Donovan McNabb treats eludes defenders like a walk in the park
If someone told you in 1999 that the next two Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks were going to be Kurt Warner and Trent Dilfer, you may have asked what happened to the NFL's Super Bowl — you know, the kind Joe Montana, Steve Young and John Elway were used to winning.
So it goes to show that predicting the unpredictable — namely sports — is fruitless and pretty much a waste of time.
But reading them is totally worth it. Here we go...
PAUL KATCHER
CATEGORY
MARK COATNEY
1. Randy Moss will change the course of more games than any other player with his quick-strike ability
2. Sportscasters will make frequent references to point spreads, even though sports gambling is legal in only one state
3. Half of the East Coast will fall asleep before a great Monday Night Football game has ended
Things Guaranteed to Happen
1. Colts RB Edgerrin James will rush for many, many yards.Everyone
will forget his absence from "voluntary" camp 2. All three Broncos star running backs will be knocked
out of a game. A spunky and unknown waterboy will run for 186
yards in the second half 3. Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez will attempt to dunk a football
over a goalpost — and miss
1. Bucs K Martin Gramatica will boot a 50-yard field goal and walk off the field calmly
2. A member of the Bengals will grace the cover of Sports Illustrated in January
3. An NFL star will release a rap album — and it will be good
Things Guaranteed Not to Happen
1. The Dolphins will make QB Cade McNown team captain 2. Chris Chandler will finish the season as the Falcon's
starting QB 3. The Jets will have their way tonight
1. Randy Moss, WR, Vikings: Was without peer for his first three seasons. Who's going to stop him now?
2. Kurt Warner, QB, Rams: Has more weapons at his disposal than Donald Rumsfeld
3. Peyton Manning, QB, Colts: Also in his fourth season, and also way ahead of the curve
MVP
1. Marshall Faulk, RB, Rams: Sure, Kurt Warner provides
the ball, but it's Marshall who knows better than anybody in
the league what to do with it 2. Terrell Davis, RB, Broncos: Just give Terrell the
damn ball. Please 3. Randy Moss, WR, Vikings: But only if he comes to play
every down, every day
AFC East: Colts AFC Central: Titans AFC West: Broncos NFC East: Giants NFC Central: Vikings NFC West: Rams
Division Winners
AFC East: Dolphins AFC Central: Titans AFC West: Broncos NFC East: Eagles NFC Central: Tampa Bay NFC West: Rams
AFC Wild Card: Colts over Chiefs; Raiders over Ravens NFC Wild Card: Saints over Eagles; Bucs over Giants AFC Divisonal: Broncos over Raiders; Titans over Colts NFC Divisonal: Rams over Bucs; Saints over Vikings AFC Championship: Broncos over Titans NFC Championship: Rams over Saints Super Bowl: Rams over Broncos
Playoff Results
AFC Wild Card: Colts over Dolphins; Raiders over Ravens NFC Wild Card: Saints over Eagles; Vikings over Giants AFC Divisonal: Titans over Colts; Raiders over Broncos NFC Divisonal: Rams over Saints; Bucs over Vikings AFC Championship: Titans over Raiders NFC Championship: Bucs over Rams Super Bowl: Bucs over Titans
