why are the patriots the favorite to win it all??

All I have to say is I agree entirely with you. Not only because I am an avid Chargers fan but because I am entirely sick of hearing about the Pats every time I watch a football show or even a game for that matter. Sure they have Brady and Bellicheck, but they are over-rated and over-hyped. They will not go to the Super Bowl this year, nor will they win the AFC.

The Jets are not going to win the AFC East. You have the very brittle Pennington. Yes, he's good when he's healthy, but how often is he healthy? Tomas Jones is good and so is that one wide receiver you got, can't recall his name.

The Pats/Colts/Chargers are the favorites in the AFC. The Pats probably because of their receiver acquisitions because let's be honest: outside of Deion Branch, Brady never had a good receiving corps, and now her has 2 pro bowlers. Maroney has proven that he can be good and is highly underrated. The defense may be getting older. However, you must realize that last year they were using 3rd string backups for defense yet still got pretty nicely into the playoffs.

If anything you got Brady + Belichick + winning experience + receivers+ young running back + healthy team. I don't see why they won't be good. I don't know if they're going to win it all because, as much as I hate to say it, the Colts looked pretty good Thursday.

I think the other guy was right, and you're just blowing off some steam. Don't worry man. The Jets are getting better, but they're not quite on the Colts/Pats/Chargers' levels yet.

Is this actually a question, or are you just a frustrated Jets fan blowing off steam? That being said, here's my answer.

The Patriots deserve to be the favorite in the division. They have the best coach, best quarterback and deeper overall talent than the Jets. As for Thomas Jones, yes he's a solid back, but let's get off the Thomas Jones is a pro bowl caliber, elite back in the league bandwagon. He will help the Jets, but he's not enough to bring the Jets from decent wild-card contender to division title/conference championship contender.

The Jets are solid and will contend for a wild card, but they are not at the level of the Patriots, Chargers and the other AFC title contenders just yet.

They're favored because much of the AFC is weak. It'll be a 3-team conference with SD, NE and Indy, with NE favored only because the Colts lost a few players,while the Pats made some MAJOR off-season acquisitions. Still, the Pats haven't been able to finish games since Weis left (17 points in the AFC Championship) and until they do, it's Indy's title to lose.

You over analyzed this.

The public favorites are either Indy or N.E. (S.D. won' be favored with Rivers at the helm). Indy was perceived to have a weak defense and had just won it, so motivation could be low.

N.E. suffered a shocking loss in the Playoffs last year and stocked up on the free agent market. Thus public perception that the Patriots are the odds-on favorites.

Remember, the favorites aren't always the truly best teams, just what the public perceives them to be.

They have the best coach, the best QB, the best owner, and most importantly, they went to the AFC title game last season and did not lose any key players this offseason. In fact, just the opposite. They gained Moss, Thomas, Stalworth, Welker, and a few other key players.

Good Coach, Good Teams,

always have a chance to win.

Because they stacked their team. Everyone always jumps on the bandwagon of the team that stacks right before the season.

It is in my opinion that much of (any) sports "hype" is to boost the odds for gambling reasons!