NEW YORK (AP) - Ballot and comments from AP Pro 32 panel voter Chris Berman of ESPN:
CHRIS BERMAN (ESPN)
- New York Giants - After all, they are defending champs.
- New England Patriots - After all, Patriots are defending AFC champs.
- Green Bay Packers - After all, Packers had best record last year.
- Baltimore Ravens - After all, Ravens should have been in Super Bowl.
- San Francisco 49ers - After all, 49ers could have easily been in Super Bowl.
- Philadelphia Eagles - This is Eagles' season to dream.
- Pittsburgh Steelers - Even Steelers fell under Tebow's spell.
- Detroit Lions - Lions learned how to win - can they do it when everyone's looking?
- New Orleans Saints - Brees is 70 percent passer even with me coaching.
- Denver Broncos - I heard Broncos acquired Peyton Manning.
- Chicago Bears - Bears were rolling until offensive injuries.
- Houston Texans - Raised eyebrows despite all the injuries.
- Atlanta Falcons - Must figure out playoffs are different than regular season.
- Buffalo Bills - Most excitement in Western New York in offseason in years.
- New York Jets - Beauty of Week 1; either 0-4 Jets or 0-4 Bills will be 1-0 and quiet folks down.
- San Diego Chargers - First time in decade Bolts won't be favored in AFC West; could help.
- Cincinnati Bengals - Bengals won all the games they should have.
- Dallas Cowboys - Romo not the problem: How about protecting lead?
- Tennessee Titans - Hope that Locker watching Hasselbeck will work like Rodgers watching Favre.
- Seattle Seahawks - 4-0 preseason with young, eager team always a good sign.
- Kansas City Chiefs - Healthy now, maybe 2010 wasn't fluke.
- Oakland Raiders - Everything is new for Silver & Black; anything is possible in this division.
- Carolina Panthers - Year 2 of Cam Newton like looking forward to Christmas.
- Washington Redskins - RG3 provides hope and excitement.
- Cleveland Browns - Trent Richardson should solve lots of problems.
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Josh Freeman is man on mission.
- Arizona Cardinals - Finished strong. Maybe Patrick Peterson can return six punts for TDs.
- Miami Dolphins - New school of fish.
- Indianapolis Colts - Luck looks ready.
- Minnesota Vikings - Thank goodness Adrian Peterson appears to be a fast healer.
- St. Louis Rams - Jeff Fisher didn't take this job to fail.
- Jacksonville Jaguars - Showdowns with Colts won't be for division title.
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