NFL predictions

NFC North champion: Minnesota Vikings
NFC West champion: Arizona Cardinals
NFC East champion: Philadelphia Eagles
NFC South champion: Atlanta Falcons
Wild Card: Dallas Cowboys
Wild Card: New York Giants

AFC North champion: Pittsburgh Steelers
AFC West champion: San Diego Chargers
AFC East champion: New England Patriots
AFC South champion: Indianapolis Colts
Wild Card: Baltimore Ravens
Wild Card: Tennessee Titans

NFC Champion: Saints over Falcons 21-13
AFC Champion: Patriots over Steelers 34-3
Super Bowl Champion: Patriots over Saints 31-28

MVP: Drew Bees, Saint
Defensive player of the year: Albert Haynesworth, Washington
Rookie of the Year: Michael Crabtree (Ha Ha, just kidding)....the actual ROTY will be Mark Sanchez
Coach of the Year: Sean Payton, Saints
First coach fired: Marvin Lewis, Bengals

Other Predictions:

*Michael Crabtree signs three weeks in, doesn't catch more than 40 balls all season.
* Bengals start year off 0-5
* T.O. scores five times in first three games with Buffalo, doesn't score more than 10 times the rest of the year
* Favre is done after this season
* The Super Bowl pregame coverage will be 43% about Brady's return, 43% about the return of New Orleans as a city and 14% about the game itself.
* Michael Vick will have a successful start and people will bitch about the QB controversy all season
* At least one key Patriots player retires (Yes, I know this is cheating since Bruschi is done tomorrow morning, but still!).

 

The 49ers are too young, the Rams too old, the Seahawks too bland.

 

49ers will win that division. They might go 8-8, but they'll win it.

I think they were a game back at one point late last year, but the Cards had already clinched the division (in like week 6).

 

Prediction:
All 12 playoff teams with have 8-8 or 9-7 records, proving that this is the perfect league because salary cap= parity.

 

Well, the rest of the division sucks donkey schlong, mainly. :

 

NFC North champion: Packers
NFC West champion: Cardinals
NFC East champion: Eagles
NFC South champion: Saints
Wild Card: Redskins
Wild Card: Vikings

AFC North champion: Ravens
AFC West champion: Chargers
AFC East champion: Patriots
AFC South champion: Colts
Wild Card: Steelers
Wild Card: Dolphins

NFC Champion: Vikings
AFC Champion: Patriots
Super Bowl Champion: Patriots

MVP: Adrian Peterson
Defensive player of the year: Ray Lewis
Rookie of the Year: Brian Orakpo
Coach of the Year: Green Bay guy
First coach fired: Oakland tough guy

 

Here's the shell...

NFC North champion: Packers
NFC West champion: Cardinals
NFC East champion: Giants
NFC South champion: Saints
Wild Card: Falcons
Wild Card: Eagles

AFC North champion: Steelers
AFC West champion: Chargers
AFC East champion: Patriots
AFC South champion: Colts
Wild Card: Ravens
Wild Card: Titans

NFC Champion: Saints
AFC Champion: Steelers
Super Bowl Champion: Saints

MVP: Brees
Defensive player of the year: Polamalu
Rookie of the Year: Sanchez
Coach of the Year: Payton
First coach fired: Cable or Phillips

 

Predictions:

* The NFL will play 12 boring games a week. Ratings will be through the roof anyway.
* Everyone will bitch about Brett Favre all year long, but line up to watch his games.
* Teams will strive to win nine or 10 games just so they can sneak into the playoffs and make the Super Bowl.
* There will be lots and lots and lots and lots of punts on fourth-and-1 from just inside the 40-yard line of the opponent.
* Monday Night Football games will continue to last too long. Our nation's youth will survive.
* There will be five meaningful games played over the last month of the season.

 

Yeah, the Cardinals and Chargers are the two easiest picks by far. I could see the Cardinals blowing it though and maybe Seattle sneaking in with a 8-8 record, but that division is going to be awful.

I don't see any possibility of the Chargers not winning the AFC West. The other three teams will spend the entire season battling it out for Sam Bradford. If any of them win more than six games I'd be surprised.

 

Seattle's going to have a big year.

Arizona has to tangle with a first-place schedule . . . for once.

 

The days of a true "first-place" schedule went away when the current scheduling format went into place.

A first-place schedule means they get two games determined by the previous year's placement. The Cardinals are at the Giants and home vs. the Panthers, while the Seahawks play at Dallas and home vs. Tampa Bay ... otherwise, the rest of their opponents are the same.