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With the stroke of a pen, the New York Jets have become once again a fashion weekly NFL Draft. All took it finally was agreeing terms with cornerback Darrelle Revis.

All telenovelas happening during the preseason NFL - the battle between Albert Haynesworth and Mike Shanahan, battle of Matt Leinart to be starter Arizona and Ben Roethlisberger - State none was as high profile as ' prolonged Revis exclusion.

After of put together back-to-back urticaria Pro Bowl seasons and win the defensive player best AFC year in 2009, dear Revis charge as the highest-paid defensive back in the League.The Oakland Raiders had previously established the standard by signing cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha a contract of three years $ 45.3 million.

While the Jets or Revis are talking about numbers of publicly, it seems desire to Revis on Asomugha Eclipse contract have fallen corto.En first, the New York Daily News reported the contract to be in the area of four years and $ 46 million.

Regardless of what the payroll seem to Revis, the important part for the Jets and their fans is that the player considered leagues better position shall be uniform for the opening of the season against Anquan Boldin and Baltimore Ravens. There is very little doubt that New York could have reached their expectations of title without it, but have enclosed Revis is somewhat safe Lombardi Trophy.

Last season, the Jets were a team that reached the playoffs pursuant to finish the season with the Indianapolis Colts and the Cincinnati Bengals - two teams who had already won playoff spots and rested their incoming 9-7.To its credit, the jets with hot in the postseason and surprised people by win Road victories against the Bengals and San Diego Chargers game before losing in the Championship of the AFC in Indianapolis.

But there are still many remaining questions of quelling the Jets ink as one of their weekly NFL picks.Second-year quarterback Mark Sanchez improved significantly on a terrible year passed 12 MEPs 20 integers touchdown interception ratio? what can Sánchez have objectives Jerricho Cotchery Braylon Edwards consistently creating great works in the game pass? is ready to carry the load as New York feature again Shonn Greene? what if it is not, retrieve the newly acquired LaDainian Tomlinson at least part of the form that made him an All-Pro in San Diego?

One thing is segura.Con Darrelle Revis closing a quarter of the field, allow Rex Ryan to ratchet up the heat on the quarterbacks opposed with its aggressive, attacking the defensa.Vamos to see if it is enough to get them over.

AFC
East: The AFC East, in my opinion, will be the most competitive division in the NFL this year.
WHY? Because...

Dolphins- Miami is coming off of a very frusterating year. Once they lost Ronnie Brown and Chad Pennington, the fans lost hope in Miami. Now remember, three years ago, the Dolphins were one of, if not the worst team in the NFL. They nearly became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16, but they defeated the Baltimore Ravens, who went 5-11 that year, on the last day of the regular season. The following year they went 11-5, and then last year's upset. This year, they have two powerful running backs, a young quarterback that has experience, and now a star wide receiver, which they were missing last year. I don't have any questions about the offense, but the defense I'm not so sure on. We'll see how it plays out.

* Patriots- New England could be one of the best teams in the NFL (again). They have Tom Brady at full health, they have to star wide receivers: Randy Moss and Wes Welker, and their defense is ready for any type of offense. This could lead to, once again, another Super Bowl ring for Tom Brady.

* Jets- The Jets are overrated. Let me remind you who carried the team last year; it wasn't Mark Sanchez, it wasn't Jerricho Cotchery or Braylon Edwards, nor was it Shonn Greene. Thomas Jones was the only reason why the Jets even got close to entering the Super Bowl. He had 14 touchdowns, 1402 yards, and tripled Shonn Greene's stats in almost every category! These are the "amazing" stats that the Jets put up in 2009 (the following are averages): 12.5 points (31st), 237 yards (30th), 147 passing yards (29th), and 89.5 rushing yards 22nd). Unless the offense can turn it around, I don't think that the Jets are going anywhere.

