Patrick Willis will look to take the 49ers defense to the next level in 2010

Patrick Willis will look to take the 49ers defense to the next level in 2010. My NFL predictions continue today with the NFC West division. Yesterday, they began with the AFC West.The NFC West has been arguably the weakest division in football the last few seasons. But that doesn't mean success in the Post season hasn't come along with it.Two replica Baume & Mercier 8275 Ladie's watch years ago, the Arizona Cardinals made a magical run to the Superbowl. Last season, they came up short in advancing through the playoffs with a loss to the New Orleans Saints.However, plenty has changed since that time for the Cardinals. Kurt Warner retired, Anquan Boldin was traded to Baltimore, and Karlos Dansby and Antrel Rolle exited through free agency.

A long awaited starter waits in the wings in Matt Leinart. Will it be enough to bring this team back to the playoffs for another season?Here are my predictions for the 2010 NFC West.1. San Francisco 49ersThere are going to be new teams entering the playoff picture, and the 49ers are one of my new teams in 2010. Led by arguably the best line replica Baume & Mercier 8515 WoMen's watch backer in football, Patrick Willis runs a young defense that is looking to take the next step to becoming elite.Matt Leinart will face the pressure of replacing Kurt Warner this season. Alex Smith now enters the final year of his contract and should be playing some of the best football in his career. Having Vernon Davis and Michael Crabtree together for a whole season should improve the offensive performance this season.

Then to expect them to turn things around overnight could well be viewed as somewhat astonishing were they to have to right personnel in place within their front office . But alas, that's not the case given the fact that their ownership group is led by none other than Bob Nutting . As the principal partner in the syndicate partnership replica Corum 02120.105000 watch that owns the team can we say that Nutting and his group are no better than his predecessors ? Nutting's idea of success it would seem is to pocket the tens millions that he and his partners have chosen to deem fit that they've allegedly earned while doing very little to invest in an impoverished team and organization .