Below you will find updated information the 2005 NFL season previews. On this page we will be posting updated articles, picks, predictions, and information all pertaining to the 2005 NFL season Previews. Bookmark this page and check back often for updates.
Previews will be posted for each division and team in that division. Included in the preview is 2004 Record, 2004 Rankings, 2004 Against the Spread, 2005 Odds, 2005 Strength of Schedule, Returning starters, Key acquisitions, Key departures, Key stat, Offense, Defense, X-factor and overall Outlook.
AFC News and Notes For Each Team
by Robert Ferringo - 08/23/2005
The NFL preseason is nearly half over and there are plenty of interesting storylines and underlying currents on each of the league's 32 teams. Here at Doc's Sports we've been keeping our eyes and ears on every subplot that's been manifesting itself - no matter how seemingly trivial - throughout the league. Below is a quick rundown of some of the comings and going in the AFC that have occurred before Preseason Week Three's games.
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NFL Holdouts And Injuries -- Nine Key NFL Players MIA But T.O. Gets All The Press
by Robert Ferringo - 08/23/2005
So, did you hear about Terrell Owens? I hope I speak for everyone when I say, "Enough already!!" The mainstream media continues to supersaturate the airwaves with talk of the disgruntled, petulant child and the fit that he threw at the training camp of the Philadelphia Eagles. The story is two weeks old, and it's made me sick to see so much coverage of something so amazingly trivial.
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NFC Still The Weaker Conference - NFC News
by Robert Ferringo - 08/23/2005
The year was 1995. Matthew Perry was skinny, Madonna was still American, Clinton wasn't having sexual relations, investors were wiping themselves with $100 bills, and Dallas and San Francisco were involved in epic games in the NFC Championship Game (which, in the early to mid-90's was the real Super Bowl).
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NFL Rookies -- Who To Watch In 2005
by Robert Ferringo - 08/23/2005
Like so many millions of young sports-crazed boys, in my formative years I was a baseball card fanatic. But one thing that I never understood about baseball cards is why rookie cards were always worth more money than any other cards. I bring this up, because I'm equally confused when it comes to rookie contracts in the NFL.
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NFL Players To Watch This Season
by Robert Ferringo - 08/22/2005
Of course quarterbacks and running backs get all the attention. They score touchdowns, they sell Chunky Soup, and they get to bang the homecoming queen. They're the ones with the big contracts and the guys who can be rewarded with either too much blame or too much credit.
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Doc's 2005 NFC South Preview - Can The Falcons Withstand The "Vick Burden?"
by Robert Ferringo - 08/04/2005
Before taking a single snap this season, Michael Vick has already hurt his team's playoff chances. Unlike a costly turnover or poorly thrown ball, this blow wasn't Vick's fault. But unintentional as it may be, the Michael Vick Experience has already had a severe negative impact on the 2005 Atlanta Falcons, and has opened things up in the NFC South.
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Doc's 2005 NFC North Preview -- Two Coaches Could Be On The Hot Seat
by Robert Ferringo - 08/02/2005
There is no stress more ruthless than the pressure you face when you know that it's your absolute last chance to do something. That's pretty much the theme of the NFC North this year, with a pair of coaches (Minnesota's Mike Tice and Green Bay's Mike Sherman) and a pair of quarterbacks (Chicago's Rex Grossman and Detroit's Joey Harrington) playing out this season hoping just to have a job when training camp rolls around next July.
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Doc's 2005 AFC North Preview -- Can The Steelers Overcome Last Year's Loss At The Hands Of The Pats?
by Robert Ferringo - 08/01/2005
The AFC North is about as good as it gets for a football fan in 2005. There's bone-crunching runners, widow-making defenses, loud-mouthed playmakers and rivalries that are filled with as much bloodlust as any in the game. I think that the AFC North will be without a doubt one of the most competitive divisions in football this year. I believe that any one of three teams out of the South has a legitimate shot to be playing on Sunday, Jan. 22 in the AFC Championship Game.
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Doc's 2005 NFC West Preview - Will 'Trendy' Cards Rise To Top Of The Division?
by Robert Ferringo - 07/27/2005
Somebody explain this to me because I just don't get it. According to the "experts" and "insiders" involved in NFL prognostications, Arizona is the "sleeper team" this year in the NFL. The friggin' Cardinals are going to be the trendy, out-of-nowhere, bad-to-great, feel-good story of 2005-06. Are you serious? Do you really expect me to believe in a team with one - count it, ONE - winning season in the last 17 years?
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Michael Vick -- Overrated?
by Robert Ferringo - 07/26/2005
I do want to get something out in the open: I don't hate Michael Vick. I have nothing against the man. He doesn't come off as arrogant, brash or rude. I respect that. I too get excited whenever he gets out of the pocket, and I too am wowed at his freakish playmaking ability.
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Doc's 2005 AFC South Preview - Can Anyone Unseat Indy At The Top Of The Division?
by Robert Ferringo - 07/25/2005
One of the lasting memories of my pre-teen years is spending hundreds of hours in front of the Nintendo playing Tecmo Super Bowl. Not Super Nintendo or Nintendo 64, but just plain, old school Nintendo. For my money, it's the best football video game ever, simply because at the time it was such a quantum leap for sports games.
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Doc's 2005 AFC West Preview -- Will There Be Any Defense Played In The Wild Wild West?
by Robert Ferringo - 07/24/2005
I hate to go to the cheesy Wild, Wild West reference when talking about the AFC's Left Coast representatives, but good god. Their divisional games will look like Arena League contests this season. San Diego, Denver, Kansas City and Oakland combined to score 1,650 points last year. That was tops in the league - by a lot. They also gave up 1,494 points, meaning the average score of one of their games was 26-23. These teams should be even more explosive and entertaining this year.
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Doc's 2005 AFC East Preview -- Can Patriots Win Fourth Ring In FIve Years?
by Robert Ferringo - 07/22/2005
I'm not going to sit here and tell you how great the New England Patriots are. We've all heard it. We know they've won three of the last four Super Bowls. Instead, I'm going to simply say this about them: over the last three years the Patriots have played teams that finished .500 or better in 30 of their 48 regular season games, and they are 22-8 against those squads. Add in the playoffs and they're 28-8 against the best in the NFL. That's 67 percent of their games against winning teams, and they've won about 80 percent of those games. That's domination.
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Doc's 2005 NFC East Preview -- Will The Eagles Continue To Soar?
by Robert Ferringo - 07/22/2005
The NFC East is a microcosm of the entire NFL. Tradition. Passion. Rivalry. Hall-of-Fame coaches. Superstar players. Teams that have mastered the salary cap, and teams that are reckless financially. But more than anything else, this division is representative of the league because it is one sprained knee, holdout, or breakout player away from being completely up for grabs.
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2005 NFL Season Almost Upon Us - Get Ready For Some Football!
by Robert Ferringo - 07/21/2005
The carnal pleasures of another long, sticky summer are slowly but surely coming to a close. It isn't over, but the end is in sight. Many people will make a final, futile push in the next six weeks to extend the most celebrated of the seasons. They will fail, and most likely burn a mortgage payment or relationship chasing the eternal dream of an endless summer.
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