Chargers seems like a solid play week 1 purely on burrows lack of experience and San Diego’s defense
That NYG/Pitt game should go OVER easy.....both teams should move the ball up and down. Big Ben back is a 100000% upgrade for Pitt
Interesting. Any bits of information towards this? Pass it along and chat it up.
Agree with Ben back. But will he be in tune you think? And where would you see a high effectiveness with Giants on offense as far as strengths vs Pitt? Does new O scheme with Garret and his liking of more balanced ball control with run attacking help or play to a disadvantage for Giants?
I think this game goes under,Pitt games are ugly and a offense like watching paint dry.The Giants will play enough D to hang around,and Ben has been out quite awhile so his accuracy could be off to start the season, Giants also will keep it on the ground with Barkley to try and keep that clock ticking,..JMO
The game i like over is Arizona/49ers as the new offensive additions will score more points this year,and SF has lost some players from last season but will still put up some nice points
Arizona +7.5
Any nuggets or under the Radar info on these 2 teams?
Both teams bring back coaches on both sides of ball. Familiarity with systems should help. Not a big Jimmy G fan but Shanny is a hell of a coach and his offense is a bit vanilla but excels as he utilized run game with great effectiveness.
Niners- may catch a bit of SB slow start. Wr’s are not a strength and already have a few hurt. O-line is a nice unit. Trent at LT is nice addition but that’s a long time of no football and with a new team. Staley retired. Don’t see a big advantage and I will lean a bit sloppy with both run game and pass as things get under way. I believe the defense takes a step back and may have overachieved a bit last year. They have a few holes imo.
Cards-Back end of defense will be the special unit. May help fill and cover a few holes up front. O-line is okay and Murray bouncing around should help bail them out a few times. Murray with his weapons obviously has some firepower. Kliff kicking up the temp more with Hopkins additions? Like to see if Maxx Williams gets a role. Doesn’t seem like Kidd is a TE guy but he abused teams with Jace Amaro for couple years in college. He has some similar skill sets and size to Maxx.
Offense slight edge Arizona
Defense slight edge Arizona (matchup reasons)
QB Cards
O-LINE Niners
RB Niners
WR Cards
D-Line Niners
LB Cards
Secondary Cards
Advantage to the Cards on offense with tempo, mobility QB and skill at WR. Niners last year from a Defense turnover/sack stand point didn’t do too much if memory serves me correctly. Murray in general did not turn the ball over much at all the entire year. The legs of Murray will extend plays as well as help hide weaknesses on line. Don’t feel Niners Defense will be as productive as expected. And the name and reputation of last years team may be overweighted. Personally feel Cards will fare well this game.
Not sold on Niners offense out the gate. More disciplined and well coached so they will be equipped to challenge imo a weak front of Cards. Personally can’t buy into the WR crew and believe they will be better down the road. Cards secondary is a big advantage in this matchup. With the skill in the back end, they could abuse some 8 in the box fronts due to matchup.
Cards 2-3 TD 2-3 FG
Niners 1-2 TD 3-4 FG
Cards 26
Niners 22
Arizona +7.5
Any nuggets or under the Radar info on these 2 teams?
Both teams bring back coaches on both sides of ball. Familiarity with systems should help. Not a big Jimmy G fan but Shanny is a hell of a coach and his offense is a bit vanilla but excels as he utilized run game with great effectiveness.
Niners- may catch a bit of SB slow start. Wr’s are not a strength and already have a few hurt. O-line is a nice unit. Trent at LT is nice addition but that’s a long time of no football and with a new team. Staley retired. Don’t see a big advantage and I will lean a bit sloppy with both run game and pass as things get under way. I believe the defense takes a step back and may have overachieved a bit last year. They have a few holes imo.
Cards-Back end of defense will be the special unit. May help fill and cover a few holes up front. O-line is okay and Murray bouncing around should help bail them out a few times. Murray with his weapons obviously has some firepower. Kliff kicking up the temp more with Hopkins additions? Like to see if Maxx Williams gets a role. Doesn’t seem like Kidd is a TE guy but he abused teams with Jace Amaro for couple years in college. He has some similar skill sets and size to Maxx.
Offense slight edge Arizona
Defense slight edge Arizona (matchup reasons)
QB Cards
O-LINE Niners
RB Niners
WR Cards
D-Line Niners
LB Cards
Secondary Cards
Advantage to the Cards on offense with tempo, mobility QB and skill at WR. Niners last year from a Defense turnover/sack stand point didn’t do too much if memory serves me correctly. Murray in general did not turn the ball over much at all the entire year. The legs of Murray will extend plays as well as help hide weaknesses on line. Don’t feel Niners Defense will be as productive as expected. And the name and reputation of last years team may be overweighted. Personally feel Cards will fare well this game.
Not sold on Niners offense out the gate. More disciplined and well coached so they will be equipped to challenge imo a weak front of Cards. Personally can’t buy into the WR crew and believe they will be better down the road. Cards secondary is a big advantage in this matchup. With the skill in the back end, they could abuse some 8 in the box fronts due to matchup.
Cards 2-3 TD 2-3 FG
Niners 1-2 TD 3-4 FG
Cards 26
Niners 22
New year. Better understanding of DC Joseph scheme
2nd year in 3-4 from a 43
added pieces that fit 34 style
Secondary B+
Peterson back and healthy
Murphy will be better because of this
Baker and the Thompson’s at safety are very good
Decent veteran cb depth with adding Kirkpatrick and still have Alford
Linebackers B+
Signed Campbell and Kennard much better fits and upgrades to 34
Simmons rookie is a chess piece
Jones had 20 sacks last year but I expect decline play this year
Dline C-
Signed Phillips big help
Allen is interesting entering 2nd year
All in All this is a big weakness imo and vs the Niners I believe the back 7 cover this up
I call it the Tebow effect.
Tebow Broncos D best in league. Gave up 16 pts
Manning Broncos D worst in league.
In one year the defense went from best to worst in points etc. same defense and better the next year with few new pieces. But an offense that score more will make a defense look worse. Manning team scoring 42 a game. Tebow team scoring 17.
Not comparing Broncos to Cards offense. Or the defense. But Kliff does move an uptempo O. It will lead to better field position and more possessions for opposing teams. And thus making defense not look as good.
It’s week 1. Cards played them close last year. Both games if memory is correct was decided by less than a td. Games were high 20’s I believe. Niners off the SB, CV no preseason somebody may be slow out the gates. Niners offense has some concerns imo. A true weakness at WR leans me towards the strength of Cards and a good chance more 8 fronts and 7 front stacks in the box. Helps vs run and could expose secondary but I don’t feel they have the weapons on that position to do too much damage. George is a freak TE and ole Vance is always know to be weak vs TE in his defense. Rookie or not, Simmons spy’s George entire game if I’m Cards. I’m a huge NFL draft guy, and Simmons is the biggest Xfactor talent I have seen in years. If I were the Giants I take him. Though I mocked Thomas to them and that’s where they went.
If the game was week 5 I may go Niners. But the 7.5 and a very legit shot imo SU for the Cards here. Just my thoughts. Sometimes we are right and sometimes we are wrong.