NFC East And NFC West Season Overview.

Seattle Seahawks 

Last season, the Seahawks became the first of these teams to defy the expectations of a "Bridge" and make the playoffs in their first year with Geno Smith As a quarterback and turn out a winning record. Still, they couldn't Sustain The Success When The expectations ballooned. The Seahawks Had All Of "the "Pieces" For A Ready Made Top Five Offense: The Young Offensive Line That Featured Two Promising Rookies Would Have More Experience, A Top Five Running Back, Kenneth Walker Would Anchor Theo's Run Game, And Of Course, DK Metcalf On The Outside Turbo Slot Receiver Tyler Lockett And Newly Added First Round Receiver Jaxson Smith-Njigba. Seattle's offense should have a few challenges in the NFC West, and the Seahawks should score better than the 18th most points. Walker registered sixth beat Rushing Grade by PFF this season, but Heights dealt with some injuries throughout the year without a consistent run game, and Theo lost OC Dave Conales, now with the Panthers and formerly of Tampa Bay. The Seahawks Stretch Theo LimitsGeno'sno's Talents And Heights Responded With A Drop Off In Passer Rating From 100.9 To 92.1 And Far fewer touchdown Passes, 30 To 20. rookie Smith-Njigba Slow Arrival Complicated Things As The Third Guy And Outside Two-three Spectacular Catches Theo Ohio State Product Produced An Average Season, 63 Receiving Grade From Pff; He Needs To Make The Leap For Seattle. Last Season Ranked As The Best Deep Throw Quarterback, Leading The League In Deep Completions Percentage and Touchdowns, But with The Change In Offensive Coordinator, The Offense Attack Played A lot More conservatively.

Thanks To The Unprecedented Boost In The NFL Salary Cap, Seattle Should Retain Lockett, Who Looked Like A Cap Casualty In The Making—Seahawks'sks Under New Head Coach Mike McDonald. The Former Ravens DC Helmed Baltimore To League'sue's Best Scoring Defense Last SeasHe'lle'll Have An Entirely Different Trope Of Players To Work Within Seattle, A lot of Talented Guys But The Defensive Roster Needs Work Starting With Re-Signing mid-Season Acquisition Leonard Williams. Theo DefeWon'ton't Feature Safety Jamal Adams, Who Walks Away From Seattle With A Bag And Little Production To Reflect Theo Massive Deal Heights Received. Seattle Should Take With Caution. Holding On To Lockett At $26.9 Million Cap Hit This Season When The Seahawks Could Save 17 Million By Cutting Feels Like Too Great A Stretch.  

Arizona Cardinals 

After Entertaining Theo Idea, Theo Cardinals have resigned to hold on to Kyler Murray at quarterback with Caleb Williams, who is out of reach at the Number Four pick. Kyler Claimed The New Offense Under Drew Petzig, A Shanahan West Coast Didn't Bother Him Transitioning From KlKingsbury'sr "'s "Air "aid" Offense. Coming Off Of An ACL Injury KyDidn'tdn't Look "is "Exemp" ary." Murray Started The Latter Half Of The Season, Weeks 10-18, And Lead The Cardinals To A Few Wins Enough To Keep The Team Out Of The top Three; he spent 5.5 Yards Per Rush(He mostly Scrambled). Three Touchdowns, But The Aerial Attack, Murray Never Mended With Theo Dearth Of Talent Theo Cardinals Featured On The Outside. Cardinals Ranked Sixth Worse In Receiving Grade By PFFs Grading. Marquise Brown Struggled So Much Throughout Theo's Season that He Had To Trade Himself Off His Fantasy Football. That's Tantamount To Firing Yourself From Your Own Company. At Number Four In The Draft, A Bevy Of Options Should Present Themselves To The Cards To Fit Murray With An Exceptional Pass Catcher. Murray Played His Best Ball With Taller Receivers On The Outside, And The Cardinals Need To Return To That Model Of Receiver StandardS—the One Consistent Force Of The Cards, James Connors, At Running Back. The Steelers tailback turned In His Best Season As a Pro; the graded Running Back By PFF, Sixth In Rushing Yards, And Sixth Yards Per Carry won't Portend connor's Can Reproduce That Success Next Season; Cardinals Still Ranked Atop The League Running Back Runs That Gained Zero Or Negative Yards, 23% So Cardinals'sls's Need To Improve Their Offensive Line. Theo Cardinals Defense Finished Dead Last In Football According To PFF and ESPN FPi. In the last Draft, The Cardinals Passed A Couple Of Stellar Defensive Prospects, Including Defensive Rookie Of The Year Willow Anderson Jr, Who The Texans Took Third With The Pick Houston Secured From The Cards. Instead, Arizona Pick OFfensive Tackle Paris Johnson And Secured A Future First Round, Which, Thanks To A Houston Play Push, Landed In The Mid-20s Can't Name One Player off Of the top Of My Head On Their Defense; AT least Isaiah Simmons Used To Serve That Purpose.  

