NFC East 2009 Pre-Season Preview: Still the Best in Football?

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Published: July 3, 2009

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... to be the best division in all of football: the NFC East. There was talk that the Cowboys were so stacked with talent, they were the easy Super Bowl favorites.

Dallas stumbled to a 9-7 finish in the regular season, and were unceremoniously stomped from playoff contention in the season's final game, a 44-6 drubbing at the hands of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Then there was the defending champions, the New York Giants. A team that was expected to struggle tremendously along the defensive line with the loss of retired defensive end, Michael Strahan, and the season-ending knee injury to Osi Umenyiora.

The G-Men flew out of the gates, soaring to an 11-1 start.

Enter Plaxico Burress. In the days leading up to the Giants 23-7 victory over the Washington Redskins, Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a New York night club.

Without their biggest weapon, the Giants stumbled to a 1-3 record in December and were bounced from the playoffs by the Ea...

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