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Holy Frijoles! The 2015 Sporting News Pro Football prediction issue

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We should be expected to win the NFCS. Our QB is in his prime with plenty of weapons, our defense is a good as it's ever been, and we've rebuilt our special teams. The Saints are on the decline with Brees' arm turning into a noodle, the Falcons defense is a joke, and our defense locked their offense down the last time we played holding them to 3 points. The Bucs are starting a rookie QB and are slowing implementing a new system. Why wouldn't we be the favorite? Things have lined up in our favor, and there is no excuse for not winning the NFCS for the 3rd time in a row.

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Now, come on folks. We all know folks out there know all about us. They just want to see us put it all together. No more up, then down then look good turns into WTF football, win one year, lose the next. In other words, "The Lions Syndrome."

 

Win the Division-Playoff team schedule the next year-don't make the playoffs. The next year-get non-Playoff team schedule, make the Play Offs. And the cycle continues.

 

We may have had a...hic-up along the way, but we are BTB NFCS Champ. Let's just keep winning and leave all that other shhhtuff for folks without a Play Off team to figure out.

 

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Look at who we play though. The majority of games we play are against teams that had losing records (thanks to our crappy division teams).If we simply beat the teams with losing records, and lose to every team that had a winning record, that puts us at 10-6. If we beat the Texans too, that puts us at 11-5.

I think we are still under the radar because it seems that Sporting News thinks we will lose to almost every quality team on the schedule this year.

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Look at who we play though. The majority of games we play are against teams that had losing records (thanks to our crappy division teams).If we simply beat the teams with losing records, and lose to every team that had a winning record, that puts us at 10-6. If we beat the Texans too, that puts us at 11-5.

I think we are still under the radar because it seems that Sporting News thinks we will lose to almost every quality team on the schedule this year.

This is easier said than done because it means a sweep of the division.....regardless of TB, NOR, and ATL's situations, a division sweep against your rivals is awfully tough.

Now I'm not saying we aren't capable of 11-5.  Personally I hope we beat at least a few of those teams that had winning records last year.  We'll need to do so to be taken seriously as playoff contenders.

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Look at who we play though. The majority of games we play are against teams that had losing records (thanks to our crappy division teams).If we simply beat the teams with losing records, and lose to every team that had a winning record, that puts us at 10-6. If we beat the Texans too, that puts us at 11-5.

I think we are still under the radar because it seems that Sporting News thinks we will lose to almost every quality team on the schedule this year.

I don't care which teams we beat. I'll take 11-5 after last season. Only two 11-5 teams have failed to make the playoffs in the last 37 yrs. (since 16 game schedule).

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Highlighting a few notable Sporting News predictions:

Either Ron Rivera or Bruce Arians will be NFL coach of the year again.

Cam Newton will soon make his contract look like a bargain.

Panthers: 11-5
Saints: 7-9
Falcons: 6-10
Bucs: 4-12

Wild-Card Games
New York over Carolina

 

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The Saints are on the decline with Brees' arm turning into a noodle, the Falcons defense is a joke, and our defense locked their offense down the last time we played holding them to 3 points. 

Where is all this coming from? Hate Drew but he led the freakin' league in passing yards last year.

Just saying that I respect our competition. Everyone looks at last year's standings and forgets that the NFCS had two teams with 11 or more wins in 2013, and has pretty consistently put two teams in the playoffs over the past few years. 

I won't be surprised at all if NO or ATL squeeze out 9 or 10 wins this year. If Stew goes down in week 5, we're looking at 7-9 again. 

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