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You can stop counting the days boys. The day is finally near. It's about that time of the year again where there's a sense of optimism in the air.



A clean slate for all 32 NFL Teams and a fighting chance at the Lombardi Trophy. As of now everyone is unbeaten. Perfect zeros across the board. The Raiders and the Colts are equal.

Where last year doesn't count and all that matters is today. What have you done for me lately?

It's time for John Madden and Al Michaels to wake up from their slumber. And hey can Steve Sabol come out and play?



Who wants it more? The Patriots or the Chargers? Matt Hasselbeck or Donovan McNabb?

Who is this year's suprise team? And how many TD's will Peyton throw? Which Randy will show up and which rookie will carry his team?

Is this the farewell year for Favre? Can Cutler, Leinart, Young, Smith take that next step? And which team disappoints?

Is that another RB in Denver? And Reverend Ray is still preaching. Number #85 is still yapping and Shawne Merriman is still lighting people up.



Look at MoJo go. Big Ben is back and Marvin never left.

Oh look the Cowboy girls. Coors Light Ads and look there is Hank Williams Jr.

Fantasy Football, Ron Jaworski and the Boomer.

Harry Kalas, Bob Costas and will the Bears break the curse of the Super Bowl losers?

So strap on the shoulder pads it's time to barricade yourself in the basement or den and tell the family that your Sunday afternoons are booked for the next 17 weeks.

And honey Monday Nights is Guys Night Out.

It was inevitable. This question had to be asked.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?

Now that the Final cuts have been made, Practice Squad have been announced and you know the severity of your teams injuries it's the best time to go on the record and put your money where your mouth is.

Bragging rights is up for grabs man and this will probably get bumped by some gloat sometime in February so answer carefully.

Offensive MVP

Defensive MVP

Offensive ROY

Defensive ROY

Coach of the Year

Comeback Player of the Year

Most Improved Player

Biggest Suprise Team

Biggest Disappointment Team

Coaches on the Hot Seat

Best Team in the League

Worst Team in the League

AFC and NFC Division Winners

Wild Card Winners

Super Bowl Winner

Offensive MVP
Stephen Jackson-Rams

Defensive MVP
Champ Bailey-Broncos

Offensive ROY
Brandon Jackson-Packers

Defensive ROY
Paul Posluszny-Bills

Coach of the Year
Joe Gibbs-Redskins

Comeback Player of the Year
Donovan McNabb-Eagles

Most Improved Player
Alex Smith-Niners

Biggest Suprise Team
Washington Redskins

Biggest Disappointment Team
New York Jets

Coaches on the Hot Seat
Tom Coughlin, Jack Del Rio, Romeo Crennell

Best Team in the League
Indianapolis Colts

Worst Team in the League
Atlanta Falcons

AFC Division Winners
East-Patriots
North-Bengals
South-Colts
West-Chargers

NFC Division Winners
East-Cowboys
North-Bears
South-Saints
West-Niners

AFC Wild Card Winners
Broncos
Ravens

NFC Wild Card Winners
Redskins
Seahawks

Super Bowl Winner

Patriots over Cowboys

Hell ya man! Reading that got me so pumped for the season! I'm going to go out on a limb for my picks so you've been warned.

Offensive MVP- Steven Jackson

Defensive MVP- DeMarcus Ware

Offensive ROY- Adrian Peterson

Defensive ROY- Patrick Willis

Coach of the Year- Mike Tomlin

Comeback Player of the Year- Donovan McNabb

Most Improved Player- Vincent Jackson

Biggest Suprise Team- Detroit Lions

Biggest Disappointment Team- Seattle Seahawks

Coaches on the Hot Seat- John Gruden, Cam Cameron, Romeo Crennell...I almost forgot him---TOM COUGHLIN

Best Team in the League- San Diego Chargers

Worst Team in the League- Cleveland Browns

AFC and NFC Division Winners- Indy, San Diego, Pittsburgh, New England..... New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago (barely), Dallas

Wild Card Winners- Baltimore, Denver.... Philadelphia, San Francisco

Super Bowl Winner- New Orleans- The Saints are comin'!!!

There you have it.

Edited: for Tom Coughlin

Offensive MVP- Drew Brees

Defensive MVP- A roided up Merriman

Offensive ROY- Adrian Peterson

Defensive ROY- P-Willie

Coach of the Year- Gibbs

Comeback Player of the Year- McNabb

Most Improved Player- Gerrard

Biggest Suprise Team- Skins

Biggest Disappointment Team- Cowbowys

Coaches on the Hot Seat- a lot

Best Team in the League- Chargers

Worst Team in the League- Titans

AFC and NFC Division Winners- Saints, Seahawks, Bears, Skins, Pats, Chargers, Colts, Ravens

Wild Card Winners- Eagles, Panthers, Jags, Broncos

Super Bowl Winner-Pats

Offensive MVP - I'll go with the generic choice in Peyton Manning here

Defensive MVP - I'm picking a darkhorse here in Demarcus Ware. He had a pretty good year last year, and there's the whole adage about how D-Linemen takes 3 years to fully mature. 71 Tackles and 11.5 Sacks... I think he can improve on those numbers by a lot.

