Hate to be a nay sayer, but my take on it is this. Class B franchises are a good bet to do well, Class A, not so much. However, changes that have been made by Bob, may make them more competitive.
Personaly, I think if you pick a Class A franchise, you have sack, if you don't, well....
My hidden agenda is just to try and take a franchise to the playoffs that I've never taken to the playoffs before. As wellas , do it with one that I may not have a chance of trying it with. Hence, my pick of the Reds.
Frankly, if the Browns/Oriels had been on the table, I would have picked them (assumimng they had Plank and some others assigned to them)