It's the Most Wonderful Time, of the YEAR!

Training camps are getting ready to open up all around the league in the coming few weeks and football is right around the corner! I have to admit this offseason I was distracted somewhat by the meteoric performance of the Tampa Bay Rays, which are still in first place on July 21st, and by my involvement in playing the CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge over the past few weeks.
But that aside, it's time to get down to business. It's now time to start looking at who you think will finish where in the upcoming NFL season. There is no need to pay for services online, there is no need to run to the grocery or local bookstore and buy a 7.00 magazine which was printed in May, just keep it tuned right here.

But before we get started with the predictions, I feel I must explain my definitions of the teams in the league and explain how I rename certain teams and why. Certain teams have the perfect name for their franchise and city. Denver Broncos, think the wild west and those which risked their lives settling the wild frontier on horses. Pittsburgh Steelers, workers which made the city, San Fransisco 49'er's, think history, think gold rush, Green Bay, same story. Finally the Tampa Bay Bucs are aptly named for the connection to the Bay area for the pirates which harbored in the local area. Other than these teams, everything else is fair game and during the regular season, and my weekly predictions, so you'll need a scorecard to keep up at home.
What follows is each team and my reference to each team.

AFC EAST
New England Patriots- New England Kodak's
Buffalo Bills- Canada's Team
New York Jets- Abort landing, come around again. (who has an airport with perpendicular runways?)
Miami- Mullets. Mullets are a vegetation eating fish in Florida which is used for bait and dies easily in red tides, sort of like Miami's offense.

AFC WEST
San Diego- Solar Power, in light of the media loving ALGores new initiative. Nothing to be gained from lightening power.
Denver- Broncos explained above
Kansas City- Will be referred to as the Chefs in honor of the old Snickers commercial, Google it.
Oakland- from here forward will be mentioned as Scraps because that seems it's all they get.

AFC North
Pittsburgh-listed above
Cleveland- Burning River V.2.0
Baltimore- Edgar Allen Poe's favorite team
Cincinnati- Research shows the governor of Ohio chose this name since Bengal Tigers are rare and ferocious. I never associated Cincy with being a hotbed of tigers, just chili. From here forward, they will be referred to as the "Chilli's"

AFC South
Indy- Since this team was originally the Baltimore Colts, the new stadium which was built for the Indy colts has sections which are obstructed views of the field, from her forward, the Colts shall be referred to as the Crabcakes.
Jacksonville- Rumors have this team moving after this season to Los Angeles or Las Vegas. Since Florida has seen a migration of wild Coyotes into the state over the past year, the Jaguars are now Coyotes.
Tennessee- Titans. Did Jason and the Argonauts come through Memphis? This is a high school teams name. Tennessee is known for BBQ. Good BBQ brisket. Change the logo on the helmet from the big "T" to a giant slow cooked beef brisket dripping in sauce.
Houston- explained above.


The NFC expination follows..............