... surprises from top to bottom. Many of the teams you expect to be competitive are awful and many of the teams that no one expected to succeed, do. Therefore, picking anything in the preseason can be difficult. However, if you look for several key factors, you can usually have a good feeling about a team before the first kickoff. Let's look at the 2009 NFL football picks in the AFC and who you should put your money on.

Baltimore Ravens +1200. This seems about right for the Ravens as they're not yet one of the elite teams, but they're pretty good. They lost their defensive coordinator and Bart Sco...

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