Quotes of the day: Bill Simmons NFL edition

Important note: I am never, ever right.--Bill Simmons

Remove my homersexuality from the equation.--Bill Simmons

And for some of his bold predictions:

1. New England, Green Bay, Pittsburgh and New Orleans will win 48 regular-season games combined.
2. Tampa makes the playoffs, Atlanta and Detroit do not.
3. By April 2012, Todd Haley will be the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets.
4. Tennessee vaults Indy, wins 10 games and takes the AFC South.
5. The Browns will be one of our two 2011 sleepers and sneak out a wild card ahead of Baltimore.
6. The Rams go on to win the NFC West.
7. The Redskins will win more games than the New York Football Giants.
8. Everyone who bet Phil Rivers at 12-to-1 as MVP cashes in.
9. Everyone who bet Dallas to win the NFC East at +300 cashes in.
10. Tony Sparano is the first 2011 coach to be fired.
11. a Packers-Steelers Superbowl rematch that Pittsburgh wins in a shootout, 37-34. Yes, even Super Bowl XLVI will have continuity.