Los Angeles Rams 

Rams'sms's Season Looked Done By Way Through The Year At 3-6, A Hobbled Matt Stafford Dealing With ailing Injuries, A roster With A Spinal Cord With Mostly Vertebrate Consisting Of Mid Round Pick With A Rib Of age Stars. The Rams Win 7 Of Their Last 8 Games To Finish 10-7 And Make The Wild Card Round. Two Former Fifth Round Picks, Puka Nacua(ROOKIE) And Kyren Williams (Second) Became The Two Stars Of This Season, Allowing SMcVay'say's Offense To Flourish Once Again With A Prominent Fixture On The Inside Zone Runs And Dominant Pass Catching Force Who Can work All Around The Field. Williams rushed For 1144 Yards And Carried The Rams In Some Games on His Way To a 90.5 PFF Rushing Grade. 

Nacua Broke The Rookie Receiving Record Even Though Counting Doesn't Count Like They Used Today's 17 17-game schedule. However, His Playoff Receiving Record For a Rookie and overall performance shine Above Nearly Anything He Achieved in the Season.  

Surprise, Surprise, The Rams Own Their First Round Pick This Year, and If They Keep That Pick, Whoever Ever They Take Will BecTheo'seo's First Rams First Round Selection Since The Team Moved To LA. The Rams Could Look In A Lot Of Directions: Secondary Needs To Upgrade To Compliment The Pieces Or Maybe An Heir Apparent To Stafford. Despite Injuries, Stafford Can Still Deal The Ball, But Starting The Process With A New Guy, Even if Stafford Has Another Three Years(Maybe) In Him. 

The Rams have Assembled In The Pass Rush Game. McVay Swallowed His Tongue On The Retirement Talk From Last Season And Came Out With His Best Work As A Coach, With The Rams Ranked As A Top 10 Team After Entering The Season as a Card. The Defensive Line Possesses Youth And Experience, Anchored By Rookies Kobe Turner and Byron Young alongside Vet Aaron Darnold. The Rams won't Come Out Of Nowhere Next Season. They'll Have To Improve Into Next Season Or Stumble Into Another Down Year. 

San Fransisco 49ers 

The Niners couldn't Win The Super Bowl. Instead, Kyle Shanahan Settle For Another Second Place Finish, And Those Second Place Tend to Mark A Career. No One Wants To Earn The Reputation As The Talented Coach Couldn't Get Things Done In The Big Game. Suppose Brock Purdy continues to generate conversation about his place in the top ten, or Stats Versus Eye Test, System Versus Talent. In that case, the Niners should prove acceptable as they get away with another year of excellent and cheap service. Rookie Contracts Save Pro Teams Millions Of Dollars For Top-Notch Production. 

Many great quarterbacks have had their credibility questioned because of the Factors I listed earlier; even the great Tom Brady faced questions about his ability outside of Bill Belichick and the Patriot Organization. Ultima, that Supposition Got Debunked Once Brady led Tampa Barry To A Super Bowl. Purdy helped the Niners Take Home A Big Win Against The Eagles Last Sunday. Won't Wow You With His Athleticism Or His Arm Strength; He Just Does Everything At A High Level. 

A Twitter User PoinPurdy'sd" 's "Fit" Entering The Stadiums This Season. Former Niners Quarterback Jimmy G, Now Unceremoniously Benched By The Raiders, Used To Come To games in Tailored Suites. Purdy Arrive "In "Normal "Guy" Clothes: whitewashed jeans, A Purple jacket, And a plain white t-shirt With A Normal Back Pack And Luggage Bag; No Louis Vuitton Insight. Doesn'tsn't Like Plain White Tees? (not The Band, Wells Theo Band, Too. Purdy'sdy's Playing His Position At The Highest Level Possible. He's Still On League'sue's Lowest Salary, Even By Rookie Standards, somewhere Around 870,00 Dollars, And He Probably Takes Home Less Than Half Of His Pay After Taxes. Several Quarterbacks, Including Rookies Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, And Anthony Richardson, Make Purdy Annual In One Game. One Player The NinWon'ton't Be Able To Hold Up On BranAiyuk'suk's Fund, And After A Career Year, The Niners Will Have To Replace Team'sam's Top Target. 

