I guess the holiday week will permit me: Final Week 2018 Regular Season NFL Political Rankings

This is, again, my honest opinion of how things are probably going to be booked in the NFL...

AFC:

1.  LA Chargers, but increasingly tenuous.

I still think the long-range plan is "Chargers over Saints this year, Rams run over everybody next year" -- gets the Chargers the first set of bandwagoners, then the Rams can come in and create Football Showtime at Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park.

That said, it would be such a complete exposition of the failure of the first two years of the Los Angeles experiment, doubled with the fact that the league is clearly whoring out to LA, it could start the next step of a big ratings decline.  And who's going to want an NFL playoff game in 2018 in a 27,500-seat soccer stadium?

2. Houston

Call me crazy, but between the toxic nature of a number of other options (KC, NE), I do have to start thinking of Houston-Chicago as the backup plan.

Not really much other rhyme or reason for any of it.

3.  Baltimore

Yes, Baltmore, more for "we don't want New England, we definitely don't want Kansas City".

4.  Indianapolis/Tennessee winner

5.  New England

6.  Kansas City

NFC:

1.  New Orleans

2.  Chicago

3.  LA Rams

4.  Dallas

Could see Dallas overtaking the Rams on this list too.

5.  Seattle

6.  Philadelphia