2008 NFL predictions thread

[philcski]

Originally Posted by philcski

AFC
East
New England Patriots 15-1 Brady probably would have gotten them to 13-3 or 14-2 so I guess this wasn't too much of a reach.
Buffalo Bills 10-6 Blind faith made me overestimate by 3 games I guess... 7-3 out of division, 0-6 in division, is that even possible?
New York Jets 6-10 8-3 only to finish 9-7? Guess I wasn't that wrong about them.
Miami Dolphins 3-13 yeah.... Parcells IS God.

North
Cleveland Browns 10-6 Sure. Smoke another one...
Pittsburgh Steelers 10-6 Thought their schedule might cost them a game or two. It didn't.
Cincinnati Bengals 6-10 not bad.
Baltimore Ravens 5-11 Even though I liked Flacco coming out of the draft I didn't think they could be that good with a rookie QB and an unproven running back corps (even with my guy Ray Rice in there.) Wrong.

South
Jacksonville Jaguars 11-5 Nope... this team played with no heart all year, they are better than what they showed
Indianapolis Colts 11-5 Pretty good
Houston Texans 9-7 Pretty good
Tennessee Titans 6-10 Nope... switching to Collins made all the difference

West
San Diego Chargers 12-4 Horrible start... playing like it now
Denver Broncos 8-8 Yup
Oakland Raiders 5-11 Yup
Kansas City Chiefs 4-12 pretty much right

NFC
East
Philadelphia Eagles 11-5 Schizophrenic team, but not that far off
Dallas Cowboys 11-5 They suck
New York Giants 8-8 Figured they would have a Super Bowl hangover. They didn't. The road goes through them again.
Washington Redskins 8-8 Yup

North
Green Bay Packers 10-6 Should have been better than they finished. Gotta be disappointed in Cheeseland. QB isn't the problem though
Detroit Lions 9-7 well... I don't think ANYONE thought they would lose them all. But a horrible prediction on my part
Minnesota Vikings 8-8 In any other division this is probably right, but I should have accounted for that.
Chicago Bears 5-11 A bit of smoke and mirrors at times but Forte is the real deal and was probably worth 2-3 wins.

South
New Orleans Saints 9-7 pretty good prediction
Carolina Panthers 9-7figured them to be good, not great, I think they're better than good but not great. If their defense can get it back together they can win the whole thing
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-8 pretty good prediction
Atlanta Falcons 3-13 See Baltimore... Matt Ryan could be double ROY/MVP

West
Seattle Seahawks 9-7 Too many injuries killed their season.
Arizona Cardinals 9-7 Yup
St. Louis Rams 5-11 Anybody notice they lost their last 10 games???
San Francisco 49ers 3-13 Wow... Singletary really turned them around. 2-7 to finish 7-9.


AFC seeds:
1) New England Patriots 15-1
2) San Diego Chargers 12-4
3) Jacksonville Jaguars 11-5
4) Cleveland Browns 10-6
5) Indianapolis Colts 11-5
6) Buffalo Bills 10-6

NFC seeds:
1) Philadelphia Eagles 11-5
2) Green Bay Packers 10-6
3) New Orleans Saints 9-7
4) Seattle Sehawks 9-7
5) Dallas Cowboys 11-5
6) Detroit Lions 9-7

AFC playoffs
Jaguars over Bills, Browns over Colts
Jaguars over Chargers, Patriots over Browns
Patriots over Jaguars

NFC playoffs
Saints over Panthers, Cowboys over Seahawks
Saints over Packers, Eagles over Cowboys
Eagles over Saints

Super Bowl- Patriots over Eagles

Final...

[Antitrust32]

not very good Philski~!!~

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

not very good Philski~!!~

Try it next year... it's REALLY hard. The NFL is not like baseball where we know who will be good and who won't 99% of the time. All the teams are so close, would anybody honestly expect the Dolphins and Falcons to be 11 game winners and playoff teams before the season? Not a chance.

The teams I feel like I really missed on were Jax, Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, Tennessee, the Giants, Miami, and Atlanta. I'll take a free pass on New England and Seattle because of their QB injuries. Everybody else fell within a range I would expect given the bounce of the oddly shaped ball.