Teams to watch out for in Season 18

ORLANDO

If HB Dee Brown can have a great camp the Thunder might actually have a rushing attack. Orlando do have talent in a lot of areas and are young, they have two picks in the top 4 picks in the draft and if they can get two impact players to start immediately Orlando will be looking a great young team. The defense needs improving against the run but QB Kliff Kingsbury did well last year.

RALEIGH-DURHAM

The Skyhawks had the 3rd best offense last year, had two running backs over 600 yards and their defense was ranked 10th. 10 out of their 11 losses were by 8 points or less, the only defeat by more was the final week of the season by 14. If Raleigh can stay injury free, make a few more big plays, K Mike Schafter makes a few more FG's this team could easily be 8-6 or more. Its great Raleigh were in practically every game last year but theyre lacking the killer instinct.

NEW YORK

A lot of talent but perhaps the wrong decision to start a young player at QB. New York have three great running backs in DeMario Brown and Gerald Riggs Jnr and a talent in Quincy Wilson. Its a surprise teams arent knocking down their door to trade for a young back. The line allowed a ton of sacks last year but blame that on QB Campbell not making good decisions. The defense played well last year and rookie star DT Dave Tollefson should be even better this year

RHEIN

Bit of a gamble this one. GM Joe Scanella is one of the top coaches in the FIFL so he is expected to improve Rhein a lot this year. The team do have some talent on the roster but QB is the huge question mark. HB Tony Hollings would love a great offensive line to run behind, after training camp he should be far improved. WR Scottie Vines puts up good numbers but is a terrible blocker for the rushing game. The defense needs a lot of work and lots of 1st round picks in the secondary are aging apart from Blue Adams. Rhein cant be worse than last year when they fell apart after a 3-5 start and lost 6 straight to end the year