First Sunday of football season!
Following Nate, I'll post my predictions for this year. Unfortunately for me, I'll already know the first weeks standings (pretty much). But I'll just forget about the scores I've already seen. Anyways... here we go:

AFC East
New England 13-3
Buffalo 7-9
New York Jets 6-10
Miami 4-12
The Dolphins will be terrible this year. With a constant QB controversy, and no running game, not even that defense will be able to help them win more than a handful of games. If Pennington stays healthy, the Jets could easily blow past the Bills, but they won't beat the Patriots. Look for a better offense in NE to help them continue to dominate this division.

AFC North
Baltimore 11-5
Cincinnati 9-7
Pittsburgh 8-8
Cleveland 6-10
Cincinnati will be better than last year, even though Kitna (who should've been in the Pro Bowl) is benched. Pittsburgh will be better than last year too, even though Tommy Maddox sucks. Cleveland, too, will be better than last year... but will be buried by the better teams in this division. And, if Kyle Boller steps it up and J. Lewis can stay out of jail, the Ravens should still rule this division.

AFC South
Indianapolis 11-5
Tennessee 9-7
Jacksonville 7-9
Houston 5-11
Colts are easily the best team in this division. However, their defense couldn't stop my grandmother. Tennessee will stay strong because of McNair's pure will... but they aren't better than Indy. Jax is better than last year, but still not quite good enough to challenge Indy or Tennessee.

AFC West
Kansas City 12-4
Denver 8-8
Oakland 7-9
San Diego 5-11
Speaking of a defense who couldn't stop my grandmother, it's Kansas City! Too bad the rest of the teams in this division suck, or else KC might have to actually play defense to win. Denver and Oakland will have respectable records, despite the fact that they'll suck. Denver's defense will be very good... but their offense will probably let them down in the end.

NFC East
Philadelphia 12-4
Washington 10-6
Dallas 5-11
New York Giants 5-11
Philly's going to be good... we all know that. But with a sucky defense, and no running game, they won't be as good as they could be. Look for Washington to really push them in this division.

NFC North
Packers 10-6
Minnesota 9-7
Detroit 7-9
Chicago 5-11
This is the season when the balance starts to shift. Hopefully this'll be Favre's last season, or else he'll have to be around to see Detroit and Minnesota pass the Packers in the division. It won't happen this year, though. Minnesota makes it tough on the Packers, but not tough enough. Look for the Lions to finally get out of the cellar, this year... as they learn what it takes to win on the road.

NFC South
Carolina 11-5
Atlanta 8-8
New Orleans 6-10
Tampa Bay 5-11
Was Carolina a fluke? Well... a good defense is always the best way to keep winning. So Carolina will keep winning. Atlanta will give them a couple problems this year, but still might not make the playoffs. The key to Carolina's season will be a terrible division. NO and TB are no good this year.

NFC West
Seattle 13-3
St. Louis 9-7
Arizona 4-12
San Francisco 3-13
Seattle is everyone's pick to go to the Super Bowl. And their team might just be solid enough to do it this year. But, speaking of terrible divisions, Seattle and St. Louis will be the benefactors of two HORRIBLE teams: Arizona and San Francisco. I think San Fran is the worst team in the league this year. St. Louis may make the playoffs, with a team not as good as the other teams who have made the playoffs in previous years.

AFC Playoffs
Byes: New England, Kansas City
Wk1: Indianapolis over Cincinnati
Tennessee over Baltimore
Wk2: New England over Tennessee
Indianapolis over Kansas City
Conference Championship: New England over Indianapolis

NFC Playoffs
Byes: Seattle, Philly
Wk1: Green Bay over St. Louis
Washington over Carolina
Wk2: Seattle over Green Bay
Philly over Washington
Conference Championship: Seattle over Philly

Super Bowl
New England over Seattle
Seattle may not even stand a chance... we won't see Vianiteri kicking another field goal to win the game... this one's going to be over long before that. The real Super Bowl might be seeing NE and Indy play each other again in the playoffs.