Wednesday, March 14, 2007
AFC East Gets Tougher
This offseason the AFC East teams have stocked up, well, except for the Bills.
Buffalo Bills: Unless a miracle occurs, the Bills will be last in the AFC East next year. They lost Nate Clements and London Fletcher-Baker to Free Agency and will miss them dearly. They also traded away their top Running Back, Willis McGahee, for two draft picks this year and one for next year. They have added some depth to their offensive line with the additions of Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker, and Jason Whittle. Hopefully for them they will have better protection for JP Losman if they want him to have any chance of succeeding, but their defense needs some help after losing their best corner.
Miami Dolphins: The Dolphins should have a healthy Daunte Culpepper next season and they may be second-place contenders in the East if Culpepper returns to form. They did lose Wes Welker who performed as their best receiver for much of last year and they have lost backup Running Back Sammy Morris, though neither should be a significant loss. With a healthy Ronnie Brown and healthy Culpepper their offense should be fine. On the other side of the ball, the Dolphins added Joey Porter and made their defense a bit scary. They already had the 4th best defense in the league last year and with the addition of Porter they are even better for next season. Porter may be on the downside of his career, but in Miami he will play alongside Zack Thomas and Jason Taylor. They also added K Jay Feely to replace Olindo Mare, TE David Martin, RB Cory Schlesinger, and S Cameron Worrell. Only Martin and Feely should be significant factors next year.
New York Jets: The Jets upgraded their featured Running Back in the trade for a 1200 yard back named Thomas Jones. If Chad Pennington stays healthy again, this team should improve on last year's 10 wins. They have also added RB Darian Barnes, DE Kenyon Coleman, DE Bobby Hamilton, and OT Wade Smith. Bottom line is that their new running back is WAY better than anything they got from Leon Washington and Kevan Barlow last season. This team will make the playoffs in 2007.
Of course, the Patriots will win the division, though it will be a tougher task this season. Scroll down for Patriots offseason news.
Buffalo Bills: Unless a miracle occurs, the Bills will be last in the AFC East next year. They lost Nate Clements and London Fletcher-Baker to Free Agency and will miss them dearly. They also traded away their top Running Back, Willis McGahee, for two draft picks this year and one for next year. They have added some depth to their offensive line with the additions of Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker, and Jason Whittle. Hopefully for them they will have better protection for JP Losman if they want him to have any chance of succeeding, but their defense needs some help after losing their best corner.
Miami Dolphins: The Dolphins should have a healthy Daunte Culpepper next season and they may be second-place contenders in the East if Culpepper returns to form. They did lose Wes Welker who performed as their best receiver for much of last year and they have lost backup Running Back Sammy Morris, though neither should be a significant loss. With a healthy Ronnie Brown and healthy Culpepper their offense should be fine. On the other side of the ball, the Dolphins added Joey Porter and made their defense a bit scary. They already had the 4th best defense in the league last year and with the addition of Porter they are even better for next season. Porter may be on the downside of his career, but in Miami he will play alongside Zack Thomas and Jason Taylor. They also added K Jay Feely to replace Olindo Mare, TE David Martin, RB Cory Schlesinger, and S Cameron Worrell. Only Martin and Feely should be significant factors next year.
New York Jets: The Jets upgraded their featured Running Back in the trade for a 1200 yard back named Thomas Jones. If Chad Pennington stays healthy again, this team should improve on last year's 10 wins. They have also added RB Darian Barnes, DE Kenyon Coleman, DE Bobby Hamilton, and OT Wade Smith. Bottom line is that their new running back is WAY better than anything they got from Leon Washington and Kevan Barlow last season. This team will make the playoffs in 2007.
Of course, the Patriots will win the division, though it will be a tougher task this season. Scroll down for Patriots offseason news.
3 Comments:
Ravi, do you see Miami signing Trent Green? I don't have much confidence in Culpepper and I don't think the Dolphins do either.
Well the Fins gave up a second round pick for Culpepper and his base salary this year is 5.5 million. If they do go for a guy like Green they would probably have to cut Culpepper because of the affect on the salary cap. Their backup Lemon is just that, a lemon. In 2004 Culpepper had a 110 passer rating, his best season. They will have to evaluate Culpepper before making any significant moves for a QB, though Green may be a possibility. Green is not the answer though, so they have to do their homework in the draft.
all these march madness posts are taking away from views of my posts... quite frustrating.
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