NFL Bandwagons to Consider
I know it’s still only the beginning of May, but I am too anxious, and the torture of having to wait so long for football season to start up again is killin’ me. But, I thought of something to do while we wait!
Pick pre-season bandwagons!
There’s always the surprise team that comes outta nowhere:
In 2004 it was the Steelers
In 2005 it was the Panthers
In 2006 it was the Saints
In 2007 it was the Packers
So, who’s gonna be the pre-season surprise team? Here are a couple of bandwagons to pick from!
Minnesota Vikings
With the additions of Jared Allen, arguably the best DLineman in the game at this time, and John David Booty, one of the best QBs in the Draft, I see this team going 10-6, no worse than 9-7 and being a real contender come playoff time, perhaps even stealing the division from the Packers, which is what I see happening.
Baltimore Ravens
In my opinion, moving back up after moving down to get Joe Flacco was the right move for the Ravens and new head coach, John Harbaugh. This guy will be sure to lead a team for years. Also, the addition of Ray Rice from Rutgers is bound to help them. McGahee and Rice will make it an interesting dual-RB situation in 2008 for the Ravens. All those pieces minus McNair are still there from that 2006 13-win team, so I see the Ravens going 10-6, and making it intot he playoffs via wild card.
Kansas City Chiefs
A really good draft, probably the best will higher the pressure on Herm Edwards to get this team back to the post-season. If he does not, with all this talent, I think he should be fired. Perhaps surprisingly I only see this team going 5-11. It techniacally is an improvment… Way to go, Herm.
Carolina Panthers
A good draft, picking up Jonathan Stewart, Jeff Otah, and Dan Connor will take some pressure off Delhomme, and hopefully he won’t get hurt this year. If he stays healthy with the seoncd-best blocker and running-back in this year’s draft, watch out for the Panthers. I forsee a 9-7 year with a possible wild card berth.
But, the bandwagon I’m jumping on is…
New Orleans Saints
Some great off-season moves, and by far the best off-season so far. With so many good players, there is no way the Saints will be bale to screw this up. I see an 11-5 season with a division title. The Bucs will have to settle for at best a wild card berth now.
Thanks for reading! Who do you guys think will be 2008’s surprise team?
-Mike Greenspire
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
MG - sorry about the theme change. There’s always been an issue with this one. i thought i’d licked it, but i was wrong. i apologize for the inconvenience. you know, I can set up your blog to pull your posts from other site automatically. hit me up and i’ll tell you how.
May 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Greenspire
I wouldn’t say that it’s so much about bandwagon jumpers per say. As it’s more to with the success of the teams and what they endure during their down years.
tophatal
May 4th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
d- Nah, that’s okay, it’s not a hassle. I just open up both post blog windows, and right click cut it and paste it onto the other.
Besides, this new format is better in my opinion than the old one. Thanks!
tophat- I suppose, but these teams will see some bandwagoners climbing aboard this year in my opinion!
Take care, guys!
-Mike Greenspire