Waiver Winners
This week the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills got some significant upgrades due to waivers. I blogged about how Moss will help the Titans and after having a few days to reflect on the acquisition I've changed my mind just a bit. I thought that the Titans would finish 3rd in their division and miss the playoffs, but now i believe Moss will be enough to help the Titans stay ahead of the Houston Texans and quite possibly overtake the Indianapolis Colts to take down the AFC South.
The Buffalo Bills got an upgrade on defense which may actually help them win a game this year. Shawne Merriman was put on waivers by the San Diego Changers after not playing a single down with the team this season. Despite Merriman's performance dropping for the past couple years he is still only 26 years old and still should have a lot left in the tank. Although Buffalo still doesn't have a shot at the playoffs and chances are Merriman will not return to the team next year but at least ticket sales will see a rise for the rest of the season.
Predictions
New York (A) over Detroit
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Chicago over Buffalo
Minnesota over Arizona
New Orleans over Carolina
Baltimore over Miami
Oakland over Kansas City
Indianapolis over Philadelphia
Green Bay over Dallas
Pittsburgh over Cincinnati
Upset Specials
Cleveland over New England
Seattle over New York(N)
Power rankings
1) Pittsburgh Steelers
2) Baltimore Ravens
3) New York Giants
4) New York Jets
5) New England Patriots
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Week 7 Preview
NFL= No Fun League???
The NFL took a big hit this week, no pun intended. In week 6 football saw a bunch of illegal helmet to helmet hits that knocked a few players out of the game with concussions. This week the NFL decided to not change their rules, but they will enforce the old rules about helmet to helmet hits. Players that deliver illegal hits will be handed a stiffer penalty and repeated offenders will be suspended for a couple games.
Where there's change there's bound to be complaining. A few NFL defensive players such as Channing Crowder of the Miami Dolphins, Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens have expressed their displeasure with the new enforcement of the rules. Suggs says that he will continue to "go 100 miles an hour every play". Crowder expressed his feelings on the subject by saying the owners are just trying to "protect their main assets," such as the Quarterback and Wide Receivers, their main sources of money.
You cant blame the league for trying to protect its players especially given the continuing studies of concussions and the effects that they have on players. Some people are saying that they're turning the NFL into a flag football league or a powder-puff league. I agree with players on the fact that they're trying to too hard to protect the skill positions (don't even get me started on roughing the passer penalty's) but you cant blame owners for wanting to protect their stars. But they're also people, we might tend to forget this sometimes. They're human beings and they can get seriously hurt and the number one rule is "safety first." So be it if its the "No Fun League", players need to be safe and the idea that football is barbaric should not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone thinks about football.
Predictions
Atlanta over Cincinnati
Chicago over Washington
Philadelphia over Tennesse
Kansas City over Jacksonville
Pittsburgh over Miami
New Orleans over Cleveland
St. Louis over Tampa Bay
San Fransisco over Carolina
Baltimore over Buffalo
Seattle over Arizona
Denver over Oakland
New England over San Diego
Minnesota over Greenbay
New York (N) over Dallas
Power Rankings
1) New York Jets
2) Pittsburgh Steelers
3) New England Patriots
4) Baltimore Ravens
5) Atlanta Falcons
The NFL took a big hit this week, no pun intended. In week 6 football saw a bunch of illegal helmet to helmet hits that knocked a few players out of the game with concussions. This week the NFL decided to not change their rules, but they will enforce the old rules about helmet to helmet hits. Players that deliver illegal hits will be handed a stiffer penalty and repeated offenders will be suspended for a couple games.
Where there's change there's bound to be complaining. A few NFL defensive players such as Channing Crowder of the Miami Dolphins, Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens have expressed their displeasure with the new enforcement of the rules. Suggs says that he will continue to "go 100 miles an hour every play". Crowder expressed his feelings on the subject by saying the owners are just trying to "protect their main assets," such as the Quarterback and Wide Receivers, their main sources of money.
You cant blame the league for trying to protect its players especially given the continuing studies of concussions and the effects that they have on players. Some people are saying that they're turning the NFL into a flag football league or a powder-puff league. I agree with players on the fact that they're trying to too hard to protect the skill positions (don't even get me started on roughing the passer penalty's) but you cant blame owners for wanting to protect their stars. But they're also people, we might tend to forget this sometimes. They're human beings and they can get seriously hurt and the number one rule is "safety first." So be it if its the "No Fun League", players need to be safe and the idea that football is barbaric should not be the first thing that comes to mind when someone thinks about football.
Predictions
Atlanta over Cincinnati
Chicago over Washington
Philadelphia over Tennesse
Kansas City over Jacksonville
Pittsburgh over Miami
New Orleans over Cleveland
St. Louis over Tampa Bay
San Fransisco over Carolina
Baltimore over Buffalo
Seattle over Arizona
Denver over Oakland
New England over San Diego
Minnesota over Greenbay
New York (N) over Dallas
Power Rankings
1) New York Jets
2) Pittsburgh Steelers
3) New England Patriots
4) Baltimore Ravens
5) Atlanta Falcons
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