Rebuilt Palmer And Cincy Take Next Step
HERE'S THE SKINNY ON THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
Bengals QB Carson Palmer has a rebuilt knee. His medical miracle will lead Cincy to SB XLI.
||||||AFC West
1. SAN DIEGO {Philip RIvers watched well. S.D. will surprise with NFL's best D}
2. DENVER {AFC Final ruined Plummer's season. Shanny nurses him back}
3. KANSAS CITY {Without Priest, Larry Johnson might not look as good in KC}
4. OAKLAND {Nobody wants to work in Oaktown. Crime? No. NFL 1963-style}
||||||AFC EAST
1. NEW ENGLAND {No WRs, who needs them. Brady throws TDs to himself}
2. **MIAMI {Ronnie Brown makes everyone, including Ricky Williams, forget}
3. BUFFALO {The Miami of next off-season. Losman is going to be good}
4. N.Y. JETS {Edwards got out in time. Fans flock to '07 NFL Draft to look-see}
||||||AFC NORTH
1. CINCINNATI {Cincy is what the Raiders use to be; tough, quirky and good.}
2. **PITTSBURGH {Champs look no diff. except for a few scratches on the QB}
3. BALTIMORE {McNair McSnair. Ravens still lack wideouts, healthy RBs}
4. CLEVELAND {Browns improve when Frye starts QBing instead of running.}
||||||AFC SOUTH
1. INDIANAPOLIS {Without Edge,Colts still have plenty.Peyton:Marino curse?}
2. JACKSONVILLE {One step back before becoming one of NFL's elite teams.}
3. TENNESSEE {Please fight the urge to throw V. Young into a game, coach}
4. HOUSTON {Kubiak spent life as a #2, can he handle the hotseat in Hou.?}
||||||PLAYOFF PICKS
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||||||AFC WILDCARD: MIA over NE, SD over PIT
||||||NFC WILDCARD: CAR over MIN, SEA over STL
||||||AFC DIVISIONAL: CIN over MIA, SD over IND
||||||NFC DIVISIONAL: NYG over CAR, ATL over SEA
||||||AFC CHAMPIONSHIP: CIN over SD
||||||NFC CHAMPIONSHIP: NYG over ATL
||||||SUPER BOWL XLI: NYG over CIN
Bengals QB Carson Palmer has a rebuilt knee. His medical miracle will lead Cincy to SB XLI.
||||||AFC West
1. SAN DIEGO {Philip RIvers watched well. S.D. will surprise with NFL's best D}
2. DENVER {AFC Final ruined Plummer's season. Shanny nurses him back}
3. KANSAS CITY {Without Priest, Larry Johnson might not look as good in KC}
4. OAKLAND {Nobody wants to work in Oaktown. Crime? No. NFL 1963-style}
||||||AFC EAST
1. NEW ENGLAND {No WRs, who needs them. Brady throws TDs to himself}
2. **MIAMI {Ronnie Brown makes everyone, including Ricky Williams, forget}
3. BUFFALO {The Miami of next off-season. Losman is going to be good}
4. N.Y. JETS {Edwards got out in time. Fans flock to '07 NFL Draft to look-see}
||||||AFC NORTH
1. CINCINNATI {Cincy is what the Raiders use to be; tough, quirky and good.}
2. **PITTSBURGH {Champs look no diff. except for a few scratches on the QB}
3. BALTIMORE {McNair McSnair. Ravens still lack wideouts, healthy RBs}
4. CLEVELAND {Browns improve when Frye starts QBing instead of running.}
||||||AFC SOUTH
1. INDIANAPOLIS {Without Edge,Colts still have plenty.Peyton:Marino curse?}
2. JACKSONVILLE {One step back before becoming one of NFL's elite teams.}
3. TENNESSEE {Please fight the urge to throw V. Young into a game, coach}
4. HOUSTON {Kubiak spent life as a #2, can he handle the hotseat in Hou.?}
||||||PLAYOFF PICKS
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||||||AFC WILDCARD: MIA over NE, SD over PIT
||||||NFC WILDCARD: CAR over MIN, SEA over STL
||||||AFC DIVISIONAL: CIN over MIA, SD over IND
||||||NFC DIVISIONAL: NYG over CAR, ATL over SEA
||||||AFC CHAMPIONSHIP: CIN over SD
||||||NFC CHAMPIONSHIP: NYG over ATL
||||||SUPER BOWL XLI: NYG over CIN
