I've only been a sports blog nation member for little bit, but I did have some NFC North predictions at the beginning of the year, and now I can finally post them

Preseason Predictions

1. Vikings (12-4)

2. Packers (7-9)

3. Bears (5-11)

4. Lions (2-14)

Midseason report card:

Vikings: (4-4)

Wow, where to begin with my beloved purple?  At this point, I expected T-Jack to be putting up respectable numbers, AP and Chester to be steam rolling opposing D, and a stout defense lead by a monstrous defensive line.  Let's see what's going on now.  T-Jack was benched, after TWO games, for Gus Frerotte. Who hasn't been doing that bad.  Adrian Peterson is #2 in rushing yards, but still not what I expected. And the run D is just as good as it was last year, but the pass D still gets torched from time to time.  Long story short, Preseason hype is not always a good thing. I give the Vikings a ||C+||

Packers: (4-4)

I never really thought that Aaron Rogers would be a great QB, at least not this year. For a while he was proving me wrong, but he appears to be falling back to earth.  Maybe it's a product of his shoulder, but he's not who he was in week one and two.  The overall D of the Pack has been a disappointment, considering where it was last year.  Al Harris and Charles Woodson where considered the best bump 'n' run corners in the game last year, and coach McCarthy overlooked all the illegal contact and pass interference penalties they drew.  They've been getting burned more recently however, and the penalties are still prevalent.  Now Al Harris is out, leaving I guess what you could call a hole at CB. However, despite the things that have been going wrong for the Pack, they're still in it. I give the Pack a ||B-||

Bears (5-3)

These guys have been a surprise this year.  The offense has been clicking, Kyle Orton has been good this year, the D has been, well, adequate.  I'm not impressed with Brian Urlacher though.  He demanded more money, got it, and now he hasn't been delivering for Da Bears.  I have got to tip my hat to Lovie Smith, he knew the one thing that would get this offense on track, was to have a sure fire, no doubt starter at QB.  It really helped the offense knowing who they had to rally around every week, and Kyle has taken control of this offense.  But not all the news is good, the guy I was just mentioning (you know that Orton fellow) will be out for a month, so sorry Bears fans, it looks like Turnoversuarus Rex will once again be at the helm.  Anyways, the Bears are surprising me, but I want to see how they handle the loss of Kyle Orton. I give the Bears a ||B+||

Lions (0-8)

I'll be brief.  NOTHING is going right for the lions.  However, Matt Millen was holding them back from climbing up out of the depths, so I'll be expecting some improvement over the next couple years. I give the Lions a ||D|| (I bumped them up for firing Millen)

Revised Prediction:

1. Vikings (9-7) Not what I had hoped, but I still think they can take this division.

2. Packers (8-8) They're just a .500 team, plain and simple.

3. Bears (7-9) The offense will sputter without Orton

4. Lions (1-15) C'mon, they can't lose them all right?

Well there's my opinion.  Again this was my first fanpost, and I'd love to get some feedback, so just tell me what you think. Peace Out.