Former Pro Bowler predicts AFC & NFC Playoff Teams | Early NFL Playoff Picture

♪ ♪ [HQ SPOTLIGHT] ♪ ♪ >> Jordan: WELCOME BACK TO HQ SPOTLIGHT. WEEK ONE OF THE NFL SEASON IS UPON US. CBS NFL ANALYST, KYLE LONG IS BACK WITH US, WITH PETE PRISCO FOR THE PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS, THE NFL SEASON IS ALMOST HERE, THE PREDICTIONS KEEP ON FLOWING AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH YOUR AFC PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS, KYLE LONG? >> Kyle: I WILL START FROM THE TOP, I WILL GO WITH THE ONE-SEED, I OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE KANSAS CITY BEING THE ONE-SEED,. AND THE HOUSTON TEXANS IN THE NFC. BOTH PROGRESS, AND THE CHIEFS SUPER BOWL WINNERS LAST YEAR, I THINK THEY GOT BETTER. THE HOUSTON TEXANS WITH EXPERIENCED DENICO RYANS. BOBBY SLOVIK, AND I THINK THIS TEAM HAS A ROCKET TRAJECTORY TO THE TWO-SEED, IN THE AFC. AND I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE THREE-SEED, THE CINCINNATI BENGALS, JOE BURROW COMING OFF OF AN INJURY, THE OFFENSIVE LINE THAT'S BEEN HEAVILY INVESTED IN THIS OFF OF HAD SEASON, I LIKE THE BENGALS, THEY'RE A TOUGH TEAM TO BEAT EVEN AT HOME, AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS, EVEN WITH LAMAR CHASE -- JA'MARR CHASE. AND, THERE'S A QUESTION MARK HANGING ABOVE AARON RODGERS STATUS, BUT THEY INVESTED WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO INVEST IN NEW YORK AT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, THEY ARE AT THE FOUR-SEED. I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN STEICHEN. IF HE GETS ON THE GROUND AFTER MAKING THE FIRST DOWNS, HE'S A PHENOMENAL ATHLETE, I THINK THE UP-SIDE IS TREMENDOUS, IN INDIANAPOLIS. THE OFFENSIVE LINE IS BUILT TO PLAY BULLY BALL. THEN I WILL GO WITH THE SIX-SEED, THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, THE FAMILIAR FACES RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW, CHRIS? THE BALTIMORE RAVENS, LAMAR JACKSON, JOHN HARB HA BEEN THERE AND DONE IT A FEW TIMES. HARBAUGH. AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THEY CAN TAKE THE PUNCHES IN THE PLAYOFFS. PARTICULARLY AT HOME, THEY HAD THE CHIEFS AT HOME, PEEED DOWN THEIR LEG A BIT. HAUGH [ LAUGHTER ] >> THIS IS A ROSTER TOP-TO-BOTT QUARTERBACK BACK OUT THERE, TOP-TO-BOTTOM, I DONT HAVE MANY QUESTIONS FROM THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. OFFENSIVELY THEY RUN THE BALL AT WILL, THEY GOT MILES GARRETT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. AND THE 8-SEED, DO WE VAN 8-SEED, THERE ARE 7 SEEDS. IF YOU HAVE AN 8-SEED, IN THE AFC I GIVE IT TO ME, I AM THE FIRST "LOSER". [ LAUGHTER ] >> Chris: IT STANDS OUT TO ME, CILE HAS THE TOP -- KYLE HAS THE TOP 4, GETTING THE BYE. AND, PETE, HE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR PREDICTED SUPER BOWL TEAM OUT OF THE OFFENSIVAVE, AFC CHAMPION, BUFFALO BILLS, IN THIS THING. OFFENSIVE IN THIS THING. >> Pete: I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AT ALL. GIVE ME A BREAK. >> Chris: IT'S CALLED ... >> Pete: KYLE IS NEW TO FLORIDA, HASN'T HAD THE BLEED OF INFLUENCE OVER HIM A BIT, BUT IT TAKES EVERYBODY TIME, YOU KNOW, I WILL STRAIGHTEN HIM UP IN A BIT. HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE THE