Super Sleepers: Can One of These "Underdogs" Stun the Nation?

Remember the Jets and Miracle Mets of '69? The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team? The Buster Douglas-Mike Tyson stunner?

Every sports fan loves a great upset, especially when it's his team doing the upsetting.

The Super Bowl has had a few surprises, other than the Joe Namath-led Jets beating the Baltimore Colts in 1969.

There was the Giants win over the 12-point favorites, the Patriots, in Super Bowl XLII, ruining New England's perfect season. And there was the Chiefs over the Vikings, who were also 12-point favorites, in Super Bowl IV. Just to name two examples.

Actually, it's getting to be sort of a trend in the Super game. When the Ravens whipped San Francisco last year, it was the third straight year the game was won by a team seeded third or lower in its conference.

The same could easily happen again this year. So I put together this list of the teams, none of whom are the favorites of the odds-makers, who could again sneak up and do the unexpected.

Do you have a sleeper?

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Who Will Break These NFL Records This Year?

Whoever came up with the cliche, "records are meant to be broken" is an idiot.

What's a guy thinking when he sets a record: "OK, now that that's done, I just have to wait until somebody comes along and breaks it. Then everything will be OK."

No. He's thinking: "I just set a record. Nobody before me has done this. I am the best in the world. People adore me. I will now ask for more money."

It may be short-lived, but setting a record is a special achievement.

Here are my predictions for the NFL records most likely to fall this upcoming season, and the person or persons most likely to break them.

You may disagree with me, but if so, please offer a reasoned, well-constructed counter-argument.

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