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The Houston Texans‘ 9-7 record from last season may not seem overly impressive on paper, but it’s important to recognize that they put together nearly double-digit wins despite the significant issues they had at quarterback.
The Jacksonville Jaguars were forced to place six rookies in their starting lineup last season, which explains the 3-13 record from the 2014-15 NFL season. The good news is that the turmoil they faced just a year ago should result in gained experience and a better campaign in 2015-16.
The Detroit Lions have the opposite of a ‘luxury’ when it comes to the polar ends of their schedule. The 2015-16 NFL Season sees Detroit face a tough stretch to start the year, and then an equally troublesome stretch to close out the season.
The Miami Dolphins have been the AFC East team making the big moves during free agency on what feels like a yearly basis. With the division entering an arms race this most recent offseason, the Dolphins were again at the forefront, acquiring the league’s prized defensive asset.
The Buffalo Bills took a big step forward toward ending their long playoff drought a year ago, but the team again found itself on the outside looking in.
Coming off a dismal 4-12 season, the New York Jets made a litany of changes in the offseason in an effort to turn things around in a hurry. Rex Ryan is out as head coach, and replaced with another defensive guru in Todd Bowles.
The defending Super Bowl champion Patriots enter this season with a target on their back, but that’s nothing new for Bill Belichick and co. This year, however, the team will play its first four games without quarterback Tom Brady, but losses on the defensive side of the ball could prove to be a greater concern.
The Seattle Seahawks enter the 2015-2016 NFL season with typically lofty goals and seemingly few reasons to think that those goals aren’t completely attainable. The Hawks remain one of the best coached teams in the game, they have a balanced offense that added a key piece in the offseason and they still own one of the best defenses in the game.
The St. Louis Rams will enter the 2015-2016 NFL season with their annual sense of optimism, but seemingly few other reasons to think that they can challenge the top dogs in the NFC this year. No longer will the Rams have to sit on pins and needles with every preseason and regular-season snap praying that Sam Bradford doesn’t get hurt – he’s Philadelphia’s problem now.
The Arizona Cardinals looked to be on a path toward the Super Bowl last year before a string of bad luck derailed any plans to advance deep into the playoffs. After a 9-1 start, the Cards lost four of their last six games, lost Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton to injury and subsequently fell off the radar.
It is hard to imagine a team having a worse NFL offseason than the San Francisco 49ers. Any hope of improving on an uber-disappointing 8-8 campaign from last year took a hit seemingly every week when the season concluded.
Things certainly weren’t boring in Philadelphia this past offseason! The team wiped the slate clean, got rid of franchise running back LeSean McCoy and starting QB Nick Foles and their best receiver Jeremy Maclin left for Kansas City.
The 2014 Houston Texans were a very quiet 9-7 team. A winning season and a +65 point differential might suggest that this team isn’t far off from returning to their 2011 and 2012 form when they won the AFC South back to back years, going 22-10 over that stretch.
The reigning Super Bowl champion Patriots have long been the toast of the AFC East. This year should be a little different as both the Bills and Dolphins improved with their offseason acquisitions and the Pats will likely be without Tom Brady for the first four games of the regular season.
Last year was a coming out party of sorts for Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts. A division title and a trip to the AFC Championship game where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. Indy is primed to make another deep run this year, and odds makers see it that way too as the Colts are the favourites to win the AFC.
There are always a lot of unknowns heading into any NFL season, but if there is one constant – it is the fact that things WON’T be boring in Dallas!
