The JFL enters its 11th year with a bit of a new format, and
I must say, after the draft, I’m super excited for it.
I know some people are a little questionable of the
individual defensive positions, but I really do think after a few weeks, we’ll
start to see the benefits of not having to hope the defense you drafted is OK
enough for you to win.
Because if you didn’t get the best defense — and we all know
as history shows, the best ranked in the draft never turns out to be the best
defense — you’re out of luck in the 16-team format we have.
We’ll see some fun matchups and some active free-agent
pickups defensively throughout the year. It will be more of a chess match to
get those extra defensive points, and we all know, many times our matchups come
down to just a few points.
Or in my case, 0.1 points.
That was the difference between playoffs and no playoffs for me, so
maybe this year, a linebacker will make an extra tackle to save my season.
The preseason poll suggests I won’t have to worry about
that, though.
I tied the Super Bowl Champion for first place in the AFC East and I’m excited to battle in what looks like the toughest division and the
toughest conference.
Here are the preseason polls and the preseason previews. You'll note for some I wrote an "outlook," others I kind of have the "outlook" in the beginning section. It all depended on how I wrote about your team and whether it made sense to have it.
Either way, enjoy, complain and remember that after you have complained about what I say to enjoy it some more,
because seriously, three weeks ago, I didn’t know Matt Forte was a Jet. This
took some serious NFL studying and cramming to put together.
AFC East | CLICK FOR PREVIEW
T-1. Choo Big TeeDees, 33 points
T-1. Jimmy Jammers, 33 points
T-3. Sunday Slackers, 27 points
T-3. Jerkin’ My Kirk Herbstreit, 27 points
AFC Middle East
1. Jawz Attack, 40 points
2. Dawson’s Creek, 33 points
3. World of Noise, 26 points
4. Fear and Loathing, 21 points
NFC East
1. Chalupa Batman, 38 points
2. Philly Cheese Steaks, 34 points
3. Dottsville Toasters, 33 points
4. T-Money, 15 points
NFC West
1. Channel 4 News Team, 42 points
2. Graybill’s Generals, 31 points
3. Team Boyer, 29 points
4. Jersey Bombers, 19 points
Why stop there with the poll? Let’s have fun. Because, Lord knows I’ll be wrong and I’ll
just make people more upset with the following.
Divisional Round
Chalupa over Steaks
News Team over Toasters
Jammers over Jawz
Slackers over Choo
Conference Championships
Chalupa over News Team
Jammers over Slackers
Super Bowl XI
Jammers over Chalupa
Really? Did you just pick yourself to win it all? That’s so
Jimmy of you. #thirdperson
Yes, I’m jinxing myself while at the same time creating blog
fodder for the Chalupa to post on his fridge. He saved my baseball predictions
and shoved them in my face a few days ago, and I look forward to he and I
sitting around on Christmas day watching Week 16 finish up.
I’ll either be a genius or have eggnog all over my face.
Actually, let’s be serious for a moment. I do think I have a
good team, but we all know the NFL is a crazy league and anything can happen
each week.
After breaking down all the lineups, the News Team and Chalupa have the
best teams in the NFC and I think Jawz, Choo, Slackers and myself have the best
chance to represent the AFC.
That’s a vague way to make up for the very specific — and what most of you would call "very biased" — playoff
prediction, but hey, I’m just covering my bases.
I absolutely hate eggnog.
Good luck to all!
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