2005 NFC North Football Preview

2005 NFC North Football Preview OVERVIEW: NFC NorthLook for a changing of the guard In the NFC North in 2005, as I expect to see Green Bay Packers pass the torch to the Vikings and finish below 500 mark, Pack QB Brett Favre has spent 14 of his 15 seasons in NFL Green Bay and had a Hall of Fame career, including the honor of being the NFL? s only three times MVP, Favre also has the distinction of being the NFL? s? Iron Man? regarding his 225 consecutive start games.However, Favre is 36 years on October 10 and his offensive line is much more low key with the loss of starting offensive guards Marco Rivera and Mike Wahle, and these losses are in addition losing starting S Darren Sharper and bit players S Michael Hawthoe and S Bhawoh Jue who provided depth in a low defensive secondary.Other that snagging Favre? s replacing QB Aaron Rogers with their draft selection the Packers at the top was very average, the project is not a good thing when you consider that really didn? t go up accordingly anyone in free agency, Green Bay opened their 2004 campaign with a 1-4 ATS record straight and that includes losing their first three home games of people like bears, Giants and Titans, which is a good sign, not to consider that these three teams finished in 2004 with a record of 16-32 right up.The Vikings seem to be the heir to the NFC North throne as the ousting of WR Randy Moss, who was only a distraction with the best of the entire team project in the division and a good free agent crop could tu these Vikings into a serious contender for the NFC crown when the smoke clears.However, said the real question is whether the Vikings can overcome the distraction of the team to be sold and the stupid game-time decisions and poor clock management of HC Mike Tice who if you remember Busted for scalping Super Bowl tickets.Detroit figures to give the Vikings a battle for the crown, while they are healthy, Lion Steve HC Mariucci is in his third year with the organization and the need to make significant progress this year if he wants to drag GM Matt Millen after 2005, Steve Mariucci was brought in 2001 after the Lions in 2002 and finished with a record of 5 -- 27 and 15-16 right ATS.In -1 Mariucci? s two seasons with the Lions, who are entitled to 11-21 and 17-15 ATS, albeit slowly, which means that there has been improvement, the Lions selected three players in Pac-10 with their first three of the drafting WR Mike Williams of USC with their top selection which makes it the third project that you have selected a WR with the Lions in the first line of selection, second selection with the Lions chose DT Shaun Cody of USC and their third choice they Lions CB Stanley Wilson Stanford.The you can fly in the fifth round with QB Dan Orlovsky of Connecticut, Detroit was also very active in the free agent wars by picking up QB Jeff Garcia, who used to play for Mariucci in San Francisco, and then knows this offense very well, if QB Joey Harrington continues to play, as expected, to go to Garcia. The additions of problem child WR Kevin Johnson and TE Marcus Pollard will bring veteran leadership offense.HC of Lovie Smith and his Bears continue to be a work in progress as they are once again set up the rear in 2005, windy city faithful high hopes for this team following a 13-4 and 11-5-1 ATS season Law in 2001, however, in three seasons since the year 2001 these Bears have won a 16-32 and 20-28 right sad record ATS and the song remains the same as in 2005 the Bears used their top choice Benson.Benson RB Cedric likely to be a hell of a retu, the problem is that the bear does not have an offensive line to block for the poor boy, Chicago? s terrible offensive line play in 2004 was the cause of seeing the bear three QB? s Rex Grossman, including the gap with the injuries, shaking his head indications that this offensive has led to a huge 66 bags at the end, causing the bear to the end of an offensive ranking the 32nd in the end I see league.In l 'NFC North as a race between the Vikings and Lions for first place with the Packers coming in third and Chicago and back, except for bad weather Vikings coaching in the game I expect to see them win this division of labor, however, Viking HC Mike Tice will probably cost his team two close losses to bad decisions during his say and done.The Vikings will probably be a public treasure for most of the season, then not much? value? are found in them, rather than try to play against the Vikes when they are installed at selected road this season, because they are 4-10 ATS in this role over the past four years, the Vikings also tend to be more highly valued by the public when to play at home, as evidenced by the Vikes 1-10 ATS record as a home favorite of more than six points.Look movement jump on the Lions this season, when they are installed so doggies street, a street in Detroit sent mark 3 -- 5 tall and 5-3 ATS in 2004, which is opening the eyes when talking about things that had lost 24 road games before 2004 if these Lions can remain healthy and QB Joey Harrington or Jeff Garcia have a good season, Lions have an offense that can take any game that play.Jim Campbell is one of the most respected Sports Handicappers, specializes in College and Pro Football, you can visit his website at footballforecastor.com Jim for all your requirements of disability including free play selections, College and NFL statistics, trends and award winning analysis on the next games.With over 30 years of experience in the profession of disability, Jim has built a solid reputation, his handicap on the Web as a service to footballforecastor.com in force since 1997 and year after year, is proving to be one of the best services of disability in America.