CelticPatriot
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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1. Broncos
2. Colts
3. Patriots
4. Ravens
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5. Texans
6. Dolphins
I expect the Broncos to steamroller the regular season and am relying on one of the greatest coaches of all time to keep the Patriots solid. I'm predicting an upswing for the Colts over the Texans in the South. I'm not sold on Cincinnati and I agree that the Steelers' window may be closing. I also think that the demise of the Ravens may be being exaggerated. So they get the Central Division. And the well-there's-one-every-season team that over-achieves is the Fins.
Not a cricitism, just really curious of all of the love that the Colts are getting here. They dramatically overperformed their pythagorean W-L last year by winning a bunch of close games in pretty fluky fashion, and they might have had the worst free agency signings of any team: picked up a lot of decent talent for premium prices; basically the anti-Pats.
I just really don't see where the improvement that people are projecting is supposed to come from. I actually expect them to regress from last year's record, even assuming significant improvement by Luck.
Not a cricitism, just really curious of all of the love that the Colts are getting here. They dramatically overperformed their pythagorean W-L last year by winning a bunch of close games in pretty fluky fashion, and they might have had the worst free agency signings of any team: picked up a lot of decent talent for premium prices; basically the anti-Pats.
I just really don't see where the improvement that people are projecting is supposed to come from. I actually expect them to regress from last year's record, even assuming significant improvement by Luck.
Not a cricitism, just really curious of all of the love that the Colts are getting here. They dramatically overperformed their pythagorean W-L last year by winning a bunch of close games in pretty fluky fashion, and they might have had the worst free agency signings of any team: picked up a lot of decent talent for premium prices; basically the anti-Pats.
I just really don't see where the improvement that people are projecting is supposed to come from. I actually expect them to regress from last year's record, even assuming significant improvement by Luck.
Not a cricitism, just really curious of all of the love that the Colts are getting here. They dramatically overperformed their pythagorean W-L last year by winning a bunch of close games in pretty fluky fashion, and they might have had the worst free agency signings of any team: picked up a lot of decent talent for premium prices; basically the anti-Pats.
I just really don't see where the improvement that people are projecting is supposed to come from. I actually expect them to regress from last year's record, even assuming significant improvement by Luck.
The Broncos are the class of the conference, don't even try and say otherwise. They also have the easiest schedule, and should be favored in every game. It's foolish to predict a realistic 16-0, and Manning always has his hiccups. 13-3 seems fair, barring injury.
Ok, it's the very beginning of training camp, so it's the perfect time for round one of "Who makes the playoffs?" In that light, let's see where people are now, while we're still looking at things basically unseen. 6 teams and, if you like, a couple of near misses. My first take:
Patriots
Steelers
Texans
Broncos
Colts
Bengals
Ravens
Dolphins
Chiefs