NFC NORTH PREDICITONS... (not record wise)

[packers11]

Since its to early to predict the record, I want to see what people think of these few questions ...

Surprise team of the NFCN :
Disappointment of the NFCN:
Division Leader :
Bottom of Division :

Here I go:

Lions
Bears
Packers
Vikings

[HarveyWallbangers]

Bears, Packers, Lions, Vikings

[MJZiggy]

Surprise = Lions
Disappointment = Bears
Leader = Packers
Bottom = Vikings

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Surprise = Packers
Disappointment = Bears
Leader = Packers
Bottom = Vikings

[BallHawk]

Packers- 10-6
Bears- 10-6
Lions- 7-9
Vikings- 5-11

Packers win on tiebreakers.

[Fritz]

Lions and Tigers and Bears.

Oh my.

By the way, is it just me or every year do people seem to pick the Lions as the hot "sleeper" pick?

[Scott Campbell]

Lions and Tigers and Bears.

Oh my.

By the way, is it just me or every year do people seem to pick the Lions as the hot "sleeper" pick?

They don't get Calvin Russell every year.

[Scott Campbell]

Bears, Packers, Lions, Vikings

Traitor!

[Bretsky]

Lions and Tigers and Bears.

Oh my.

By the way, is it just me or every year do people seem to pick the Lions as the hot "sleeper" pick?

They don't get Calvin Russell every year.

lol:
Who is Calvin Russell ?

[Scott Campbell]

Lions and Tigers and Bears.

Oh my.

By the way, is it just me or every year do people seem to pick the Lions as the hot "sleeper" pick?

They don't get Calvin Russell every year.

lol:
Who is Calvin Russell ?

He's a cross between Calvin Johnson and JaMarcus Russell. Dude throws Hail Mary TD's to himself.

[RashanGary]

Re: NFC NORTH PREDICITONS... (not record wise)

Surprise: Packers
Disappointment: Lions
Division Leader: Packers
Bottom of Division: Lions

Bears: 10-6
Packers: 9-7 (wildcard)
Vikings: 7-9
Lions: 6-10

[Bretsky]

Re: NFC NORTH PREDICITONS... (not record wise)

Surprise: Packers
Disappointment: Lions
Division Leader: Packers
Bottom of Division: Lions

Bears: 10-6
Packers: 9-7 (wildcard)
Vikings: 7-9
Lions: 6-10

confused; how can the Packers be the Division leader in first point and then the wilcard on your second point

[Bretsky]

I'll start by saying I hope I'm wrong and my expectation for Snapper Success is for him to improve on last year's record.

With that being said

Division Winner- Bears
Surprise - Vikings
Disappointment- Packers

[BallHawk]

B, I don't see how the Packers can disappoint. They're not like the Bears or the Panthers that have high expectations, the Packers have a chance to be in the 8 or 9 win area, as they also have a chance to be in the 6 or 7 win area.

Personally, I don't see how the Vikings can be good this year. Their passing game is just to shaky, IMO. The only way I see them getting 8 or more wins is if Tavaris Jackson does a good Vince Young impersonation. That's hard enough, but when you look at Jackson's weapons, it really makes you shake your head. Bobby Wade as a #1? That alone is cause for concern. Their RBs could be great and their success on offense will rest on their shoulders. However, if Taylor and AP don't get the running game going, the Vikes don't have a shot. Lucky for the Vikes, they have a fantastic DL. However, I do worry about how they will be in the secondary. The St. Louis game last year for the Vikes was a bit of a "mail-in" game, but they looked bad in that game. The Vikes are another team that could go either way.

The Lions, on the other hand, have arguably the best offense in the NFC North. One already great WR and another WR that looks to be great. Add in Mike Furrey and you have yourself a fantastic group of WRs. Jon Kitna is a solid QB and is probably the 2nd best QB in the division. The Lions added a 1,000 yard back and have another good back in Kevin Jones. Their OL is questionable, but if they are at least average then the Lions could be dangerous on offense. Detroit's defense is their big weakness. They lose Dre Bly, who was the big man in the secondary. Add the fact they're starting Paris Lenon at MLB and that's a cause for concern.

Nonetheless, the NFC North will be a very interesting division in 2007.

[Bretsky]

B, I don't see how the Packers can disappoint. They're not like the Bears or the Panthers that have high expectations, the Packers have a chance to be in the 8 or 9 win area, as they also have a chance to be in the 6 or 7 win area.


BH,

This is the type of mentality that is a bit frustrating to me. Why do so many of the supporters of Ted Thompson have such low expectations ? Is that how far down we've become ? Just accept whatever we are.

We were .500 in a poor conference last year. We're in that same poor conference next year. We're still in that same division as we were last year. If our expectation is 4 wins in the division next year, wouldn't it be a disappointment if we hit that and only won 2-3 games the rest of the season. And I'd think it would be equally disappointing if we only won 2 or 3 division games.

We had 25 Million to spend, which was more than anybody in our division.

How our GM chooses to spend it is up to him; I'm no longer questioning his free agency hibernation; my views on that have been far too clear.

But IMO it's his still his job to get us on track to improving faster than the other teams. And he's accountable for that.

IMO six or seven wins would be a disappointment; IMO we should consider it a disappointment.

It's time to start raising the bar for success again. It's way too low for too many people IMO.