BUFFALO BILLS IN THERE, I DON'T GET IT. I UNDERSTAND THE JETS I AM WITH YOU ON THE JETS AND I THINK THE JETS WILL BE A GOOD TEAM, BUT THE BILLS WILL BE RIGHT THERE WITH THEM, AND WIN THE DIVISION, I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO THE SUPER YOU DON'T HAVE THEM IN THE PLAYOFFS. SUPER BOWL AND ONE MORE THING, WHAT'S WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS. ALL WE HEAR IS "HOW GREAT WITH THEY DO", AND CHRIS BALLARD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES THEY HAVE WON SINCE HE'S GENERAL MANAGER? NOT ONCE. >> Kyle: THE BUFFALO BILLS, WE HAVE SEEN WHAT YOU HAVE DONE LATELY. AND, MATT MILANO, CREATES TURNOVERS AND PRESSURE FROM THE SECOND LEVEL, WITHOUT MILANO, COMMUCTION -- COMMUNICATIONS GO OUT, AND IN TERMS OF STOPPING, THE DYNAMIC OFFENSES IN THE AFC EAST. AND, I LOVE JOSH ALLEN, WE TALKED ABOUT IT YESTERDAY, AS MUCH AS ANYONE, BUT THERE'S A POINT AT WHICH, IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH, PETE. IT'S JUST NOT ENOUGH. WITH THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS THE BLUEPRINT WITH IS "KICK PEOPLE'S ASSES UP FRONT," AND "LET THAT BIG STUD RICHARDSON, MAKE HAY". >> Chris: WE WILL FILL OUT THE NFC BRACKET AFTER WE ARE DONE WITH THE AFC BRACKET. DID YOU HAVE THE CHICAGO BEARS? >> Kyle: DOING IT AFTER THE BREAK OR RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW, ONE-SEED, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, I AM SCRATCHING MY HEAD, THAT ROSTER TO ME, TODAY, DOES NOT MAKE SENSE, YOU DON'T HAVE THE BEST LEFT TACKLE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY HAS INJURY STUFF, BRANDON AIYUK, MASSIVE QUESTION MARK. N 2, LIONS, HAD A TWO POSSESSION LEAD , BUT THEY PEE'D DOWN THEIR LEGS. THE TWO-SEED, THEN THE THREE-SEED, A TEAM THAT FOUND A WAY TO RE-LOAD ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE, RE-TOOL AT THE RECEIVER POSITION, FINDING MORE TALENT AND THEY WENT AND GOT SAQUON BARKLEY. OKAY? WITH AN ACTUAL FORMIDABLE OFFENSIVE LINE, SAQUON BARKLEY WILL BUST OUT IN A WAY WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE. THE FOUR-SEED, ATLANTA FALCONS. LIKE THE ROM-COMS OF THE 90S, YOU HAVE THE GAL IN THE ART-CLASS, SPECKLED ART ON THE OVERALLS, TAKE OFF THE OVERALLS, AND THE FRECKLES GO AWAY, AND BOOM, THEY CAN UTILIZE THEIR STAR PLAYERS, HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO, AND THEY DON'T, BUT THEY WILL NOW. AND, FOUR-SEED, FIVE-SEED, DALLAS COWBOYS, THEY PAID CD LAMB, AS DYNAMIC OF AN OFFENSIVE AS YOU WILL FIND, AND WITH DAK PRESCOTT, CD LAMB HIS FAVORITE TARGET. AND, TO GO PROTECT. TWO DRAFT PICKS AT THE OFFENSIVE LINE, COOPER, BB, AND NOT WORLD BEATER TYLER, AND COOPER BEEBEE, SITTING NEXT TO HALL OF FAMER, ZAC MARTIN, THEY WILL GET AFTER PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE, I THINK THE DEFENSE IS A BIG, STRONG SUIT IN DALLAS. THE SIX-SEED, THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, JORDAN LOVE, MATT LaFLEUR, THAT'S A TANDUM I ENJOY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TALENTS AND SKILLSETS, AND THE LUKE MUSGRAVE, MATCH UP NIGHTMARE IN THE PLAYOFFS, 6' 5", 260, RUNS LIKE A DEER, THROW THAT GUY THE BALL. THE YOUNG RECEIVES CONTINUE TO DEVELOP . THE 7-SEED, THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, THE RECEIVER ROOM IS DEEP, A LOT OF TALENT THERE, AND THE DEFENSE IS SEATTLE, THEY WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE LESION OF BOOM, MENTALITY, AND YOU CAN ARGUE WITH ME ON TWITTER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. >> THE ONLY TEAM THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AT HOME, THAT YOU HAVE ADVANCING OUT OF THE WILD CARD IS THE DALLAS COWBOYS. