ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?!?!?!?!?

Christmas morning has come early for those of us who spend every Sunday praying at the church of the National Football League. Some random musings and predictions below.

1. The rumours of the demise of the San Francisco 49ers have been greatly exaggerated. I've seen experts suggesting they will win as few as three games. Pu-lease. Despite having the most tumultuous offseasons in NFL history, there is just too much talent there to have such a precipitous decline. Navarro Bowman is back to lead the rebuilt defense and he is on a mission. Colin Kaepernick will have a solid season and let's face it, Vernon Davis cannot possibly be worse. Count on a 9 or 10 win season and the Niners will be in the playoff race most of the season before just falling short.

2. The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will completely dissolve and both miss the playoffs. OK that one isn't as much a "prediction" as a "dream scenario".

3. Alex Smith will finally shed the label of "game manager", throwing for 4000 yards (many of them to Jeremy Maclin) and cancer survivor Eric Berry will inspire the defense as the Chiefs win 11 games and win the AFC West.

4. The NFC West will reclaim it's status of "best division in football" as the Cardinals finally take that next step and win the division. The Rams will also finally make strides and win 9-10 games.

5. The Redskins are really going to regret demoting RGIII and by mid-season, when the team is 1-7 and both Kirk Cousins and Colt McCoy have been completely ineffective, fans in DC will be clamoring for his return.

6. Andrew Luck will flirt with the NFL Record of 5,477 passing yards in a season, before falling just a couple hundred yards short of Peyton Manning's mark.


Division Winners:

AFC:
Chiefs
Steelers
Cheat-riots
Colts

NFC:
Cardinals
Saints
Packers
Cowboys

Wild Card Teams:

Broncos
Ravens

Seahawks
Giants

AFC Champion:
Colts

NFC Champion:
Packers

SuperBowl Winner:

The Green Bay Packers' defensive depth will be just enough to edge out our Colts, 38-35.

Now let's play some football!!