* Bills- Once again, the Bills are on the bottom of the list in the East...and they aren't going to surprise anyone. They will have another great rushing season, but their passing really needs to kick it up. I think they should have taken a quarterback in the first round instead of C.J. Spiller. Trent Edwards just isn't the right guy for the job. A rookie quarterback with a good arm, who doesn't need the ball all of the time. Tim Tebow is a guy that would have fit in.

* Standings after 2010:
x-Patriots: 12-4
x-Miami: 10-7
Jets: 9-7
Bills: 3-14
North: This division will also come down to the last game.
WHY? Because...

* Bengals- The Bengals could be the most powerful teams they have ever had in their franchise history, but they could also be a HUGE upset. Carson Palmer will have three top wide receivers to throw to, Ochocinco, Bryant, and Owens, and they have Cedric Benson coming off probably his best year in his career. Their defense will be a mystery every week, and so will tight end Jermaine Gresham.

* Ravens- The Baltimore Ravens had a great year last year...and their about to have an even better year. Anquan Boldin will help Joe Flacco out a ton. Last year Flacco had one main receiver to go to, Derrick Mason. Todd Heap was the other main target at the start of the season, but it turned out to be a disappointing year. Now with Heap hoping to have an excellent year to add on to his great career stats, Anquan Boldin ready to finally win the big one, and Derrick Mason in one of the last years, I would say they are going for it all.

* Browns- The Browns, sadly, could actually be a good team to watch this year. Jake Delhomme doesn't have a Steve Smith to throw this year, but Mohamed Massaquoi will be a great substitute. Jerome Harrison could be one of the top ten running backs this year, which will open up the passing game. The only thing a Browns fan should be worried about is the defense. Now that Jake Delhomme is helping the offense out, the defense will probably be off of the field more.

* Pittsburgh-Where should I start? Obviously Big-Ben is out for the first four-six weeks, Rashard Mendenhall is coming off of a great season, and they lost Santonio Holmes. Hines Ward should have another good season, and the loss of Santonio Holmes will open up the slots for Mike Wallace and Antwan Randle El. My predictions for the top performers this year are: Roethlisberger- 17 TD, 56.8 Perc., 3467 yds, Mendenhall- 276 ATT, 11 TD, 12,889 yds, Ward- 78 Rec., 5 TD, 879 yds.

* Standings after 2010:
y-Ravens: 12-4
Bengals: 9-7
Steelers: 8-8
Browns: 4-12

South: The AFC South will be a pretty competitive division, again, but I think it will be up to the Colts and the Texans. WHY? Because...

* Colts- The Colts won't be much different then last year. Peyton Manning will have another great year, Reggie Wayne will have over 1,000 yards, Joseph Addai won't get many carries, and Pierre Garcon will have to play a big role if the Colts want to make it to the Super Bowl again. Dallas Clark is healthy, and this could be the year.

* Jaguars- Jacksonville needs a quarterback and wide receivers. David Garrard could make it to the playoffs, but he wouldn't go anywhere. If you want to get to the playoffs in this division, you will have to work. Jones-Drew isn't able to carry the whole team by himself. If they had a good passing game to rely on, there wouldn't be anything to worry about. Mike Sims-Walker isn't enough to complete a wide receiver roster; they need another target to throw to. Aaron Hernandez would have been a great draft pick for the Jags.

* Titans- Again, one running back won't carry the whole team to the playoffs. There just isn't enough talent on this team to go anywhere. The defense could use some work, Vince Young would probably appreciate another receiving target, and Chris Johnson won't be able to run the ball if the passing game doesn't work. I don't see playoffs in the Titans next two years.

* Texans- Houston is a huge contender this year. Matt Schaub has Andre Johnson as his main target, and together, they could get total over 1,500 yards this year. Kevin Walter is an underrated fantasy player. He is the 2nd stringer, and he could 100 to 150 points this year. Arian Foster has taken over the role of running back this year. Steve Slaton worked hard, but didn't quite make it. Their tight end, Owen Daniels is probably going to get five to ten touchdowns, and over 600 yards. If the defense can keep the score under 20 points almost every game, the Texans are going to be a touch team to beat.

