{"id":18860,"date":"2021-09-08T02:26:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2021-09-08T02:26:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T02:26:03","slug":"nfc-west-2021-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/nfc-west-2021-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC WEST 2021 PREDICTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2015, every single NFC West team has claimed the division at least once, with the Los Angeles Rams the only franchise to win back-to-back titles in that span. There\u2019s also been a pretty remarkable Super Bowl run for the NFC West over the last decade, with the 49ers going twice, the Seahawks twice and the Rams once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that kind of firepower in the division, it\u2019s no wonder it\u2019s rightly considered the league\u2019s best. It\u2019s also why it seems no one can lay a consistent claim to it. This year, I\u2019m thinking we\u2019ll get a new champion once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So who will it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOS ANGELES RAMS: 13-4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rams were a quarterback away from already hoisting a Vince Lombardi trophy and feel they\u2019ve solved that issue, trading former No. 1 overall pick Jared Goff for former No. 1 overall pick Matthew Stafford. Stafford is undeniably an upgrade over Goff and considering LA should have gone 13-3 last season, losing three bad games, all due to Goff\u2019s performances, to the New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and a 49ers team QBed by Nick Mullins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LA has a new defensive coordinator, Raheem Morris, and he\u2019ll have big shoes to fill as Brandon Staley crafted the No. 1 defense in the NFL in 2020. He\u2019ll have plenty to work with, beginning with defensive lineman Aaron Donald who remains the best player in the sport, the game\u2019s best corner in Jalen Ramsey and one of its best young corners in Darious Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> 49ERS: 11-6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco saw its NFC title defense falter due to injuries last season. Pretty much every important player from their Super Bowl team missed significant time, if not the full season thanks to a streak of misfortune no one could have foreseen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the a free season to evaluate every area of his team, head coach Kyle Shanahan decided they needed an upgrade at quarterback, trading multiple first round picks to select Trey Lance out of North Dakota State at No. 3 overall in April\u2019s draft. Jimmy Garoppolo is still the starter for now, but honestly this projection isn\u2019t based on that. I think they win double digit games and make the playoffs regardless if Lance gets handed the keys at some point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEATTLE<\/strong> SEAHAWKS: 10-7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seattle doesn\u2019t go from first to worst in this projection and I don\u2019t even have them missing the playoffs, but while the Rams and 49ers actively got better this offseason (as did the Cardinals), the Seahawks remained pretty much the same. So they should expect similar results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARIZONA<\/strong> CARDINALS: 9-8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cardinals are a good team in a great division that just doesn\u2019t have any space, at present, for them at the top. As mentioned above, they got significantly better on paper, adding A.J. Green on offense and J.J. Watt on defense, but those two have significant injury histories and could do more to sell jerseys than add victories. The NFC West is just too crowded this year and somebody has to be stopped at the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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