Signed Peyton Manning Jersey, 1) Dallas: Bill Parcells nay-sayers can say what they want now that Signed Peyton Manning Jersey the \"Big Tuna\" has once again galloped off into retirement, but the simple truth of the matter is that the Cowpokes are a much better team now than they were when Parcells took the reins following the 2002 season. In the Tuna\'s four year stint at the helm he guided the Boyzzz to a winning combined regular season mark of 34-30 and made the playoffs twice, yes the Boyzzz lost both playoff games under Parcells, but don\'t lose sight of the fact that this is a team that had posted an overall mark of 15-33 in the three seasons prior to his arrival and had not made the playoffs since 1999!
Team owner Jerry Jones has brought in Wade Philips, who has the Chargers defensive coordinator, to replace Parcells who left the Dallas cupboards fully stocked with talent, like Norv Turner who now has the keys to the blue Ferrari that is the San Diego Chargers, Philips now has the keys to a beautiful silver Lamborghini that calls Texas Stadium home. The Dallas offense is basically the same unit that finished last year ranked 5th in the league and started in last year\'s fluky 20-21 playoff loss against Seattle, there are three exceptions however, former Super Bowl winning QB Brad Johnson was brought in to mentor/backup starting QB Tony Romo, Leonard Davis was signed away from Arizona to man the right guard position and former Dallas backup QB Jason Garrett will be the Signed Peyton Manning Jersey man calling the offensive plays.
Defensively the Cowpokes need to improve on last years 13th ranked unit that allowed a mind boggling 419 yards per game on average to their final five opponents, to facilitate this they drafted Anthony Spencer out of Purdue with their first round selection and signed hard hitting former Seattle safety Ken Hamlin. Dallas really only has one other weakness and that is with their kicking game, year in and year out Dallas always seems to need a reliable kicker and this year is no different. The Pokes thought they had solved that problem last year with the signing of former Colt kicker Mike Vanderjagt but as it turned out Peyton Manning was correct with regard to Vanderjagt being an \"idiot kicker\" that couldn\'t take pressure. Vanderjagt was cut after 11 games last season and Martin Gramatica was siged as his replacement, Dallas is serious about fixing this problem and showed this fact by drafting Nick Folk out of Arizona in the 6th round to compete with and hopefully replace Gramatica. Projected record: 11-5
**Look to play AGAINST these Cowpokes in their first road game of the season when they travel to Miami on 9/16/07 to face a Dolphin team that will probably be installed as a home doggie or a very small favorite, that suits us just fine because there is plenty of talent and pride on this Dolphin team to play well in their home opener and Dallas will be coming to town in possible \"let-down\" mode having just played their season opener at home against their divisional rival G-men and have a date on deck against the Bears who were the NFC\'s Super Bowl representative last year, can you say \"sandwich game\"?
2) Philadelphia: These Birds won the NFC Eastern division last year with a mark of 10-6 which gives Philly five divisional titles in the past six seasons, however, it was NOT star QB Donovan McNabb who led the Birds down the stretch to a 5-1 straight up mark (4-2 ATS), won the divisional crown, or won their initial playoff game against the G-Men, it was ousted backup QB Jeff Garcia who is now with Tampa Bay. McNabb has now had season ending injuries three of the past five years which prompted HC Andy Reid to draft former Houston Cougar QB Kevin Kolb in the second round and sign A.J Feeley to a three year contract extension.
Kevin Kolb will need a couple of years to mature and grow in Andy Reid\'s offense but should be a perfect match and the Eagles future with regard to starting 50 straight games and playing every down of his college career in a spread offense predicated on a quick, short, passing game. Versatile RB Brian Westbrook who had over 1200 rushing yards last year along with a total of Signed Peyton Manning Jersey 77 catches and 11 TD\'s, should continue to be the Birds spear head, to spell Westbrook the Eagles drafted Tony Hunt out of Penn State in the 3rd round. In a surprising move the Birds let WR Donte\' Stallworth walk away and sign with New England and as a replacement brought in former Ram Kevin Curtis.
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