The NFL 2004-2005 Season Thread

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by MATT_kaplan108

I thought that because Palmer didn't take a snap yet, that he was still eligible. O Well. From my understanding, it was not the Dolphin's GM that make the choices, but it was Wannstedt (looked up the spelling) that chose the players that they did. I agree that trading for David Boston wasn't the best thing to do, but for what they gave up, it's worth a try.

Im almost positive about the Palmer thing, b/c Brees wasnt considered a rookie the year after he sat the bench, i think its just as long as your dressed.
And ya Wannstedt does alot of the decision making, but the final say will always be the GM, they hand in trades, picks, etc. And the 6th round for Boston is a steal if you couldve had him play like he did in Arizona.

[Alex Salomonsky]

Team: Washington Redskins
Players: LaVar Arrington, Jon Jansen, Shaun Alexander, Justin Skaggs, any player from the Hampton Roads area (Mike Vick)

Divisions:
East: Washington/NE
South: Carolina/ Indy
North: GB/ Baltimore
West:Seattle/ Denver
Wild Cards: Two surprises in the NFC, Arizona and Detriot/ Cincy, Tennesee

Playoffs:
GB defeats Detriot in the tundra
Arizona shocks Carolina
in a hard fought contest, Tennesee outlasts defending world champs NE in snowy conditions
Denver barely edges a fiesty Cincy team

Washington holds off a final drive from Brett Favre and the Packers when Sean Taylor and LaVar Arrington combine to stop Ahman Green at the goal-line as time expires in an instant classic
Seattle ends Arizona's cinderella story with their high octane offense
Baltimore's D stuffs the Denver O in an easy victory for Baltimore
Indy outduels Tennesee in a high scoring affair

Washington d steps up and former Seahawk Shawn Springs intercepts Matt Hasselback in OT and returns it for a TD after Hasselback said that they would get the ball and score.
In a classic match-up, great defense beats great offense as Baltimore wins handly.

Super Bowl:
Washington: 10
Baltimore: 17

Gibbs unable to work the magic as the Baltimore D stuffs an overworked and tired Clinton Portis for under 100 yrds for the first time in the playoffs, and intercepts Brunell twice, including one returned for the GW TD by one of the most hated redskins of all-time, Deion Sanders. (pains me to type that)

MVP-Clinton Portis-Gibbs will fed him the ball all day, and he's got a good line even without Jansen
Offensive Player: Portis, see above
Defensive Player: Ray Lewis, will be a beast as always
Offensive Rookie: Kellen Winslow, will complain if not given the ball, so numbers will be big
Defensive Rookie: Sean Taylor, he's a beast, look what he's done in pre-season.
Coach of the Year: Dennis Green, impossible turn around that no one expected, and deserves the award

Notes:
Dallas is the worst team when over-worked D can't make up for lack of offense
Minnesota can't keep the ego's under control, costing them the playoffs
Vick plays horrible in new offense.
Philly realizes that TO is a cancer to the team, and miss the playoffs with lack of DB to complement aggressive D.