Wolf
100% Texan
hmmmAlbert Einstein once said, "Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature."
While he wasn't talking football, he might as well have been. Only 50 percent of teams from the 2005-06 playoffs made it back last season. The year before that, only five teams from '04 made it back to the postseason. I think we can go out on a limb and say it was due to what Einstein called "the variety of factors."
So with Einstein's words guiding us this season, we're going to share a little loosely grounded insight to determine which teams won't make the playoffs. After all, everybody predicts who will make the playoffs
NFL and science doesn't mix
Colts: Funny thing is, when Indy doesn't make the playoffs this year, we'll still be seeing more of Peyton Manning than we will of say, playoff-leading quarterback Marc Bulger. Tarik Glenn's abrupt retirement knocked him off the Manning family Christmas card list and should be for defensive ends what opening up China's markets meant to Western business interests in the late 19th century. Mario Williams won't look like such a bad buy when he's celebrating his fourth sack of a Colts quarterback on Dec. 23.
The defense didn't get anything but smaller and less talented with the departure and loss of guys named Cato and Booger. And relax, people -- it's just a down year, not the end of a solid franchise run.
http://www.sportsline.com/spin/story/10295079Titans: You're good if you make coaches game plan for you. You're great if you can still do what you want when coaches game plan for you. That's where Vince Young stands, on the precipice of greatness. I'm guessing he'll always be more fun to play with in Madden then he'll ever be fun to play with if you're a wide receiver. Ben Troupe should never lead your team in receptions. He'll be doing it for the next three seasons in Tennessee.