Seasons Greetings

Before the season starts in 37 minutes I wanted to write down some of my thoughts on what to expect in the upcoming run for the title.

NFC East
- Teams who made significant changes at key positions will not fair well this year. This means the Philadelphia Eagles. Did you know they replaced 80% of their offensive line? And one of those guys is a rookie. Vick is not known for his durability (he has yet to play a full season) and with a weak O-Line he will probably be knocked out at some point during the season. Given this, I don't think they will make the playoffs.
- If the Cowboys remain healthy they should be a shoo-in to win the division. Don't look for them to go far in the playoffs though.

NFC West
- I don't see anything changing from last season. All four teams look dismal. That being said I think the Rams will separate themselves enough from the rest of the pack to win this division.

NFC North
- Love the Packers. I'm a Cheesehead though, so of course I love them. They are healthy, very little changes in the off-season and have one of the best QB's in the game right now. They are my pick to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.
- I believe the Bears will once again do enough to earn a wild card birth. I only say this because I feel bad for my brother and my dad who are die hard Bears fan (and I will admit I loved the '85 Bears team - probably the best team I've ever seen take the field).
- The Lions will be much improved but still won't have enough to get into the playoffs. And just forget about the Vikings. Much of their playoff team with Favre a few years ago is gone.

NFC South
- Atlanta is the darling pick of most people to go to the SB this year for the NFC. I don't think they'll have the fire power to take down the Pack, but they will be tough. They have one of the best up and coming QB's in the game.
- Saint's ain't the Aint's any more. They are good. And probably even better with Bush gone. I don't know how it was legal for them to draft Ingram, but I have to say it just wasn't fair.

AFC East
- New England is getting old, thank God. Just not old enough to not make the playoffs. They will get one of the wild card slots.
- The Jets are my other pick to make the Super Bowl this year. Yep, an all green game and it doesn't include Phily...
- Miami is a mess at QB and picked up Reggie Bush - hahahaha.
- Buffalo, they still have a team?

AFC West
- This is a tough division for me. I don't know much about any of these team. I will say the Raiders looked really good in the one game I saw of them this year. I heard San Diego was picked by one ESPN'er that I listen to in the morning so maybe. If I had to guess though, I'll go with Oakland.
- I hope Tebow gets to start this year. I like the guy (though I have no idea why - he did beat up on OSU while with Florida). At least lets see if he can or can't play and get all of this guessing out of the way.

AFC North
- This should be a hotly contested division. I've already given away one of the wild card slots so that only leaves one left. The Steelers should be solid this year, despite their QB (well, he's good - he's just a d'bag).
- I really like the Browns as my dark horse team to make the playoffs. That means they'll have to beat up on the Ravens, but they deserve to get it handed to them by the Browns. Revenge is sweet.
- The Bengals are a joke. Unfortunately it's not a laughing matter.

AFC South
- Last year I thought the Titans would go to the Super Bowl. My pre-season match up was them against the Packers. I got that one 1/2 right. This year everyone seems to be gone from the Titans except for their running back, but even Chris won't be enough to carry this team anywhere.
- With Manning out and the Colts being dumb enough to go with Collins, this division is ripe for the Texans to finally do something. They (the Texans) are my pick to win this division.

Can't wait for the game to start (which is in one minute) and we get this season underway. I wrote at the end of last season that we probably wouldn't see this season at all. I'm glad I was wrong on that one. I'll be interested to see how wrong I am about my predictions above as we go through the season.

I encourage you to add your thoughts on this season in the comments on this blog!