NFC East Breakdown?

Here we are half way through the season and its time to discuss who will win the NFC East. For those of you who do not know the current rankings right now have the New York Giants first, the Philadelphia Eagles 2nd, the Dallas Cowboys 3rd and the Washington Redskins last. These current rankings are mildly meaningless because no teams have really hit their in conference games streaks.

New York is at 5-2 and has done it very humbly falling to Seattle and barely coming from behind against a winless Miami Dolphins and a terrible Arizona Cardinals team. You do have to win the games you are supposed to win but the combined record of the teams they have beat are 10-25. The combined record of all 7 teams they have played are 15-34. I have them missing the playoffs though even with their two game lead in the East because of there rough schedule coming up. Their remaining schedule is against teams with a combined record of 39-24. They have 4 NFC East games and also are AT New England, San Fran., New Orleans, Dallas, and the NY Jets. They have the undefeated Packers and a refreshed and motivated Philadelphia Eagles. I would not put too much stock in a team run by the lesser of two Mannings with such hard defenses coming up for the remainder of the season.

Prediction: The Giants will go on a 6 game skid against really the class of the NFL and finish the season 7-9 missing out on the party.

The Philadelphia Eagles are always an interesting team to look at and this has not changed for this season. They started at 1-4 and had nearly resigned to miss the playoffs when they beat Washington holding a 4th point lead for the first time all season and then handily accomplished their first home victory against the rival Dallas Cowboys. Philadelphia also has a winnable schdule coming up against cupcakes like Arizona, Seattle and Miami. They also have tougher teams such as Chicago, New England, and the Jets at home which will play into their advantage. They still have to play AT the Giants and Cowboys so we will see how they can finish out. Philadelphia turns the ball over way to much and eventually McCoy's legs will get tired or he will get banged up.

Prediction: Philadelphia will be hard pressed to win more than the next 5 games which will put them at 8-8 and missing the party.

The Dallas Cowboys and the Romo coaster are very erratic. The only solace is that Romo didn't cost Dallas the win the Dallas defense did. The last game against Philadelphia was not a sign that the Rex Ryan defense was gone. They chose the wrong game plan. Dallas may have the easiest remaining schedule in the NFC East. The combined records of the teams left for Dallas is 28-34. With this in mind only and the fact that only Big Red's Eagles have been able to beat Dallas' defense they should be able to win a fair amount to the games remaining. Dallas is pressuring QBs and overall playing great defense.

Predictions: Dallas will win 6 or their remaining 9 games and sneak past Philadelphia to win the NFC East.

The Washington Redskins were fun at the beginning of the year but the are no more smiles in Washington. Washington has lost their last 3 games and is about to get a red hot San Fransisco 49s team who will hand them lose number 4 in a row. This will drop the Redskins to 3-5 and almost completely erasing them from the playoff picture. They have lost Hightower and Cooley and cannot compete on defense like they used to.

Predictions: Washington will make not compete in the playoffs but will change the face of the playoffs. They play NY in week 15 and Phili in week 17. Look for them to dent the Giants and make the last day of the season very scary for Philadelphia.