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We got honorable mention for teams on the rise.

ON THE DECLINE
 New England
How dare I bet against the genius of Bill Belichick and the robotic efficiency of Tom Brady? Well actually, I don't dare. The Patriots should still win the AFC East, thanks in large part to the fact that the Dolphins remain in the tinkering phase and the Bills and Jets would have trouble winning NFL Europe in 2006. I do believe, however, that the Pats are not one of the AFC's top two or three Super Bowl contenders, and that signals a decline for the NFL's top franchise of the 00's. The offense is bound to have some growing pains as it tries to find roles for new additions like running back Laurence Maroney and wideouts Chad Jackson and Reche Caldwell. But the defense is where the major trouble looms. The linebacking corps, which lost Willie McGinest to free agency, is aging and failed to locate a potential starter via ether the free agent market or the draft. The secondary is as piecemeal heading into training camp as it was at the end of both 2004 and 2005, with failed veterans like Eric Warfield and Tebucky Jones expected to vie for starting jobs. Belichick and Brady are good enough that the Pats should find their way into the postseason again, but at least for 2006, New England can hardly be ranked among the NFL elite.
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Philadelphia, Oakland and Detroit are more on the rise than we are???

:lol:

Whatever.


...I agree with Cleveland and New Orleans, though.
 
My view. In this order

Decline: (Lowest being on biggest decline- Atlanta)
New England
.....Chicago
..........San Diego
...............Minnesota
....................Atlanta

Rise: (highest being biggest risers -Miami)
....................Miami
...............Cleveland
..........New Orleans
.....Arizona
Tampa Bay
 
DECLINE=Patriots,Chargers,Colts,Eagles, & Steelers!

The RISE="Phins",Cardinals,Saints,Broncos,Niners

I thought about this for about 8 sec.
 
kinda interesting. I like how we are on the rise. But I don't really agree with all of the teams
 
How can the Patriots be on the decline? Sure, they got rid of some of their players; the players who are injury prone and old, but they are rebuilding young offensively and they are on the rise for the future.

With Chad Jackson and Lawrence Maroney, they will become a more explosive team offensively and you already know how great that Belicheck defense is.

Love them or hate them, they are still the Patriots. And Tom Brady is not retired yet, which makes him still the best QB in our division by default. (Mr. Clutch, 3 super bowl rings, and having your best season statistically with all those injuries makes him the best QB by default).

Sure, I love the Dolphins team and I think we finally got a team that can compete with the Patriots, but I am not going to start thinking that the Patriots are on decline, because if I raise my expectations that high and the Patriots beat us, I will become very dissapointed.
 
I don't buy the Saints as a team on the rise......not with Sean Payton as the coach and not until I see that Drew Brees isn't going the way of Chad Pennington.
 
Vertical Limit said:
How can the Patriots be on the decline? Sure, they got rid of some of their players; the players who are injury prone and old, but they are rebuilding young offensively and they are on the rise for the future.

With Chad Jackson and Lawrence Maroney, they will become a more explosive team offensively and you already know how great that Belicheck defense is.

Love them or hate them, they are still the Patriots. And Tom Brady is not retired yet, which makes him still the best QB in our division by default. (Mr. Clutch, 3 super bowl rings, and having your best season statistically with all those injuries makes him the best QB by default).

Sure, I love the Dolphins team and I think we finally got a team that can compete with the Patriots, but I am not going to start thinking that the Patriots are on decline, because if I raise my expectations that high and the Patriots beat us, I will become very dissapointed.
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Pats wiulll be on Decline!! No commments
 
We're the biggest risers in the league!!!WTF!
We had 2 wins just 2 seasons ago, now we're a playoff caliber team.
How much more rise do they want!
 
Philadelphia was in 3 or 4 NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl and they are on the rise???? That makes no friggin sense.

The entire article is stupid.
 
all i really care about right now is that the Phins are on the rise and everyone knows it. During the season i'll determine for myself where the other teams are going:dolphins:
 
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