I apologize in advance for this non-baseball tangent. It's just that football talk is in full swing now that it's July (!) and I wanted to get in a couple of contrarian NFL predictions before they become vogue.
The Packers are going to be a disaster this year, with or without Brett Favre. 6-10 will be a good year. Teams that suffer the sturm und drang they are currently enduring always seem to devolve into chaos. Football teams need order, advance planning and harmony.
The Jets will rebound to .500. Gang Green vastly over-performed in '06 thanks to a cake schedule and a few lucky breaks. They vastly under-performed in '07 because of meatier opponents and key injuries. All things being equal, they're an 8-8 team with the chance for more.
Sorry Cleveland, but it's going to be a tough year. Derek Anderson had his career year last season and there's nowhere to go but down. You're in a tough division in a tough conference. No playoffs...again.
The Colts' key players are aging. I think they have already peaked and are beginning a slow descent. They'll still make the playoffs, but they won't be untouchable and they might not win their division.
Houston will make the playoffs. The Texans were built intelligently from the inside out and now have Matt Schaub under center for a second year. Their front office gets it.
That's it. Back to your regularly scheduled baseball talk...
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