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Yep.I think King thinks highly of Baltimore--ranking them 5th for whatever reason--so by extension a win by Denver is impressive in his mind.
I'm not sure I agree. I think the Baltimore D will continue to be very good, they seemingly always are, but on that side of the ball Manning looked awful, and they just lost Suggs for the season. And I just don't think the Baltimore O is at all SB caliber. Who, exactly, will be catching Flacco's jump balls this season? Forsett is a decent back but not 'Ray Rice in his prime' good. The O-line looks meh. I'm just not impressed, am I missing something?
The entire list is bad, but the Ravens at #5 gives you an idea why he has Denver at #1. Pittsburg outside the top 15 is another head-scratcher, they haven't fixed their defensive woes but starting week three, with Bell back, that offense will be scary good. That combination won them the division last year, I think they're definitely among the 15 best in the league right now.
Just as an aside: 7 of the top 9 are AFC teams. Admittedly the list is garbage, but that stacked NFC from the past half decade is no more. Some very good squads in the NFC but we're far removed from the GB/SF/SEA three-headed monster of a few seasons ago.
Neither BAL or DEN is a SB contender this year. Yes- I said that.
Not to sounds arrogant but all the Pats need to do is stay healthy, hungry and improve on D.