Monday, August 2, 2010

Few Things To Look Out For This NFL Season


St Louis Rams
The Rams have invested the most guaranteed money ever in a rookie with the contract of Sam Bradford. Is he worth it coming off a season-ending shoulder surgery? The Rams have lots of faith in this kid and if he doesn’t work out their going to be the laughing stock of the league. The Rams receivers are also very young and inexperience. The Rams have been in contact with former Missouri WR Danario Alexander and this would be a good move for them to sign him to a contract. This would give the Rams a big possession receiver who has proven himself on the college level. Their already taking a gamble with Bradford, why not continue with Alexander?

Ohio’s Big Three
LeBron James has left the northern part of Ohio to take his talents to South Beach to form ‘The Big Three.” But in the southern part of Ohio, the Bengals have put together their own NFL version of “The Big Three.” Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens and Antonio Bryant have came together to form one of the best receiving corps in the league. Add rookie Jordan Shipley and 3rd year man Andre Caldwell and quarterback Carson Palmer has many options to throw to. But the question of the season is will there be enough throws to go around? And if there are, will the ground game suffer?

Pete Carroll
Carroll left the comforts and winning tradition of USC to coach a team that had one of the worse rush offenses and passing defenses in the league last year. Can Carroll resurrect the Seahawks?

Jay Cutler
New offense, same receivers. Cutler had a terrible year in 2009 where he led the league in interceptions. Will he bounce back in his 2nd year with the Chicago Bears? This past off-season, the Bears didn't make any moves to bring in a big name target for Cutler, but instead bought in Mark Martz to develop the talent that they currently have.

Dez Bryant
Bryant has gotten a lot of hype since being drafted by the Cowboys with the number 24th pick in the past draft. He has all of the tools to be the go to receiver for the Cowboys during his rookie season. But will he be rusty? He was ruled ineligible a little under a year ago from Oklahoma State and hasn't had any game experience since.

1 comment:

  1. Jordan Shipley too? Wow, I hadn't even peeped that's where he landed. That's unfair.

    Bengals will still finish 10-6. Haha.

    Cutler didn't have a terrible season in my opinion. To go along with his 27 int's he had 28 TD's if I recall. He had to throw a lot more because the O-Line underperformed, hence that running back (who's name I can't even remember at the moment) sucked it up, big time. Worst YPC in the league.

    Cutler had to throw. He'll be much better this year. Hopefully the receiving squad + the Martz offense will be an improvement.

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