* Standings after 2010:
y-Colts: 14-2
x-Texans 11-5
Jaguars 7-9
Titans 6-10

West: The AFC West won't be much of a competitive season. I don't think it will even take the winning team to get over ten wins to get into the playoffs.
WHY? Because...

* Raiders- Oakland does have a better team than last year, but not good enough to get to the playoffs. Jason Campbell has Heyward-Bay and Schilens as main targets. Zach Miller could also be a big one. The defense is terrible and the running backs aren't that good either. The only thing that the Raiders are good for this year is to knock out other teams.

* Chargers- San Diego is going to make the playoffs, there's no question. Philip Rivers could get over 4,000 yards again this season, but without Vincent Jackson, I would say maybe 3,500. Malcolm Floyd is a question mark. He could either do really good or really bad. The defense doesn't look that bad, and Ryan Matthews is going to be a great addition.

* Chiefs- Kansas City has one more year to improve. I don't think they will have a chance this year, but maybe next year. Once these two years are over they are going to lose a lot of their good players. Jamaal Charles won't have much trouble, if Matt Cassel can find Dwayne Bowe and Chris Chambers. The defense isn't the greatest, and that's the main thing that is going to irritate them.

* Broncos- With the mystery of who's starting at quarterback, and the lack of talent at wide receiver, Denver doesn't have much of a chance. McDaniels is trying to use what he can with Knowshon Moreno and Correll Buckhalter, while the defense has just a couple of problems to fix. Eric Decker will probably end up being one of the three starting wide receivers by the end of the year, if he stays healthy.

* Standings after 2010:
x-Chargers 11-5
Broncos- 8-8
Chiefs- 5-11
Raiders- 2-12

There are only 5 unbeaten teams left in Division 1-A football and Penn State is not one of them. The 5 perfect records belong to Alabama (10-0), Texas Tech (10-0), Boise State (9-0), Utah (10-0) and Ball State (9-0).

Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions went to 9-0 and climbed to No. 3 in the AP Top 25 Poll before taking a trip to Iowa Saturday (11-8-08) and losing to the Hawkeyes 24-23 on a 31-yard field goal with a second left.

Daniel Murray, who had not made a field goal since Iowa's season opener and had lost his job to a freshman, finally got a second chance. Murray had handled the kickoff duties but when it came to windy game conditions and a need for experience, coach Kirk Ferentz tapped Murray.

Murray drilled it down the middle and Iowa's freezing fans went berserk, flooding the field in wild excitement. It happened because Penn State blew a 9-point lead in the 4th quarter. Iowa won the last quarter 10-0. The Hawkeyes were aided by Shonn Greene's 117 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns, and Ricky Stanzi's 15-of-25 passing for 171 yards.

The victory was Iowa's biggest in years, and its first against a Top 5 team since 1990. The Hawkeyes improved their record to 6-4, becoming bowl eligible. The Hawkeyes' 4 losses this year have been by a total of 12 points. Last week they lost to Illinois on a 46-yard field goal with 24 seconds left. This week was their turn to win with a last-second field goal.

Penn State's chance to compete in the national championship game evaporated. The kiss of death for Penn State was the fact that Iowa was an unranked team, and Penn State was playing on the road. The Nittany Lions new goals will be a Big Ten title and a Rose Bowl berth on New Year's Day.

For the first time this season, all AP Top 25 Poll teams played, with 17 of the 25 teams winning and 5 huge victories among the winners that played other ranked teams. They included:

No. 1 Alabama on the road over No. 15 LSU in overtime, 27-21, with star quarterback John Parker Wilson scoring on a 1-yard sneak. The Crimson Tide had a chance to win the game in regulation play but a 29-yard field goal attempt by Leigh Tiffin was low and blocked.

LSU had the first crack in overtime but gave away even a shot at a field goal when Jarrett Lee threw his 4th interception and was picked off for the 3rd time in the game by Alabama's Rashad Johnson, who tied a school record in the process. The Tide nixed another field goal try, having already missed twice, and Wilson scored on the sneak to give Alabama a spot in the SEC championship game.