Offensive ROY - Marshawn Lynch by sole virtue of him getting the most opportunities.

Defensive ROY - Patrick Willis. LB's are over-appreciated by press, and I think he's the best Rookie LB.

Coach of the Year - Bill Belichick. Best Team, Best Coach? He's a favorite by far I would believe.

Comeback Player of the Year - Didn't they get rid of this award? Donovan McNabb

Most Improved Player - Vince Young. Gotta be a Homer somewhere...

Biggest Suprise Team - Titans. Okay, maybe just one more. But I think we'll have a pretty good defense this season. I wish Pacman was there, but I think we have a good enough D without him. And Vince Young is just a playmaker, I'm thinking he'll make something happen in offense. And considering most teams are projecting us for 4-5 wins, I think 7-8 wins could be a big surprise

Biggest Disappointment Team - Patriots. Solely because so many people expect the world of them, and even having 11 wins and winning the division could be a disappointment for many experts.

Coaches on the Hot Seat - Tom Coughlin by far. But Jon Gruden's a good bet too.

Best Team in the League - New England Patriots

Worst Team in the League - Miami Dolphins?

AFC and NFC Division Winners
AFC East - New England Patriots
AFC North - Cincinnati Bengals
AFC South - Indianapolis Colts
AFC West - San Diego Chargers
NFC East - Dallas Cowboys
NFC North - Chicago Bears
NFC South - New Orleans Saints
NFC West - Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card Winners
Baltimore Ravens
Denver Broncos

Philadelphia Eagles
St. Louis Rams

Super Bowl Winner
Patriots over Saints

Offensive MVP- LeDainian Tomlinson

Defensive MVP- Champ Baily

Offensive ROY- Calvin Johnson

Defensive ROY- Patrick Willis

Coach of the Year- Gary Kubiak

Comeback Player of the Year- Donavan McNabb

Most Improved Player- Mario Williams

Biggest Suprise Team- Houston Texans

Biggest Disappointment Team- Indianapolis Colts

Coaches on the Hot Seat- Romeo Crennel, Tom Couglin

Best Team in the League- New England Patriots

Worst Team in the League- Oakland Raiders

AFC and NFC Division Winners-
AFC East- New England
AFC North- Ravens
AFC South- Indianapolis Colts
AFC West- San Diego Chargers
NFC East- Dallas Cowboys
NFC North- Chicago Bears
NFC South- New Orleans Saints
NFC West- Seattle Seahawks


Wild Card Winners AFC: Broncos, Bengals NFC: Panthers, 49'ers

Super Bowl Winner- New England Patriots

Ugh Football season. I liked my Sundays better when I went to the park and flew kites.

Offensive MVP: Peyton Manning

Defensive MVP: Champ Bailey

Offensive Rookie Of The Year: Jacoby Jones

Defensive Rookie Of The Year: Patrick Willis (although I have a feeling Posluszny or Woodley will contend)

Coach Of The Year: Norv Turner

Comeback Player Of The Year: Donovan McNabb

Most Improved Player Of The Year: Vincent Jackson

Biggest Surprise Team: New York Jets (nobody expects us to be in the play-offs again)

Biggest Disappointment: Arizona Cardinals

Coaches On The Hot Seat: Tom Coughlin, Cam Cameron

Best Team In The League: New England Patriots

Worst Team In The League: Atlanta Falcons

AFC and NFC Division Winners:

AFC East - New England Patriots
AFC North - Baltimore Ravens
AFC South - Indianapolis Colts
AFC West - San Diego Chargers

NFC East - Philadelphia Eagles
NFC North - Chicago Bears
NFC South - New Orleans Saints
NFC West - Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card Winners:
AFC - Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals
NFC - Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams

Superbowl Winners:

New England Patriots

Just moving my idiocracy over here:

AFC East:

1. New England Patriots - 13-3
2. New York Jets - 10-6
3. Buffalo Bills - 8-8
4. Miami Dolphins - 5-11

AFC North:

1. Baltimore Ravens - 11-5
2. Pittsburgh Steelers - 10-6
3. Cincinnati Bengals - 9-7
4. Cleveland Browns - 3-13

AFC South:

1. Indianapolis Colts - 12-4
2. Jacksonville Jaguars - 9-7
3. Houston Texans - 8-8
4. Tennessee Titans - 4-12

AFC West:

1. San Diego Chargers - 13-3
2. Kansas City Chiefs - 9-7
3. Denver Broncos - 9-7
4. Oakland Raiders - 5-11

Wild Cards: Jets, Steelers

NFC East:

