Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:50 am  

New England Patriots

Key players:
Offence: Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker
Defence: Vince Wilfork, Brandon Merriweather, Jerod Mayo

Rookies to watch:
Offence: Aaron Hernandez, Rob Gronkowski
Defence: Brandon Spikes, Jermaine Cunningham

Key games:
Oct. 24: at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
Nov. 21: Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m.
Dec. 6: Jets, 8:30 p.m.

Strengths:
Passing game
Young, talented D
Coaching

Weaknesses:
Left guard
Centre
Running back

Thoughts:
Exciting draft with 12 picks, the team have retooled on both sides of the ball and added a new weapon to the armoury with punter Zoltan Mesko, booming 60 yard left footed punts throughout training camp. The offensive side of the ball looks really exciting, and if the O line can perform, has the potential to put up 2007esque numbers with Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Brandon Tate, Taylor Price, Rob Gronkowski, Alge Crumpler and Aaron Hernandez performing well so far in camp, and veteran receiver Torry Holt.

The defence excites me, as it has the potential to be top 5, Brandon Spikes and Tyrone McKenzie will bring a tough, no nonsense style at inside linebacker next to 3rd year pro, Jerod Mayo. 2nd year safety Pat Chung has been vocal in training camp, along with Spikes firing the team up - Chung has greatly improved on his coverage skills and has picked Brady off a few times, exciting times for the D.

I'm really looking forward to this season, and can see it being successful, the record will totally depend on how the young players contribute however.

My Predicted 53 man roster:
Offence (25):
QB: Tom Brady, Brian Hoyer (2)
RB: Laurence Maroney, Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris, Kevin Faulk (4)
WR: Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, Torry Holt, Brandon Tate, Taylor Price (6)
TE: Alge Crumpler, Aaron Hernandez, Rob Gronkowski (3)
OL: Matt Light, Sebastian Vollmer, Dan Connolly, Nick Kaczur, Dan Koppen, Ted Larsen, Rich Ohrenberger, Mark LeVoir, Stephen Neal (9)

Defence (23):
DL: Vince Wilfork, Ty Warren, Gerrard Warren, Mike Wright, Myron Pryor, Brandon Deaderick, Damione Lewis (7)
OLB: Tully Banta-Cain, Jermaine Cunningham, Rob Ninkovich (3)
ILB: Jerod Mayo, Gary Guyton, Tyrone McKenzie, Brandon Spikes (4)
CB: Leigh Bodden, Darius Butler, Devin McCourty, Jonathan Wilhite, Kyle Arrington (5)
S: Brandon Merriweather, Pat Chung, James Sanders, Brandon McGowan (4)

Special teams (5):
K: Stephen Gostkowski
P: Zoltan Mesko
LS: Jake Ingram
ST: Sam Aiken, Matthew Slater

Predictions:
Tom Brady: 42 TD's, 10 INT's, 4570 yards
Brandon Spikes: 45 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 INT's, 2 forced fumbles, 1 TD

Record: 12-4 if rookies perform like they are in TC, 10-6 if not - AFC East winners

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:27 am  

V For Vendetta wrote:

San Diego lost an LB a couple days back, if Denver lose Dumervil I really think Oakland can win the division. Our front 7 is probably the best in the AFC West


Houston Kelly Bryant Seymour
Scott McClain Wimbley


Thomas Howard to come in on passing downs for Bryant I reckon, moving Wimbley to DE, Seymour to DT.

No JaMarcus Russell so you'll do much better with Jason Campbell as QB.

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:08 pm  

Gaslight wrote:

New England Patriots

Key players:
Offence: Tom Brady, Randy Moss, Wes Welker
Defence: Vince Wilfork, Brandon Merriweather, Jerod Mayo

Rookies to watch:
Offence: Aaron Hernandez, Rob Gronkowski
Defence: Brandon Spikes, Jermaine Cunningham

Key games:
Oct. 24: at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
Nov. 21: Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m.
Dec. 6: Jets, 8:30 p.m.

Strengths:
Passing game
Young, talented D
Coaching

Weaknesses:
Left guard
Centre
Running back

Thoughts:
Exciting draft with 12 picks, the team have retooled on both sides of the ball and added a new weapon to the armoury with punter Zoltan Mesko, booming 60 yard left footed punts throughout training camp. The offensive side of the ball looks really exciting, and if the O line can perform, has the potential to put up 2007esque numbers with Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Brandon Tate, Taylor Price, Rob Gronkowski, Alge Crumpler and Aaron Hernandez performing well so far in camp, and veteran receiver Torry Holt.