No. 2 Texas Tech at home over No. 8 Oklahoma State, 56-20, as the Red Raiders scored touchdowns on 7 consecutive possessions.

No. 7 Southern Cal at home over No. 21 California, 17-3, in an awesome display of defense. The win was the 6th straight for the Trojans who have outscored their opponents 231-23 since losing 27-21 as 25-point favorites at Oregon State. That's the Trojans, always losing a game to an unranked team, apparently they wake up late in Hollywood.

No. 10 Utah at home over No. 11 Texas Christian in a squeaker, 13-10. Utah had gone 9-0 and climbed to No. 10 by playing one of the weakest schedules west of the Mississippi River. The Utes are in the Mountain West Conference, and had they not played TCU they would not have faced one quality team worth talking about; they still face BYU in their final game.

No. 19 North Carolina at home over No. 22 Georgia Tech, 28-7, scoring 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter.

Twelve other Top 25 teams won against ranked opponents, including:

No. 4 Florida on the road over Vanderbilt, 42-14, as Tim Tebow threw for 3 touchdowns and ran for 2 more. The Gators clinched the SEC Eastern Division Title and will face SEC Western Division Title holder Alabama for the SEC Championship.

No. 5 Texas at home over Baylor, 45-21, as Longhorn Colt McCoy threw for 5 TDs and 300 yards. No. 6 Oklahoma on the road over Texas A&M in an easy rout, 66-28. No. 9 Boise State at home over Utah State, 49-14, as Kellen Moore threw for 362 yards and 2 TDs. No. 12 Ohio State on the road over Northwestern, 45-10, as Terrelle Prior threw for 3 scores and Chris "Beanie" Wells added 2 more on the ground.

No. 13 Missouri at home over Kansas State, 41-24, as Jeremy Maclin scored 3 TDs and racked up 278 all-purpose yards. No. 14 Georgia on the road over Kentucky, 42-38, getting the go-ahead TD on a pass from Matthew Stafford to A. J. Green with 1:54 left to play. No. 16 Ball State at home over Northern Illinois 45-14. No. 17 Brigham Young (BYU) at home over a 1-9 San Diego State team 41-12.

No. 18 Michigan State at home over Purdue, 21-7, as Javon Ringer scored twice and the Spartan defense made some great third-down stops. No. 24 Florida State at home over Clemson, 41-27, on coach Bobby Bowden's 79th birthday (yes, the guy is 79 and still coaching), and following the firing of Bowden's son Tommy as Clemson's head coach last month. No. 25 Pittsburgh at home over Louisville, 41-7, as the Panthers turned 4 Cardinal turnovers into scores.

The 7 losing Top 25 teams-besides No. 3 Penn State-that lost to unranked teams included:

No. 20 West Virginia at home to Cincinnati in overtime 26-23. West Virginia is one of those teams that can not stand prosperity, they have been in and out of the AP Top 25 all season. No. 23 Maryland on the road to Virginia Tech, 23-13.

For the 8 losing teams among the AP Top 25 this week, it is pretty much what legendary coach Lou Holtz said, "When all is said and done, more is said than done."

When the new AP Top 25 Poll came out Sunday, 4 teams were missing-West Virginia, California, Georgia Tech and Maryland. Replacing them were 2 new teams-No. 22 Cincinnati and No. 23 Oregon State-and 2 returning teams-No. 24 South Carolina (the Gamecocks left the poll after the first week) and No. 25 Tulsa (the Golden Hurricane arrived in the 8th week, were kicked out last week and returned this week).

In other games of note this week:

Boston College at home shut out Notre Dame 17-0 in their annual "Catholic Bowl" game.

An 8-2 Western Michigan team from the growing in stature Mid-American Conference hosted and beat Illinois from the Big Ten, 23-17.

A 4-5 Wyoming team from the Mountain West Conference hosted and beat Tennessee from the Southeastern Conference, 13-7. Could Tennessee sink any lower? Some fans had to read this result THREE times to believe it was true.

