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It's The NFC West Pants Party

Leitch — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:35:47 EDT

We wrap up the NFC with the NFC West, and take this brief opportunity to remind you to join the Pants Party Pick 'Em Group.

We are proud to say that we have never, ever picked the Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals to win their division. Though that doesn't stop us from picking them to win every week. This year: No different, and honestly, we wonder sometimes how much more we can take.

Some picks!

• AJ Daulerio: Seahawks, Rams, 49ers, Buzzsaw.
• Kissing Suzy Kolber: Seahawks, Buzzsaw, 49ers, Rams.
• Robert Weintraub, Slate: Seahawks, Rams, 49ers, Buzzsaw.
• Matt Pitzer, USA Today: Rams, Seahawks, Buzzsaw, 49ers.
• Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders: 49ers, Seahawks, Buzzsaw, Rams.
• Sports Illustrated: Seahawks, Rams, 49ers, Buzzsaw.
• DEADSPIN: 49ers, Rams, Seahawks, Buzzsaw. This reeks of a year the Buzzsaw goes 7-9, is never in the hunt and gets a lousy draft pick. We do like to root for teams coached by men in suits, though.

As always, we know nothing.

It's The NFC South Pants Party

Leitch — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:00:37 EDT

To the NFC South! We don't want to speak out of turn here, but we think the NFC South might be our least favorite division in football. There's the Saints — that's Kenny Chesney in that picture, of course — and then ... ugh.

The thing about this division is that there are three teams who have the feel, to us, like ones that are going to implode this year. But they can't all implode, we suppose.

Some picks!

• AJ Daulerio: Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Buccaneers.
• Kissing Suzy Kolber: Saints, Panthers, Buccaneers, Falcons.
• Robert Weintraub, Slate: Saints, Panthers, Falcons, Buccaneers.
• Matt Pitzer, USA Today: Panthers, Saints, Falcons, Buccaneers.
• Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders: Saints, Buccaneers, Panthers, Falcons.
• Sports Illustrated: Saints, Panthers, Buccaneers, Falcons.
• DEADSPIN: Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Buccaneers. No matter what happens, deep down, Mr. Mexico's problems might end up helping more than they hurt. Eventually. Long time from now.

As always, we know nothing.

It's The NFC North Pants Party

Leitch — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:23:11 EDT

OK, now it's time for the NFC ~~Central~~ North. We haven't seen anybody pick anybody other than the Bears yet. We suspect it won't be much different here.

But hey: It's a division with Matt Millen, Brett Favre and whoever is left to pick at the bones of the Minnesota Vikings. What's not to like?

Some picks!

• AJ Daulerio: Bears, Lions, Vikings, Packers.
• Kissing Suzy Kolber: Vikings, Packers, Bears, Lions.
• Robert Weintraub, Slate: Bears, Packers, Lions, Vikings.
• Matt Pitzer, USA Today: Bears, Lions, Packers, Vikings.
• Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders: Packers, Bears, Lions, Vikings.
• Sports Illustrated: Bears, Packers, Lions, Vikings.
• DEADSPIN: Bears, Packers, Lions, Vikings. OK, so not EVERYONE is picking the Bears, but we are. Actually, we think they're gonna make the Super Bowl again, lose again and end up being known as the Bills of the NFC.

As always, we know nothing.

It's The NFC East Pants Party

Leitch — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:10:10 EDT

Considering the NFL season starts tomorrow, we figured it was probably time to stop dawdling and start previewing. You've seen all our NFL Season Previews — except for Dallas, which we're told is coming — and now it's time to go division-by-division. And do our yearly roundup of picks from around the Internets.

So, we kick matters off with the NFC East. (The NFC runs today, and AFC tomorrow.) The team with Jeff Garcia won this division last year, and three teams made the playoffs. We don't think three will make it this year; actually, we don't think there will even be two.

Some picks!

• AJ Daulerio: Eagles, Cowboys, Redskins, Giants.
• Kissing Suzy Kolber: Redskins, Cowboys, Eagles, Giants.
• Robert Weintraub, Slate: Eagles, Redskins, Cowboys, Giants.
• Matt Pitzer, USA Today: Cowboys, Redskins, Eagles, Giants.
• Aaron Schatz, Football Outsiders: Eagles, Redskins, Cowboys, Giants.
• Sports Illustrated: Eagles, Cowboys, Giants, Redskins.
• DEADSPIN: Eagles, Redskins, Cowboys, Giants. We have a feeling the Giants are going to go 3-13, and that Tony Romo is going to stink.

As always, we know nothing.