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I'm not sure who I like out of the AFC next year. The Ravens won't have Ray Lewis, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing. I would say that they may repeat what the Giants did during the 2012 regular season, but I think John Harbaugh has proven to be more consistent than Tom Coughlin. But, yeah, the Ravens looked pretty damned strong down the stretch albeit with an enormous assist from Rahim Moore. It's incredible that the Super Bowl title turned on one single knuckle-headed play.
As for the Broncos, the way Peyton Manning played in that playoff game would be concerning to me if I were a Broncos fan. Also, I'm not sure I like John Fox as the coach.
If the Ravens get healthy in the secondary and keep most of their other players, they'll be pretty good again next year.
As for the NFC, I like Seattle as long as Chris Clemons comes back. Their secondary is outstanding and I would have really loved to have had Richard Sherman on my team yesterday.
San Francisco's defense looked really, really shaky after that New England game this year. They have an outstanding linebacking corps and when they coupled that with Justin Smith, their defense was very good. But Justin Smith is going to be 34 years old and he's going to start breaking down every year like he did this year. Their priority has to be finding a replacement for him. BTW, I've mentioned this before but JJ freaking Watt was available when they picked Aldon Smith in 2011. JJ Watt had about the greatest year I've ever seen out of a defensive player. Although Aldon Smith has been very good at times, picking Aldon Smith instead of JJ Watt will be the difference between maybe winning one Super Bowl with this team and winning three over the stretch of 6-8 years. Until they find a replacement/depth at d-line and find someone that can play the 3rd CB (Culliver got abused yesterday), I think Seattle is the better team next year. I think the offense will be better but the defense will probably play like they did to end the year unless they make some changes.
As for the Broncos, the way Peyton Manning played in that playoff game would be concerning to me if I were a Broncos fan. Also, I'm not sure I like John Fox as the coach.
If the Ravens get healthy in the secondary and keep most of their other players, they'll be pretty good again next year.
As for the NFC, I like Seattle as long as Chris Clemons comes back. Their secondary is outstanding and I would have really loved to have had Richard Sherman on my team yesterday.
San Francisco's defense looked really, really shaky after that New England game this year. They have an outstanding linebacking corps and when they coupled that with Justin Smith, their defense was very good. But Justin Smith is going to be 34 years old and he's going to start breaking down every year like he did this year. Their priority has to be finding a replacement for him. BTW, I've mentioned this before but JJ freaking Watt was available when they picked Aldon Smith in 2011. JJ Watt had about the greatest year I've ever seen out of a defensive player. Although Aldon Smith has been very good at times, picking Aldon Smith instead of JJ Watt will be the difference between maybe winning one Super Bowl with this team and winning three over the stretch of 6-8 years. Until they find a replacement/depth at d-line and find someone that can play the 3rd CB (Culliver got abused yesterday), I think Seattle is the better team next year. I think the offense will be better but the defense will probably play like they did to end the year unless they make some changes.
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