AFC
North – Steelers
South – Jaguars
East – Patriots
West – Chargers
Wild Card 1 – Colts
Wild Card 2 – Jets

Championship – Jaguars over Chargers

NFC
North – Vikings
South – Saints
East – Cowboys
West – Seahawks
Wild Card 1 – Eagles
Wild Card 2 – Panthers

Championship – Cowboys over Saints

Super Bowl XLIII – Cowboys over Jaguars

AFC
North – Steelers
South – Jaguars
East – Dolphins
West – Chargers
Wild Card 1 – Colts
Wild Card 2 – Patriots

Championship – Dolphins over Chargers

NFC
North – Vikings
South – Saints
East – Cowboys
West – Seahawks
Wild Card 1 – Eagles
Wild Card 2 – Panthers

Championship – Cowboys over Saints

Super Bowl XLIII – Dolphins over Cowboys

Oh yeah! Homerism at its best! But I will agree with one thing about LCFF’s post. IF we actually did make it….we would win it!!! No Doubt about it!!!!

AFC
North – Browns
South – Colts
East – Patriots
West – Chargers
Wild Card 1 – Jags
Wild Card 2 – Broncos

Championship – Chargers over Pats

NFC
North – Vikings
South – Panthers
East – Cowboys
West – Cardinals
Wild Card 1 – Giants
Wild Card 2 – Saints

Championship – Cowboys over Panthers

Super Bowl XLIII – Chargers over Cowboys

…that Chargers bandwagon is getting crowded!! lol

AFC
North – Steelers
Steelers have the offense to make the big plays with a defence who can hold opponents down, 11-5 10-6 even with a tough schedule. Barring any injuries to key players they should still be in the AFC North lead. The Browns and Bengals have the offense, but there defenses are suspect, the Bengals more so than the Browns who have had some major FA pick-ups. If the Browns have a solid defence they might take the north title. The Ravens are rebuilding the offense, which will be underwhelming to say the least, this year. Ray Lewis and Co. are still solid play makers on the other side of the ball, but with creeping age it might be a long season in Baltimore.

South – Colts
Two years removed from a superbowl with a starting line-up that is close to the same, this could be another solid year for Peyton and Sanders. If the year isn’t solid then the only culprit will be injuries, not poor performance. I can see the Chargers going a 11-5 12 – 4, but with injuries I can see it dropping to 10 – 6 while playing in a strong division like the South. The Jaguars are a bit overrated, but rated. Is David Garrard the 18 TD 3 INT QB of last year or will he return to the mediocrity of before? I’m not completely sure yet, but time will tell. Atleast he has MJB Jr. and Fred Taylor to pound the rock. Titans’ Vince Young is a known winner, but his poor play might be the straw the breaks this camel’s back. 6-10 7-9, defense got this team into the playoffs last year, offense will keep them out this year. Houston is a above-average team playing in a tough division, 8-8 is most likely, 9-7 maybe 10-6 if they have some luck.

East – Patriots
The cream of the crop, the diamond in a rough (looking) division. 12-4 if their defense plays poor, 15-1 if they don’t. The rebuilding Bills can make it into the playoffs with their roster, but Trent Edwards isn’t the kind of QB I would call playoff material. His TD-INT interception looks good for a rookie, but 4 of his TDs came in one game against the Fins. Take that game out we see he’s a very flawed 3-8 TD-int ratio in 10 games. Favre is the skeleton key for Eric Mangini, if he plays as good as he did last year this team is a sure fire wild card team. But will he? I don’t think so.

The Dolphins… nahhhh., not going there.

West – Chargers
Philip Rivers, LT, Gates, Chambers, Cromartie, Merriman. This team is stacked in a weak, WEAK, division. 12-4 should come easily to 2nd year coach Norv Turner, who stepped into a great spot, going 11-5 last year. More great things to come from a young team. I have high hopes for Jay Cutler, he went 20-14 TD-int ratio, phenomenal for a 2nd year QB – who didn’t know he had the most serious form of a diabetes! He’s back healthier with a great WR in Brandon Marshall and an o-line that makes it easy for the RB. 8-8, even with a defense that still has some holes. Oakland and the Chiefs are still rebuilding, with the Cheifs going somewhere around 2-14, Oakland going 6-10 at best.

