Prediction 1: The Dallas Cowboys Reach the Super Bowl
Since Super-Bowl-They won 1995 Dallas Cowboys Never won more than one playoff game in a single NFL season. There were eight wins and eight defeats in the past season – that was not even enough for participation in the final round. Why should this team of all people go to the Super Bowl advance? Because in Dallas did his homework in the summer. With a 1 with an asterisk.
The contract with the long-standing Coach Jason Garrett was not extended – the chapter must be seen as a failure in view of the lack of deep playoff runs. The new man at the helm is Mike McCarthy, who spent twelve years before his sabbatical year Green Bay Packers trained and with them, among other things, in 2010 Super Bowl could get. No “Greenhorn“So – the really long time to get used to it should therefore be omitted.
Instead, the already well-filled squad gets a small one again Upgrade. CeeDee Lamb, rated by many experts as the best receiver in the draft, is likely to be the best with Michael Gallup and Amari Cooper Wide-Receiver– Form a trio of the league. And the three of them have one of the best passers of the past season in Dak Prescott Quarterback, behind with the newly signed Andy Dalton is perhaps the strongest backup in the league, and as Runningback there is also a certain Ezekiel Elliot, who did the four most last season Rushing Yards could post.
But the decisive factor: the Defense got a lot of reinforcement. Everson Griffen, Ha-Ha Clinton Dix, Aldon Smith, and Dontari Poe are just four of the celebrity names that are new to the roster. Because everyone has a lot of NFL experience, the time to get used to it should also be short. Dallas has, also recognizable by the age of the defensive players, now finally in the “Win-Now-Mode “switched. That bears fruit quickly – and into the Super Bowl.
Prediction 2: Kenny Golladay becomes receiving leader
Almost 500 yards were missing Receiver Kenny Golladay last year to oust Michael Thomas from number one of the “captured” yards. Considering the 96th pick of the Drafts 2017 came to a total of 1,190 yards, so his performance in this category should have increased by 50 percent, that seems almost impossible. But the seventh place in these statistics of the 2019 season has made such an enormous leap forward in his three NFL years that he can be trusted to do so. At eleven Passing Touchdowns Golladay led the ranking in a not unimportant discipline.
The fact that there weren’t quite that many yards – even if the 1,190 are of course always an excellent value – was also due to the fact that “his” Quarterback Matthew Stafford was only able to play eight games due to injury. With Jeff Driskel and David Blough, who compared to the previous number-one pick Stafford in terms of things Passing a massive one Downgrade meant Golladay’s values were shrinking. In the games with Stafford he only got less than seven “Targets“, so passes in his direction – four times in those without him. If you were to extrapolate the values from the interaction with Stafford, it would have been almost 1,300 yards – and 14 Touchdowns.
The Lions are now going down into their second year Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell, the “teething troubles” should be largely eliminated. In addition, in Golladay, who has meanwhile passed Marvin Jones to the clear number oneReceiver Has blossomed, Jones and TJ Hockenson – and of course Stafford – the most important protagonists in the passing game are all healthy and fit. Of course, the 27-year-old’s statistical ranking will also depend on how Michael Thomas, Julio Jones and Co. perform, but given the learning curve that the third-round pick has shown since his first NFL game, Golladay should not be underestimated.
Prediction 3: The Ravens are knocked out after 16-0
Even if the retired and multiple Pro-Bowl-Offensive-Guard Marshal Yanda and the dismissed on disciplinary grounds Safety Earl Thomas will not be easy to replace, the Baltimore Ravens have retained the remaining tribe. There are also some experienced players. Underneath Defensive End Calais Campbell, who comes from the Jacksonville Jaguars and is on the defensive in defense against the running game and during Pass-Rush will improve significantly in quality. That also helps Rookie-Linebacker Patrick Queen, who fills an important gap and is considered to be a direct reinforcement. Offensive quarterback Lamar Jackson and Co. will not take their foot off the gas this year – with them Rookie-Runningback JK Dobbins will Backfield can get even more moving.
The opposing teams may have had time to study Jackson’s game and have been looking for ways to throw the sand in this explosive offensive, but they will Ravens to leave the pitch as winners in all of their 16 regular season games. It’s not just that – according to the NFL-Ranking – Thanks to the easiest schedule of all teams, but also to the selective reinforcements, the good team chemistry and the routine that was already evident in the last regular games of the preseason. And here it becomes contradictory. But in the Playoffs everything is different.
As confidently as Baltimore gets through the season, the break in the Bye-Week won’t do the young playmaker any good this time either. Jackson will be 24 years old in January and has already stood twice in the Playoffs – he lost both games. Knockout games take nerves and experience and with the mortgage of the past the pressure on him will be immense. In the Divisional-Round there will be teams that have to keep their tension high and continue in the Flow are. Sooner or later, Jackson will be his first Postseason-Win the game, maybe one day it will even be enough to Super Bowl, but for the time being this season it’s all about: out after the first one Playoff-Part.
Stand: 26.08.2020, 06:00
