Please, every year the Cowboys get picked as the NFC's "team to beat" and yet every year they're either a total bust or they fall well short of their potential. The Patriots are always a good pick but God knows what kind of hangover Brady will have from being off the field for a year and a half; they'd better hang on to Matt Cassel just in case Brady isn't ready to come back as soon as they hope. The Giants will be up there once again unless a few more of their offensive stars decide to shoot themselves in the leg. If the Vikings can teach T. Jackson to not fumble the ball, they may have a very good shot next year. The Falcons showed a lot of promise for a team recovering from its personal hell, if they hadn't tripped up against the Cardinals they may have been playing the Steelers Sunday.

The Cowboy's will be there, bet on it!

One thing for sure is I don't think New England has a shot. They will be lucky to be back in the playoffs. Even if Brady is to return he will not be 100% and if there is any of that back and forth with Cassell till he is 100% I think it only clouds the water. More likely scenario is Colts/Steelers vs. Giants/Vikings. This early pre-season it is really difficult to tell but one thing is for sure, the Pats are far from contending again. Aging defense + re-constructed knee QB = no playoffs.

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NE - Maybe
Dallas - No Way

Why is my comment gone. Makes to much sense or do Patriot fans control the blogs here just like the NFL front office controls the way offcials see and call games?

Sorry people for the last comment I was lost in limbo. Seriously though, I am objective and do not cheer for either Steelers or Cards but that game (Stupid Bowl 43) proved that no matter how good any team looks it is truly up to the powers that be (Commish, Refs, Advertisers) to determine who wins rings and who is left in the shadows.

I do not think that Cowboys will make it... may be, maybe... but not even close to assure that... you know... NFC is pretty open... but AFC, AFC is another different reality. There is just one "Play off specialist" now in the AFC, and those guys from Boston have a good chance...
Indy?... not with "I will have all the records" Manning. Pitt.... no, they are a good team, that is all. Chargers...?? you kidding?... Titans....?? maybe.. but they need more postseason experience... Miami...? oh, please, after the embarrassment of this post season???... nop.. it will be the old Patsies.... Again!!!!!
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what a joke, at this point of the year when we don't know who will be cut to make room for funds and who gets picked up as free agents, you simply can't pick a team. The passing game and running game is nothing without a strong experienced O line and blockers..and a D can fall apart for many number of reasons...to pick superbowl teams based on fanfare is the only thing that is happening here.

Here's a couple "what if" scenarios: What if Al Davis died? What if, instead of dying, he hired a GM to run the franchise and a coach that wasn't just waiting to have his strings pulled or be fired. Yeah, 75/1, I don't think I'll take that bet now or for the next 15 years! I love football but thank God for hockey considering I'm a Raider fan on the east coast!!!

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BS chipthejackass...... The better team on the field that Sunday night won XLIII..... Quit with the ref/commish/advert conspiracy theories crapola....... I know you aren't a Cardinals fan but your silliness bleeds over onto those of us that are. Quit making us look like idiot-sore losers.....................
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Hey Raider Fan - I feel your pain. Maybe we can get Al Davis and Dan Snyder to form a love/suicide pact and let us all move forward for once.

I really like Carolina at 18-1 and the Jags at 25-1. Enjoy my $200 bodog, enjoy it.

dallas vs new england i like it just long has jerry jones our mr kraft dont thank obama for winning llollololol

One thing is sure, there will be millions of dollars bet using these odds, so the odd makers are trying to be as accurate as they can. However, the Dallas Cowboys are going the way of the Oakland Raiders, because Jerry Jones is like Al Davis 25 years ago.

Don A hit the nail on the head. If Cow-felons make it, I hope they lose

vikings vs. colts next year if vikings get a good quarterback like mcnabb, cassel or mabye garcia. not anderson.

Just know BIG12, if the Cowboys make it, I will be very happy, and pulling for my 'boys allo the way. It's just that Jerry keeps bringing in the bad boys that no other team wants and that is strikingly familiar to what the Raiders use to do.

JJ has wrecked your team in this decade. I hope he AND Al davis dance in hell

Falcons at 25/1 I like that!

The cowgirls will go 8-8 at best next year. They have been exposed as a franchise in turmoil. We will not have to wait long before the wheels come of the bus next year.

I really hope ALL the so called experts (like MJD) keep picking the cowboys and the Pats every year ,For
1. KARMA will be the Patsy legacy (for cheating all those years)
2.The circus called the cowboys will keep then out.
So keep picking them ladys it will just show how wrong you will be every year ,plus it will let the 9-7 team back in the super bowl.

I see where picking the Pats makes sense to the prognosticators. Recent history working in their favor. In a salary cap era, the Pats seem to be that rare team that can come off a strong season and actually keep adding pieces as opposed to losing pieces. Great history of working around/with the cap and shrewd moves from the front office in adding players and letting go of salary cap anchors. I fully expect one big name free agent to end up in the Pats' fold before the draft and with Brady coming back and a division that seems to have more questions than certainties (will Pennington continue his comeback form or return to Earth again, How will Rex Ryan impact the Jets, Etc.), the smart money seems to be NE. (And yes, this is coming from a Steelers fan who would love nothing more than watch the franchise implode, but I recognize and respect what they built organization-wise, even if I hate the personnel running it.)
As for the Cowboys. Um... That I'm not seeing as much. Recent history seems gives no indication that they've put a team together to get past 1 playoff game, let along the minimum of 2 to get to the big game. Ownership's recent history of throwing big money as whoever is the big name is despite team chemistry or scheme, seems to be hurting them, especially going into this season with the plethora of draft picks traded away and salary tied up in said players. I guess, I would call them a "Missouri" team. Show me that you can do it, before I start predicting in your favor.
Honestly, I don't know who I like. Parity seems to play havoc of who the playoff teams every year and there are very few teams that seem to be stringing together 2-4 years straight of playoff appearances to make them favorable picks. Seems like the Giants is one of the few teams from this year's crop of NFC playoff teams to have been there the year before. Maybe the Eagles.
Put a gun to my head... um.... Giants from the NFC.

It's way too early to say which teams are most likely to be in Superbowl 44..... With the draft, retirements, pre-camps, contracts, injuries, and salary cap issues no one can say with rock-solid cold-stone lead-pipe certainty that any team will be there. Funny that ESPN and FOX Sports say the Steelers will likely win 3 of the next 5 Superbowls. Haven't they learned that in the NFL anything can and does happen. Weren't the Giants suppose to repeat? Ha!