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You can't create a rivalry. They have to happen on their own. To be honest, I can't see the Giants being favored, and they have a much tougher road back to SB 43 than you do. The NFC east and the AFC south were the two strongest divisions this year, and I expect the NFC east to be even tougher. The Cowboys are also a young team and they're not going to get worse, the Eagles are always going to play their division rivals tough, and the Redskins were a playoff team this year and have an owner who is not afraid to spend money to try to win a SB. The NFC as a whole is improving and next year 10-6 may not even get a wildcard. Plus, now that the Giants are the champs, every team on their schedule will be gunning for them, and they will have to play a first place schedule. I'd say their chances of getting there aren't nearly as good as the Pats. You can pencil the Pats in as AFC east champs next year right now. They'll open up no worse than at 6-1 odds of winning the Super Bowl, IMO.
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