Cowboys--Tony Romo can make the key mistakes in the key games with the best of 'em, but a real head coach finds a way to overcome that.
Eagles--Nightmare Team will get the complete overhaul in the offseason and may not compete for a while.
Giants--In a division filled with big plays and fireworks, they gave up too many and didn't make enough.
Redskins--Can't question the Shanahan Boyz and their ability to create monster offense when they get the athletes they want.
Bears--As a fan I'm scared to death that they will sacrifice a quality defensive program for an offensive-minded coach who still won't motivate Jay Cutler to reach his heights.
Lions--What a crappy job from top to bottom of taking a squad with tremendous talent and leading them to a 4-12 mark.
Packers--Steady Aaron Rodgers gives them a chance to compete even with an injured defense and receivers and subpar running game.
Vikings--It's a testament to Adrian Peterson that they made the playoffs with no passing attack and below average defense, sparing coach Leslie Frazier one more year.
Falcons--Succeeded in making their success on offense all about Matt Ryan and the receivers and much less about the running game, which may help them go farther in the playoffs.
Panthers--Season was slashed when the offense struggled in the first half of the season, but real question is still why is the D so terrible under Ron Rivera?
Saints--Congrats for giving up more yards than any defense ever, underscoring their need for a bounty system in order to succeed.
Buccaneers--Finally addressed their atrocious defense and QB Josh Freeman was all-world for a while, and now it's time to find better coaches and consistency.
Cardinals--Embarrassing QB carousel resulted in coach Ken Whisenhunt's firing, but it's the new GM that will have to address personnel problems.
Rams--They can rely on a high floor with coach Jeff Fisher's football knowledge, but with no WRs, what's their ceiling?
49ers--Coach Insane runs this team in an extremely unique way, and those great athletes have to stay alert, which might keep their attention long enough to make a title run.
Seahawks--49ers Lite, with a loopy college coach keeping an electric atmosphere which brings out the best every week in his guys.
Bills--Time for a regime change, and maybe the new guy can find a QB that can maximize the solid ground game and produce more points.
Dolphins--The definition of mediocre, they ranked 27th in offense and 21st in defense and it's hard to see them improving much in either.
Patriots--Always fun to see Brady and Belichick take some early season lumps, wipe the blood, and start slashing through the league.
Jets--World's most media-covered bad team must find new answers on offense, now.
Ravens--Can't win a title changing coordinators three weeks before the playoffs, and can't win a title without a QB able to take the top off the defense consistently.
Bengals--You can count on Cincinnati to physically bruise a lesser opponent, but they're not so tough when they pick on someone their own size.
Browns--The senior citizen QB experiment produced mixed results, which is better than many expected, but still not good enough.
Steelers--When the offensive coordinator and the star QB with two rings don't get along all season, those handful of extra losses that resulted were enough to knock them out of the playoffs.
Texans--Solid offense and solid defense should result in solid team, but they failed several tests against better teams, and they seem very vulnerable.
Colts--They earned props for building a great record against mostly bad teams, but they have many holes left to patch before they are serious contenders.
Jaguars--Nothing is good enough on offense, defense, or coaching to suggest marked improvement anytime soon.
Titans--Coach Mike Munchak is slowly building a tough, physical team, but the process is too slow and it's not explosive enough offensively.
Broncos--Peyton Manning is unreal, they get props for beating all of the bad teams in their way, and having home field in the playoffs make them ultra scary.
Chiefs--The stench of the Jovan Belcher incident hangs, but the team produced its own stench all season long.
Raiders--It's a different kind of chaos than what they had under Al Davis, but no doubt, this franchise is in organizational chaos.
Chargers--Hard not to take pity knowing that they had the prolific QB to succeed in Philip Rivers but his best may have already been wasted.
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