I dont think the packers will able to get over their meltdown they had against the Hawks in the NFC title game to make it that far this year.lol
With the Hawks getting Graham,as long as they stay away from major injuries again towards the end of the year,the only team that is a real threat to stopping them from going again is the Cards and MAYBE the cowboys.Dont think so though,I think that was just a fluke year for them.we'll see. If the Cards dont have the same major injuries they had last year,this could be their year for them in year three.
We will have to see how it all shakes out. The Cardinals have lost some players but made some nice additions too. Same with Seattle. I am concerned about Seattle's corner and nickel backs as well as left guard. The Rams are a sneaky team. I don't know if they can challenge Seattle or Arizona but they can sure make themselves a pain in the ass for both. 49ers are done for a while.
who else did the seahawks lose other than Malcomn Smith?
Well Byron Maxwell (that will hurt), O'Brien Schofield, Max Unger, and James Carpenter are the big ones.
They lost Carpenter and Maxwell as well? I did not know that.Unger I knew about but he was so injury prone it did not matter. Will be interesting then to see if Carpenters replacement can come in and have an immediate impact like Justin Britt did.
He was an upgrade to the one they lost last year and had an immediate impact.Maybe Schneider has someone else he feels confidant about as well and yeah that is so true,losing Maxwell could hurt them.
Well Britt did ok by the end of the year for a rookie. Giacomini was better, but I think Britt will be a superior player in the long term. Patrick Lewis will probably take over at center and I am ok with that. he played well in relief last year and hopefully he will continue to get better. He is not Unger, but I am ok with that. I suppose Alvin Bailey would step in for Carpenter right now and he has played ok too. So there are guys to plug in, but they have a lot to prove in my mind.
We signed Cary Williams and Will Blackmon. The latter I imagine will cover Lane until he is ready to go and the former will battle with Simon for the starting corner job. Neither are Byron Maxwell though, but we will see. We still have the draft and the second run of free agency so we will see how it goes, but Seattle has lost some important pieces and the replacements might do the job but they are all unproven.