Someone once said that pro football is the season that never sleeps. The Super Bowl ends and suddenly you have combine workouts, mock drafts, seventy-two straight hours of live draft coverage, mini camps, contract negotiations, Hall of Fame Game; this is all before the end of July. Not to mention the arrests, failed drug tests, motorcycle accidents, gambling accusations, ticket scalping charges, DWI's. And that's just my offseason activities. I love it. Football. 2005 Preview in da' hizzhouse!
AFC East: Look for the end of the Patriots' dynasty but not until the playoffs. Jets and Bills will improve from last year. Miami is a weird team like a weird cousin that you don't want around. The Fins will beat some people.
AFC North: If the Steelers' passing attack doesn't lose games for them; this could be the year. Baltimore: always lurking like a Morgan Park pedophile. Cleveland, Cinci: always suck.
AFC South: The Colts will have home field advantage throughout the playoffs mainly because the rest of this division stinks.
AFC West: This is the toughest division in football. Any of these teams could win the West. Look for the Chargers to stay on top with their running game.
NFC East: Philly remains on top despite T.O. controversy. T.O. will be back and give them the edge over Cowboys and Giants.
NFC North: On paper the Vikes should win big games. However, Mike Tice still is your coach and special teams continue to be an issue. I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. Look for Detroit to get possible wild card. Bears and Pack can go play with each other in the cold. The light is fading for Number Four.
NFC South: It's Michael Vick's planet, but Atlanta needs some lucky bounces to overtake Philly. Panthers will act as a spoiler and Wild Card.
NFC West: All four of these teams look like one big question mark. My one crazy pick, for no real reason at all, is Arizona sneaks into first place. I miss Denny Green's kookiness. Like taking acid at a keg party, St. Louis and Seattle just don't excite me anymore. I'm actually hoping to see a few Niner games this season because this could be the year that a team goes 0 and 16.
Super Bowl: The AFC has four teams (Pats, Steelers, Colts, Chargers) that could all get hot and win out. But I think Payton Manning's sheer will-power gets the Colts to the Big Show. I also think that Philly will use T.O.'s contract bullshit to keep them hungry. Same pick I made last year: Philly 34, Colts 31.