1. Dallas Cowboys - 11-5
2. New York Giants - 9-7
3. Philadelphia Eagles - 9-7
4. Washington Redskins - 8-8

NFC North:

1. Chicago Bears - 11-5
2. Detroit Lions - 8-8
3. Green Bay Packers - 8-8
4. Minnesota Vikings - 7-9

NFC South:

1. New Orleans Saints - 12-4
2. Carolina Panthers - 7-9
3. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 5-11
4. Atlanta Falcons - 3-13

NFC West:

1. San Francisco 49ers - 11-5
2. Seattle Seahawks - 9-7
3. Arizona Cardinals - 7-9
4. St. Louis Rams - 5-11

Wild Cards: Giants, Eagles

Next Up.....Playoffs:

AFC Championship: Ravens def. Patriots

NFC Championship: Saints def. Bears

Super Bowl XLII: Ravens def. Saints



Next Up..... We Hand Out the Hardware:

MVP & Offensive Player of the Year: Ladanian Tomlinson (He'll break his own records this season)

Defensive Player of the Year: Adalius Thomas, LB, Patriots

OROY: 'All Day' Adrian Peterson, RB, Vikings
DROY: Adam Carriker, DE, Rams

Coach of the Year: Mike Nolan (SanFran)



Next Up..... The Odds and Ends of the NFL:

1st Coach To Be Fired: Romeo Crennel, Browns (Duh)

1st Week 1 Starting QB to be Replaced By His Backup: Jake Delhomme by David Carr (Week 3)

Thing You Most Want to See This Season: For Dan Morgan to stay concussion free the entire year, he's way too talented to be lost so early an age.

Thing You'd Least Like to See This Season: Another 2-6 or 1-7 second half led by Eli Manning.

Player That Everyone Will Be Talking About by Week 6: Selvin Young, RB, Denver Broncos (Just another notch in the belt for Mike Shanahan)

Player That Will Have the Biggest Dropoff From Last Season: Larry Johnson (And I'm still picking the Chiefs to go 9-7 regardless)

For all you people who picked dallas you do know philly won the division last year with their back up quaterback and no wr's right. LOL.

AFC East - New England Patriots
AFC North - Steelers
AFC South - Indianapolis Colts
AFC West - San Diego Chargers

NFC East - Philadelphia Eagles
NFC North - Chicago Bears
NFC South - New Orleans Saints
NFC West - Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card Winners:
AFC - Denver Broncos, Ravens
NFC - Dallas Cowboys, St. Louis Rams

Superbowl Winners: New England@ Philly

MVP Mcnabb- Simply the best quaterback in the NFC when healthy case in point was having the BEST EVER start by a quaterback. With Kevin Curtis who is better then stallworth. And anther year with Reggie Brown I think Mcnabb will have a huge year. Oh ya we have westbrook.

as a cowboys fan i think the eagles will win the division and will be between them and the saints for the nfc representative. im a little surprised everyones going with my cowboys.

Offensive MVP: Frank Gore (The Niners are going to run him into the ground and he's going to have a 2005 Shaun Alexander season.)

Defensive MVP: Derrick Burgess

Offensive ROY: Marshawn Lynch (By virtue of yards gained and voter stupidity; Peterson will have the better season)

Defensive ROY: Adam Carriker

Coach of the Year: Lane Kiffin

Comeback Player of the Year: Shaun Alexander

Most Improved Player: JP Losman

Biggest Suprise Team: Raiders/Redskins

Biggest Disappointment Team: NY Giants/Ravens

Coaches on the Hot Seat: Jack Del Rio (The Leftwich situation is going to bite him in the ass)

Best Team in the League: Pats/Saints/Broncos

Worst Team in the League: Chiefs

AFC and NFC Division Winners:

Pats/Steelers/Colts/Broncos
Eagles/Bears/Saints/Hawks

Wild Card Winners:

Chargers/Jaguars
Redskins/Rams

Super Bowl Winner:

New England

Offensive MVP- Stephen Jackson

Defensive MVP- Brian Urlacher(hommerrr pick)

Offensive ROY- Dwayne Jarret(I think he has a chance)

Defensive ROY- Darrelle Revis (Our last 4, and 6 out of the last 7 DROYs have been LBs. I'm hoping it different this year.)

