[lastchance]

AFC West: Denver
AFC South: Indy
AFC East: NE
AFC North: Pittsburgh
AFC Wild Card: Cincy
AFC Wild Card: Jacksonville
Honorary Mention: San Diego.

NFC West: Seattle
NFC South: Atlanta
NFC East: NYG
NFC North: Chicago
NFC Wild Card: Carolina
NFC Wild Card: Dallas
Honorary mention: TB (really was a tossup between them, CAR and ATL), and the rest of the NFC East. (NFC East and AFC West got shafted this year)

NFC Champ: Seattle (or NYG). Yeah, NYG's better, but you know what? Their schedule is harder, so they have less chance of byeing. Plus, it's always good to be homerish.

AFC Champ: Indy. I can't pick NE the way they've been playing. SD's schedule is way too hard for them to get a bye. Denver has 2 losses. Indy's got a locked up bye + defense. I have to take Indy.

Super Bowl Champion: Indianapolis.

I think Denver's solid enough to hold on to their 2 game lead. SD is one of the best teams in the league, but they've got 2 games to make up against a tough schedule.

Cincy has enough easy games to get at least 4 wins, probably 5. I can't pick against them.

I hate thinking Jax will get over SD, but have you seen Jax's schedule? So easy over the second half of the year.

Also, Indy isn't going to have that easy of a schedule. Over the second half of the season, they have 6-7 tough games. But they're good, and they won't blow their nicely padded bye lead.

I don't like Philly much. They've looked terrible on the road the last 3 road games. The win over SD was just pure luck. I don't think this version is like last year's. Akers going down hurt quite a bit.