08-02-2012, 01:27 PM
Normally, I'd be excited with you Duchess about the upcoming season, but with a very mediocre team, playing in an exceptionally tough division, it's real hard to be optimistic.
The Saints have been hit hard in the off-season, but I expect them to have an 'us against the world' mentality this year, and play really, really well.
Check out the Patriots schedule for this year. A bunch of nobody's (well they do play the Broncos and Ravens, but both in Foxboro) on tap. They could easily go 14-2 or 15-1.
The NFC North plays the AFC South this year in intra-conference matchups, which should be dominated by the NFC North. The NFC North also gets the NFC West in inter-conference games. Again, the 49ers look like the only difficult matchup there.
You could see both NFC Wild Card teams coming out of the NFC North (Packers, Bears and Lions all making the post-season).
We shall see!
The Saints have been hit hard in the off-season, but I expect them to have an 'us against the world' mentality this year, and play really, really well.
Check out the Patriots schedule for this year. A bunch of nobody's (well they do play the Broncos and Ravens, but both in Foxboro) on tap. They could easily go 14-2 or 15-1.
The NFC North plays the AFC South this year in intra-conference matchups, which should be dominated by the NFC North. The NFC North also gets the NFC West in inter-conference games. Again, the 49ers look like the only difficult matchup there.
You could see both NFC Wild Card teams coming out of the NFC North (Packers, Bears and Lions all making the post-season).
We shall see!