In Blink of an Eye NFC will be Wide Open

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It's the Not-For-Long League, as we know. Especially now in the NFC.

Could the conference open up wide, and open up suddenly for some surprise team? I say it happens. Let's look around a bit at the top NFC teams of recent years:

-Yes, the Rams got a new QB but their roster is paper thin. They not only lost their best safety and a starting corner to free agency...they lost their defensive coordinator. Last year they were one of the luckiest teams in terms of games-lost-to injury. That rarely repeats.

-Green Bay's QB will be a guy named Jordan...or a pouty Rodgers.

-Seattle did absolutely nothing to improve their team in draft or FA, and Wilson did a fair bit to dump on his teammates this offseason. Don't see them being great.

-Tampa Bay has everything, but what if they suddenly don't have Tom. We've all settled onto the notion that TB12 is immortal. He isn't. He'll enter the new season at 44! The end for Brady will come out of the blue, and come with finality. A bad hit, or the arm just falls off.

-The most consistently good NFC team over the past decade, the Saints...ain't got a quarterback anymore. Their roster has been in decline as they are in cap hell and haven't been drafting so well in recent years.

-The 49ers might be the cherry of the NFC, but they lost two prized backups (for the year) already in training camp. Bosa can't seem to stay healthy. Will Trey Lance be ready when Jimmy gets hurt again? He's mighty raw.

The conference is going to see new teams arise and do so quickly. Will it be Arizona? WFT? Cowboys? Vikings? Bears? Even an unlikely team such as the Giants? We are about to see some surprise team(s) bust out. Mark it.
 
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The WFT isn't going away anytime soon. They are going to be an even better team in 2021. I've even heard the Giants may give us a challenge in the coming year. This division is getting better while the rest of the league is not. The Packers minus Aaron Rodgers are not the same team that we've known them to be in recent years. The Bucs may represent the biggest conference challenge this year.
 

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The NFC is the weaker conference there's no doubt. But.....

The Rams still have a top ten OLine and a top ten WR corps. They still have Jalen Ramsey and Darius Williams for corners. And the addition of Stafford makes them better.

Matt LaFleur says Green Bay has opened up the offense on Jordan and threw everything at him. He's happy with what he sees.

Russell Wilson is excited to play in this new complex Seattle offense. Accordingly its a mix between the last two, so nothing is entirely new, and he claims it will open up the entire field.

Brady has come close to getting Tampa Bay fined for not putting his injury on the injury report. Other than that, Tom is Tom and he'll, like always, find a way to cope.

The Saints have Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston and Sean Payton who has been preparing for life after Brees. Somebody has big shoes to fill there.

The 49ers likely have one of the more experienced QB rooms in the league. Garoppolo, Josh Rosen, and Nate Sudfield have all started games in NFL with Trey Lance, the rookie, penciled in at #2.

Any, or all of these teams could slide, but they still have the potential to ruin your day.
 

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The WFT isn't going away anytime soon. They are going to be an even better team in 2021. I've even heard the Giants may give us a challenge in the coming year. This division is getting better while the rest of the league is not. The Packers minus Aaron Rodgers are not the same team that we've known them to be in recent years. The Bucs may represent the biggest conference challenge this year.

I agree that WFT can no longer be discounted and dismissed. Fitz is better than many think, and they added two receiving threats.

And Giants are worthy of keeping an eye on. The get back Barkley, and add Toney kid is electric.
 

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The WFT isn't going away anytime soon. They are going to be an even better team in 2021. I've even heard the Giants may give us a challenge in the coming year. This division is getting better while the rest of the league is not. The Packers minus Aaron Rodgers are not the same team that we've known them to be in recent years. The Bucs may represent the biggest conference challenge this year.
Fitzpatrick will be 39 in November. His career record is 59-86-1. Only once did he ever have a winning record (2015 Jets going 10-6), that season he actually threw 31 TDs to only 15 int. He's never been close to those numbers anywhere else in his career. WFT is his 8th team. The guy is known for surprising in a few games and looking like crap the rest.
 

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Fitzpatrick will be 39 in November. His career record is 59-86-1. Only once did he ever have a winning record (2015 Jets going 10-6), that season he actually threw 31 TDs to only 15 int. He's never been close to those numbers anywhere else in his career. WFT is his 8th team. The guy is known for surprising in a few games and looking like crap the rest.

Fitzmattress is not a long term solution. As someone mentioned earlier, Rivera has Kyle Allen and Taylor Heinicke. To go off the rails, if you allow me that, there's also the possibility we see Garner Minshew in this division before the season starts. Jacksonville is said to want a 5th or 6th and Philly has been mentioned due to they only have Hurts and Flacco at the moment. I wouldn't count out WFT in that endeavor either.
 

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It's the Not-For-Long League, as we know. Especially now in the NFC.

Could the conference open up wide, and open up suddenly for some surprise team? I say it happens. Let's look around a bit at the top NFC teams of recent years:

-Yes, the Rams got a new QB but their roster is paper thin. They not only lost their best safety and a starting corner to free agency...they lost their defensive coordinator. Last year they were one of the luckiest teams in terms of games-lost-to injury. That rarely repeats.

-Green Bay's QB will be a guy named Jordan...or a pouty Rodgers.

-Seattle did absolutely nothing to improve their team in draft or FA, and Wilson did a fair bit to dump on his teammates this offseason. Don't see them being great.

-Tampa Bay has everything, but what if they suddenly don't have Tom. We've all settled onto the notion that TB12 is immortal. He isn't. He'll enter the new season at 44! The end for Brady will come out of the blue, and come with finality. A bad hit, or the arm just falls off.

-The most consistently good NFC team over the past decade, the Saints...ain't got a quarterback anymore. Their roster has been in decline as they are in cap hell and haven't been drafting so well in recent years.

-The 49ers might be the cherry of the NFC, but they lost two prized backups (for the year) already in training camp. Bosa can't seem to stay healthy. Will Trey Lance be ready when Jimmy gets hurt again? He's mighty raw.

The conference is going to see new teams arise and do so quickly. Will it be Arizona? WFT? Cowboys? Vikings? Bears? Even an unlikely team such as the Giants? We are about to see some surprise team(s) bust out. Mark it.
I could see any of the 4 nfc east teams winning the division.
 

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Fitzpatrick will be 39 in November. His career record is 59-86-1. Only once did he ever have a winning record (2015 Jets going 10-6), that season he actually threw 31 TDs to only 15 int. He's never been close to those numbers anywhere else in his career. WFT is his 8th team. The guy is known for surprising in a few games and looking like crap the rest.
We don't play them until December. We should be firing on all cylinders by then while they will at least be two games behind us in the division race. We'll do no worse than slit games with that team.
 

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Fitzpatrick will be 39 in November. His career record is 59-86-1. Only once did he ever have a winning record (2015 Jets going 10-6), that season he actually threw 31 TDs to only 15 int. He's never been close to those numbers anywhere else in his career. WFT is his 8th team. The guy is known for surprising in a few games and looking like crap the rest.

Fitz is a considerable upgrade over last year, IMO.
 
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