What a weird season. First of all, the season flew by. Second, lots of surprises, San Diego and Philly laid eggs, NY Jets and Dallas (those Ryan Brothers) all sizzle, no substance. Cincinnati and Carolina took huge steps forward. Finally, Tebow!
The Axe-man Cometh, especially in Florida, Miami, Jax and Tampa have openings. St. Louis, San Diego, KC, Indy also are either open or will be open. What is the best job? I kinda like the St. Louis job, especially if they move to Los Angeles. Also Indy fires Bill Polian and Chicago fires Jerry Angelo. Angelo was easy, he should have signed Donovan McNabb when he had the chance.
My MVP, Aaron Rodgers. No offense Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, but Rodgers might be the most complete QB since Steve Young and if he leads Green Bay to another Super Bowl, he can start writing his speech for Canton.
Comeback player of the year Alex Smith. I always thought he was a decent QB stuck on a bad team, but this year he out did what I thought he could do.
Coach of The Year is Marvin Lewis. I expected the Bengals to win 1 game this season. I felt AJ Green would be stuck on a lousy offense, but they played very well and from the first week where they caught Cleveland by surprise, they played extremely well. Next season they have to work on beating Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
Rookie of the year is Andy Dalton. Nothing against Cam Newton and his amazing numbers, but Andy Dalton led a team to the playoffs who was suppose to be DOA.
Year end Power 10
1. Green Bay Packers
2. New England Patriots
3. New Orleans Saints
4. San Francisco 49ers
5. Baltimore Ravens
6. Atlanta Falcons
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
8. Detroit Lions
9. Houston Texans
10. Denver Broncos
10. Cincinnati Bengals
I finished the regular season 35-33, just where I thought I would. A shade above .500. Here are my playoff selections.
Houston (-3) against Cincinnati
The Texans have a ton of injuries. I'm not sure if TJ Yates can win a huge game. It's safe to assume they are going to run early and often. The Bengals haven't won a big game and there's nothing to show they will on the road.
Texans 24 - Bengals 20
New Orleans (-11) against Detroit
This will be an offensive game. Drew Brees will pick apart the Lions defense
Saints 44 - Lions 29
New York Giants (-3) against Atlanta
I don't trust the Giants. I don't know Eli Manning can do it all on his own. I would be absolutely picking Atlanta if the game was indoors, but not sure what the elements will bring.
Falcons 20 - Giants 21
Pittsburgh (-11) @ Denver
The Broncos defense needs to come up big. Willis McGahee needs to take the team on his back and the Broncos special teams have to be the difference if the Broncos have a shot. Things aren't all peachy for the Steelers. Big Ben is still hobbled and doesn't look quite himself. Isaac Redmon needs to step up real fast and the Steel Curtain needs to be a few years younger.
Broncos 19 - Steelers 17
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