i will now predict all 8 division just for future claiming how awesome i am. not to mention that i live in europe and cant talk football to anybody but you guys since 99% of people dont know jackshit about it over here.
AFC WEST:
1 chargers
2 chiefs
3 raiders
4 broncos
(i expect the chiefs to be solid but not great, the chargers winning at least 12 games and the race between raiders and broncos will be closer than it looks right now; division as a whole should be better)
AFC NORTH:
1 steelers
2 ravens
3 browns
4 bengals
(i somehow think that the browns will really put up a fight this year. bengals will need another year at least. ravens and steelers are pretty old on defense now and maybe only have this year.)
AFC EAST:
1 patriots
2 jets
3 bills
4 dolphins
(i think that the pats were underrated on defense. yes they gave up tons of yards but were good in the redzone and were way better at preventing points than yards. offense will be good and thats it, first place. the jets wont make it until sanchez gets it together during the regular season. yes, he elevates his game in the playoffs, but from week one to 17 he looks more like a white jamarcus russell (these guys have pretty similar qb ratings over the last years, look it up) bills and dolphins duke it out for last place although both will be better.)
AFC SOUTH:
1 texans
2 jaguars
3 colts
4 titans
(this will be a very close race until the end, just like this year. maybe the colts end up taking it, but what a lame prediction that would be. the jags looked good last year at times and the texans D should be good enough to take this suddenly mediocre division)
NFC WEST:
1 seahawks
2 rams
3 49ers
4 cardinals
(this will be a lame race from start to finish. seahawks should win it because they made a few nice moves, but bradford is hot, and maybe this is enough, should be close. 49ers and cards wont do shit due to their qb-situations)
NFC NORTH:
1 lions
2 packers
3 bears
4 vikings
(what a shocker, huh? i think the lions will be awesome on D, having no issues whatsoever with stopping the run and getting to the qb if fairley works out. stafford and megatron arent bad either, so maybe they can make that step. packers werent all that good in the regular season. yes they lost a million players, but outside of 2-3 they didnt really matter, while the lions didnt have their starting qb for a long time)
NFC EAST:
1 eagles
2 giants
3 cowboys
4 redskins
(eagles take that one as long as vick is healthy. young is a quality qb but certainly not a good backup (although he has the same style as vick has). their additions on D look good, but dont forget their rookie D-coordinator. imo, coaching is a lot more important in football than most think and i am not sure how that works out. even though DRC, namdi and asante along with some safety additions should solve their main issue last year. but still, they go as far as vick is healthy. giants werent bad last year and let one or two things go another way (cough a certain punt? cough) and things would look different. cowboys and redskins have all the potential to have a long, long season.
NFC SOUTH:
1 buccaneers
2 saints
3 panthers
4 falcons
(i admit this is horseshit but i will look like a fucking genius if this works out. i feel like this is a very tough division to predict, maybe even the toughest one. bucs looked good and if their first two picks work out, they have a top notch DL along with an explosive offense led by a young, rising qb in freeman and several weapons. saints and falcons looked like they took a step back and the panthers could win this thing or no games at all depending on how awesome cam newton will be)
PLAYOFFS:
forget about that. rarely does the best team win the super bowl. its a one-game at a time thingy destined for upsets and thats it. just ask the patriots, saints or eagles. i dont even think that only the top teams get into the playoffs. just ask the chargers or the giants.
what i am saying is though, is that if the playoffs were a best of 5 or 7, this years superbowl would feature either chargers/patriots vs eagles.
BRING THE HEAT!!!