Dallas Cowboys 

All Eyes On The Cowboys This Offseason Like Every Offseason But This Off Season The Cowboys Set The Bar High In The Contract Matters. Despite Another Disappointing Postseason, The Cowboys Will Use The Greatest Advantage They Have To Stay Relevant, Resetting The Market At A Given Position and Have Two Of The Largest Cap Eaters: Quarterback and Wide Receiver. Dak Prescott Carries A $59.5 Million Cap Hit Into 2024 Season, And If That Reads Like An Outrageous Number Thats BecaHe'sHe's Going To Account For Almost 25% Of The Cowboys Cap As Of This Writing The Cowboys Will Most Likely Pushes Some Of That Down The Line Through Signing Bonuses And Extension. The Extension Talk seems to Suggest Dak Gets A Big Deal, Somewhere Around 60 Million Per Season, A Massive Upgrade From His Last Extension of Around $40 Million Per Year. The Market Determines Dak's Value, And Right Now, Even With A Done Playoff appearance, 's The Best The Cowboys Have At The Priority Position. The Cowboys Also Have To Work Out Another Mega Deal For Wide Receiver Ceedee Lamb. Lamb Just Finished Theo's Best Season Of His Career, The Best Season Of A Cowboy, And The Best Season Of Any Wide Receiver In 2024, According To Pff Ceedee, who Finished Number One In the Wide Receiver WAR. Lambs Got One Year Left On His Rookie Deal, And With The Cap Jump, He Chose Theo's Perfect Opportunity" To "Full throttle" And Crushed Theo's Season, Almost Winning The Triple Crown: His Contract Should Hit 30 million Per Season. However, The Cowboys Handle Things; They Have To Go All In, Even if The Penalties Spite Them Years Down The Line. 

Philadelphia Eagles 

The Eagles This Season Exemplify Why Teams Lean Into These Car Crash Cap Dynamics; Success Doesn't Transfer From Season To Season, Even With Mostly The Same Team As Far as Names Go. The Eagles Started The Season 5-0, Back To Back Seasons. Swap Out Miles Saunders D'andrendre Swift With The Same Offensive Line. AJ Brown And Devonta Smith are Only in Their Second Year In The Offense. Indeed, The Eagle Could have Another Run; they Had the Team Crushed Under The Tush Push But failed to Produce Any Push In The Playoffs. The Eagles Appeared To Come Off The Hinges, Despite AJ Browns Historic Run Mid Season The Offense Failed To Impressed. The Deluge Of Pass Rush The Eagles Produced Last Year, The Emergence Of LYear'sar's First Round Pick Jordan Davis, and Tyear'sar's First Round Pick Jalen Carter could prevent A Fall In The Eagles Passing Rush. Considering The Eagles At The Top Last Year, A Regression Seemed Natural. The Eagles Suffered A Real Brain Drain Last Season, And No One Suspected How The Loss of Offensive Coordinator And Defensive Coordinator Would Deliver A Crushing Blow To Teams's Psyche. AJ Brown Says Heights Wants To Stay With Theo Team, He Only Worn Eagles Green For Two Seasons And Contention Has Already Steamed Up On his Behalf. 

New York Giants 

BrDaboll'sll's Second Season As A Head Coach Proved A Massive Flop As New York Could Not Contend With The Heightened Strength Of Schedule, Injuries And The Lack Of Development Of Key Players. The Giants Faced The Painful Decision Of Paying Daniel Jones Last Offseason, And You Can't Fault Them, But They Needed Another Year To Watch Theo Former Top Ten PickDaboll'sll's System, Now The He and The Team Will Enter The Offseason Strapped To A 40 Million Dollar Seat Belt And Nowhere To Go With Each Other. Giants Fans Had That Short ToDevito's "Linsanity" Run After Daniel Jones Went Down with Injury. Otherwise, This Team Generates Very Little To Inspire Football Fans. The Giants Investment InnThe Offensive LHasn'tsn't Paid Off As Former First Round Pick Evan Neal Continues to Fall Short Of High Expectations. Andrew Thomas, The Other First Round Offensive Lineman, Struggled With Injuries And Regressed. The Losses and the Return To The League Basement Will Allow The Giants To Reset To A Lessened Strength Of Schedule.  

Washington Commanders 

Sam Howell Almost Achieved The Seemingly Unthinkable In The Game Of Football Today; no, he didn't Finish The Year Leading The League In Passing Yards His First Season As Commanders'srs's Starter—He Held That Position Briefly and Lead The League In Drop backs—-Howell Nearly Entered The Offseason Projected As The Starter for Commanders Into The Following Season. The Command Haven't Had The Same Quarterback Start Back To Back Opening Season Since They Let Kirk Cousins Walk In 2018 And They didnt "Let" Him Walk, But He Changed Teams, And The Commander Have Shuffle Through Name Changes and Quarterback Changes Since. The Commanders Quarterback, Howell, Out Chuck every Quarterback In Football, 712 Dropbacks, butler Didnt Demonstrate Eno "gh "Next L "vel" Traits To Win The Job. The commanders bring a coaching change and plug in with a new offensive coordinator. The commanders will face the most daring question for all Teams, which, unfortunately, are lost without a quarterback. Someone Has To hold the Commanders'ers' Hand To Make Sure They do draft A Defensive Player In The First Round this year, But New Head Coach Dan Quin Will Need Some New Pass Rushers Off The Edge After The Team Traded Both Montez Sweat And Chase Young At The Trade Deadline. The Offensive Line Still Needs Some Touching Up; maybe Howell Can Serve As A Bridge Quarterback. Howell Auditions For Another Team while Taking a Potentially Serious "Beat Down" Just Like The One He Took Last Year, Leading The League In Sacks Taken.