The grass is green, the paint is dry, and you know what, let's just get to the picks shall we? Last year it was the underdog New York Giants who shocked the football pundits (see, I can use big words too) to claim Super Bowl XLII in Arizona. This year, neither the Giants nor the destination of Arizona will have any play in determining a champion. Whoops, did I already rule out the Giants? Uh, o. Disrespecting the champion? Yeah, that just happened. But hey, it'll give 'em some good locker room material to motivate them (because as you all know, the Giants are big JSB fans). The Giants will attempt to repeat for the first time since the Broncos did it in 1997 and 1998. Boy that sure does feel a long time ago. It's been so long that John Elway's son is now playing college football. For Stanford you ask? No. How about Arizona State. And there's Mike Holmgren's last year as a head coach. And Brett Favre's first year as a Jet. And Daunte Culpepper retired too. We were going to do like a whole big post about it, but we got lazy so instead you end up with the line you just saw above. Matt Ryan is the new franchise guy in Atlanta. Rumor has it: they're banning him from running any dog operations. So no pooch grooming for Ryan. But hey, he's the richest rookie ever. So there's that. READ THE REST HERE: