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2015 NFL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS: AFC EAST

AFC EAST:

1. Buffalo Bills (11-5) I am a major devotee to the Bills this season, including a dynamic running back in LeSean McCoy and an awesome cautious personality in Rex Ryan to mentor one of the best cutting-edge protections in the NFL I accept the Bills will make a tremendous bounce this season and win the AFC East, just in the event that they can get solid play from the QB position which is a colossal question mark for the Bills this year.

2. New England Patriots (10-6) It will be a fascinating season for the protecting Superbowl champs. The Patriots will be confronting some troublesome inquiries this year with possibly losing Tom Brady for the initial four recreations, and in addition losing Vince Wilfork on edge line and Brandon Browner and Darrelle Revis in the optional. While I accept Tom Brady will just miss two amusements and that the front seven for the Patriots ought to still be exceptionally strong, the optional truly concerns me particularly in this passing association.

3. Miami Dolphins (9-7) While the Dolphins have made some pleasant increments to both the offense and the barrier with players like Kenny Stills, Jordan Cameron, and Ndamukong Suh, regardless I don’t have complete confidence in Ryan Tannehill at quarterback and Joe Philbin driving the group as the head mentor. With the barrier set to be exceptionally strong this year the offense still needs to demonstrate, particularly Ryan Tannehill, that they can be much more successful and reliable than they have been in the course of the last few seasons.

4. New York Jets (6-10) I am high on the New York Jets guard this season and trust it will be a main 10 unit in the NFL. With Revis and Cromartie giving back the Jets ought to have one of the best secondaries in the NFL, however as it has been in the course of recent years the offense remains a goliath question mark. By adding Brandon Marshall to combine with Eric Decker all things considered, and a backfield with an underrated Chris Ivory there is potential to have some flame control on the offense. The greatest inquiry will be what they will escape from the QB play this year. The Jets chose to stay with Geno Smith for no less than one more season, then again they have emergency arrangements set up with veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick and Bryce Petty a youngster out of Baylor. I accept we see two things from the Jets this season, extraordinary resistance and enhanced offense with Bryce Petty assuming control by mid season. While they will be enhanced despite everything I don’t see them winning more than six diversions this year.

That is the manner by which I see the AFC East playing out this season with groups enhancing some significantly, similar to the Buffalo Bills, and some marginally as with the New York Jets. It will likewise be fascinating to observe how the safeguarding Superbowl champs, the New England Patriots, manage all the contention that will be encompassing them with Tom Brady’s potential suspension and the hang over from the Deflate Gate embarrassment. With everything taken into account however the AFC East ought to be an exceptionally engrossing division to watch in the forthcoming 2015 NFL Season.

NFL SEASON PREVIEW: NEW YORK JETS

Increases

CBs Derrrelle Revis, Antonio Cromartie, and Joe Mays will help the fourteenth positioned pass guard from a season prior. DT Kevin Wilkerson will offer profundity to a protective line that helped grapple the fifth positioned hurrying barrier. WR Brandon Marshall gives Geno Smith a genuine #1 collector and ought to help the 32nd passing assault.

Misfortunes

WR Percy Harvin was a flexible player that could be utilized as a part of such a large number of better places on the offense and with his touchiness and amusement breaking capacity he must be represented when and where he lined up. CB Kyle Wilson offered profundity to the optional.

DRAFT RECAP

The Jets add profundity to the d-line with their sixth general pick in DE Leonard Williams, they then supplanted the flexibility of Percy Harvin by drafting WR Devin Smith with the 37th general pick. Given the irregularity of Geno Smith the Jets brought QB Bryce Petty with the 103rd pick to be a potential quarterback without bounds.

Qualities

Its difficult to envision a group that positioned sixth in barrier could be better, however when you include the best cover corner in football in Revis and a ball peddle in Cromartie on the other side that is exactly what the Jets will be. The Jets had just 6 ints last season however that number ought to increment with the increases made in the optional. Notwithstanding an in number barrier, the Jets had the third positioned hurrying assault regardless of not having a 1000 yard rusher.

Shortcomings

Stand out glaring shortcoming and its the most vital position in football, quarterback. Smith was 3-11 last season and played well in the wins with 5 tds and only 1 int, yet in the 11 misfortunes he tossed 8 tds and 12 ints. He is very nearly day and night keeping in mind he is still youthful he hasn’t reliably indicated development and awesome charge of the offense. He hasn’t had awesome weapons yet the expansion of Marshall ought to help in more than restricted. Eric Decker can now move to the #2 beneficiary position and now the running amusement shouldn’t reliably see 8 and 9 men boxes.

JEFF SKINNER TO MONTREAL CANADIENS

Player: Jeff Skinner

Conceivable Teams: WPG, CGY, MON

Report: The Carolina Hurricanes may hope to exchange previous Calder Trophy champ in 2011 Jeff Skinner (23 years of age, 5’11”, LW). He set up 18 goals and 13 helpers with 77 points a year ago, sort of a mistake than what the Hurricanes were expecting out of this youthful firearm. So exchanging him may not be a terrible thing, giving him a new beginning some spot else may really be something worth being thankful for him and for the Carolina Hurricanes by procuring picks/prospects to get this rebuild going.

The Calgary Flames at present aren’t willing to surrender various picks/prospects for a player like Jeff Skinner.

The Winnipeg Jets need prospects right now so by exchanging prospects for Skinner they won’t fulfill something besides demolish their future, in light of the fact that right now Skinner is a danger.

That abandons us with the Montreal Canadiens. Despite the fact that the Canadiens procured a scorer in Alexander Semin this previous week, regardless they require a main 6 winger, and Jeff Skinner can be that fellow. He brings aptitude, and speed and scoring in groups.

PROPOSED TRADE ( Idea ):

Carolina Hurricanes exchange Jeff Skinner to the Montreal Canadiens in return for second Round Draft Pick, Atturi Lehkonen, Joonas Nattinen.

WHY THIS TRADE MAKES SENSE:

Auto: This exchange bodes well for the Hurricanes in all angles, they get a second Round Draft Pick which they can draft a talented prospect with, they get Atturi Lehkonen who is a skilled hostile player with incredible stick taking care of and astounding playmaking/Speed. On the off chance that he beefs up he can be a viable main 6 scorer in the class years in years to come, and they get Joonas Nattinen who has great Hockey IQ, playmaking aptitudes, and a considerable measure of innovativeness. He is an adaptable player who can play at any forward position. He can play on the PP/PK. He simply needs to figure out how to utilize his size further bolstering his good fortune, and he can be a main 9 forward in the NHL.

MTL: The Montreal Canadiens would be gaining a previous Calder Trophy recompense victor in Jeff Skinner. He is Smart, Skilled, Speedy, and brings a considerable measure of hostile capacities. They would obtain their long past due Top 6 Forward, by exchanging prospects/picks which wouldn’t impact their prospect crop since they as of now have such a variety of prospects.

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