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Title: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: bsfins on August 26, 2011, 11:05:23 am Every year there is a team or two that makes a leap forward from the year before...
Who do you think this years surprise team is going to be? Title: Re: Who do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pappy13 on August 26, 2011, 11:21:05 am Cincinnati Bengals.
Dalton and AJ Green will help the offense get on track and they play a very easy schedule compared to last year. They played a brutal schedule last year that included Pittsburgh and Baltimore twice, New England, Atlanta, Indy, Jets, New Orleans and San Diego. Their "easy" games were Cleveland twice, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Miami and Buffalo. I expect them to have 7 or 8 wins this year and if they get hot more. Cleveland might also shock some people. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Brian Fein on August 26, 2011, 12:33:18 pm The Detroit Lions. I think they make the playoffs this year.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: CF DolFan on August 26, 2011, 01:26:57 pm Watching Washington's defense last night, I'd have to say it wouldn't surprise me to see them do well this year.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: AZ Fins Fan 55 on August 26, 2011, 02:30:37 pm I also think the Lions can be contenders if and only if Stafford can stay healthy.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on August 26, 2011, 02:46:55 pm I'm on the Lions bandwagon as well...but also think the 49ers will surprise folks by winning the NFC West. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: fyo on August 26, 2011, 02:57:09 pm but also think the 49ers will surprise folks by winning the NFC West. You're being facetious, right? The whole division is so terrible, it wouldn't be a surprise to anyone if the 49ers won it with a massive 8 or 9 wins. (bookies have the 49'ers and Rams just about tied as favorites to win the NFC West) Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on August 26, 2011, 05:32:22 pm No facetiousness at all... I haven't seen a single website or sports publication picking SF to win the West. I've seen AZ, St. Louis, even Seattle...but not SF. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Thundergod on August 26, 2011, 07:50:51 pm I'm gonna go with Houston. 3 of the last 4 years they've gone 8-8/8-8/9-7. Not really feeling Jacksonville or Tennesee, and Houston always gives Indy heart attacks when they play them. I think they can sneak into the wild card.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: BigDaddyFin on August 27, 2011, 07:41:42 am Kansas City.
Title: Re: Who do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: tubba marxxx on August 27, 2011, 07:49:41 pm Cincinnati Bengals. Dalton and AJ Green will help the offense get on track and they play a very easy schedule compared to last year. They played a brutal schedule last year that included Pittsburgh and Baltimore twice, New England, Atlanta, Indy, Jets, New Orleans and San Diego. Their "easy" games were Cleveland twice, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Miami and Buffalo. I expect them to have 7 or 8 wins this year and if they get hot more. Cleveland might also shock some people. I don't mean to completely poop on your theory....but I just had a conversation with some buddies about how the Bengals will go 0 - 16 this year....they look terrible....I do agree with you on Cleveland though..I'm a firm believer in Colt McCoy Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on August 29, 2011, 12:21:31 pm KC.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pappy13 on August 29, 2011, 12:31:28 pm ^^I think KC is in for disappointment this year. Back to the mean for them.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: bsfins on August 29, 2011, 12:42:05 pm Kansas City. KC. Huh? How can team that was 10-6 last year and made the playoffs come out of no where? ??? Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on August 29, 2011, 12:50:13 pm Huh? How can team that was 10-6 last year and made the playoffs come out of no where? ??? Win 11 games. Win a play off game or two. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: jtex316 on August 29, 2011, 12:52:15 pm The Bengals have possibly the worst ownership in the NFL. They sign way-past-their-prime veterans (Terell Owens, Tank Johnson, Pacman Jones), they force the only player worth a damn on their roster into retirement (Carson Palmer) and they trade their next player on the list worth a damn on their roster after Palmer (Ochocinco).
