2009 NFC West Schedule Preview

Looking at the 2009 NFC West Schedule Preview, the west will be truly wild this year in the NFL. Last year, the 2009 NFC West produced the 2008 NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals, a trend that Arizona hopes to keep alive.  The Cardinals did not have the best regular season last year posting a record of 9-7 overall but, they did go 6-2 at home.  The cardinals kept Wide Out Anquan Boldin even after he demanded to get traded or get paid more, a situation that might work out for both parties in the long run.  The NFC west didn't win too many games last year as The St. Louis Rams only won 2 game s finishing the season 2-14, and the Seattle Seahawks only won 4 games for a record of 4-12.  Both teams look to improve on their records, The Seahawks signed wide out T.J. Houshmandzadeh to help Matt Hasselbeck.  The rams acquired new Head Coach Steve Spagnuolo to bring more tenacity to a team that is claimed to be weak.  The San Francisco 49ers start the 2009 NFL Season with a new head coach as well in Mike Singletary, who took over as head coach during the middle half of the season finishing with a record of 5-4.  The 49ers finished the 2008 season with an overall record of 7-9.

2009 Arizona Cardinals NFC West Schedule PreviewWining the division last year and entering the playoffs the Arizona cardinals were not projected to get out of the first round.  However, it was the performance in the playoffs that got everyone excited about the Cardinals big play ability.  Do to the success of quarterback Kurt Warner last year, the cardinal look to start the season with first round draft pick Matt Leinart on the bench once again.  The cardinals passed for an average of 292.1 yards a game last year second only behind Drew Brees and the New Orleans saints.  The cardinals will have to go back to the air once again in 2009 as the running game of the cardinals finished dead last among all 32 NFL teams last year. Cardinals win the division once again with a record of 10-6.

2009 San Francisco 49ers NFC West Schedule PreviewThe 49ers hope new head coach Mike Singletary, can bring to the team some of that aggression he played so well with while he was a LB for the Chicago Bears. This task might prove to be more difficult then originally intended as the 49ers are filled with a roster of high paid pre Madonnas. The 49ers will be forced to the run the ball lots this year as no quarterback has been named the starter yet. First round draft pick Michael Crabtree might not have the rookie year, stats wise that he intends to have. The 49ers finish with one more win than last year at 8-8.

2009 Seattle Seahawks NFC West Schedule PreviewThe Seattle Seahawks were one of the teams that made moves during free agency signing by acquiring all-star wide out T.J. Houshmandzadeh.  Houshmandzadeh should have a break out year, in the last two seasons he has caught over 200 passes.  Now Houshmandzadeh is with out ball hog Chad Ocho-Cinco on his team, a situation that could pay diva dens.  Matt Hassellbeck is happy to Houshmandzadeh on his team, T.J. is that go to guy Matt has never had in the past.  The Sea Hawks just miss the playoffs by a tie breaker with a record of 10-6.

2009 St. Louis Rams NFC West Schedule PreviewThe St. Louis Rams placed dead last in an already terrible NFC West division last year. New head coach Steve Spagnuolo might end up with the same fate as last year. Spagnuolo does have some talent still left on the Rams roster in quarterback Marc Bulger and tail back Steven Jackson. Still the Rams have lots of work to do. Look for the Rams to finish just a bit better than last year at a record of 5-11.

2009 NFC West Schedule Key Match Ups
September 13th, 2009 - Week one in the NFC West starts off with all four teams playing each other. These early match ups could prove to be problems for the Seattle Seahawks.

September 13th, 2009 - Week one in the NFC West continues on with another big match up. The 49ers have their eyes set on taking an early division lead with an upset over last years division winning Arizona Cardinals.

September 20th, 2009 - The Seahawks move from one NFC West opponent to the next as in week 2 the take on the new look Seattle Seahawks and a chance to take an hefty division lead with two consecutive division wins.

November 15th, 2009 - It's another good NFC West match up in week 10. This game could be pivotal in the cardinals hope of returning to the playoffs in 2009.

December 13th, 2009 - The Cardinals take a trip to the west coast in early December. Road games became a challenge for the NFC champs in 2008 only winning 3 games on the road all year.