Hawaii beat New Mexico State 42-30 to even its record at 5-5 and one victory shy of bowl eligibility.

East Carolina became bowl eligible with its 6th victory, an overtime win over Marshall, 19-16.

That's it. That's all. I am out of here. Four more weeks and the regular season is over, then the bowl season surfaces and a few big-time winners will collect some major money for their football programs. A few of the bowl games will be great, we just don't know which ones.

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley

Read my other detailed, knowledgeable, interesting articles on college football, including:
"College Football - Week 10 - In Just Two Years Nick Saban Has the Crimson Tide No. 1 in the Nation"
"College Football - Week 9 - Texas Handles Unbeaten Oklahoma State, and Penn State Whips Ohio State"
"College Football - Week 8 - Top 6 Teams Remain on Top, Led by Unbeaten Texas, Alabama & Penn State"
"College Football - Week 7 - Only 10 Undefeated Teams Remain - Oklahoma, Missouri and LSU All Lose"
"College Football - Week 6 - AP's Top 25 Welcomes North Carolina, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and Ball State"
"College Football - Week 5 - 9 AP Top 25 Teams Lose, 6 to Unranked Teams, No. 1 USC, No. 3 Georgia & No. 4 Florida All Lose"
"College Football - Week 4 - 14 Teams Suffer Their First Defeat - Auburn, East Carolina, Oregon & Florida State All Lose"
"College Football - Week 3 - Let There Be No Doubt: USC Crushes Ohio State 35-3 and Is Clearly No. 1"
"College Football - Week 2 - East Carolina Smacks West Virginia, Upsets Its 3rd Straight Ranked Team"
"College Football - Week 1 - No. 24 Alabama Stuns No. 9 Clemson, East Carolina Upsets No. 17 Virginia Tech"

Here are the players who chose to be fantasy football sleepers for next season 2010.

Jeremy Maclin-
Part of the dynamic Duo in Philadelphia with partner want Jackson, expect Maclin to take their game to the next nivel.Con Kevin Kolb, touted as the next Aaron Rodgers, Maclin will be able to demonstrate why the Eagles drafted you in the first round last year.

Brandon Jacobs-
Brandon Jacobs is just a year removed 1100 courtyard, TD.Los Giants season 15 know they need to engage Jacobs early and often to soften for opposing defenses.All in all, it's strategy that led to the Super Bowl champions.Search therein back to what works.

Malcom Floyd-
With Vincent Jackson image will be another receiver and the receiver is more likely Floyd.A Malcolm 6 ' 5 ", was built as VJax, so you to fill those shoes pretty bien.Con decline and eventual release LaDanian Tomlinson, the San Diego Chargers have become pass more geared. I hope Floyd have many opportunities to make great plays."

LaDainian Tomlinson-
With Quarterback Mark Sanchez, still in development phase of his career, look for LT to get involved early and menudo.Shonn Green could not catch a pass during the regular season last year, so expect Tomlinson to be in there in virtually all reductions 3rd.

Tim Hightower
Wells is clearly the most talented of the two, but with QB Matt Leinart corridor behind Centre, Hightower is the best fit for the ofensa.Hightower use mostly downhill move, because he is the upper receiver and pass bloqueador.Ahora with "Captain Checkdown" running the show in Arizona, locate Hightower improve in receptions 63 had last year.

I would say that no team changed over the season pass to the New York Jets. Them and rookie QB Mark Sanchez were NFL talk at the beginning of last season as New York began to 3-0, beating all potential playoff teams (although only one - the Pats - made). Then Sanchez hit the wall and New York entered a downward spiral, lose six of seven apparently make the playoffs out of reach.

But then something clicked again after of Thanksgiving, as the Jets won five of six to sneak in the postseason.Helped this week 16 opponent Indianapolis and Cincinnati week 17 enemy not playing all your incoming because set their playoff spots? sure did, but then the Jets were were not flukes easily winning in Cincinnati, stunning San Diego Chargers and pushing the Colts in the AFC Championship game of falling, 30-17.