The defence excites me, as it has the potential to be top 5, Brandon Spikes and Tyrone McKenzie will bring a tough, no nonsense style at inside linebacker next to 3rd year pro, Jerod Mayo. 2nd year safety Pat Chung has been vocal in training camp, along with Spikes firing the team up - Chung has greatly improved on his coverage skills and has picked Brady off a few times, exciting times for the D.

I'm really looking forward to this season, and can see it being successful, the record will totally depend on how the young players contribute however.

My Predicted 53 man roster:
Offence (25):
QB: Tom Brady, Brian Hoyer (2)
RB: Laurence Maroney, Fred Taylor, Sammy Morris, Kevin Faulk (4)
WR: Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, Torry Holt, Brandon Tate, Taylor Price (6)
TE: Alge Crumpler, Aaron Hernandez, Rob Gronkowski (3)
OL: Matt Light, Sebastian Vollmer, Dan Connolly, Nick Kaczur, Dan Koppen, Ted Larsen, Rich Ohrenberger, Mark LeVoir, Stephen Neal (9)

Defence (23):
DL: Vince Wilfork, Ty Warren, Gerrard Warren, Mike Wright, Myron Pryor, Brandon Deaderick, Damione Lewis (7)
OLB: Tully Banta-Cain, Jermaine Cunningham, Rob Ninkovich (3)
ILB: Jerod Mayo, Gary Guyton, Tyrone McKenzie, Brandon Spikes (4)
CB: Leigh Bodden, Darius Butler, Devin McCourty, Jonathan Wilhite, Kyle Arrington (5)
S: Brandon Merriweather, Pat Chung, James Sanders, Brandon McGowan (4)

Special teams (5):
K: Stephen Gostkowski
P: Zoltan Mesko
LS: Jake Ingram
ST: Sam Aiken, Matthew Slater

Predictions:
Tom Brady: 42 TD's, 10 INT's, 4570
Brandon Spikes: 45 tackles, 5 sacks, 2 INT's, 2 forced fumbles, 1 TD

Record: 12-4 if rookies perform like they are in TC, 10-6 if not - AFC East winners

Nice preview

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:12 pm  

Oakland Raiders

Key players:
Offence: Jason Campbell, Michael Bush, Louis Murphy
Defence: Richard Seymour, Rolando McClain, Nnamdi Asomugha

Rookies to watch:
Offence: Jared Veldheer, Jacoby Ford
Defence: Rolando McClain, Lamarr Houston

Key games: Anything against SD/Denver/KC

Strengths:
Front 7
Running Game
Not Jamarcus

Weaknesses:
Secondary outside Nnamdi
O-Line depth
Unproven recievers

Thoughts: One of the best draft weekends in the league, Al appears to have passed his days of madness with solid picks in the first 3 rounds, before taking the potential freaks. Could be the year we return to greatness, every story needs a villain

My Predicted 53 man roster:
Offence [26]:
QB: Jason Campbell, Bruce Gradkowski, Kyle Boller [3]
RB: Michael Bush, Darren McFadden, Rock Campbell, Michael Bennett, Luke Lawton [5]
WR: Louis Murphy, DHB, Johnnie Lee-Higgins, Chaz Schilens, Jacoby Ford, [5]
TE: Zach Miller, Tony Stewart, Brandon Myers [3]
OL: Khalif Barnes, Bruce Campbell, Cooper Carlisle, Samson Satele, Robert Gallery, Jared Veldheer, Mario Henderson, Langston Walker, Chris Morris [10]

Defence [23]:
DL: Richard Seymour, Tommy Kelly, Desmond Bryant, John Henderson, Jay Richardson, Matt Shaunnessy, Greyson Gunheim [7]
OLB: Kamerion Wimbley, Thomas Howard, Trevor Scott, Quentin Groves, Sam Williams [5]
ILB: Rolando McClain, Ricky Brown [2]
CB: Nnamdi Asomugha, Chris Johnson, Stanford Routt, Walter McFadden, Jeremy Ware [5]
S: Michael Huff, Tyvon Branch, Michael Mitchell, Hiram Eugene [4]

Special teams [4]:
K: Sebastian Janikowski
P: Shane Lechler
LS: Jon Condo
ST: Travis Goethel

Predictions:
Top 10 D

Record: 9-7 and Playoffs

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:42 pm  

Can't be arsed to do a full one of these for the Rams so I'll leave it to the far more knowledgeable Adamjk. Think we will get 5 wins though, almost doubling our win tally for the last two years combined!

