team.. If anything interests you let me know.
Some preseason questions:
1. Whats the schedule looking like for week one?
2. Who are your sleeper teams this year?
3. Super Bowl predictions?
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Post by The Miami Dolphins on Dec 24, 2015 13:40:10 GMT -5
The league is using a weighted schedule this season that could serve to create amore competitive balance during the year. The idea would be to, perhaps, give more teams a viable shot at making the playoffs in the back half of the season thus increasing active participation rather than teams just running out the string.
For example, the defending super champion Denver Broncos will have their normal H/A division schedule but then have games against the Detroit Lions (Old packers), St.Louis, Philadelphia, Buffalo,and Cincinnati! Those are all teams who won their division last season. In addition, Denver will be playing Jacksonville (Old Miami), Indianapolis, and San Diego and those are teams that finished second in their division last season. So,you can readily see how tough a slate Denver has! Conversely, the Oakland Raiders (last in that division last season) will play the same division schedule but have games against Green Bay (Old Lions), New England, Carolina, Cleveland,Baltimore, Pittsburgh,and New Orleans! Those teams finished last or second to last a year ago. Oakland,though, will have a game against Chicago. The idea here was to give teams like Oakland a chance to make the playoffs but also give them a tough enough schedule (Chicago for example) that they will still have to "earn" the post-season.
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Post by The Miami Dolphins on Dec 24, 2015 14:03:47 GMT -5
As far as week 1 goes, Dallas-Philadelphia is a huge game in that division while Seattle-Denver is big in the AFC West for sure.
The schedule could allow for a number of "sleepers" to be in the post-season discussion come week 11 when things get truly meaningful. That being said, I do feel Green Bay (Old Detroit) and Kansas City could be teams to make playoffs this season where they have fallen short in the past.
Cincinnati appears to be the prohibitive favorite in the AFC this season while Philadelphia, Dallas, and Green Bay seem the cream of the crop in the NFC. Detroit (Old Green Bay) can be very dangerous if run correctly, and Minnesota,and Chicago can contend. I know this means I am slighting St. Louis but I am not sure I see them as true contenders as much as the top dog in the NFC West. San Diego, Arizona,and Atlanta do not seem to have enough to threaten the Rams.
The least predictable division has to be the AFC East. Buffalo does not scare anyone now but, taking a look, does Jacksonville, Baltimore,New England, or Cleveland strike fear into ya? However, The Bills' scheduleis brutaland could bring them back to the pack this year so time will tell in this division.
The AFC Central is gonna belong to the Bengals for sure. They have a tremendous team on offense and I just do not feel Tennessee,Pittsburgh, or Indianapolis can hang with them. BTW, Cinci travels to Philly in week 16 for a possible SB preview game although that could turn into a dud if one or both teams have clinched their playoff spots by then.
The AFC West seems a bit more wide open than before. The Broncos are not the same team as a year ago and Seattle will be under a new coach. I think Kansas City could slip into the playoffs if they can win the games they should win and maybe get an upset or two along the way. Their roster is flawed but their scheduleis favorable.
The NFC East looks like a two team battle between Dallas and the Eagles. The two begin the year playing each other and meet again in week 9. I just get a feeling that a team like the Giants could have a major say in how this thing shakes out. Carolina aand Washington (with new coach Andy Kirkwood) do not seem ready for prime time yet.
The NFC Central has,easily, been football's toughest division and will remain so again in 2016. Every team in the division is capable of winning on any given week but the Packers seem to have the most talent. Then again,last year the Packers (Detroit at the time) were favored to win the division and finished dead last! Coach Jeff Beyel has left Green Bay (Now Detroit)and moved on towards Cleveland to try to resurrect that program so it remains to be seen what the next coach will do with the talent that is there. Have to go Green Bay, Detroit/Chicago?Minnesota and then New Orleans. Not sure who will win the division or where the next three will end up in this ruggeed group.
The NFC West is St.Louis and the other three. The Rams are not a star studded group but have more than enough to win this division.
Playoff teams: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Seattle, Jacksonville, and Kansas Cityin AFC with bengals going to title game
In the NFC, Eagles, Cowboys, Packers, Rams, Lions, Vikings with Eagles going to title game.
Bengals and coach Nino Montalbano outscore Eagles and fellow brethren Valentino Montalbano in what would be an historic final!
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