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Arizona Cardinals (20/1) - Kurt Warner went from best grocery store clerk in Iowa to the best quarterback in the league. That was a long time ago. The last few years he has been uninspiring. His numbers last year were helped by a freakishly talented receiving corps, and he will be further helped by the addition of Edgerrin James. No amount of offensive strength around him, however, can hide the fact that his spiral looks like a duck with a bullet in its gut. Matt Leinart hurt his case by holding out, but the Cards have a new stadium, which means more than 17 people will be attending their games. When the Cards get off to a typically bad start (and they will - they're the Cards), the pressure will be intense for Leinart to get the ball. The only reason Dennis Green might not make the change is if he's afraid of what Mrs. Warner might do to him.

Chicago Bears (25/1) - There is something in the water in Chicago that blinds coaches to the fact that Rex Grossman is a truly terrible quarterback. He keeps getting named starter -- proving that he definitely has pictures of someone on the coaching staff cheating on his wife -- and he appears to be about to pull it off again. The difference is that this year there is a decent quarterback behind him (apologies to Kyle Orton and Chad Hutchinson) in the form of Brian Griese. Chicago hasn't had a good QB since Jim McMahon tortured us with the Super Bowl Shuffle. Griese is no Jim McMahon, but Grossman isn't a Super Bowl quarterback (although if Jeff Hostetler can win the big one, anyone can), so Griese should be in charge of the offense before the Jets have been eliminated from playoff contention (about October 3). Grossman will probably suffer his annual season-ending injury by then, too.

Green Bay Packers (25/1) - How would the Rolling Stones tell Mick Jagger that his lips are too big to be in the band anymore? The Packers face a similar dilemma. The team is going to be bad, and Favre is going to struggle and get frustrated. However, it is doubtful that there are enough balls in the state of Wisconsin for someone to tell him to shut up, sit down and give Aaron Rodgers the ball. This could get ugly. Really, really ugly.

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