I hate professional commentators.  Every week last year, I remember how frustrating it felt to have the commentators say how the Packers hot streak would come to an end, and how satisfying it felt each Sunday when they were wrong.  I remember how the Packers were supposed to get blown out by the Cowgirls.  Brett Favre played his worst game of the year, and our backup brought us within one possession in the fourth quarter.  If the T.O. "forward progress" call had not been total bullshit, the Packers win that game with a backup QB and two other pro-bowlers not dressed. 

Brett Favre retired, and this year will be a whole new year.  However, the thing that made Favre the greatest QB ever was his ability to play in every game for 16 years.  It's the statistic that is always overlooked when talking about the best ever.  But it's also a statistic that is always ignored when rating teams.  Which is why it makes no sense that the Packers, after losing the NFC Championship, are now being rated outside of the top 10 teams in the league because Brett Favre retired.  Do people really think the dropoff from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers (one position on the whole team and to a player who many thought would be the number one pick in his respective draft) will make 6 whole teams better.  Brett Favre alone got us from being the last wildcard team in the NFC to a home game in the NFC Championship?  Are these people retarded?

Being a fan of a team so horribly underrated is one of the most frustrating things about sports, and it's also one of the most fulfilling.  Here are the teams that are currently being ranked as the top 16 on NFL.com:

1. New England; 2. Indianapolis; 3. Dallas; 4. New York Giants; 5. Jacksonville; 6. San Diego; 7. Pittsburgh; 8. Seattle; 9. Philadelphia; 10. Cleveland; 11. Green Bay; 12. New Orleans; 13. Tampa Bay; 14. Tennessee; 15. Denver; 16. Washington

Here's mine.  If I'm wrong, correct me in your own post.

1. Colts; 2. Jaguars; 3. Patriots; 4. Packers; 5. Browns; 6. Eagles; 7. Chargers; 8. Seahawks; 9. Cowboys; 10. Redskins; 11. Steelers; 12. Saints; 13. Giants; 14. Buccaneers; 15. Titans; 16. Panthers

The teams won't end up this way, because of the difficulty in some of their schedules, but this is how they rank in talent.  When any of these teams play this year, just watch how the games turn out.  I'll be right more often than they will be.

UPDATE

Well, it turns out that the commentators who continued to discuss this bracket of theirs agree with me in some aspects.  First, neither of them chose the Patriots to make the final 2.  They picked the Jaguars over the Patriots and the Colts over the Chargers in the Final Four.  I'm still not sure how the Chargers are considered one of the top 4 teams in the NFL in terms of talent.  They are far too inconsistent, and they are unproven.  Being there to benefit when the Colts melt down in the playoffs does not make them a top 4 team.  The Colts melt down every year in the playoffs (except one).  Just because a team plays in the AFC does not make them a better team.  Expecially the Chargers, who play in a division where every other team is in the bottom half of the league.  Also, the Giants were the only NFC team to make the final 8.  That's total crap, seeing as how the NFC actually won the AFC-NFC matchups last year, and the NFC won the Super Bowl.