I’ve had an unplanned hiatus from blogging for the past 2 months. Blogging is one of the first things that gets neglected when time is tight. I decided to do something I’ve never done, and try to predict what teams will go to the playoffs and who will win the big one. It will be fun and will provide a good laugh when I check it again in February and see how ridiculously wrong I was.
For those of you that aren’t NFL fans, go ahead and skip reading this one 
Here are my picks for each division, along with wild cards:
AFC North: Baltimore Ravens – Whenever the Ravens have a legitimate chance I’m totally going to be a homer and pick them to win. However, I do think the Bengals could win the division and the Steelers can’t be totally written off either, especially since they should have the easiest schedule of those 3 teams.
AFC South: Indianapolis Colts – How can you pick against the team that’s won 12+ games every year for the better part of a decade? The Texans will be good, the Titans will surprise but the Colts will still hold on.
AFC East: New York Jets – The Patriots and the Jets both have huge question marks in my mind, so I’m going with the team that should have the easier schedule.
AFC West: San Diego Chargers – The Chargers had been Super Bowl favorites for a few years but could never win in the playoffs. I think they’ll still hold on to their AFC West dominance though.
AFC Wild Cards: Bengals & Steelers – yup, it’s going to be an AFC North party in the playoffs.
NFC North: Green Bay Packers – Aaron Rodgers was great last year and will likely improve this year. The defense won’t be as solid, but should still play well enough to win a lot of games.
NFC South: New Orleans Saints – The champions will finally win their division in back-to-back years.
NFC East: Dallas Cowboys – This was probably the hardest one to pick as the NFC East seems to always be highly competitive. This year will probably be no different as the Redskins will surprise.
NFC West: San Francisco 49ers – Arizona will fall from their recent level of success, the Rams are rebuilding and Seattle will compete but I think the 49ers will win it, even with lackluster QB play.
NFC Wild Cards: Vikings & Giants – If Favre survives the season the Vikings should win enough for a Wild Card and I see the Giants playing better defense this year.
My Super Bowl pick: Ravens over Green Bay - The Ravens offense will have to live up to expectations in order to beat Green Bay but they’ll have to do that to even make it this far anyhow. From year to year, typically there’s 50% turnover in the playoff picture and I only have 25%, so I will likely be laughing at these picks in February.
