NFL Preview

No foreplay tonight, let's just do it.

NFC East:
1. Philadelphia

2. Dallas

3. Washington

4. NY Giants

NFC North:

1. Chicago

2. Green Bay

3. Minnesota

4. Detroit

NFC South:
1. New Orleans

2. Carolina

3. Atlanta

4. Tampa Bay

NFC West:

1. Seattle

2. St. Louis

3. San Francisco

4. Arizona

Wild cards: Dallas, Green Bay

1st round: Philly over Green Bay, Seattle over Dallas
2nd round: New Orleans over Seattle, Philly over Chicago

NFC Championship: Philly over New Orleans

AFC East:

1. New England

2. NY Jets

3. Miami

4. Buffalo

AFC North:

1. Baltimore

2. Pittsburgh

3. Cincinnati

4. Cleveland

AFC South:

1. Indianapolis

2. Jacksonville

3. Houston

4. Tennessee

AFC West:

1. San Diego

2. Denver

3. Oakland

4. Kansas City

Wild Cards: Denver, Jacksonville

1st round: Baltimore over Denver, New England over Jacksonville

2nd round: Indianapolis over Baltimore, San Diego over New England

AFC Championship: San Diego over Indianapolis

Super Bowl: San Diego over Philly

Thoughts:

The NFC is just terrible. I would take San Diego, Indy, New England, Baltimore, and maybe Denver over anyone in the NFC. New Orleans has a chance to be great, but I think Donovan McNabb will be ridiculous this year, and the Saints are one year away. I would pick Chicago to fall off this year, but look at that division. That's 6 wins right there, and they can go at least 5-5 against everyone else. Tennessee's offseason crushed my heart. They have a great finish to last year, Vince Young looks amazing, and then they lose their top rusher (Travis Henry) top receiver (Drew Bennett) and Pacman Jones, who took a few punts back for TD's and played a decent corner. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention Vince Young agreeing to be on the cover for Madden. Awesome. So it's back to sucking for them. I didn't even have the balls to pick a big sleeper in either conference because a) the top of the AFC is too good, and b) the entire NFC is too shitty. I suppose keep an eye on Washington, depending on how Jason Campbell progresses, and maybe Miami. I think Trent Green still has a little bit in him. But if you remember last year's preview, I have been known to be wrong about Miami before. At least Culpepper isn't involved this time. Which reminds me, every time I read a headline such as "Don't sleep on Culpepper and the Raiders" I want to throw up a little. If he has his comeback year one year after I invested all my credibility in him....I'm not responsible for my actions.

I'm basically flipping a four-sided coin in the AFC. San Diego is the team I like the most, but Norv Turner running things is not promising. Indy doesn't strike me as the team to suffer from the Super Bowl hangover, and now Manning finally has some postseason confidence. I almost picked Baltimore to go all the way after they acquired McGahee, but I couldn't pull the trigger. My boy Steve McNair is just a shell of himself at this point. And New England....meh. I know they were close last year, and they definitely upgraded, but not as much as everyone thinks, in my opinion. For whatever reason, I just can't get on board with the Pats. So I'm taking the Chargers, but any of those four could easily do it. Any of those four would go at least 14-2 and walk to the Super Bowl in the NFC, which is sad. It's boring when the AFC, American League, and Western Conference are way better than the NFC, National League, and Eastern Conference, all at the same time.

But one thing I do know for sure, my fantasy team sucks. Hard.