Wild Card 1 – Browns
Wild Card 2 – Jaguars

Championship – Steelers over Jaguars

NFC
North – Green Bay
I know. I know. This sounds crazy. But let’s face the facts. The Vikings have 2 GOOD running backs, not 1 good running back and 1 excellent RB. Adrian Peterson is explosive, so explosive he gets hurt. Even then Adrian Peterson isn’t consistent. He got almost half his yards in 2 games. Wouldn’t you rather he had that yardage over 4 or 5 games? His inconsistency worries me, because Tarvaris Jackson isn’t going to be the playmaker behind center. Another 8-8 season for the Vikes. Green Bay has Ryan Grant, a solid started who is consistent, Aaron Rodgers is fragile too, but he’s behind the line that helped Brett Favre perform great last year. He doesn’t have the gunslinger attitude, but I think he will be a good QB. GB goes 10-6. Da Bears and Da Lions will be what they were last year: duds. The Lions will start off hot again, but fizzle down the stretch – Kitna is old at the QB position that is lacking depth… badly. Great WRs suck when they have bad QB play. Orton and Grossman, FInkle and Einhorn… it’s the same thing! THe monsters of the midway will return… midway between 2006 and 2007. Improved D will help the Bears win some games when the Offense won’t. The special teams will still be a blast to watch, though!!!

South – Saints
Drew Brees had a 1-9 TD-INT ratio the first 4 games, then went 27 tds for 9 ints the rest. I think he will be much more consistent the whole season. Explosive offense with an improved D, Sedrick Ellis + Johnathan Vilma sounds pretty good. The flip side to the NFC South are the Falcons. Young, lacks depth, rebuilding. I think Matt Ryan has the intangibles Mel Kiper said he has, but it will be another down season in Atlanta. Things get interesting when we start talking about the Bucs and Panthers, The Bucs flux every season. This will be a down season, I’m sensing the D gets a little banged up and the RB core gets hurt a little bit more, too. 6-10 sounds reasonable. The Panthers flux as well, this year will be a good one for Jake Delhomme (who was 8 td – 1 int before the elbow injury in 3 games) that might start out slow with Steve Smith’s suspension, expect it to pick up real quick when their RB core starts pounding the ball and Steve Smith’s return. This division is up for grabs between the Panthers and Saints – Saints win it though.
East – Eagles
Donovan McNabb will always be a great QB, it’s the whole health thing that can hurt this team. If him and Westbrook stay hurt free they can win this division, it’ll be close, somewhere around 10 wins, but it might be just enough to get them there. Then again this is also the division of the Cowboys and defending Superbowl champs the New York Giants. Cowboys are looking like it might be a slump year, yes you have Tony Romo, T.O., Marion the Barbarian on offense, but the WR core is shallow, the only thing that makes up for that is Jason Witten. The defense got better at LB with Zach Thomas who brings his experience and leadership.I could be way off, probably am, but something feels a little too good about this team in 2008. Eli Manning is still Eli Manning, he will throw it good and get a lot of TDs, but he will throw it so much he will throw a lot of interceptions, too. Defense is still good, but not as great as it was with Strahan, Osi, Torbor, Wilson, and so on. Not strong enough in a strong division.
West – Seahawks
The Cardinals may compete for the NFC West, Kurt Warner is a far better QB than Leinert. He can really make Boldin and Fitzgerald look a lot better than Leinert can. But the Seahawks have a solid team, solid QB, solid D, a good running back in Julius Jones, and a great coach. The 49ers are hopeless. The Rams can rebound big, Marc Bulger has a pro-bowl season not to long ago as did Steven Jackson, but can the defense and O-line perform up to what they need? Tough questions to answer, I think they do better than 3-13, with potential to hit 8-8, in between sounds more appropriate though.
Wild Card 1 – Cowboys
Wild Card 2 – Panthers

Championship – Eagles over Cowboys

Super Bowl XLIII – Steelers over Eagles

Steelers are battle hardened by a tough schedule, they make it through, play hard and take the lead with most Lombardi Trophies after a close win against the Eagles.

