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OK Ive been away from this particular thread a few days. I'll give my worthless two cents on what Ive seen and read, lol..Palmer can throw the deep ball as well as anybody in the NFL, his mobility isn't that great, but the o-line is as sound as any in the NFL. On offense, the Bengals have very few, if any weaknesses. On defense, only time will tell. Yes theyve improved, but anythings an improvement over the last few years. I believe they'll be respectable on defense, and I believe that 10 wins is a given, that 11 isnt too far out of reach and 12 will be their peak. As far as New England, theyve improved on both sides of the ball and spent some big $$ to do it, which is strange for them. Moss may be a little older but still runs a 4.3, lol..Maroney will be the feature back, and I believe he'll pound out 1300+ yards. Brady has a solid running game and some dangerous recievers (like he freakin needed them), so he's got some pressure off of him. New England will be the best team in all of football this year though. I absolutely hate picking them to win the damn superbowl, so Im going to hold off on that, but truthfully, and Im sorry Fritz, but they are loaded pal, lol..but it wouldnt surprise me one bit to see them playing against Cincy deep in the AFC playoffs. But look out for my Steelers!! Theyve stayed injury free this offseason. Our quarterback hasnt stared death in the face one single time since the end of last year, lol..All I know is this Tomlin guy had better be worth them picking over Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm (yeah Im still boiling over that), because if he's set on mediocrity in the Steel City just to get paid, then I can tell him that Steeler Nation is one nation he'd better not piss off, lol...

I would agree with you that New England is loaded and has to be the early favorite to win the Super Bowl, even though I don't like them either. I was pretty happy to see Indy finally bounce them last year.

I disagree about 12 wins being the peak for the Bengals, though. That is what I am picking them to do this year (12-4) but if they sweep SF and Seattle on the road, they will get to 13 wins. Heck, with the right breaks, they could even get to 14 wins, but that's not likely and you'll not see me making any big predictions like that.