yes grayhawk except for the texans and falcons who dont seem to have any injuries this year

all the other teams have had key injuries

ah yes true.  forgot about him and they have struggled against the pass ever since.

Just the Falcons then

Eh!!....They have to make sure they get to the play offs.

The Packers are desperate to get him back in the line up.

Steelers - talk about giving up momentum after a big win

When was the last week that the Browns were the only AFC North team to win their match?

yeah bad loss

saving grace was that the Bengals also lost

between the steelers and the bengals for last AFC spot

Patriots are going to walk to the superbowl...we all know it

we will see how good the Pats are the next two weeks imo

I want Cincinatti Bengals to win it or at least be there, dunno why but thats my fav team ...

Green Bay survive another slow start and are given a huge lift by the key fumble that was returned for 6. Thought in the conditions they played okay and put in a really strong second half showing. Key players should start to return and they are still very much alive for a potential number 2 spot.

Not for me d13...niners have the harder schedule by far just based on their next 2 games.

NFC east in for a wild finish!

Giants to be 3rd placed in NFC east next week

Bryant done for season

could be Cowboys season done

Well fair play to those Patriot backers they humbled Huston last night. They may well be able to nab the top seed now. Still the positive is that the 49ners won't be relishing the trip to Foxborough and this could bode well for the chances of Green Bay to capture the NFC 2nd seed. Absolutely massive week in the NFL coming up with GB@Chicago and SF 49ners@NE. Play-off picture will be a lot clearer after this week no doubt

If I was too rank the teams who are currently  occupying 1-12 positions by how good they look for SB Winners I would say


12. Chicago - No momentum, no hope and probably the worst offence of the 12, over reliant on takeaways most likely wont even make the PO's


11. Baltimore - Wont be a popular opinion I know but any time I have seen them  they have been awful players returning from injuries may help but I would not be shocked too see them finish 0-3 for a 9-7 record.


10.Indianapolis - Too soon for my beloved Colts too go all the way, either way what a season after just 2 wins last year. Had them at no.9 at first as they are pretty much assured a PO spot but I can't see them making it very far in the off season sadly.    #Chuckstrong


9.New York - The hardest team to rank originally had them at  No. 10. Far too inconsistent imo, should make the PO's but again not a shock if they didn't and as I said about inconsistency wouldn't be shocked if they won the whole thing. Would warrant a much higher rank if they had already clinched a play off spot


8.Pittsburgh - Similar to NY difficult to rank I would have them ranked top 4 if they were already assured a PO spot, can beat anyone on their day but can also lose games they really should be winning.


7.Seattle - Still going strong despite the suspensions, although that was only against Arizona, Should know more after they play the 49'ers and Rams.


6.Houston - As all middle/long distance runners will tell you the its better to start slow pick up speed then finish like a train, good early season victories over Baltimore and Denver had a lot of people making them favourites but they are now stuttering. Demolished by  NE Patriots and needing overtime too squeak past Jacksonville and Detroit doesn't bode well for their chances. Also who can forget the Demolition job by the Packers when they met.


5.San Francisco - Would have SF ranked 2 or 3 if they had not dropped Smith, brainless decision imo, Kaepernick is an excellent prospect but is not ready yet and while AS was never going too be the best QB in the NFL he had become a brilliant game manager. Still they have a good receiving corps a top 3 defence and of course Frank Gore.


4.Atlanta - Similar to Houston they sprinted from the blocks and are looking gassed when the bell is ringing for the final lap. (Sorry for more athletics analogies) Dissapointing loss against Carolina but they gave Carolina a 23 point start tbf and lost 30-20 in the end. 3 reasonably tough games left easier to figure out their chances after those results are in the book.



3. Green Bay - Could rank this team anywhere from 3rd - 9th as they have not always been impressive so far but they have woeful luck with injuries  I can see them finishing 3-0 for a 12-4 record and possibly a 1st or 2nd seed if they can get some of their players back fit and firing.


2.Denver- Have not put a foot wrong since starting 2-3 have gone from weak divisional champs a year ago to being genuine SB contenders this season. One weakness is the loss of RB Willis McGahee. The Broncs must make the AFC championship game if he is too see anymore action.


1. New England - By no means unbeatable but the team no-one will want too play unfortunately.



What are your opinions on the list?

Only two weeks ago, everyone was in love with SF. Despite Kaepernick being average as opposed to awful, they have drifted from 7 to 8.6! There has to be value there.

NE are way too short. One good performance does not make them worldbeaters and even with a possibility of the #1 seed, should they really be below 5?

The other side who are way underpriced are Seattle. 22? They were too short at 32 before playing Arizona and playing Arizona can never create grounds to shorten. And how on earth they are smaller than Baltimore is beyond me.

Injury note on the Steelers, both Allen and Lewis have hip flexor injuries and may/may not play, if they do one would think they'll be limited, Captain Cliche has already stated they may have to simplify the defense, which balances out the loss of Dez Bryant this Sunday.

it's a long trip for san francisco this, plus colder weather, high of 2c, with windchill as low as -11c, wind 15-20kmh, dont think keapernick will be showing his tattoo's this week..

im not sure the Giants will mind beating the Patriots in the Superbowl again.

It is going to be interesting to see how the Pats do against the 49ers as I reckon the 49ers might still be a huge threat for the Superbowl.  There has been a big overreaction after that Houston game, The Packers did that to them in their home yeard, they arent that great a team and their QB is not good enough.

I think they or Denver probably win the AFC (perhaps with a threat from Bal or Pitts if they get some momentum) but there are teams queuing up to tear that secondary to shreds and you can stop Brady,

the Giants are a ridiculous price at this stage imo. I would make them 3/5 favs against the Pats in the SB on neutral ground again.

by the way, Matthews and Woodson likely to feature this week vs the Bears,

They might be getting healthy at the right time. Sam shields is a big plus as well for the D and Jordy Nelson also likely to come back.