THE WAYBACK MACHINE
 
 
 
 
By Arnie

Think your team's season will play out like a movie? Because, well, yeah, it probably will. There have been like 70-something years of movies by now, and chances are, your team will live one of them in 2007. Is that good or bad? Well, chico, that depends.

Fortunately, we here at thehelicon.com recently pulled a Back To The Future ourselves and bagged us one of those future sports almanacs that tells us everything that's gonna happen before it happens, and, unlike that nasty Tannen boy, we're sharing our wealth of information with you. Which movie will your team's 2007 turn out to be? Read on, cowboy. You heard it here first.

NFC East

Philadelphia

Do The Right Thing
Black man in a white man's world realizes he just can't win. 11-5

Dallas

Jaws
Lovable leader tries to make up for nagging past failure. Inevitably, in the end, it all still goes horribly wrong. 9-7

New York Giants

Lethal Weapon
Reckless, mistake-prone gunner gets yelled at by a guy who's waaaaaaay too old for this shit. 7-9

Washington

Pearl Harbor
Proof that the biggest budget in the universe can still beget a giant pile of steaming crap. 6-10
     
AFC East

New England

Sister Act
Newcomer from the other side of the tracks crashes squeaky clean establishment and ruins everything for a little while, but somehow, everything's OK in the end. 12-4

New York Jets

300
Brilliant tactician rallies army against arrogant foe. Puts up a fight, but still pretty much gets ass kicked. 9-7

Buffalo

March of the Penguins
Cold. Slow. Mostly uneventful. Every once in a while, one falls down. 6-10

Miami

Encino Man
Idiot finds relic of a bygone age; hilarity ensues. 5-10
     
NFC North

Chicago

Speed
The fate of a busload of people is in the hands of the worst possible human being for the job. 12-4

Green Bay

Dazed and Confused
"They keep getting younger, I stay the same age." 8-8

Detroit

Small Soldiers
Clueless idiot collects mobile toys. Most break or flame out. 6-10

Minnesota

Pitch Black
It blows. There's a bald guy. Easiest one so far. Next! 4-12
     
AFC North

Baltimore

Seabiscuit
Everybody's excited about the new horse. It falls apart three quarters of the way through. 11-5

Cincinnati

Blow
Fast-paced and intriguing, but you know it can't end anywhere but prison.
10-6

Pittsburgh

Speed 2: Cruise Control
There's a new main man and there's no more Bus, so you know it's probably not gonna be any good. 8-8

Cleveland

Ladybugs
No respect, but they'll beat some good teams. That is, until we find out the team's hotshot new field leader is a crossdressing pretty boy. 5-11
     
NFC South


New Orleans


Anything by M. Knight Shyamalan
OK, you got everybody the first few times. Nobody's gonna be surprised anymore. 11-5

Carolina

The Da Vinci Code
Pretty good on paper. Awfully disappointing in live action. 11-5

Tampa Bay

Top Gun
A whole lot of pilots, and not a single one is any damn good. 6-10

Atlanta

Transformers: The Movie ('86)
Loads of potential...until the guy that everybody paid to see is out of commission before the action starts, and you're stuck watching a crappy replacement the rest of the way. 3-13
     
AFC South

Indianapolis

Forrest Gump
Defenseless country boy still manages to do pretty damn good for himself. Over and over and over again. 12-4

Jacksonvile

Face/Off
The lead is a different guy now, but nobody else notices until like 3/4 of the way through because they're both like the same goofy guy anyway. 8-8

Tennessee

Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Upstart young scamp runs around unencumbered for half the script, but in the end, he's gonna end up needing a lot of help. 7-9

Houston

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Step 1: Don't give him an offensive line.
5-11
     
NFC West

Seahawks

Lost In Translation
Boring, but I hear it's supposed to be pretty good. 9-7

St. Louis

Predator
The one with the dreads keeps on chugging, but most of the supporting cast ends up too battered to have a fighting chance. 9-7

San Francisco

The Parent Trap
Yeah, little and cute now, but in a few years, watch the f*** out. 8-8

Arizona

Napoleon Dynamite
People keep saying it's good. Why? I don't know. It makes absolutely no sense. 6-10
     
AFC West

San Diego

Weekend at Bernie's
Hip young wannabes show up to party with high hopes, only to be burdened by their everpresent, brain-dead boss. 13-3

Denver

Harold & Maude
Creative senior citizen and perky young go-getter get together. Things start out rocky, but in the end, they end up a pretty good match. Also, they probably make love. 10-6

Kansas City

Snakes on a Plane
Everybody knows it's gonna be bad, and you know there's only one dude anybody's coming to see. 5-11

Oakland

X-Men
Frail old man continues futile quest to make world believe in team of freaks. We're all gonna have to wait like five years until it all comes together, and it's gonna be real real disappointing.
4-12

 


   
 
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