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEAMS IN THE AFC? >> Pete: EVERYONE'S ON ATLANTA AI GET IT, BUT I DON'T, I THINK TAMPA BAY WILL HAVE THE BETTER YEAR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, BAKER MAYFIELD IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS KIRK COUSINS. WE KNOW WHAT COUSINS DOES HE IN BIG GAMES IN DECEMBER OR IN THE POST SEASON. YOU KNOW, I AM NOT IN ON THE ATLANTA FALCONS. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS IT WAS A TOUGH ONE, CLOSE FOR THE FINAL SPOT, I HAD THE RAMS GOING IN THERE, FOR THE MOST PART, WE AGREED ON A LOT OF PICKS, WE AGREED ON THE TEAMS I HAVE THE PACKERS WINNING THE DIVISION AND THE LIONS GETTING IN, HE HAS THE LIONS WINNING THE DIVISION AND THE PACKERS GETTING IN. >> Kyle: THAT BRINGS US CLOSER TOGETHER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Chris: THE BRACKET, 1-4 IN THE AFC. 1-2-3-5 IN THE NFC. TAKE US THROUGH HOW THIS STACKS NUP YOUR MIND, KYLE. UP IN >> Kyle: JETS/CHIEFS, I HAVE THE CHIEFS TAKING THE SUPER BOWL TROPHY HOME, THE LOMBARDI TROPHY, THREE TIMES IN A ROW. IT WILL BE UNTOUCHABLES CATEGORY, HISTORICALLY, AND I AM LOOKING AT THE BENGALS/TEXANS GAME, I HAVE THE BENGALS HOSTING ... THE BENGALS WILL HOST THE RAVENS AND BEAT THE RAVENS AND THEY WILL GO, AND THEY WILL, THE TEXANS WILL GO TO CINCINNATI. AND, FROM THERE, WHAT DO I HAVE HERE. I CANNOT READ THIS. I AM SO SORRY. >> Chris: YOU TOLD US BEFORE YOU CAME ON. >> Kyle: I HAVE TWO SHEETS I AM DRAWING FOR, THE 49ERS ON THE OTHER SIDE, SUPER BOWL, CHIEFS, 49ERS REMATCH, PHICOULD SEE CHIEFS LIONS, RE-MATCH, OR CHIEFS LIONS SUPER BOWL. I HAVE THE CHIEFS WINNING THE SUPER BOWL. AND I WILL BE THERE WITH MY VIDEODOO OUTFIT ON. VOODOO OUTFIT ON. PETE? >> Pete: YOU PICKED THE CHIEFS, IT'S EASY TO PICK THE CHIEFS, I WANTED TO, BUT -- LOW-HANGING FRUIT. BUT I THINK IT'S HARD TO THREE-PEAT, THEY ARE THE BEST TEAM ON PAPER, THEY WILL GO INTO THE PLAYOFFS WITH THE BEST RECORD, I THINK IT'S SO HARD TO REPEAT WHEN EVERYONE'S GOING AFTER YOU, I HAD HIM LOSING IN A DIVISIONAL ROUND, THE LIONS COULD GET THERE, BUT THE PACKERS ARE THE BEST TEAM, WE BOTH HAD THE 49ERS LOSING AT SOME POINT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. AND, YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE 49ERS, WHERE ARE THEY IN TERMS OF HOLD-OUTS AND THE FEELING IN THE LOCKER ROOM, IF THEY DON'T GET PAID OR DO THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE 49ERS, KYLE SHANAHAN, GREAT OFFENSIVE SCHEME, I THINK THAT AT SOME POINT, THEY WILL HAVE ISSUES, BECAUSE OF EVERYTHINGTHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. >> Jordan: YOU GET THE LAST WORD, KYLE LONG. >> Kyle: PETE, THANKS FOR MAKING FUN OF ME, LOOKING FORWARD TO DO THE POD, ANDY REID, PATRICK MAHOMES, ALL OF THE LEGENDS FROM CHIEFS, I KNOW THEY ARE KNOCKATH THE DOOR -- KNOCKING AT THE DOOR