They are mismanaged, unorganized, and they STILL have Marvin Lewis coaching them, which is an unbelievable commitment to not giving a shit whether you win or lose for many years now! They can very easily go 0-16. It is hard for a team to go 10-6 and come out of nowhere (like the Chiefs), but I'm going with my homer pick and select the New York Giants as the team with a breakout year this year, even if they only improve their W/L by +1. Why the NYG? 1. No-one is talking about them (and I mean no-one) 2. Eli Manning has thrown for 4,000 yards and 25+ TDs the last two years 3. He will drastically cut down on the INTs 4. We have a beast at WR in Hakeem Nicks 5. Our defense has some nice young and up-and-coming studs 6. If our punter can catch the ball, watch out because he has a leg! 7. Our 2nd half of the year schedule is completely brutal, so we may only improve our W/L by +1, but it will be a significant one and we'll make the playoffs this season. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on August 29, 2011, 01:00:04 pm 6. If our punter can catch the ball, watch out because he has a leg! ??? ??? ??? Why the eff would your punter be catching a ball? Two 10-6 teams in your division. One vastly improved in the off season. One did jack. Eagles win the division w/o needing the greatest team melt down in 40 years. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on August 29, 2011, 02:29:30 pm ??? ??? ??? Why the eff would your punter be catching a ball? Because if he lined up under center to take the snap and then ran back to punt, he'd likely get killed. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: mecadonzilla on August 29, 2011, 03:41:39 pm If Kevin Kolb doesn't have any AJ Feely stink on him, I think the Cardinals could run away with the NFC West. Outside of the Rams, I don't see any real competition there.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Tenshot13 on August 29, 2011, 05:07:13 pm I say the Bucs. They're offense is going to be killer this year. They have a QB that should be hitting his stride, a beast of a WR in M. Williams who will only get better, a bruiser of a RB in Blount, speed with WR Benn and one of the best pass catching TEs in the league.
Their defense is very young, and will probably start out slow, but I believe they'll come around. 11-5. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Landshark on August 29, 2011, 11:06:54 pm KC. Last year was their "breakout year". This year, they will be in the thick of it for the Super Bowl. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Brian Fein on August 30, 2011, 01:27:06 pm The Chiefs will finish under 0.500 this year. Super Bowl? Meh.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Dave Gray on August 30, 2011, 01:36:30 pm Is Detroit an acceptable answer?
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Cathal on August 30, 2011, 03:25:15 pm Is Detroit an acceptable answer? That's my answer. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on August 30, 2011, 08:37:02 pm The Chiefs will finish under 0.500 this year... I think that if you look really hard in all the nooks and crannies at your house, you may very well find some of your marbles. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Landshark on August 30, 2011, 10:16:57 pm The Chiefs will finish under 0.500 this year. Super Bowl? Meh. The chance of that happening is about the same as Charlie Weis fitting into a pair of size 32 jeans Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: CF DolFan on August 31, 2011, 08:00:39 am I think I'm with Brian although I wouldn't say less than .500. I just have a hard time of buying into them. Two reasons. I think they lost quite a bit when Weis left and I think Cassel will struggle this year.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pappy13 on August 31, 2011, 02:19:50 pm They won't be 10-6 again. 8-8 sounds about right.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on August 31, 2011, 02:34:56 pm KC wins "at least" 10 games during the regular season, and my honorary buck-drop would be on an 11-5 campaign. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pappy13 on August 31, 2011, 02:55:11 pm Here's their schedule. What games do you have them losing? I personally can't see them winning @Chargers, @Colts, @Patriots, Steelers, @Bears, @Jets, Packers. They might win one or 2 of those, but then they would have to not lose any of the others and I don't see that happening.
1 Sun Sep 11, 2011 Bills 2 Sun Sep 18, 2011 @Lions 3 Sun Sep 25, 2011 @Chargers 4 Sun Oct 2, 2011 Vikings 5 Sun Oct 9, 2011 @Colts 6 --- BYE WEEK --- 7 Sun Oct 23, 2011 @Raiders 8 Mon Oct 31, 2011 Chargers 9 Sun Nov 6, 2011 Dolphins 10 Sun Nov 13, 2011 Broncos 11 Mon Nov 21, 2011 @Patriots 12 Sun Nov 27, 2011 Steelers 13 Sun Dec 4, 2011 @Bears 14 Sun Dec 11, 2011 @Jets 15 Sun Dec 18, 2011 Packers 16 Sat Dec 24, 2011 Raiders 17 Sun Jan 1, 2012 @Broncos Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on August 31, 2011, 11:05:57 pm While those are all tough opponents, I think they could win 4 or 5 of those that you've highlighted. Again, I see KC winning 10 or more, and only the future will prove that number right or wrong. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Spider-Dan on September 01, 2011, 02:15:43 am I predict KC to win 7 games, and I think that's being kind.