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 4:51 pm  

Green Bay Packers

Key Players:
Offence- Aaron Rodgers, Whoever is LT, Jermichael Finley
Defence- Charles Woodson, Nick Collins, Clay Matthews

Rookies to Watch:
Offence- Andrew Quarless TE. Believed to be the next Finley. Physically he is a mismatch against defences.
Defence- Morgan Burnett SS. Will be starting over from Nick Collins, having taken over from Bigby.

Key Games:
Week 1: @ Eagles- Set our stall out early.
Week 7: Vikes- Only if Favre stays. A-Rod needs to get one over on him
Week 9: Cowboys
Week 15 @ Patriots

Strength:
Passing attack
One of the best defenses in the league

Weakness:
O-Line (was improved in the 2nd half of last year)
Secondary depth (aside from the starters we are really weak)
Special Teams

Thoughts:
We have a very good shot at our divison whether Favre is back or not. If we manage to keep Rodgers protected, which improved greatly when we brought back Tausch and Clifton after the Tampa and now with the drafting of Bulaga, offence is no problem at all. We have one of the best QB's, one of the best WR core's, talented TE's and a decent RB. O-Line holds the fate of our offence.

On D we have a very good starting unit who in the first year of a 34 last year were number 1 against the run despite playing AP twice every year and were very high in all other categories. Thats without mentioning the Defensive Player of the Year. The big big problem we have is that we have utter tripe as back-ups at CB and S like Jarrett Bush and Will Blackmon and when we got injuries we then struggled against 4 and 5 wides. Keep starters fit and we'll be OK.

Special teams we are pretty rubbish.

53 Man Roster:

Offence (25)
QB- Aaron Rodgers, Matt Flynn (2)
RB- Ryan Grant, Brandon Jackson, James Starks *R*, Kregg Lumpkin (4)
FB- Korey Hall, Quinn Johnson (2)
WR- Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Brett Swain (5)
TE- Jermichael Finley, Donald Lee, Andrew Quarless *R*, Spencer Havner (4)
OL- Mark Tauscher, Daryn Colledge, Scott Wells, Josh Sitton, Chad Clifton, Jason Spitz, Bryan Bulaga *R*, Marshall Newhouse *R* (8)

Defence (25)
DL- Ryan Pickett, BJ Raji, Cullen Jenkins, Justin Harrell, Mike Neal *R*, CJ Wilson *R*, Jarrius Wynn (7)
ILB- Nick Barnett, AJ Hawk, Desmond Bishop (3)
OLB- Clay Matthews, Brad Jones, Brandon Chillar, Brady Poppinga (4)
CB- Charles Woodson, Al Harris, Tramon Williams, Brandon Underwood, Pat Lee, Jarrett Bush (6)
S-Nick Collins, Morgan Burnett *R*, Atari Bigby, Derrick Martin, Will Blackmon (5)

Special Teams (3)
K-Mason Crosby
P- Tim Masthay
LS- Brett Goode

Predictions:
Aaron Rodgers MVP
Morgan Burnett in with a shout of DROY
Top 10 D

Record:
We have a really tough schedule this year playing the AFC East and NFC East along with Atlanta and San Fran.

I fancy us to get between 10 and 13 wins so i'll go for 12-4. Winning the division, number 2 NFC seed.

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:40 pm  

El Pac Carnegie wrote:

Can't be arsed to do a full one of these for the Rams so I'll leave it to the far more knowledgeable Adamjk. Think we will get 5 wins though, almost doubling our win tally for the last two years combined!

I've really not been paying that much attention this off season so I'm not sure myself what's been going on to be honest I still think we'll be terrible but being in the NFC West that doesn't necessarily mean we won't pick up a few more wins this season. I'm in 'excited that pre-season is here' mode which will soon disappear after the first week of games, before the excitement returns on opening weekend.

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:57 pm  

Anyone know where I can Download old NFL games online from the last couple of seasons?

Cheers

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:23 pm  

Come on Jets give Revis what he wants. As much as he's been a c**k about it, i honestly think it could be our year this season but we need Revis. Best CB in the league by far imo

Re: NFL Chat 4 : Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:35 pm  

Moon Knight wrote:

Come on Jets give Revis what he wants. As much as he's been a c**k about it, i honestly think it could be our year this season but we need Revis. Best CB in the league by far imo

Paying Revis the 20m a year he wants will put the Jets in cap hell, the next salary cap is apparently heading for 100m, so Revis on 20m, Scott on the 6-7 he's on, Sanchez is on 9 or so, 35% of the salary cap on 3 players isn't a good thing at all.

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up getting traded somewhere crap like Cleveland for a load of picks (or picks + Cribbs)