Two divisions left to go, both in the AFC. The West, but first let’s take a look at the South. Things didn’t happen in quite the way they were predicted last season. Judging by the number of Colts and Titans shirts we saw at Wembley last year, UK NFL fans would love to see some of these teams in London soon. But they’ll probably just have to hope for serious post-season runs for now…
Indianapolis Colts
Wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez may miss 2-6 weeks after picking up an injury against the Jaguars last weekend.
Yesterday we reported that the Eagles had released Hank Baskett, well the Colts have now snapped him up as cover for Gonzalez.
Philadelphia Eagles
Injured quarter back Donovan McNabb has still not been ruled out of playing against the Saints on Sunday.
While McNabb has played with injuries before a broken rib might have quite a detrimental effect on his game!
San Diego Chargers
LaDainian Tomlinson, Nick Hardwick and Louis Vasquez all missed practice on Thursday after picking up injuries against Oakland. This might leave them a little light when they face Baltimore in week 2.
Detroit Lions
Sad news that former coach Monte Clark has passed away. Clark led them to the play-offs twice. He was 72.
Indianapolis Colts
Wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez may miss 2-6 weeks after picking up an injury against the Jaguars last weekend.
Yesterday we reported that the Eagles had released Hank Baskett, well the Colts have now snapped him up as cover for Gonzalez.
Philadelphia Eagles
Injured quarter back Donovan McNabb has still not been ruled out of playing against the Saints on Sunday.
While McNabb has played with injuries before a broken rib might have quite a detrimental effect on his game!
San Diego Chargers
LaDainian Tomlinson, Nick Hrdwick and Louis Vasquez all missed practice on Thursday after picking up injuries against Oakland. This might leave them a little light when they face Baltimore in week 2.
Detroit Lions
Sad news that former coach Monte Clark has passed away. Clark led them to the play-offs twice. He was 72.
So it all kicks off in a matter of hours! Week 1 is here, so this is our last chance to get our picks for the season published.
These are based on what we’ve been watching, what we’ve been following, some blind faith and our guts. These are are our predictions for the 12 post-season teams of the 2009 season.
This isn’t a complete look at everything that happened this week. Just some tit-bits to keep us going as week two has now wrapped up.
As we mentioned before, we’re keeping an eye on what’s happening in the pre-season. In case there’s anything that will affect our predictions for the 12 post-season teams (coming soon!)
Well, there have been a whole load of injuries… here are just some that could have wider impact.
Note that this update does not cover the four games that took place on the 13th August.
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Taking a rest from the defense (though we’ll be back to look at linebackers soon) we move to the offensive side of play. We’ll start with the running backs.
We can’t vouch that these will be the best players in absolute terms, have the biggest fantasy football upside or even be any good (though they might be)… but they’re players that we like to watch.
First up is Steve Slaton of the Houston Texans.
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In my First Look at the AFC South I called it one of the toughest to call. And it still looks like that today.
I’ve not made many adjustments to my predictions elsewhere so far. Let’s see if there’s any changes here.
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So many of the divisions seem to have me saying “this is a tough one to call”… and the AFC South is the same again. The Colts took five successfive titles until last year’s impressive Titans‘ run but the Jaguars have made their mark in recent years too.
