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Topic	Board 8 National Football League League (B8NFLL) Season 10: Regular Season
KCF0107 06/23/18 6:26:53 PM #18:	NFC West 1. Seattle Seahawks 2. St. Louis Rams 3. San Francisco 49ers 4. Toronto Wildcats Anyone who pays attention to my predictions or when I speak about other teams knows that I have always been high on the Jets, Pioneers, Pumpkins, and Seahawks. I eased off the Seahawks last season, but I am back on board baby! Losing Top 10 pick OT Riley Reiff sucks, but he was only supposed to be a backup this season anyway. The #4 overall pick from a season ago, QB Kirk Cousins, was overshadowed by his division rival Ryan Tannehill, but in the handful of games he started in place of the departed Carson Palmer, Cousins was great. Whether he can do that over a full season remains to be seen, but with a new FB in Greg Jones a comeback season from HB Lynell Hamilton renewing my faith in him, an underrated TE in Matt Spaeth, and solid if thin OL, I think Cousins will do just fine. Why I think this is the year to believe in the Seahawks though is that I think this is the season that the defense breaks out. With the rest of the division expected to step back offensively due to personnel changes and regression to the mean, this outstanding-on-paper defense might get its best shot to shine. The two games the Seahawks have that the rest don't are home against the Lightning and at the Bears. That might be the difference. The Rams might have spoiled any future users' expectations for rookie QBs because what Ryan Tannehill did will likely never come close to being replicated. Moving on, Ronnie Brown had easily his best season in B8NFLL, and that offense as a whole is outstanding. That defense though has been and still is an issue. They signed FS Harrison Smith in RFA, so they have one bonafide stud in the secondary, but this entire defense lacks playmakers outside of Smith, OLB Jerry Hughes, and DTs John Mixon and Rodrique Wright. Perhaps having four defense playmakers is something most people would kill for, but there isn't a whole lot of talent on this defense, and they need more playmakers to prevent what happened in the NFC Championship game from occurring again. I have been a bit puzzled by the 49ers if I've being honest. They traded two first round picks for the league's best WR Andre Johnson only to trade away QB Big Ben a season later then replace him with a scrambling QB in Cam Newton. This makes Johnson sort of a luxury whose impact will likely be less on the field than what he inputs into the algorithm for team rating. Then, after seeing the defense rise for four straight seasons and blossom into #4 in the league, the team changes gears and installs a 4-3 with the ramifications to be determined. I like their draft and their talent as a whole. I'm just not on board with the direction the team went this offseason. The Wildcats made the necessary decision to focus on defense in the draft. For the most talent-starved defense in the league, they just need to throw things at the wall and see what will stick. It isn't the most ideal method, but for a team with cap issues, the only other viable option would be to trade offense for defense. Making both the offense and defense mediocre though isn't a recipe for success. It will be a long re-building effort, but as long as the offense remains good, they can remain competitive even if they won't be serious playoff contenders. Will that offense remain good though? Historically, the Wildcats have been a Top 5 offense when QB Michael Vick is on the field and a roughly Bottom 10 offense when off. Right now, former 4th round pick Jimmy Clauson is slated to start Week 1 after coming off a fantastic second season and has seen his OVR rise tremendously since he was drafted. HB Laurence Maroney has a career 4.6 YPC but due to being in a Vick offense, he has only eclipsed 1000 yards and 225 carries once. The Wildcats offense will go as far as those two (unless prof puts in Kaepernick for Clauson). If they don't rise to the occasion, the Wildcats might be looking at another developmental setback and a Top 5 pick. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy https://imgur.com/VfpY7tg <cite>KCF0107 posted [p:903836111] in Board 8 Na... [t:76743047]...</cite> <quote>NFC West 1. Seattle Seahawks 2. St. Louis Rams 3. San Francisco 49ers 4. Toronto Wildcats Anyone who pays attention to my predictions or when I speak about other teams knows that I have always been high on the Jets, Pioneers, Pumpkins, and Seahawks. I eased off the Seahawks last season, but I am back on board baby! Losing Top 10 pick OT Riley Reiff sucks, but he was only supposed to be a backup this season anyway. The #4 overall pick from a season ago, QB Kirk Cousins, was overshadowed by his division rival Ryan Tannehill, but in the handful of games he started in place of the departed Carson Palmer, Cousins was great. Whether he can do that over a full season remains to be seen, but with a new FB in Greg Jones a comeback season from HB Lynell Hamilton renewing my faith in him, an underrated TE in Matt Spaeth, and solid if thin OL, I think Cousins will do just fine. Why I think this is the year to believe in the Seahawks though is that I think this is the season that the defense breaks out. With the rest of the division expected to step back offensively due to personnel changes and regression to the mean, this outstanding-on-paper defense might get its best shot to shine. The two games the Seahawks have that the rest don't are home against the Lightning and at the Bears. That might be the difference. The Rams might have spoiled any future users' expectations for rookie QBs because what Ryan Tannehill did will likely never come close to being replicated. Moving on, Ronnie Brown had easily his best season in B8NFLL, and that offense as a whole is outstanding. That defense though has been and still is an issue. They signed FS Harrison Smith in RFA, so they have one bonafide stud in the secondary, but this entire defense lacks playmakers outside of Smith, OLB Jerry Hughes, and DTs John Mixon and Rodrique Wright. Perhaps having four defense playmakers is something most people would kill for, but there isn't a whole lot of talent on this defense, and they need more playmakers to prevent what happened in the NFC Championship game from occurring again. I have been a bit puzzled by the 49ers if I've being honest. They traded two first round picks for the league's best WR Andre Johnson only to trade away QB Big Ben a season later then replace him with a scrambling QB in Cam Newton. This makes Johnson sort of a luxury whose impact will likely be less on the field than what he inputs into the algorithm for team rating. Then, after seeing the defense rise for four straight seasons and blossom into #4 in the league, the team changes gears and installs a 4-3 with the ramifications to be determined. I like their draft and their talent as a whole. I'm just not on board with the direction the team went this offseason. The Wildcats made the necessary decision to focus on defense in the draft. For the most talent-starved defense in the league, they just need to throw things at the wall and see what will stick. It isn't the most ideal method, but for a team with cap issues, the only other viable option would be to trade offense for defense. Making both the offense and defense mediocre though isn't a recipe for success. It will be a long re-building effort, but as long as the offense remains good, they can remain competitive even if they won't be serious playoff contenders. Will that offense remain good though? Historically, the Wildcats have been a Top 5 offense when QB Michael Vick is on the field and a roughly Bottom 10 offense when off. Right now, former 4th round pick Jimmy Clauson is slated to start Week 1 after coming off a fantastic second season and has seen his OVR rise tremendously since he was drafted. HB Laurence Maroney has a career 4.6 YPC but due to being in a Vick offense, he has only eclipsed 1000 yards and 225 carries once. The Wildcats offense will go as far as those two (unless prof puts in Kaepernick for Clauson). If they don't rise to the occasion, the Wildcats might be looking at another developmental setback and a Top 5 pick. --- KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy https://imgur.com/VfpY7tg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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