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NFC East

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. Philadelphia Eagles
3. New York Giants
4. Washington

The Cowboys have been the league's best team since S7, but that could change now. The defense should remain elite thanks to its front seven, even with two new starters there, but the offense is quite different now. Future Hall of Famer and three-time MVP QB Vince Young is gone, and taking over for him is Cam Newton. Newton has done well, at least initially, in his previous two stops, and as a late-season injury signing last season, he excelled with the Cowboys. Whether he can perform well over a full season for them remains to be seen though. Hall of Fame HB Darius Walker while not a spectacular runner was an excellent fit with Vince Young. Now they deploy free agent signing Justin Vincent to take over. He is similar to Walker in that he's an average runner and good receiver. I am sort of rooting for him as he can become the first HB to rush for over 1000 yards with four franchises. WR Adam Thielen takes over for the retired Steve Smith, and there are two new starters along the OL. The Cowboys have a tough schedule, so if losing so many high-quality players proves to be too much, the schedule will expose them, but I will have to see it to believe it.

Losing QB Chris Leak is going to hurt. There's no question about that. With all due respect to Taysom Hill, who had a nice rookie season in limited time, Leak and WR Ted Ginn was the most prolific QB/WR duo in our league's history. Leak and Ginn made the offense special, and now, I don't know what to fully expect other than it will be worse than what we're used to seeing. It's good then that I am expecting better things from the defense. Sure, the DL outside of Morris Chambers is nothing to be scared about, but the LBs and secondary have been on the rise for awhile. The schedule is front-loaded, but if they can be above .500 or even a game below it, they are in a great position to have a torrid second half. Of the seven teams they will face, only one had a winning record last season, and nearly all of them have suspect offenses. As long as they don't lose too much beyond LT Sam Baker, I think they can remain in the thick of the playoff hunt and have upset potential for the division if the offense turns out way better than I expect them to.

Last season was one that the Giants hope to forget. I did say that I liked their draft, but it takes years for them to come into their own, so with five rookies currently slated to start (I have a PM from them that I haven't opened yet that might change things) and a couple others expected to get decent playing time, that's probably not a good sign for their prospects this season. The schedule does them no favors too even with finishing last in the division last year. Still, they left the preseason injury-free, and the defense has been pretty good the past several seasons. They should remain competitive at the bare minimum.

I'm kind of worried about Washington. They are losing more quality players than they are bringing in or developing, especially on defense, and it's bound to haunt them eventually. With the injuries they are already facing, and a tough schedule, things could get ugly this season, which is a shame because they have one of the best collection of offensive skill positions in the league. They have gone 21-11 the past two seasons, making the playoff in both, so it's possible I am totally wrong about them, but they did enter the playoffs with the league's lowest-ranking defense among playoff teams in both seasons. I can't see it happening a third season in a row.
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