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who in the AFC poses a legit threat to the Pats?

NFC is fuggin stacked.

Broncos, I'm calling it now, Broncos will make the SB.. Im pulling for Manning, SB rings be damned, he's my favorite QB of all time and I hope he can retire with a SB ring (unless he plays us ofcourse) 

Yes Manning has had a little drop off but that Broncos team doesn't get the respect they deserve

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who in the AFC poses a legit threat to the Pats?

NFC is fuggin stacked.

If Cincinnati wasn't Cincinnati, I would say Cincinnati.  

What teams look like in week 4 usually isn't a clear picture into the rest of the year. Lots of football to be played and lots of changes coming. 

Last year's Superbowl Champions were 2-2 in week 4 and coming off a 27 pt blowout loss to a Alex Smith lead Chiefs team . Oh yeah - the week before that they just barely squeaked past the Oakland Raider. The Patriots reign was over, Brady's arm had fallen off, etc. The downfall off the Patriots was the hottest story in the NFL going into week 5. 

Lot's can and will change. 

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Bengals.  Except for Dalton, the Bengals have a better roster top to bottom.  But Brady is 500x better than Dalton so that swings the edge to New England.  

Still agree with this. Cincinnati has a great defense (9th in PPG), and as weird as it is to say, their offense (2nd in YPG, 4th in PPG) edges out Denver's. 

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