Category: Help Wanted
Team Needs 2012 … Buffalo Bills
So often the nobodies in the AFC East in the last decade, the Bills should have been the “nearly men” this season, but a slew of injuries to their most important players left Buffalo as also-rans once more. However, with those players returning, the Bills are closer than ever to competing in the AFC East [...]
Team Needs 2012 … New England Patriots
Losing a hard fought Super Bowl is never an easy pill to swallow, but for the New England Patriots, there may be a silver lining when looking toward the future. Since their near-perfect season in 2007, the roster has turned from veteran-laden and declining to youthful and promising. Of course there are a few constants [...]
Team Needs 2012…Miami Dolphins
After a horrendous 0-7 start, the Miami Dolphins closed out the remainder of 2011 with a 6-3 run. That poor start led to a coaching change that had Joe Philbin replace Tony Sparano at the helm. Despite finishing the season with a losing record, Dolphins fans can take some positives from the season. The play of [...]
Team Needs 2012…NY Jets
The Jets were one of the more disappointing teams in 2011. After two straight championship game losses, they failed to make the playoffs. Within their division the Patriots made it to another Super Bowl, and the Dolphins look like an up and coming team. In order for the Jets to keep up they will either [...]
Team Needs 2012 … Pittsburgh Steelers
Up next on our look at what areas teams could do with strengthening, is an examination of the biggest weaknesses of the Pittsburgh Steelers. A team in a state of transition, this offseason has been as much about culling the old guard as it has been looking to get better. Indeed we’ve seen stalwarts such [...]
Team Needs 2012…Baltimore Ravens
The ending to last season will sting in the heart of many of Ravens fan for years to come, with two critical errors stopping them from first winning the AFC Championship Game outright and then taking it to overtime. Those two plays don’t tell the whole story of the Ravens season however. Joe Flacco (-2.8) had [...]
Team Needs 2012…Cincinnati Bengals
2011 was a season that surprised many by the Cincinnati Bengals. After the drama of Carson Palmer retiring and Chad Ocho Cinco being himself next to Terrell Owens, they seem to have found their replacements in Andy Dalton (-12.2) and A.J. Green (-2.2). Defensively, there is a lot to smile about in Cincinnati with Geno [...]
Team Needs 2012…Cleveland Browns
It’s always hard playing in a division where the three other teams have all made the playoffs the previous year. This is the reality the Browns have to live with though, as they rebuild for the future and try to stay competitive in the AFC North. Luckily, with the fourth overall draft pick and two [...]
Team Needs 2012…Indianapolis Colts
Bill Polian and Chris Polian? Gone. Peyton Manning? Going. Wholesale change? Underway. The Indianapolis Colts have said goodbye to the key components of a team that made the playoffs 11 times in the past 13 seasons, winning one Super Bowl and losing another. It started with the removal of the Polian’s and went further by [...]
Team Needs 2012…Houston Texans
Our spin around the NFL brings us to the Houston Texans and their Help Wanted needs. The Texans played like one of the best teams in football last season. When they lost their quarterback, Matt Schaub, mid-season it torpedoed their chances at the Super Bowl, and they dropped out of the playoffs in the divisional [...]
