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Eli Manning is ready to make a jump to elite status and Plaxico Burress is a top five wide receiver. By the end of the season, the pundits will all be saying how the Giants came out of nowhere again this year. Maybe then they will stop underestimating the number one team from New York.

7. Will Any Teams Flirt With Losing All 16 Games?

Yes, and those teams will be the Falcons, Dolphins, Ravens, and Rams. Each of these teams has glaring holes and so many issues that I could not possibly name them all, so I will just name one from each team.

The Falcons and Ravens are starting rookie quarterbacks (more on that later) who are going to wish they had never been drafted. St. Louis has one of the worst head coaches of all time in Scott Linehan, and the Dolphins just plain suck.

Now, if any of you have watched the show, this past episode, I called my colleague Justin Fensterman an idiot (among many other things) because he said the Dolphins had a chance at making the playoffs. Theoretically, yes they do, but in reality, where most of us live, they have no chance in hell in winning more than four games this year.

None of these teams will win more than five games this year and the Falcons and Dolphins will battle it out again for the title as the worst team in all of football.

8. Which Rookie Quarterback Is Going to Have a Better Season: Matt Ryan or Joe Flacco?

While neither of these players is going to be very good this year, I believe that Matt Ryan is going to have a better year statistically, and Joe Flacco will win one or two more games (I know, I’m taking the middle ground, sorry).

Both are going to throw more interceptions than touchdowns and have a completion percentage around 55 percent. Matt Ryan also has better receivers (Roddy White is better than all of the Ravens' wideouts put together) and Michael “Burner” Turner is going to have a breakout year. He is in a better position to play a little better than Flacco right now. Long term, let's just hope they don’t develop David Carr Syndrome.

9. How Much Will Peyton Manning’s Removed Bursa Sac Affect His Game?

I don’t really know because I’m not much of a medical guy. But if he says he is fine, I am going to take his word for it.

I think that he is the best quarterback in the game and I am still picking him in fantasy drafts. What concerns me more about the Colts is the injury bug that still hasn’t left them. Now Jeff Saturday, their All-Pro center, is out and it's going to be tough to replace him.

However, Peyton will be fine and I look forward to the Colts reclaiming their status as the class of the AFC.

10. How Crazy is Chad Ocho Cinco?

Britney Spears Crazy. Who changes their name from Chad Johnson to Chad Ocho Cinco?

He has gone into the deep end. But I feel bad for him. He obviously does not have the psyche to withstand the daily pressures of playing football and being held to certain expectations.

There was a reason the Bengals didn’t trade him this summer: Nobody wanted his crazy ass on their team. The only team that did want him would only have taken him if he changed his last name to Jones to fit in with the rest of the roster. Folks, stay away from Chad Ocho Cinco. He is crazy!

BONUS LIGHTNING ROUND:

1. Rex Grossman or Kyle Orton: Which one is starting in mid-season? Kyle Orton.

2. Will Wade Phillips lose his job after this season? Yes.

3. Playoff Picks? AFC: Patriots, Cleveland, Indy, San Diego, Jacksonville, and Pittsburgh. NFC: Cowboys, Packers, Saints, Arizona, Giants, and Eagles.

4. Championship Picks: AFC: Indy over Jacksonville. NFC: Packers over Giants

5. Super Bowl Pick: Colts over Packers

6. Will Brett Favre retire at the end of the year? Undoubtedly.

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