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The 2016 NFL regular season is finally here. Thirty-two teams kickoff this weekend with differing goals ranging from a playoff appearance to a Super Bowl title. How will this season play out? With the help of ESPNs Football Power Index (FPI) we will preview the upcoming NFL season and break down each teams projections. For more on ESPNs FPI and how its calculated, read?here.AFC East | AFC North| AFC South | AFC West NFC East | NFC North | NFC South | NFC WestAFC EASTNew England PatriotsProjected wins: 9.8 Chance to win division: 59 percent Chance to make playoffs: 73 percentIf not for Tom Bradys suspension, the Patriots would be sitting atop FPIs win projections, but New England fans can take comfort in the fact that the Patriots still enter the season with the second-best chance of any team to win their division (behind the Panthers). That would extend their streak of AFC East championships to eight straight. How many wins will Jimmy Garoppolo cost the Patriots? New England is projected to win about 0.4 fewer games than if Brady was available from the start.Buffalo BillsProjected wins: 7.9 Chance to win division: 19 percent Chance to make playoffs: 32 percentOne word defines the Bills projections: average. Buffalo ranks 15th in preseason FPI and is expected to be 0.1 points better than an average team on a neutral field. The Bills are also projected to have the 16th-best offense, 16th-best defense and have an average projection of about eight wins. With any projection system, however, there is a wide range of outcomes, so Buffalo has about a 1-in-3 chance of outperforming expectations and ending their 16-year playoff drought.New York Jets Air Max Sale Australia . Parker had 26 points and eight assists and San Antonio beat Toronto 112-99 Monday night. "We won that game because of Tony Parkers aggressiveness," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "His juice; his aggression all night long. Nike Air Max Mens Australia . 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Air Max Australia Online . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- When Logan Couture limped off the ice in the middle of a tied game San Jose desperately needed to win, it looked as if he was taking the Sharks playoffs hopes with him. Instead Couture managed to make it back out on the ice to give his team an emotional spark and topped that by scoring the overtime game-winner that got the Sharks back into their second-round series against Los Angeles with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 on Saturday night. Its just the latest big moment for a young player who has emerged as a leader and perhaps the top player on a Sharks team looking to make a deep playoff run. "Logan is a huge, huge part of our team," coach Todd McLellan said Saturday. "This is his coming out party. Nationally people have probably started talking about him. But weve known Logan like this for a long time." With two days off before Game 4 at home on Tuesday night when San Jose will look to tie the series at 2, Couture and his teammates mostly stayed off the ice Sunday to rest up and heal their wounds. Couture got hurt early in the second period when he stepped on a puck with his left skate after a check from Jeff Carter and slammed awkwardly into the boards. He limped off the ice favouring his left leg and went straight to the Sharks dressing room as a hush came over the crowd. San Jose survived the next 15 minutes of game action without Couture or forward Marty Havlat, who left after aggravating a lower-body injury in the first period, by juggling their lines. Couture says hes good to go for Game 4 Tuesday night in San Jose but coach McLellan ruled out Havlat. Centre Adam Burish, who has been ruled out for the whole series versus the Kings, says hes day-to-day and hopes to get into the lineup before the end of the series. "Its playoffs. Everyone plays through injuries," Couture said. "The four years Ive been here, I seen guys play through a lot of injuries. Stanley Cup is what youre playing for. Whatever it takes." Couture showed few signs of the injury in the third period and got the second most ice time of any San Jose forward after returning to the game. The return paid off on the power play early in the overtime when he set up in the slot and took a pass from Patrick Marleau before beating Jonathan Quick with a wrist shot for his fourth ggoal of the post-season and first ever playoff overtime goal.dddddddddddd "Its a feeling that really cant be described," he said. "Its one of the best feelings in the game of hockey. Thats for sure." The game-winner was a bit of retribution for Couture, whose failure to clear a puck while killing a 5-on-3 advantage in the closing minutes of Game 2 led to Los Angeles tying goal in a game the Kings would eventually win. "I dont think about it like that," Couture said. "I just think about it as different games, different plays. I made a play in Game 2 that I shouldnt have made. I should have got the puck out. I didnt. Nothing I can change about that now. So move forward and scored in Game 3." That was a rare mistake for the 24-year-old Couture who is emerging this post-season as the face of a franchise long dominated by gold medal winning stars Joe Thornton and Marleau. A first-round pick in 2007, Couture made his first impact as a late-season call-up who scored four playoff goals in the run to the conference finals in 2010. Couture was tied for the team lead in playoff goals the following year with seven and has been the Sharks top goal-scorer the past two years. "As far as Logan goes, I just think hes getting recognized more for what hes doing," defenceman Dan Boyle said. "Hes been a huge part of this team since he got here with Patty and Joe getting a lot of the headlines. I think hes been one of the go-to guys since he got here. Hes just being a little more recognized now. ... Hes just very important and he showed it again last night why." Couture is far more than a goal-scorer as he often gets matched up against the opposing teams top lines and outplayed the heralded Sedin twins in a first-round sweep of Vancouver. Couture has won 62.9 per cent of his faceoffs this post-season, plays well in all three zones and is a major reason for San Joses improved defence this season. "Hes got a passion and an energy thats contagious," McLellan said. "Sometimes older players do that to younger ones and younger to older. But he has a passion for the game that is second to none and hes got an energy that he brings. He never quits on plays. He drives a lot of people into the game. Thats the sign of a good leader." ' ' '