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AFC East: 
Bills - 10-6
Pats - 7-9
Dolphins - 6-10
Jets - 5-11

AFC North:
Ravens - 11-4
Steelers - 10-6
Browns - 9-7
Bengals - 7-9

AFC South:
Titans - 11-5
Colts - 10-6
Texans - 6-10
Jags - 4-11

AFC West:
Chiefs - 13-3
Broncos - 10-6
Chargers - 6-10
Raiders - 5-11

NFC East:
Cowboys - 9-7
Eagles - 6-10
Redskins - 5-11
Giants - 4-12

NFC North:
Vikings - 11-5
Packers - 9-7
Lions - 6-10
Bears - 4-12

NFC South:
Saints - 12-4
Buccs - 10-6
Falcons - 7-9
Panthers - 6-10

And finally... 

NFC West:
1) San Fran 49ers - 12-4
2) LA Rams - 9-7
3) Arizona Cardinals - 8-8
4) Seattle Seahawks - 7-9

The 49ers dominated in the play offs, finishing well in the regular season bar an unexpected loss to the Falcons. They've got a solid ground game, despite no superstar running back, so I expect they will be top of the pile again. The Rams finished the season in good form, we comfortably beat the Cardinals twice (34-7 & 34-21) and the Seahawks (28-12). We ran the Niners close and should've won. All said and done this was a team with injury problems and it ended up with 1 missed FG from being in the play-offs. The Cardinals have no doubt improved this offseason, but they are team that has finished bottom of the division 2  years running: they won just two games in their final 9 last season - their only wins coming against Cleveland and Seattle. I think they do improve on their 5-10-1 record, but think they fall short of the play-offs. The Seahawks lost their final 3 divisional games - 28-12 to the Rams, 27-13 to the Cardinals and 26-21 to the Niners. They only had 2 wins in their season that were more than 1 score, they beat the Rams after a Zuerlein missed a FG to win the game, they won two games in overtime and their play seemed to regress over the season. I can't ignore the divisional record though: they won their week 4 game comfortably against the Cardinals (27-10) they then beat the Rams due to a missed FG in week 5 and beat the Niners in OT in week 10. They went on to lose the following three, two of them against Rams & Cardinals comfortably. The Cardinals finished the season in horrible form too. I don't think you have to blow teams away every week to prove you're a good team, but once in a while is necessary. You need to be able to flex on teams, Seahawks couldn't last season. 

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22 hours ago, Ray Reed said:

People?

Theres been all of 1 person who’s done that in this thread.

And that person - to my knowledge - is a steelers fan.

Trying to start the “we get no respect” narrative pretty early this offseason, huh?

The "no respect" narrative is perfectly justified this off-season, given that God and everybody proclaimed that the Steelers traded away an "inevitable top-five draft pick" in a "desperation move" last season. They were only off by 13, which is really impressive when you consider that there were 255 picks in the draft, and 13/255 is 5.1%. That was a precision prediction right there. Bravo.

Hey, quick show of hands, everybody: After Ben Roethlisberger suffered a season-ending injury six quarters into the season, how many of you predicted that the Steelers would finish 8-8? (Put your hands down, liars.)

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AFC:

1. Chiefs

2. Ravens

3. Titans

4. Bills

5. Steelers

6. Broncos

7. Colts

NFC:

1. Buccaneers

2. Seahawks

3. Packers

4. Giants

5. Saints

6. Cowboys

7. Cardinals

Wildcard:

Seahawks over Cardinals

Cowboys over Packers

Saints over Giants

Ravens over Colts

Titans over Broncos

Bills over Steelers

Divisional:

Bucs over Cowboys

Saints over Seahawks

Chiefs over Bills

Ravens over Titans

Conference:

Bucs over Saints

Ravens over Chiefs

Superbowl:

Bucs over Ravens

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I'll take a shot at this:

AFC East:

1. Bills 11-5

2. Patriots 8-8

3. Dolphins 6-10

4. Jets 4-12

 

AFC North:

Ravens 12-4

Steelers 9-7

Browns 8-8

Bengals 4-12

 

AFC South:

Titans: 9-7

Colts: 9-7

Texans: 7-9

Jaguars: 5-11

 

AFC West: 

Chiefs: 13-3

Broncos: 9-7

Raiders: 7-9

Chargers: 4-12

 

 

NFC East:

Cowboys: 11-5

Eagles: 9-7

Redskins: 5-11

Giants: 5-11

 

NFC North:

Packers: 11-5

Vikings: 9-7

Lions: 7-9

Bears: 6-10

 

NFC South:

Saints: 12-4

Bucs: 10-6

Panthers: 6-10

Falcons: 4-12

 

NFC West: 

49ers: 12-4

Seahawks: 10-6

Cardinals: 7-9

Rams: 7-9

 

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Yeah why not

AFC East
1. Buffalo 10-6
2. New England 8-8
3. Miami 7-9
4. NYJ 6-10

AFC West
1. KC 13-3
2. LAC 9-7*
3. Denver 8-8
4. LVR  6-10

AFC North
1. Baltimore 12-4
2. Cleveland 9-7*
3. Pittsburgh 8-8
4. Cincinnati 5-11

AFC South
1. Tennessee 10-6
2. Indianapolis 9-7*
3. Houston 6-10
4. Jacksonville 3-13

NFC East
1. Philadelphia 10-6
2. Dallas 9-7
3. NYG 7-9
4. Washington 5-11

NFC West
1. SF 11-5
2. Arizona 10-6*
3. LAR 9-7
4. Seattle 6-10

NFC North
1. Minnesota 11-5
2. Green Bay 9-7*
3. Chiacgo 6-10
4. Detroit 4-12

NFC South
1. New Orleans 12-4
2. Tampa Bay 10-6*
3. Atlanta 7-9
4. Carolina 4-12

I haven't checked my math.

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I get it's Belichick, but any other team would be accused of tanking..

I just don't see how some people can still have them going 10-6 with Hoyer/Stidham and a poor supporting cast. Fortunately, I do believe Belichick is enough to keep them out of the Lawrence sweep stakes. The AFC East should be a lot more competitive this year, not to mention the overall SOS is night and day. 

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