Are you ready for some football?

with Vikings at Saints playing tonight to kick-off the season, I thought I'd put down some forecasts to come back to and laugh at come January; we'll see how little I know:

barring major injuries (like star quarterbacks needing to be pried out of a car at 5:30 a.m. by the jaws-of-life), my playoff team predictions:

NFC
1-Falcons (12-4)
2-Packers (12-4)
3-Cowboys (10-6)
4-49ers (8-8)
5-Saints (12-4)
6-Vikings (10-6)

AFC
1-Ravens (12-4)
2-Chargers (12-4)
3-Patriots (11-5)
4-Bengals (10-6)
5-Colts (10-6)
6-Steelers (9-7)

playoffs

round 1:
Saints over 9ers; Cowboys over Vikings
Steelers over Patriots; Colts over Bengals

round 2:
Falcons over Saints; Packers over Cowboys
Chargers over Colts; Ravens over Steelers

conference championships:
Falcons over Packers
Ravens over Chargers

Superbowl:
Ravens over Falcons