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In the AAFC, The Ravens are already good and now they have sledge hammer Derrick Henry running behind ALL PRO fullback Patrick Ricard.
The Bills have and will remain the Chiefs's whipping boy. Don't think anybody else is worth mentioning.
I don't think anybody in the NFC can stop them. The 49ers have lost Chase Young, Arik Armstead to free agency and Greenlaw is coming back from injury.
Other than that, the Eagles, whose sudden collapse at the end of the year, defies explanation will be hard to beat with a very balanced offensive attack (with the addition of Saquon Barkley) and an outstanding draft in 2024, may over-take the Niners.
The bigger challenge for the Chiefs is that, for the first time since the 1927 New York Football Yankees, they have games on 6 different days during the season. Hard to develop a routine when, over 18 weeks, you have that many different schedules. I believe it was Alex Marvez who put it best, everything the Chiefs do this year in practice needs to be “intentional.” You don’t have the leeway to develop routines because you have a large number of consecutive Sunday games at the same time.
Chase Young played 30% of snaps and Armstead 46% (5 games missed). They combined for 10 sacks, they signed Leonard Floyd who had 10.5, Yetur Gross-Matos who had 4.5, and Maliek Collins who had 5. I'm not saying they're as good, but that's a decent patch job, it isn't a gaping hole. They drafted a WR in the first to go with Aiyuk and Samuel which is just scary.
49ers are favorites in every game they play as of this moment, Chiefs would walk over them. They lost their top corner and that group does not look good.
Disagree on the Eagles, the collapse doesn't defy explanation they're not that good. Their core is aging out and they have a lot of holes. They lost to the Cardinal, then Tyrod and the Giants, and then got stomped on by Baker and the Bucs to close the year - that's awful. They added Huff but lost Sweat and Riddick. They are still starting Slay and Bradberry who looked cooked. Doubt Barkley does much more than Swift to elevate the offense. Still no linebackers.
Ha ha ha!
Yeah they can win it again. At this point in time I'm assuming they will until another team proves me wrong.
Texans are a wild card, obviously, but they're still growing. Chargers are going to be a difficult team to contend with.
Do not feel confident whatsoever in Baltimore because Lamar hasn't shown any clutch ability in those playoff games.
They'll probably be the favorite. A lot of things have to go right, or not go wrong, but that's always true for any team.
Either they do or they don't
Definitely think the Niners and Bengals are both right there on the cusp and may be in a position to get over the Super Bowl hump.
And then you have a team like Houston who has yet to even reach their potential.
All that being said, you should never bet against Mahomes and Reid. In my mind they have reached the Brady and Belichick level - there will be more championships in their future.