AFC
North – Steelers
South – Colts
East – Patriots
West – Chargers
Wild Card 1 – Dolphins
Wild Card 2 – Browns

Championship – Patriots over Chargers

NFC
North – Packers
South – Saints
East – Cowboys
West – Seahawks
Wild Card 1 – Giants
Wild Card 2 – Eagles

Championship – Cowboys over Giants

Super Bowl XLIII – Cowboys over Patriots

Congratulations Zach Thomas!

AFC
North – Steelers
South – Colts (bye)
East – Pats (bye)
West – Broncos (bye)
Wild Card 1 – Jaguars
Wild Card 2 – Houston

NFC
North – Packers
South – Buccaneers (bye)
East – Cowboys (bye)
West – Seahawks
Wild Card 1 – Saints
Wild Card 2 – Giants

AFC Championship – Colts over Patriots
NFC Championship – Cowboys over Giants

Superbowl – Colts over Cowboys

AFC
North – A losser to the Dolphins next year
South – A losser to the Dolphins next year
East – A losser to the Dolphins next year
West – A losser to the Dolphins next year
Wild Card 1 –A losser to the Dolphins next year
Wild Card 2 – Dolphins

Championship – Who cares!!

NFC
North – ZZZZ
South – ZZZZ
East – ZZZZ
West – ZZZZ
Wild Card 1 – ZZZZ
Wild Card 2 – ZZZZ

Championship – ZZZZ

Super Bowl XLIII – ZZZZ

Congratulations Zach Thomas! That´s about right!!

But Doñphins champ in 2009-2010

The heck with the stupid Chargers. Nothing is ever as it seems leading into the season. There are a lot of “paper tigers” and also some hidden lions. That said -

AFC division winners

Pittsburgh, San Diego, Jacksonville, (drumroll), Buffalo

Wildcards are Colts and Patriots

(Pittsburgh is just more solid than the rest of their inconsistent division. Chargers will have struggles, but are far ahead of the rest of their division. Jacksonville just barely loses the title game to Pittsburgh…thoughts on the Buffalo pick further below)

NFC division winners

Philadelphia, Arizona, New Orleans, Green Bay

Wildcards are Chicago and Dallas

(Say goodbye to Wade in Dallas. Cardinals aren’t great but win the division the “Seahawk way” and just count on the rest of the division to suck worse than they do. Rogers isn’t Favre, but then, he doesn’t have to be to win. Bush comes of age in N’awlins)

Superbowl

Philly over Pittsburgh

As for my “huh wha?” Buffalo prediction – I picked them due to to the Pats age and attrition. Plus, Billy boy cant come up with new ways to cheat and thus is coaching more and able to “prepare” less. Injuries hurt the Pats less than most due to their depth, but they’re older everywhere. The Pats just look ripe for a letdown. Especially after last year’s magical ride. I don’t know WHO in the Pats organization sold their soul for the current dynasty, but whoever they are, they better watch their backs, I think the check comes due this year. As for the NY Jest (misspelling intentional), too bad they didn’t ask Don Shula about how well free-agent shopping sprees work for a team (then again, maybe they DID ask Don, lol). They got the seemingly “best player available” not so much the best players for their team and what they like to do. Good players? Yes. Good for the JEST remains to be seen. I am hoping they’ll be last in the division. So between Buffalo and Miami, you gotta figure Buffalo as their current system has been in place at least a year longer than Miami. That doesn’t mean Miami wont do well or contend or vie for the division though.

Just my thoughts :)