THE PREDICTIONS REVISITED SIMPSONS STYLE

With the NFL season winding down, and only a few teams still vying for playoff spots, now seems like as good a time as any to revisit our picks from earlier in the season. Let's take a look, with some help from our friends The Simpsons, at whether or not our predictions will come true.
Here are my picks, and here are Mark's picks.

Homer: Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!
This one is for both Mark and my prediction that the Buffalo Bills will win the AFC East. In reality, it is the other three teams in the division that are still hoping to be crowned champions. After a 5-1 start, the Bills faded big time. And now, with JP Losman quarterbacking the club, they will be watching the postseason from home yet again.

Homer: I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket & flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?
To both Mark and I once again, for getting the easiest picks right! We both had the Steelers, Titans, Giants, and Cardinals winning their respective divisions. We both picked San Diego to top the AFC West as well, which can happen with a home win against the Broncos in week 17.

Bart: Milhouse, what happened?! You were supposed to be watching the factory!
Milhouse: I was watchin'. First it started to fall over, then it fell over.
This quote goes to the team both of us picked to win the NFC North, and Mark picked to win the Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers. The Pack improved to 5-5 with a 37-3 drubbing of Chicago back on November 16, but have gone 0-4 since then, losing to the Saints, Panthers, Texans, and Jaguars. The only thing fitting at this point would be to close the season with a home loss to the Detroit Lions. I guess we'll just have to wait and see on that one.

Moe: Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything.
I'm starting to think Moe might be on to something...since I picked Jeff Garcia, Derrick Brooks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the NFC South, and then the Super Bowl. Wrong. The Falcons win in Minnesota yesterday clinched them a playoff spot, and knocked the Bucs out of the playoff picture.

Mr. Burns: I don't like being outdoors Smithers, for one thing, there's too many fat children.
To the dome-dwelling Indianapolis Colts, the fifth seed in the AFC playoffs and winners of one of the two coveted Wild Card spots. I predicted the Colts to finish in this spot exactly, while Mark had Denver and New England owning the last two seedings.

Homer: I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T...
And the final quote belongs to me for picking the Carolina Panthers to miss the playoffs entirely. In fact, the Cats were one gust of wind in the Meadowlands from securing the number one seed and home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Despite the loss to the Giants, Carolina will still get a first round bye.