At the Quarter Pole

The NFL season is a quarter of the way through. The standings and positions of teams will definitely shift as we go through the season, but at this point you can start to tell which teams are going to be playoff contenders and which teams will fall by the wayside. Here is my breakdown of all the teams at the quarter pole............

AFC
LEGIT SUPER BOWL CONTENDERS:
1- NY Jets
2-Pittsburgh
3-Baltimore
4-Indy

LEGIT PLAYOFF TEAMS
5-New England
6-Houston
7-San Diego

ON THE BUBBLE
8-Miami
9- Denver
10-Kansas City
11-Tennessee

PLAYOFF PRETENDERS
12-Jacksonville
13-Cincy

ON THE CLOCK
14-Cleveland
15-Oakland
16-Buffalo


NFC
LEGIT SUPER BOWL TEAMS
1-Green Bay
2-New Orleans
3-Atlanta

LEGIT PLAYOFF TEAMS
4-Dallas
5-Philly (If Michael Vick gets healthy soon)
6-Minnesota (If the Randy Moss trade works out for them)


ON THE BUBBLE
7-Washington
8-NY Giants

PLAYOFF PRETENDERS
9-Chicago
10-Tampa Bay
11-Seattle
12-San Francisco
13-St. Louis

ON THE CLOCK
14-Detroit
15-Arizona
16-Carolina