The hardest division to predict, or write about ...
Atlanta Falcons – LOLB Jon Beason
The falcons are one of the hardest teams to predict, they have multiple special players but most of them extremely raw. GM Nic St. Marie is an specialist bringing good talent at mid-low picks but yet how the team is going to performance is a complete mistery. I can’t offer more comments about the team as im clueless, but I’ll pick LOLB Jon Beason as the X-Factor for them as I believe he’ll finally going to display the potential he has with that blazing speed, yes he lacks size, and probably going to have problems at coverage vs Tall TE’s but I think his speed will be enough for counter it and be an all terrain kind of player. After he received both rookie and sophomore progression I think he’s ready for become one of the best LB of the league.
Carolina Panthers – RE Tommie Harris
The Carolina Panthers and GM Leonard Henry usually think out of the box, they have an idea of how want to run the team and they do it. Thanks to that, panthers are a completely unpredict team and here, that’s something really good. There’s no way to gameplan against Panthers, one day they’ll run with Lynch and the other going to use their speedy small WR. Defense is an enigma, the secondary received a huge boost with one of the best safeties duo this league ever seen. As Julius Peppers remain on the front 7, it will always been special, but the X-Factor I’ll pick from Panthers comes from the other side. RE Tommie Harris, during draft day Panthers decided to trade John Abraham, a player in my opinion even with few sacks was a complete beast with 18 TFL. But I believe Harris going to be able to live the expectactions and become a DE specialist in stop the run.
New Orleans Saints – HB DeAngelo Williams
Talk about the Saints always is complicated, specially when trying to predict a single player success. Saints work as a team, similar to a honeycomb. That’s why they dominate teams stats but non players stats. They also are extremely consistent with their roster, having very few differences season after season. And here I’ll take a long long shot picking DeAngelo Williams, specially with Deuce McAllister on the team, after a dream season Deuce struggle last season and an early playoffs clinch gave GM Nathan Jones the opportunity to give some snaps to Williams, and the result was way better than expected with Williams being good grabbing yards but also Touchdowns. On a team with a Defense + Run Philosophy, we can expect DeAngelo having some chances, and maybe he won’t be the brightest Hb statically speaking but I believe he’ll be important on important moments.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers – QB Marc Bulger
The buccaneers are a whole different team every season, they use their cap power to bring veterans with 1 or 2 years on the tank, players that are not the best athletes but that have high football skills. If you look at tampa roster only for athletic attributes you’ll probably think they have no chance, but if do the opposite and only look for football skills they could be the best team. I believe at some point that’ll balance. For Buccs I’ll pick the only QB worthy of X-Factor, Marc Bulger a veteran with 1 single task, keep GM Bill Ryan on the team, he doesn’t have receivers with blazing speed, or a hb that offer him an strong support, but as mention he has smart receivers core. He can move the chains, have some solid drives. This is another long long shot, maybe Buccs start QB Matt Leinart, but let’s think Bulger Starts and have a solid season.
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