American Football - new season!!!

[GeneralHankerchief]

For all those fans of the other football - the one where people are allowed to hit each other - rejoice! For the best five months of the year have arrived!

As always, there are several questions that are apparent at the start of the NFL season.

-TO. Will Terrell Owens, exiled from Philadelphia, finally settle down in Dallas? As a Philadelphian I am rooting for him to crash.

-Speaking of Philly, will the Eagles rebound from that awful season they had last year and once again reign as champions of the NFC East?

-Will the Steelers repeat their impressive postseason run last year and win the Super Bowl again, although this time without Jerome Bettis/Antwaan Randle-El?

-Will the Seahawks break the Super Bowl loser jinx and return to the playoffs?

-Will the Patriots return to glory and capture their fourth Super Bowl in six years?

-Can the Colts win it all under Peyton Manning?

-Will Peyton's brother Eli finally break out and lead the Giants to glory?

-Is there any chance that Brett Favre's last year with the Packers will bring any hope of success?

-Will the Texans regret drafting Mario Williams over Reggie Bush?

-And finally, the most pressing question of all: Who will win Super Bowl XLI?

Place your bets, everyone. Sit back, grab the chips and a beer, because it's (American) football season!

[Ice]

STEELERS.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Well, here's the answers after a week:

-TO. Will Terrell Owens, exiled from Philadelphia, finally settle down in Dallas? As a Philadelphian I am rooting for him to crash.

Yes, but as far as the rest of the team...

-Speaking of Philly, will the Eagles rebound from that awful season they had last year and once again reign as champions of the NFC East?

They looked good on Sunday.

-Will the Steelers repeat their impressive postseason run last year and win the Super Bowl again, although this time without Jerome Bettis/Antwaan Randle-El?

They're still decent.

-Will the Seahawks break the Super Bowl loser jinx and return to the playoffs?

Too early to tell, but Branch will help.

-Will the Patriots return to glory and capture their fourth Super Bowl in six years?

Not if they keep playing like they did against Buffalo.

-Can the Colts win it all under Peyton Manning?

They needed to be a BIT more convincing.

-Will Peyton's brother Eli finally break out and lead the Giants to glory?

We'll see next week against the Eagles.

-Is there any chance that Brett Favre's last year with the Packers will bring any hope of success?

No.

-Will the Texans regret drafting Mario Williams over Reggie Bush?

Look at the stats for each player. My guess is a big fat YES.


Esteemed residents of the Frontroom, do you have any insights on Week 1?

[Csargo]

Dallas is my team and I'm sticking with them they have a pretty good team it looks like. Though there may be a change of Quarterbacks.

[Kanamori]

The Packers must win.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Green Bay Packers!

It Is Destiny!

Also, the Seahawks were the real winners of the superbowl. But I guess what counts is how much you bribe the refs.

Crazed Rabbit

[GoreBag]

What about that other kind of football...the one with more players and isn't played on a little, toy field?

[The Spartan (Returns)]

Broncos, my favorite MUST WIN this season.

victory stolen by Steelers last year is unacceptable.

[Ice]

Damned right. I refuse to recognize last year's Superbowl as a loss. Those calls were so bad, you'd think they took refs from a Little League game and stuck em in the Superbowl. Bullhonkery!

Seahawks will rise again!

Oh keep crying please.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

btw should have mentioned the Skins.
they were good last year.

[Tristrem]

Patriots will win it even without Branch ... they are still the team to beat

[Csargo]

Nah Deh Bengals I say

[Augustus Lucifer]

While they have virtually no chance in hell, I'm going with my home team the Chargers, gotta stay true

[Samurai Waki]

Patriots will win it even without Branch ... they are still the team to beat

Well if they keep playing like they did last week, I think Butt Chin Bradey is going to be in for a season of hurt. I mean they barely clinched the game with Buffalo which really isn't a top ranked team at all.

I think I'll put my money on the Bengals or the Steelers.

Though I'd really like to see the Raiders do something *cough*