NFL predictions

[mpcincal]

The Chargers winning the division has got to be the easiest pick on the board. Oakland's been a train wreck for a few years and Denver's just become one. The only scant possibility of them being challenged is the Chiefs making a Miami Dolphins-type turnaround this year.

 

[YGBFKM]

Have you seen the Chiefs this preseason? They might be worse than the Raiders.

 

[Trey Beamon]

NFC North champion: Green Bay
NFC East champion: Philadelphia
NFC West champion: Arizona
NFC South champion: New Orleans
Wild card: Carolina
Wild card: Minnesota

AFC North champion: Pittsburgh
AFC East champion: New England
AFC West champion: San Diego
AFC South champion: Tennessee
Wild card: Baltimore
Wild card: Houston

NFC champion: Philadelphia
AFC champion: Tennessee
Super Bowl: Philadelphia

MVP: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
Defensive POY: DeMarcus Ware, Dallas
Rookie of the Year: Aaron Curry, Seattle
Coach of the Year: Sean Payton, New Orleans
First coach fired: Jim Zorn

 

[BYH]

What has happened to the world when the Arizona Cardinals are a nearly unanimous pick to win their division?

 

[DanOregon]

Here's the shell...

NFC North champion: Packers
NFC West champion: Seahawks
NFC East champion: Eagles
NFC South champion: Panthers
Wild Card: Giants
Wild Card: Saints

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

NFC Champion: Eagles
AFC Champion: Chargers
Super Bowl Champion: Eagles

MVP: Rivers
Defensive player of the year: Polalmalu
Rookie of the Year: Stafford
Coach of the Year: Reid
First coach fired: Phillips (that way Garrett will get his shot and if the Cowboys make the playoffs jerry can go elsewhere).

 

[schiezainc]

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 ***** 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!).

 

[schiezainc]

What has happened to the world when the Arizona Cardinals are a nearly unanimous pick to win their division?

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

 

[BYH]

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).

 

[spnited]

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

 

[Starman]

What has happened to the world when the Arizona Cardinals are a nearly unanimous pick to win their division?

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

 

[JackReacher]

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

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Predictions:

* The NFL will play 12 boring games a week. Ratings will be through the roof anyway.
* Everyone will ***** 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.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

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.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Seattle's going to have a big year.

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

 

[Gutter]

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.

 

[suburbia]

NFC North champion: Packers (best of a modest bunch)
NFC West champion: Cardinals (best of an even more modest bunch)
NFC East champion: Giants
NFC South champion: Panthers (top seed)
Wild Card: Eagles
Wild Card: Saints (Falcons have never had consecutive winning seasons - this streak will continue)

AFC North champion: Steelers
AFC West champion: Chargers (best of the most modest bunch of all)
AFC East champion: Patriots (top seed)
AFC South champion: Colts
Wild Card: Titans
Wild Card: Texans (they finally break through)

NFC Champion: Giants 35, Eagles 31 - After teasing their fans with another NFC Championship Game appearance, the Eagles blow it once again when Eli Manning beats a blitz and throws the winning TD pass in the final seconds.

AFC Champion: Patriots 38, Steelers 21 - Bill Belichick owns the Steelers in the playoffs.

Super Bowl Champion: Patriots 42, Giants 24 - Revenge for two years ago.

MVP: Tom Brady
Defensive player of the year: Troy Polamalu
Rookie of the Year: Matt Stafford
Coach of the Year: John Fox
First coach fired: Wade Phillips (with Andy Reid soon to follow when Eagles management decides this group has had enough chances to get over the hump and starts over)

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

NFC North champion: Packers
NFC West champion: Seahawks
NFC East champion: Giants
NFC South champion: Saints
Wild Card: Eagles
Wild Card: Panthers

AFC North champion: Steelers
AFC West champion: Chargers
AFC East champion: Patriots
AFC South champion: Titans
Wild Card: Texans
Wild Card: Jets

NFC Champion: Giants
AFC Champion: Chargers
Super Bowl Champion: Giants

MVP: Philip Rivers
Defensive player of the year: DeMarcus Ware
Rookie of the Year: Mark Sanchez
Coach of the Year: Gary Kubiak
First coach fired: Tom Cable

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

AFC East: Pats
AFC North: Steelers
AFC South: Indy
AFC West: Chargers
Wild Card: Bal-d-more
Wild Card: Titans edge out Texans

AFC champ: Minutemen

NFC East: G-men
NFC North: Pack is back
AFC South: ATL
AFC West: Seattle.
Wild Card: NO
Wild Card: Philly

NFC champ: Falcons (just to be different)

Pats win another SB

Predictions: Chiefs will be lucky to win 2 games. Tampa is also a trainwreck. Tom Cable is first coach arrested/fired. Mark Sanchez flames out and the Rex Ryan honeymoon ends quickly in New York with a 1-3 start.

Out on a limb: Brett Favre throws a pick in a spot in a big game and costs the Norsemen a shot at the playoffs.

 

[93Devil]

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.

Compare Pittsburgh's 2008 hard-as-a-coffin-nail schedule which was generated from a 10-6 season and a quick bounce from the playoffs to the 2009 sisters-of-the-poor-daughters-of-the-weak schedule they have this year as defending champions.