AFC East

This season’s New England’s look a far better team that will try to defendits title than the one that failed to make the playoffs after winning SuperBowl XXXVI. Their line-up remains virtually intact, apart from guard DamienWoody, and they look to hold all the aces under coach Bill Belichick. TheBulls will bring a new offensive scheme to the table under new coach MikeMalarkey, but will that be good enough? Buffalo may have been second intotal defense last season, but were only 30th in total defense and 30th inscoring. You see the problem? The key to the Jets success this season willbe their health. Chad Pennington enters his fifth season in New York and hestill hasn’t started an opener. He is a very accurate passer in the short-to medium-range mold of Tom Brady and is clearly the leader of the offense,so they will be counting on him. Expectations are not high at Miami afterthe departure of Ricky Williams, but now the pressure is off they could bedangerous!