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1. Vikings (NFC North) With the addition of Jared Allen, will only make this team better<o:p></o:p>
2. Chargers (AFC West) Will have to pick up the slack from the offense<o:p></o:p>
3. Jaguars (AFC South) The secondary was the weakness last year that should have been answered<o:p></o:p>
4. Bears (NFC North) If your offense is not pulling the load someone else has too<o:p></o:p>
5. Colts (AFC South) Will be a hardnosed team to beat but will not be the focus of the effort<o:p></o:p>
6. Cowboys (NFC East) Could be ranked higher but will need to be in the regular season to find out<o:p></o:p>
7. Steelers (AFC North) Smash mouth football is there calling sign, the defense is just that much better<o:p></o:p>
8. Bills (AFC East) With the acquisition of Marcs Stroud will have the needed push that the Bills were missing last year.<o:p></o:p>
9. Texans (AFC South) Maybe ranked higher than the stats have provided but they just needed a DB in order to help what there DL has provided in the past. <o:p></o:p>
10. Packers (NFC North) Without Brett Favre the defense will have to work twice as hard<o:p></o:p>
11. Seahawks (NFC West) Needs to step up in the NFC West in order to make a run at the playoffs<o:p></o:p>
12. Giants (NFC East) Without Michael Strahan this year will lose some ground but will still be hard to defend against<o:p></o:p>
13. Patriots (AFC East) An aging Defense will be in question but with the Offense who really needs a Defense<o:p></o:p>