2007 NFC North Predictions

Updated now our 2008 NFC North NFL Predictions!

With our 2007 NFC North predictions we see the Chicago Bears being the clear cut leaders in the division. The rest of the teams are going to fight it out for second, or to not get last depending on how you look at it. This is probably the worst division from top to bottom in the NFC, and that's with the Bears being the best team in the conference.

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1st Place - Chicago Bears - With the Bears you pretty much have to look at Rex Grossman to see how this team is going to perform. If he can grow as a quarterback and mature into a player who isn't a liability half the time, the Bears are going to be headed to the Super Bowl. If he is shaky like he was at times last year then there is going to be real problems for the team when it comes playoff time. The team will also have to deal with the losses of Thomas Jones in the backfield and possibly Lance Briggs and Tank Johnson on defense. Plus, Mike Brown and Tommie Harris are both coming off season-ending knee injuries. We were pretty confident in this team last season, but this year there appears to be a few more holes. Still they are the team to beat in the division.

2nd Place - Minnesota Vikings - The Vikings figure this year to be a rebuilding year, but the team should have an improved ground game with Adrian Peterson joining Chester Taylor behind Bryant McKinnie and Steve Hutchinson. How quick or if Tarvarius Jackson can mature and develop his raw talent will decide how this offense can perform on the field. Defensively the team was great against the rush, but terrible against the pass. The bad news is that the team didn't really address their needs in the secondary and shipped out Fred Smoot. The NFL is supposed to be about running the ball and stopping the run, and this is going to be the best team in the division in those two areas.

3rd Place - Green Bay Packers - What to think of the Packers. The team finished with four straight wins to give everyone a great deal of hope, but Green Bay didn't do a whole lot in the off-season to give Favre some weapons. The team lost Ahman Greene and will rely on Vernand Morency who only had 91 attempts and 2 TDs last year. The defense seemed to grow up in the middle of the season last year. They are young and should be improved this year, but don't be fooled by the performances they had against teams like Detroit and Minnesota to end the year.

4th Place - Detroit Lions - Detroit still has Matt Millen, who has a 24-72 record since taking over as team president in 2001. As long as he is still there this team is going to be headed in the wrong direction. The team has also had double digit losses in six straight years so the precedent of success just isn't there. The team has struggled with a pourous defense and they just can't seem to catch a break in the draft with busts at quarterback in Joey Harrington and at wide receiver with Mike Williams and Charles Rogers. Don't expect the turnaround to happen this year.