Guru:
The team that really has not impressed me so far is the Cleveland Browns. Coming into the season, and even coming from last season this was a break out team that everyone expected great things from. Weeks one and two roll by and they are already two games in the hole. Derek Anderson, Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow are not having the year that was projected for them, so it would be too easy to say that they are done already. The next two weeks are almost a walk through, with the Ravens and Bungals, and even though they will have a tough road with the Colts and Giants, this team will rebound. They just need to make better decisions at key points of the game, and spread the ball around. When your leading receiver only has a combined 102 yards in the first two games, that’s a major problem. Either way, the Browns should finish above .500.
The Ex:
If there is one team that is in good position to build off their 2-0 start, it’s the New York Giants. They beat the Redskins in their opener, and whacked one of the worst teams in football in Week 2 against St. Louis. In their next four games, they face the Seahawks (0-2), whose one-dimensional offense is ineffective because well, they don’t have any healthy wide-receivers, the Bengals(0-2), who look like the “Bungals” of old, even with Carson Palmer, the 0-2 Browns who need to fix their offense as well, and the up and down 49ers. The defense is still dominant with Justin Tuck, but as long as Eli connects with Plaxico every week, and hands the ball off to the committee of running backs led by Brandon Jacobs, they should have enough momentum going into the middle of their schedule, when it gets a little more difficult, when they face Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia in consecutive weeks. Looking at their schedule, they still have the strength to keep themselves alive in this NFC East race, and will look to keep them going next week against Seattle on October 5th.