solid, agree with a lot of it. obviously I am going to think eagles ahead of giants but I am surprised you don't even have dallas making the playoffs. I don't think they will go 13-3 like they did last year but if they went below 9-7 that would be really surprising to me. I don't think 3 NFC South teams will make it because it is really hard for that to happen but it has before and it's only possible if both division they play on their schedule are really weak and after looking it up I noticed the NFC south plays both the AFC East and AFC South which are arguably the 2 worst divisions in football so you might be on to something here. I will make my official predictions closer to the season but here is my breakdown of what I think will happen in the nfc east:
winner: eagles. I expect them to go in the ball park of 10-6 due to the improvements of 2nd year carson wentz, an improved WR group, a healthy and non-suspended offensive line which is one of the best in the league and the fact they went 7-9 last year but only 1-6 in 1 score games which has to change this year. this is on top of a defense that was ranked in the top 5 last year DVOA and only lost their 2 corners which was the weakest part of the D last year (and will be this year as well). Things that scare me are those corners esp playing in the east which probably has the best WR groups top to bottom, plus the schedule is once again difficult having the play both the NFC and esp the AFC West this year. But if the oline stays healthy and carson takes the leap with a much better supporting casts I can see the eagles being much improved this year and winning the division.
cowboys: I see a step back as everything last year appeared to go their way. I don't see Dak being an elite QB so hopefully with another offseason coaches start finding ways to slow him down as they did RG3 in a way and make him even more limited. while still good, I think they lost 2 starters on the oline from last year but more importantly they lost like 7 or 8 starters on defense so I don't see them improving there and with a tougher schedule I see them losing a few more games this year going 9-7 or 10-6ish.
giants: sorry josh, I see a big decline here. their defense was great last year but they were extremely healthy which will not happen back to back years therefore I see them taking a step back. the giants were also 8-3 in one score games including vs teams such the bears, bengals, rams and saints who all missed the playoffs so a few plays go the other way and that 8-3 record turns into 5-4 and now the giants are all of sudden 8-8 instead of 11-5. while the giants improved their passing weapons, I don't think they addressed their oline enough or their running game and with eli throwing more with a bad oline I see more inconsistent play out of him and with a weaker D not keeping games close or outright winning them for him I see them going 7-9 or 8-8 this year.
skins: I don't see how they got better from last year. they lost both starting WR's and while reports out of camp are that pryor looks great it is still suspicious to me that his own team from last year in the browns didn't want to match a 1 year 6M offer he got when they have plenty of cap space. replacing the deep threat of djax, who cousins loved to go deep with off play action, will not be there and instead will have basically a rookie WR in doctson (who is already hurt) and rookie wr's rarely have a big impact year 1. combine that with a weak defense that I dont think got much better along with even more pressure on cousins to perform only without his best 2 wr's (plus reed will probably get hurt at some point) I see them coming in last and going 5-11 - 7-9.
