VSD Poll: Who will win the NFC East in 2011?

[Hasselbeck]

Like the other 8 polls you read.... you should be able to figure it out off the title..

VOTE!

 

[Point Blank]

Philly should win that once again. Not sure who will come in second.

 

[Hasselbeck]

It pains me to say it.

Dallas.

Philly made the most splashy moves. The Giants will still be tough. The Redskins will likely blow. Dallas is a sleeper, somehow someway. I think they have better coaching across the board and Romo coming back helps a lot. Not to mention, a 3rd place schedule doesn't hurt either.

Cowboys win the division, Eagles grab the wild card.

 

[dave]

The NFL is a passing league and no one is going to be able to pass effectively against Philadelphia (barring injuries). Hell, Assante Samuel is now their damned nickel back and he's a top 10 league corner.

Dallas will get their mojo back. They're too talented not too, and the Giants always have good teams.

It's gonna be a fun season in the NFC East, that's for sure.

 

[Berowsk]

Eagles

 

[Leftwich]

The Giants are my darkhorses this year. As many moves as the Eagles made i can feel a late season collapse coming their way and the Giants will just remain in contention all year.

 

[Champ]

Michael Vick wasn't anywhere near as good as his 2010 numbers suggest

One of the reasons Philadelphia won the NFC East in 2010 is that Vick had a near-MVP campaign, but the fact is he benefitted from more luck than maybe any other quarterback in the league.

He had only 19.4 percent of his potential interceptions turn into actual interceptions. That total was tied for the lowest interception luck factor rate in the league and indicates he was a huge beneficiary of fortunate bounces.

Lowest interception luck factor last season

Player Team Int Int + Nrint Interception luck factor
Michael Vick Philadelphia Eagles 6 31 19.4%
Josh Freeman Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 31 19.4%
Ben Roethlisberger Pittsburgh Steelers 5 22 22.7%
Tom Brady New England Patriots 4 16 25.0%
Kyle Orton Denver Broncos 9 35 25.7%

The interception column shows how often each quarterback was picked off last year. The int + nrint column shows the total number of interceptions and near interceptions (passes that could have been picked off but were dropped, tipped away, etc.). The interception luck factor column shows the percentage of potential interception chances that actually turned into interceptions.

 

[steeljake]

i picked the giants. too many super stars on that philly team to come together and play, just ask dallas about trying to buy a championship. redskins win 3 games at most and dallas chokes in december.

 

[dave]

i picked the giants. too many super stars on that philly team to come together and play, just ask dallas about trying to buy a championship. redskins win 3 games at most and dallas chokes in december.

In fairness, two of the "superstars" are Nnamdi Asoughma and Jason Babin (pretty humbles dudes) and the other is a backup (Vince Young).
I think too much is being made of this dream team thing ... but, of course, I could also just be a homer.

 

[Champ]

In fairness, two of the "superstars" are Nnamdi Asoughma and Jason Babin (pretty humbles dudes) and the other is a backup (Vince Young).
I think too much is being made of this dream team thing ... but, of course, I could also just be a homer.

OFFSEASON CHAMPIONS. Ask the Redskins about how it feels.

 

[Primetime]

The NFL is a passing league and no one is going to be able to pass effectively against Philadelphia (barring injuries). Hell, Assante Samuel is now their damned nickel back and he's a top 10 league corner.

Dallas will get their mojo back. They're too talented not too, and the Giants always have good teams.

It's gonna be a fun season in the NFC East, that's for sure.

You're safeties are awful and you're linebackers are far from spectacular. There will be plenty of holes in that defense for teams to pick apart.

 

[StealthShot]

Everyone in the division regressed while Philly got better they will take the division with ease.

 

[steeljake]

In fairness, two of the "superstars" are Nnamdi Asoughma and Jason Babin (pretty humbles dudes) and the other is a backup (Vince Young).
I think too much is being made of this dream team thing ... but, of course, I could also just be a homer.

it wont matter how good your corners are if you cant get to the qb or stop the run. a great secondary without a pass rush has the same chance of sucess as you do with women.

 

[dave]

it wont matter how good your corners are if you cant get to the qb or stop the run. a great secondary without a pass rush has the same chance of sucess as you do with women.

Babin, Cole, Jenkins ... eventually Graham. I think the Birds will be able to get to the QB, but I agree their linebackers suck.

They have a better chance of getting to the QB than you do to the chicken in Rocky 2.

 

[steeljake]

Babin, Cole, Jenkins ... eventually Graham. I think the Birds will be able to get to the QB, but I agree their linebackers suck.

They have a better chance of getting to the QB than you do to the chicken in Rocky 2.

false. i ate that mother fucker fried with greens and taters for dinner tonight.

 

[The Messenger]

Everyone in the division regressed while Philly got better they will take the division with ease.

How did Dallas regress? We cut dead weight, re-signed key guys in Free, Kosier, etc, and drafted some talented players to fill holes (DeMarco Murray, Tyron Smith) and to better the future. Also patched the safety problem up (though we didn't fix it, it at least received a little patching). And that's not mentioning grabbing one of the top defensive coordinators. He did A LOT in Cleveland with A LOT LESS.

I'm actually happy that we held off on signing the big name guys. I would've liked to have seen a guy who can come in and play the slot, but I guess the coaching staff feels Dwayne Harris or one of the special team guys can take that job. There's Martellus Bennett as well who is an exceptional receiver at tight end who wouldn't mind going across the middle of the field and taking hits. We'll run a ton of two TE formations which will be very difficult for opposing defenses to stop.

I'm not saying we are going to win the division, but I don't see how you can say we regressed.

/inb4don'tsayweyou'renotontheteam

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

Vick rocks again this year, misses one-two games and the Eagles still win the division.

 

[dave]

false. i ate that mother fucker fried with greens and taters for dinner tonight.

I wasn't talking about you eating the chicken, I was talking about you having sex with the chicken.

 

[EmpireWF]

I'm not so sure the Giants regressed, either.

The biggest loss that may end up hurting was Kevin Boss. Not so much as a pass catcher because he only cut something like 30 balls last year, but as a stable run blocker. The guys we expect to play TE this year are unproven in that respect.

Steve Smith was not going to play anyway coming off micro fracture surgery. Plus, Nicks and Manningham are still playmakers. Seeing who develops as a stable slot presence is a question mark, no doubt.

Offenisve line, I think we did the best we could figuring Seubert and O'Hara were both older and injury prone (granted, Seubert was the best of the OLmen last year…another terrible leg injury though). Moving Diehl inside to guard should certainly strengthen the core of the line and Baas should be able to play all season. The question will be whether Beatty can continue progressing as a legit LT in the NFL.

Defensively, pending health, the Giants are as good if not better. Kiwanuka, JPP, Osi and Tuck make for one of the sickest pass rushing units in the sport. The loss of Cofield sucks but throw in big Austin, Joseph, Canty and back-ups…it'll be okay. The secondary is basically the same with the exception of Tyler Sash as a back-up safety. Amukamara should be able to return in the second half of the season. Hopefully Aaron Ross holds up in the nickel and one of the other guys step up as more depth behind Webster and Thomas.

The LBs can go no place but up and the same for special teams. Assume Weatherford makes the team as punter plus Rhys Lloyd is handling kickoffs now so no more watching teams run amuck there.

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I fear Philly the most, not so much for all their big acquisitions, but because they almost always have the Giants number.

Besides, Vick can't possibly do what he did last year to them...again. Right?

 

[The Messenger]

I'm just glad the Cowboys are coming in with low expectations instead of Super Bowl ones.