AFC East Preview

New England Patriots

Predicted Record: 14-2
Playoff Seed: 1

Key Player: Tom Brady, Dreams of Brady getting run over by a truck continue to run through my head. And the story reamins the same if somehow someway someone can pull a Mo Lewis and knock Brady into the next century maybe just maybe the pats can suck this year. Else he stays healthy and the Pats dominate the Jets yet again. Lame. Photo from Fark

Fantasy Player to Eye: Donte Stallworth, while some jump on Randy Moss in the 4th round, I waited patiently for Donte Stallworth who should have a bigger impact to start the season and should put up consistantly solid numbers

Why the Record: First off I did the picks early last week so this was before the Seymour and Harrison PUP/Suspensions. So I think I probably would have had them losing sometime in the first four games, probably to SD. But still 14-2 is a distinct possibility given their coaching, their QB, their offseason acquisitions and the over build of the team.

Projected Wins: @NYJ, SD, BUF, @CIN, CLE, @DAL, MIA, WAS, @IND, PHI, @BUF, NYJ, MIA, @NYG
Projected Losses: @BAL, PIT,

New York Jets

Predicted Record: 10-6
Playoff Seed: 6

Key Player: Left Guard, The Jets cut Pet Kendall a few weeks ago and while that won't register with many people outside of fans of the AFC East its a big deal for the Jets. They haven't fully decided whom they will slot in between D'Brick and Mangold and if they play anything like they did during the preseason Pennington will be on the Shelf by the time the Ravens game is over in Week 2.

Fantasy Player to Eye: Leon Washington, Thomas Jones comes into the regular season slightly banged up. Meanwhile Leon Washington has already shown his quickness in the preseason with a 79 yard touchdown reception. Washington will firmly be established as the third down back and should garner a decent amount of production if Jones stays healthy. But if Jones gets injured, watchout.

Why the Record: Let's face it I can't be completely subjective with the Jets. I think 10-6 would be their high water mark this season and that's where I wound up putting them. Their defense should be much improved from last year however their offensive line struggles in the preseason is very worrisome.

Projected Wins: MIA, @BUF, NYG, BUF, WAS, @DAL, @MIA, CLE, @TEN, KC
Projected Losses: NE, @BAL, PHI, @CIN, PIT, @NE

Buffalo Bills

Predicted Record: 7-9

Key Player: Marshawn Lynch, To myself Willis McGhee was overrated. Every single year his numbers are middle of the pack running back and that is after he torches the Jets in two games for 300+ yards and 4 tds. Lynch steps in and should be able to produce and the Bills probably hope that he is more consistent with his output and I hope that he isn't a Jet Killer like Willis was.

Fantasy Player to Eye: Lee Evans, Lee Evans is a top notch fantasy wideout and unless you are a fantasy dork you probably don't know this fact. The one benefit of playing with J.P. Losman as your quarterback is that he throws a beautiful deep ball. And Lee Evans being a burner is the beneficiary of these passes.

Why the Record: The Schedule for the Bills this season is brutal. I think the Pats and the Jets are better teams than the Bills. In addition they have games against Pitt, Cincy, Baltimore, Dallas, Giants, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, and Denver. That is a downright miserable schedule.

Projected Wins: DAL, BAL, CIN, @MIA, @JAX, @WAS, NYG
Projected Losses: DEN, @PIT, @NE, NYJ, @NYJ, NE, MIA, @CLE, @PHI

Miami Dolphins

Predicted Record: 5-11

Key Player: Ronnie Brown, Ronnie was supposed to bust out last season. It didn't happen. With Trent Green still recovering from his head getting decapitated last season, and if the Dolphins don't have an effective rushing attack and teams can fire at Green at will than he's gonna get knocked the F out again. And Dolphin fans don't want to see Jay Feely or Cleo Lemon under center.

Fantasy Player to Eye: Chris Chambers, last year I thought Chambers was going to break out. And thank the good lord but someone else in my draft was just as high on Chambers and had the pick right before me. Chambers has shown flashes of being an elite QB but he and Harrington obviously didn't mix well. This year you can get Chambers 6 or 7 rounds later and perhaps their could be some solid meshing with him and Green.

Why the Record: The Team is ancient. They are old at QB. And they are really old on defense. Some of their players may in fact be mummified. They have 3 teams in the division that are better than them. They play they play the NFC East where they could potentially lose every game and they play the AFC North where again they could potentially lose every game.

Projected Wins: DAL, OAK, @BUF, BAL, CIN
Projected Losses: @WAS, @NYJ, @HOU, @CLE, NE, NYG, BUF, @PHI, @PIT, NYJ, @NE