Much like Cincinnati in '09 or Tennessee (or Miami) in '08, I see them as a team that benefited heavily from a lot of fortunate breaks. The team is just not that much better than they were two years ago. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pats2006 on September 03, 2011, 07:01:36 am The Detroit Lions. I think they make the playoffs this year. x2 they look good. Towards the end of the season last year it looked like the team was starting to come together. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Brian Fein on September 12, 2011, 12:08:02 am KC wins "at least" 10 games during the regular season, and my honorary buck-drop would be on an 11-5 campaign. If you want to reconsider, now's your chance...Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on September 12, 2011, 01:12:09 am ^^^ I was wondering who would overreact to that KC meltdown... Based on week one, I'm looking forward to the inevitable Houston-San Francisco Super Bowl, and seeing the Pittsburgh Steelers get the #1 pick in next year's draft. ::) That said, the Chiefs did look fairly sucky. ;) Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Spider-Dan on September 12, 2011, 03:34:14 am It's one game.
That being said, if KC doesn't win at least 3 games by their bye, my prediction of 7 wins will sound like hopelessly optimistic pillow talk. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Brian Fein on September 12, 2011, 10:06:41 am I only brought it up because I was the guy saying "KC sucks" and wanted to pat myself on the back. I think they were exposed yesterday, and still don't know why people think so highly of them. One game or ten games, they are not a good team.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Tenshot13 on September 12, 2011, 02:57:26 pm Not to mention they just lost Eric Berry for the year.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on September 12, 2011, 03:47:23 pm ^^^ THAT hurts a lot... Berry is one of the most impressive young safeties in the game. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: CF DolFan on September 12, 2011, 03:55:40 pm and seeing the Pittsburgh Steelers get the #1 pick in next year's draft. The Colts may be drafting Andrew Luck next year!! Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pappy13 on September 12, 2011, 04:40:44 pm ^^Ah so THAT'S why they FORCED Manning to get another surgery, so they could have Luck waiting in the wings when Manning retires. :)
I love a good conspiracy theory. :) Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Tenshot13 on September 12, 2011, 06:15:45 pm ^^^ THAT hurts a lot... Berry is one of the most impressive young safeties in the game. Indeed he is. We were both high on him the year he was drafted.Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on September 19, 2011, 10:58:11 am I would like to revise my KC prediction.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: CF DolFan on September 19, 2011, 11:05:15 am Watching Washington's defense last night, I'd have to say it wouldn't surprise me to see them do well this year. So far so good. Washington is 2-0 and leading their division. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Sunstroke on September 19, 2011, 11:46:29 am ^^^ And no sign of Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: BigDaddyFin on September 19, 2011, 07:52:18 pm I was wrong. Evidently, Kansas City can't play their way out of a paper bag.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Tenshot13 on September 20, 2011, 01:03:22 am ...and this is why no one believes me that free agency is how you win fantasy football championships. Of course you have to have at least a solid draft. In my other league, Charles was my top pick. I still think I can win it without him and picking up someone in FA. I'll keep you all posted on how I do.
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: jtex316 on September 21, 2011, 11:56:15 am The prediction for the New York Giants can still come true! Manning had a good 2nd half after a bad 1st half and he's a streaky player, so watch out Eagles next week!
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: bsmooth on September 21, 2011, 06:00:16 pm The prediction for the New York Giants can still come true! Manning had a good 2nd half after a bad 1st half and he's a streaky player, so watch out Eagles next week! Yeah he had to recover in the second half against an utterly crappy team. The Eagles will not be so inept as the Rams. Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: masterfins on September 25, 2011, 06:16:18 pm The Buffalo Bills!
Title: Re: What team do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Spider-Dan on January 02, 2012, 08:35:13 pm I predict KC to win 7 games, and I think that's being kind. Trogdor strikes again!Much like Cincinnati in '09 or Tennessee (or Miami) in '08, I see them as a team that benefited heavily from a lot of fortunate breaks. The team is just not that much better than they were two years ago. Title: Re: Who do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Pappy13 on January 02, 2012, 10:43:51 pm Cincinnati Bengals. Ahem.Dalton and AJ Green will help the offense get on track and they play a very easy schedule compared to last year. They played a brutal schedule last year that included Pittsburgh and Baltimore twice, New England, Atlanta, Indy, Jets, New Orleans and San Diego. Their "easy" games were Cleveland twice, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Miami and Buffalo. I expect them to have 7 or 8 wins this year and if they get hot more. Title: Re: Who do you think will have a break out year this year? Post by: Landshark on January 03, 2012, 07:26:30 am |