Coach of the Year- Brad Childress

Comeback Player of the Year- Mike Brown, SS(homer pick #2)

Most Improved Player- Rex Grossman (no seriously, I have no clue what to put here)

Biggest Suprise Team- Minnesota Vikings

Biggest Disappointment Team- Tennessee Titans

Coaches on the Hot Seat- Tom Coughlin, Lloyd Carr(:lol:)

Best Team in the League- Chicago Bears( homer pick #3)

Worst Team in the League- Cleveland Browns

AFC Division Winners
East-Patriots
North-Ravens
South-Colts
West-Chargers

NFC Division Winners
East-Eagles
North-Bears
South-Saints
West- Rams

Wild Card Winners- Bengals, Broncos.... Cowboys, Vikings

Super Bowl Winner- Bears (duh)

Offensive MVP: Carson Palmer

Defensive MVP: Brian Urlacher

Offensive Rookie Of The Year: Jacoby Jones

Defensive Rookie Of The Year: Laron Landry

Coach Of The Year: Wade Phillips

Comeback Player Of The Year: Donovan McNabb

Most Improved Player Of The Year: Vincent Jackson

Biggest Surprise Team: Washington Redskins

Biggest Disappointment: New York Jets

Coaches On The Hot Seat: Tom Coughlin

Best Team In The League: San Diego Chargers

Worst Team In The League: Tennessee Titans

AFC and NFC Division Winners:

AFC East - New England Patriots
AFC North - Cincinnati Bengals
AFC South - Indianapolis Colts
AFC West - San Diego Chargers

NFC East - Philadelphia Eagles
NFC North - Chicago Bears
NFC South - New Orleans Saints
NFC West - Seattle Seahawks

Wild Card Winners:
AFC - Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens
NFC - Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins

Super bowl Winners:

San Diego Chargers

* Denotes Wild Card

AFC East W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against

Patriots 11-5 22.5 17.0
Jets 9-7 19.0 17.5
Dolphins 7-9 17.5 17.0
Bills 6-10 17.5 22.5


AFC North W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against

Ravens 12-4 19.5 13.5
Bengals 10-6 * 23.5 21.0
Steelers 8-8 19.5 18.5
Browns 5-11 17.5 23.5

AFC South W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against

Colts 11-5 25.5 21.0
Jaguars 10-6* 19.5 15.5
Titians 6-10 21.5 24.5
Texans 4-12 19.5 21.5

AFC West W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against

Chargers 10-6 21.5 17.0
Broncos 9-7 20.5 18.5
Raiders 5-11 17.0 18.0
Chiefs 3-13 16.5 20.0








NFC East W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against

Eagles 10-6 21.5 19.5
Cowboys 8-8 25.5 22.0
Giants 8-8 22.5 22.0
Redskins 4-12 19.5 21.0


NFC North W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against


Bears 11-5 21.5 15.0
Packers 9-7* 19.5 17.5
Vikings 6-10 16.5 18.5
Lions 5-11 20.0 23.5


NFC South W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against



Panthers 11-5 19.0 15.5
Saints 10-6* 26.5 23.0
Bucs 4-12 18.0 19.5
Falcons 3-13 15.5 20.0



NFC West W-L Avg Pts For Avg Pts Against

Seahawks 10-6 23.5 21.0
Cardinals 8-8 24.0 22.5
Rams 8-8 25.0 25.0
49ers 7-9 18.5 20.0


AFC Playoffs

AFC Wild-Card Week

Colts 35 Bengals 31

Chargers 24Jaguars 17

AFC Division Week

Patriots 28 Colts 27
Ravens 17 Chargers 13

AFC Conference Week


Ravens 21 Patriots 17

AFC Champs : Ravens



NFC Playoffs


NFC Wildcard Week

Packers 24 Seahawks 21
Saints 35 Eagles 21


NFC Divison Week

Panthers 28 Saints 24
Packers 20 Bears 17


NFC Confrence Week

Panthers 19 Packers 17

NFC Champs : Panthers




Super Bowl


Ravens 35 Panthers 24




MVP Offense : Drew Brees

MVP Defence : Julius Peppers


ROY Offense : Marshawn Lynch

ROY Defence : LaRon Landry


Most Improved Player : Willis Mcgahee

Comeback Player : Donovan McNabb (Again)

Coach of the Year : John Fox- Panthers

1st Coach Fired : Jon Gruden-Bucs

1st Starting QB Benched : Charlie Frye for Brady Quinn

Thing you Most Want to See : Brett Farve Carring his team withen a win of the Super Bowl


Thing you least want to see : Amother drawn out off-season by Farve comtemplating whether or not to retire (He Won't)

Player everyone will be talking about by week 8 : Kerry Rhodes-Jets SS

Player with Biggest Dropoff : Larry Johnson


Surprise Team : Packers


Disapointment Team : Chiefs

^^^^^

You're not really serious about that NFC Championship game, are you?

if matched up against the right teams I can see Farve making a big Run at the Championship game

bbj I like Oakland(mainly their D), I think their O-line is there and they will be a wilcard spot if Culpepper starts 10+ games. I am doubtful about McCown

kingofNY wrote:if matched up against the right teams I can see Farve making a big Run at the Championship game

will you be saying that after there 0-3 start?