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2010 Expert Picks (Consensus: 3rd) from ESPN

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5. Defensive uncertainty: The defense doesn't look like a Fox defense. The days of Carolina's defense being built around the front four are long gone, with Julius Peppers' departure representing the disappearance of the last dinosaur. The Panthers are counting on some young guys emerging up front, and players such as Greg Hardy and Eric Norwood showed flashes in the preseason. But linebacker Jon Beason is the only player opposing offenses have to account for on every play. Beason is a tremendous player, but he can't carry a defense and is going to need help from a lot of angles.

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i guess getting 18 sacks in 3 games doesnt mean a darn thing.

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The consensus is that experts pick from Large Market to Small market and call them "power rankings" in preseason most of the time. No shocker there.

I am not sure market has anything to do with it. With a few exceptions, they picked the entire NFC to finish as it did last year. They flipped four pairs of teams, Minnesota and Green Bay, New York and Philly, Saints and Atlanta, and Arizona and San Francisco, and thats it as far as I can tell. They had all four teams that finished at the bottom last year finishing at the bottom this year and three of the third place teams remaining in the same spot.

Only two of the selections are even mildly interesting. They have the Falcons over the Saints, and Green Bay over the Vikes.

Same with the elite rankings. They are basing them on how the team finished last year. If the Panthers were coming off of an Championship game or Superbowl win; Smith, Beason, and Gross would all be elite players.

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