Sánchez was adequate in season regular, dropping to 2,444 yards and 12 members to go with 20 selections for a score of 63, 0.Tuvo few attempts, passes and yards from the quarterbacks who played at least 15 games in 2009.Sánchez was better in the playoffs, giving hope he will take a big step in 2010.

But really the 2009 Jets were built to defend the game field - New York led the League in total defence and passing Defense (thanks in large part to the incomparable cornerback Revis Darrelle), as well as in yards rushing offense.

New York just stood pat this offseason, corridor leading dumped Thomas Jones due to the emergence of Shonn Greene, as well as versatile trade RB Leon Washington, who suffered a season finale leg injury in week 7 year pasado.Nueva York brought in a litany of stars: Santonio Holmes, Jason Taylor, LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Cromartie.However, the computer release time of nine Pro Bowl offensive tackle Alan pout, and was a large part of that line o possibly being the best in the NFL last season.

A lot of experts is doing for the Jets get to the Super Bowl - the Sporting News, that for uno.Este team is already generating more ink than any other team in the NFL, directed by outspoken Coach Rex Ryan.

Experts a list of the Jets 'over/under' for the overall victory in 9 NFL season 5.Hagamos a break down the Jets New York 2010 schedule:

Week 1: Monday, September 13, Baltimore, 7: 00 pm
Week 2: Sunday, September 19, New England, 4: 15 PM
Week 3: Sunday, September 26, in Miami, 8: 20 PM
Week 4: Sunday, October 3, in Buffalo, 1: 00 p. M.
Week 5: Monday, October 11, 8: 30 PM
Week 6: Sunday, 17 of October, in Denver, 4: 05 PM
Week 7: BYE
Week 8: 31 October, Green Bay, 1: 00 p. M.
Week 9: Domingo, 7 of November, in Detroit, 1: 00 p. M.
Week 10: Sunday, November 14, in Cleveland, 1: 00 p. M.
Week 11: 21 November, Houston, 1: 00 p. M.
Week 12: Thursday, November 25, Cincinnati, 8: 20 PM
Week 13: Monday, December 6, in New England, 8: 30 PM
Week 14: 12 December, Miami, 4: 15 PM
Week 15: Sunday, December 19, in Pittsburgh, 4: 15 PM
Week 16: Sunday, December 26, Chicago, 1: 00 p. M.
Week 17: 2 January, Buffalo, 1: 00 p. M.

This is linked to the more difficult programming NFL 16th with 2009 winning percentage of.500 an opponents (128-128).

One would expect to N.y. against Buffalo, but draft legislation gave the Jets some issues last year and managed to divide. I believe that Brett Favre is panned when he returns to cope with the Jets for the first time playing with them, than in a year? then NYC has the difficult task of playing at Denver in thin air in a week corta.Mi football betting system called 3-3 in the farewell.

If the Jets can beat the Packers home after the farewell will be in good shape because in weeks 9-11, who play teams missed the playoffs in 2009 and were a combination of 16-32.Y on Thanksgiving night, the Jets face a team Bengals swept last year (although the jets are 0-3 Turkey all-time) .for therefore an increase of only seems likely.

December is much harder, as each opponent is likely a contender playoff - 11 days off before a crucial with the Pats date is a profit - close with what should be a victory over a team of bills that will be away from the playoffs and the cadena.Con playing the new rule that all games of the week 17 must be divisional games, jets could not have asked for a best enemy while dolphins and the Pats are fighting.

I'm not so great in the Jets like everyone else, but I have no doubt that it will be buenos.Esto is similar to take this 10-6, the 'more'. predict Pats for also finishing 10-6, so it might lose to had to win the AFC East (parts are + 105 on WagerWeb and jets + 110) .Creo the Jets will miss less Thomas Jones and step game will still struggle, and therefore New York does not make it back to AFC title game - but will receive a game of it.