Bears are #1 seed in nfc

[EGrecu]

Who predicted that happening to start the season?

[ChuckyTheGoat]

grecu, it's a great post. Look at the playoff brackets:
*The AFC is going to be even more bizarre.
...KC/Balt/Buff could all miss.

The Q would be: *What's driving all this parity?

I can think of a lot of possibilities. Some ideas:
1) Coaches got much better on certain teams: CHI/NewEng got HC upgrades.
2) The schedule is designed to be tougher for Division winners. Adds up.
3) Salary can be top-heavy on the better teams. Case in point = Kan City.