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I think they'll stick with Ricky as the "DM"... they had a decent year. Of their 7 losses, 4 were to playoff-caliber teams (KC was a solid team all year, and lost only one game by more than a touchdown... to the AFC's top team). Every team slips once, so MIN is understandable... but the two losses to Buffalo were inexcusable, and the sole reason they are sitting at home until the summer. Only the Raiders had more convincing wins over good teams than MIA. The 'Phins won 30-3 over NYJ, 30-3 over SD and 26-7 over BAL.

(To be fair, the Jets did stomp SD 44-13 and drilled GB 42-17 and NE 30-17 when it mattered most... the Raiders had 9 winning spreads over 12 points, and 6 of those were against Week 17 playoff contenders.)

My calls:
CLE 20, PIT 17, last minute score wins it
NYJ 34, IND 30, with 31 pts in the 4th Quarter (21 by the Colts)
GB 30, ATL 17, the Packer-backers blood-thirsty after the Jets loss
NYG 16, SF 13, reversing the Week 1 final score

GB 20, TB 17, on a Favre 4th quarter drive in a violent game
PHI 28, NYG 17, in McNabb's emotional return
TEN 26, CLE 13, McNair runs wild
OAK 31, NYJ 28, in overtime

TEN 27, OAK 24, avenging the stomping the Titans got early in the year
PHI 24, GB 17, with GB too exhausted and bruised from the previous two games to keep up. (If PHI loses to the Giants, then GB wins at home and goes to SB37)

TEN 28, PHI 13, in a SuperBowl with crummy commercials. The Titans overcome "the tackle" and the Eagles go 0-2 in the Big One. Hey, one of them had to.

Oops! Gotta correct myself, before a Bucs fan gets here... they had 4 big wins over playoff-contending teams: Baltimore 25-0, Cleveland 17-3, Green Bay 21-7, Atlanta 34-10... and all 4 losses to playoff contenders (no "slips" against poor teams)

Defense wins championships, and the Bucs held opponents to two scores or less EIGHT times... which doesn't even include Carolina's 3 FG's and 130 total yards.

(There. Does THAT make up for my faux pas, TB fans??)

PHI 28, NYG 17, in McNabb's emotional return

Nice analysis, but Rusty McNabb is not going to beat the Giants after sitting out for 8-9 weeks. McFly is a great player, but the Giants have too tuff of a Defense and too many offensive weapons for the Filthy one's to handle...