This is the NFC West and how I think it is going to play out.  For the record I do take into account strength of schedule, offensive stats, defensive stats, and the like.  I have to say as I do these previews I'm dying for football to start.  I'm willing to watch little league football at this point.  I would watch a game between the Bears and the Falcons like it was the Super Bowl.  Anyways, here it is.

Arizona Cardinals 8-8

I'd like to see Arizona go with Kurt Warner as the starter, but I'm pretty sure they are going to give Leinart yet another chance.  I won't go so far as to call Leinart a bust but he sure has not lived up to the expectations everyone had when he was drafted.  Warner gives the team the best shot of the playoffs but I don't see it happening either way.  The offense is pretty decent, the WR are great and Edge is still trucking even after I would have thought he would have gone the Shaun Alexander route.  The guy is still playing strong after so many years in the league with 1200+ yards last year.  The defense is solid, and added a few good rookies this offseason and I think they will do a pretty good job.  The problem is the schedule, which isn't easy.  I see quite a few games that look difficult as can be.  I just hope they beat NE.

Seattle Seahawks 11-5

Seattle of course is defending division champ, and is going to repeat this season.  They added 1 solid runner in Jones and 1 journeyman who can get the job done in Duckett.  They have a good receiving corp and alot of options to throw to.  Engram is getting up there but even he falls off this year they have other to take up the slack.  Love the defense, gonna pressure the QB all the time, force bad throws and make the INT.  They are also playing for the coach who is on his way out and they want to win it for him before he goes.  Seattle wins the West easily and makes at least the championship game.

St. Loius Rams 9-7

I don't see good things for the Rams this year, even if everyone comes out healthy and stays that way.  The first 8 weeks I see 1 for sure win with a second that is a maybe.  The running game is going to do well if Jackson stays well, but the recievers aren't the best.  They have two backs that can catch and a pretty good tight end but that doesn't make up for a lack of depth at WR.  The defense should prove pretty good, and the addition of Chris Long adds one more DE that can scare QBs.  The second half of the schedule looks pretty easy with games against Atlanta, Chicago, the Jets and Miami and then a few more divisional games they might take, but the first half of the year is scary with NE, Philly, Dallas, and Washington.  9-7 is as good as it gets, and to me that is being generous by a game.

San Fransisco 49ers 5-11

The 49ers have the same team as last year!  With a master offensive mind now running the show!!!!....who couldn't do anything in Detroit in 2 years with 4 good receivers and a half way decent QB.  The Niners are looking at a long season trying to run Martz's complicated schemes with wideouts that aren't that great.  Bruce is getting old, the only good thing is he already knows the way Martz runs things.  Lelie has never produced, and never will, Battle can't carry a team on his own, and Johnson isn't a great producer either.  Vernon Davis has never produced the way he can, although he might break it out this year.  The backs are going to sit alot since this team is going to be playing from behind quite often.  Alex Smith is a bust and O' Sullivan has no hope of saving this team.  The defense is not great, and hardly even good.  They can hardly take the ball away, can't score to save a life, and aren't sacking the QB enough.  This team is gonna be in trouble, and with Seattle and St. Loius both playing well they are going to be scraping bottom barrell all season long.