Five NFL Teams To Beat In 2010

 The NFL season is right around the corner, and its impossible to know from here how everything is going to turn out, but at this point there are a number of big teams to beat during the upcoming season. lets start the analysis:

1. New Orleans Saints

 Obviously the Super Bowl champs are always the easiest pick for teams to beat in the next season, and surely the saints do not falter from that logic, and should be just as dangerous as they were in 2009. This is a team, with a fantastic offense and opportunistic defense with rare talent for a second trip to the Super Bowl in 2 years. Look for every team on their schedule to want to add them as a trophy victory in 2010.

2. Indianapolis Colts

 The Colts may have lost the Super Bowl last year to a very capable New Orleans team, but the Colts talent has far from diminished going into this new season. Going undefeated through the first fourteen games last season before reverting to their subs in the final games, their talent will only be bolstered by the return of WR Anthony Gonzalez, DB Bob Sanders and Bill Polian's highly respected draft choices.

3. Green Bay Packers

 The Packers fell short of winning the division last year, getting stuck with wild card as Minnesota grabbed the division, but in 2010 the Pack should only improve. Aaron Rodgers continues to improve dramatically all the time, and with a solid WR corp and defense this team will be at the top of the NFC come the end of the season.

4. Minnesota Vikings

Minnesota makes the list primarily if Favre returns for another season with the purple people eaters. Without him, the team is still talented, but lack of any substantial QB depth makes them drop quite a bit. With Favre on the team (and without Peterson fumbles) this is a very Super Bowl capable team. We saw them make the NFC championship last year but fall short to the eventual Champs. If their defense gets the help it needs then the the Vikings will remain one of the NFCs (and NFL's) biggest juggernauts.

5. Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens only went a uninspiring 9 - 7 last season, but it was not a good indication of their level of talent. They're lack of a true passing game hurt them immensely, and kept them from greatness even though they ranked third overall in defense and fifth overall in rushing the ball. With the additions of Dante Stallworth and Anquan Boldin, the Ravens passing attack should look a lot better, and if it rivals their other sides of the game, they will be fearsome.