| Re: Mike's NFL Preview: NFC North I agree with Blade. Grossman, though pretty awful, does have big games from time to time, and may be able to carry to the offense enough in games where the defense might slip a little.
Barring injury, they have a fantastic defense/special teams. They are certainly the cream of a weak crop in this division. If I had to take a guess, I'd say they win 11 or 12 games this year.
I think the Vikings will struggle this year. Unless Jackson is better than people realize, I think the offense will struggle. Also, even though they had an awesome run defense last year, teams were able to throw on them all day. Looking at their key additions, it seems as though Mike Doss is the only addition to the secondary, and I could be mistaken, but isn't he a better run-stopping safety than a coverage safety? I could be wrong though...All in all, I'd say 5-11 or 6-10 at best for the Vikes this year.
Detroit and Green Bay? Who knows. They might suck, they might win 8 games. I'll admit that Favre did have more in the tank than I thought last year, but it seems as though the team around him has weakened. Maybe it will pan out an ok, but I think 7 to 9 wins is likely. As for the Lions...6 to 8 wins is my guess, with 6 more likely than 8. |