Last Season : 11 - 5
Players Drafted
1st Round - Gabe Carimi OL
2nd Round - Stephen Paea DT
3rd Round - Chris Conte DB
5th Round - Nathan Enderle QB
6th Round - James Thomas LB
Players in
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| Roy Williams |
Sam Hurd WR
Roy Williams WR
Matt Speath TE
Adam Podlesh P
Chris Spencer C
Amobi Okoye DL
Patrick Trahan LB
Brandon Meriweather S
Players out
Matt Gutierrez QB
Brandon Minor RB
Chester Taylor RB
Devin Aromashodu WR
Rashied Davis WR
Zeke Markshausen WR
Brad Maynard P
Richmond McGee P
Olin Kreutz C
Josh Bullocks S
Danieal Manning S
The Bears won this division last year, they then won through to the NFC Championship game. Here they lost to the major division rivals, the Green Bay Packers. They will be hoping that this year they will be able to go one better, but I just don't see it. They had alot of problems along the OL last year, and QB Jay Cutler was hit often. They selected OL Gabe Carimi in the 1st round of the draft, hoping to try and stop this happening again. I don't like the fact though that they allowed veteran C Olin Kreutz to leave. His experience will be missed. They bought in RB Marion Barber, for the tough yards, but the interesting signing to me is WR Roy Williams. Williams and the OC Mike Martz worked together in Detriot, and Williams had his best ever year under Martz. Will they be able to recreate this?
This Bears defence isn't a classic one, but it is still pretty good. They manage to get pressure off the edge thanks to DE Julius Peppers and LB Brian Urlacher makes it very difficult to run against them. They did lose S Danieal Manning in the offseason, but replaced him with former Patriot Brandon Meriweather. Meriweather's uncompromising style should fit in well in Chicago. The Bears will be decent, but I can't see past the Packers this year.
Last Season : 6 - 10
Players Drafted
1st Round - Nick Fairley DT
2nd Round - Titus Young WR
2nd Round - Mikel LeShoure RB
5th Round - Douglas Hogue LB
7th Round - Johnny Culbreath OL
Players in
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| Jerome Harrison |
Keiland Williams FB
Rashied Davis WR
Nate Hughes WR
Maurice Stovall WR
Jacques McClendon OG
Rudy Niswanger C
Isaac Sowells OL
Keyunta Dawson DL
Quinn Pitcock DL
Cody Brown LB
Jason Durnant LB
Stephen Tulloch LB
Anthony Maddison CB
Eric Wright CB
Erik Coleman S
Aaron Francisco S
Players out
Bryant Johnson WR
Dave Rayner K
Turk McBride LB
The Lions are a very interesting, up and coming team in my eyes. QB Matt Stafford and WR Calvin Johnson have a great connection, and should provide the Lions will a great passing game. One problem that the Lions had last year was the lack of a running game. RB Jahvid Best is seen as being injury-prone, so they bought in Mikel LeShore, with a 2nd round draft pick. The problem is LeShoure tore his achilles, and will miss the season. It would be asking alot for Best to carry the team, so they bought in former Brown, Jerome Harrison. Will be interesting to see how this goes.
The defence of the Lions is SO exciting. The DL includes Kyle Van Den Bosch, Ndamukung Suh, and now last years 1st Round pick Nick Fairley. These 3 should put opposing QB's under HUGE pressure. They have bought in LB's Jason Durant and Stephan Tullochm that should make this a dominant front 7. The secondary should also be much improved, thanks to the signings of CB Eric Wright and S Aaron Francisco. This much better looking defence have played well in the preseason, and I can't wait to see them in the games that matter. I think the Lions will win more games than last year, and may even shock everyone by winning 8 or more games, something they haven't done for over a decade.
Last Season : 10 - 6
Players Drafted
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| Will they repeat?? |
2nd Round - Randell Cobb WR
3rd Round - Alex Green RB
4th Round - Davon House DB
5th Round - D.J Williams TE
6th Round - Caleb Schlauderaff OL
6th Round - D.J Smith LB
6th Round - Ricky Elmore DL
7th Round - Ryan Taylor TE
7th Round - Lawrence Guy DT
Players in
Players out
Ahman Green RB
Brandon Jackson RB
Korey Hall FB
Calvin Russell WR
Donald Lee TE
Daryn Colledge OG
Jason Spitz C
Cullen Jenkins DT
Nick Barnett LB
Brady Poppinga LB
Atari Bigby S
Michael Greco S
The Packers of course won it all last year, and you would have to be a brave man to bet against them doing it again. They have got back all of the players that had season ending injuries last year, including RB Ryan Grant, TE Jermichael Finley and T Mark Tauscher. All of these players will return, and I can't see anything but success for this offence.
On defence, the Packers have lost LB Nick Barnett, and DT Cullen Jenkins, but this defence is way to good to let this hold them back. I can't see anyone in this division stopping the Pack, and if they get a bye in week 1 of the playoffs, somebody in the NFC will have to play the game of the year to stop them reaching the Superbowl.
Last Season : 6 - 10
Players Drafted
1st Round - Christian Ponder QB
2nd Round - Kyle Rudolf TE
4th Round - Christian Ballard DL
5th Round - Brandon Burton DB
6th Round - Demarcus Love OL
6th Round - Mistral Raymond DB
6th Round - Brandon Fusco OL
6th Round - Ross Homan LB
7th Round - D'Aundre Reed DL
7th Round - Stephan Burton WR
Players in
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| Donovan McNabb |
Tristan Davis RB
Devin Aromashodu WR
Michael Jenkins WR
Charlie Johnson OT
Scott Kooistra OG
Remi Ayodele DL
Colby Whitlock DL
Xavier Adibi LB
Mark Washington LB
Players out
Brett Farve QB
Tarvaris Jackson QB
Sidney Rice WR
Bryant McKinnie OT
Ryan Cook OG
Ray Edwards DL
Ben Leber LB
Lito Sheppard CB
Frank Walker CB
The Vikings are a very confusing team to me. Out goes QB Brett Farve, who has been replaced by Donovan McNabb. Alot of the pass catching responsibilities now fall on the shoulders of injury prone WR Percy Harvin, thanks to the departure of Sidney Rice (to Seattle). Harvin is a very talented WR, but has had many injuries since he came into the NFL. If he gets hurt again this year, the Vikings will struggle in the pass game. They do though have the best RB in the game, Adrian Peterson. Expect the Vikings to lean heavily on Peterson, and him to have huge numbers this year.
This Viking defence is not the unit it has been. They have lost DT Ray Edwards who was a big part in that DL that gave them so much success. I think that the Vikings will struggle this year, and will finish bottom of this very competitive division.
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