Predictions:
AFC East. Patriots. No explanation needed.
AFC North: The Steelers will undoubtedly be good, as usual. But I don't understand the lack of hype built around the Bengals. They just added another top tier wide receiver and running back. Expect them to score a lot more. Whether that will be enough for them to get the division title will be a tough call, since they're up against the Steelers.
AFC South: This division will be better than it's ever been. The Jags will be sorry, as always. Everyone else will be good. The Colts have seriously beefed up their defense, and that is not getting talked about. That said, I expect the Titans to take it.
AFC West: All the teams are good, so it's hard to say. What an incredibly stacked division. I give up.
NFC East: Similar situation to AFC West. When the weakest link (Redskins) are a decent team, what does that say for everyone else? I guess I have to pick one. Eagles.
NFC North: Packers. This is a mostly sorry division. May Aaron Rodgers not get injured.
NFC South: Buccaneers. Winston is starting to live up to his potential and they drafted some weapons like OJ Howard. And this is just my opinion, take it for what it's worth: Repeat champs (or even simply 'great teams') in NFC South almost never happen. I don't see it with the Falcons. The Saints will be better but I don't think that much better. Panthers will be better, but again, not that much better. Out of all these teams, the Bucs were the last to go to a Super Bowl. The roll of the dice favors them.
NFC West: 49ers will be better because of their draft, but not enough to be a serious team. They'll need more time to rebuild. Cardinals I see declining. Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald are both getting past their prime. Even their head coach is expected to retire within the next 5 years. The entire organization will have to start over to some extent. Cardinals had a good draft though. Just not decisively good, which is what they'd need to be contenders to win the division. Rams: They can, potentially, improve a lot. Goff's problem last year (one of them, anyway) was lack of guidance. Their QB coach was terrible. Jeff Fischer is terrible. The entire offense, other than Gurley is terrible. They have a new QB coach who is at legitimate, a new head coach who has previous success in getting QB's to succeed, and this will be Goff's second year- he should be better than the first year because you only get better by playing. All of this said I don't see them winning the division. Not when this current Seahawks roster is around. Rams could be dangerous in the near future though.
edit: tl;dr summary:
AFC East champ: Patriots
AFC North champ: Steelers
AFC South champ: Titans
AFC West champ: ????
wildcard teams: the second team from AFC West + Bengals
NFC East: ???? except not Redskins. A slight nudge to Eagles, if I have to pick one.
NFC North: Packers
NFC South: Bucs
NFC West: Seahawks
wildcard: Giants I'm sure of. The other team could be: Saints? Or Cardinals, or Falcons. Bleh. Even the Rams have some chance. If I absolutely have to go with one I'm going with the Vikings.
