I say the NFC West will be significantly better, as a whole. I expect the Rams and Cardinals to have decent to good seasons.

Originally Posted by: doddpower 

Plenty of teams have made the playoffs with less than steller defenses.

Originally Posted by: mi_keys 

While that may be true, exceedingly few teams have won the Super Bowl with less than a top-10 defense. In the 2010 playoffs, for example, the teams with the better defensive passer rating went 10-1, and this percentage holds fairly consistent from year to year.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

While that may be true, exceedingly few teams have won the Super Bowl with less than a top-10 defense. In the 2010 playoffs, for example, the teams with the better defensive passer rating went 10-1, and this percentage holds fairly consistent from year to year.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

Collins was worse than I thought he would be. Kind of makes Manning look even more important to that offense than Brady is to the Patriots.

Without Collins handing the Texans 14 points and the ST handing them 7, the Texans O really didn't do a lot in the passing game. Certainly not enough to say they will be a winning team.

How much of the offensive struggles of Indy are Manning being out.

Originally Posted by: Dexter_Sinister 

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Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool