2010 NFL Predications

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Season starts in 2 days.

AFC East

  1. New England Patriots
  2. Miami Dolphins #
  3. New York Jets
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Houston Texans
  2. Indianapolis Colts #
  3. Tennessee Titans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
  2. Denver Broncos
  3. Oakland Raiders
  4. Kansas City Chiefs

NFC East

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. Philadelphia Eagles #
  3. New York Giants
  4. Washington Redskins

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Carolina Panthers #
  3. Atlanta Falcons
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

NFC West

  1. Arizona Cardinals
  2. San Francisco 49ers
  3. Seattle Seahaws
  4. St. Louis Rams.

is for Wildcard teams.

I’m probably being a homer when I picked the Cards to win the NFC West. Either the Cards or the 49ers could win the NFC West, but it will probably be an 8-8 or 9-7 ugly season. I am not a believer in Alex Smith and I doubt Frank Gore will stay healthy all season. The Cards have a mess at QB, but someone will get the ball to Fitzgerald and Beanie Wells should have a breakout year IF he can stay healthy.

I’m higher on the Panthers than I probably should be. But, their schedule works in their favor with the Cardinals and 49ers at home.

Texans over the Colts? Probably a reach, but Indy had everything go their way last year and they’re another year older. I don’t think the Colts will suffer from the "team that lost the Super Bowl doesn’t make the playoffs’ syndrome, but the Texans appear ready to finally take the next step.

The AFC East is a tossup. New England’s defense looks terrible, but they can score. It will be interesting to see if Mark Sanchez has a sophomore jinx and the Jets will have a target on them this year.

I think this is the year Favre misses some games as age will finally catch up to him. If Rice doesn’t come back and if Harvin continues to have the migrane problems, this could be a long year in Minnesota. The Packers look ready to dominate the NFC and they’d be my early Super Bowl favorite.

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I’ll just go with my previous prediction that your Cardinals won’t have a winning record, and I’ll add that they’ll lose to the Rams in St. Louis. The 49ers will shock the league by winning their home opener on Monday Night over the Saints, then proceed to win eleven games.

The Jets will win the Super Bowl over the Cowboys, making everybody happy except Jerry Jones in his big, sad stadium.

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Arright, I’ll play along:

AFC East

  1. New England Patriots
  2. Miami Dolphins #
  3. New York Jets
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Cincinnati Bengals #
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Houston Texans
  3. Tennessee Titans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West

  1. Denver Broncos
  2. San Diego Chargers
  3. Kansas City Chiefs
  4. Oakland Raiders

NFC East

  1. New York Giants
  2. Dallas Cowboys
  3. Philadelphia Eagles
  4. Washington Redskins

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings #
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. Atlanta Falcons
  2. New Orleans Saints #
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. St. Louis Rams
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. Seattle Seahawks
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AFC East

  1. Miami Dolphins
  2. New York Jets #
  3. New England Patriots
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers #
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Houston Texans

  2. Indianapolis Colts

  3. Jacksonville Jaguars

  4. Tennessee Titans
    AFC West

  5. San Diego Chargers

  6. Denver Broncos

  7. Kansas City Chiefs

  8. Oakland Raiders

NFC East

  1. Philadelphia Eagles
  2. Dallas Cowboys
  3. New York Giants
  4. Washington Redskins

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Chicago Bears
  3. Minnesota Vikings
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. Carolina Panthers
  2. Atlanta Falcons #
  3. New Orleans Saints
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. Arizona Cardinals #
  3. St. Louis Rams.
  4. Seattle Seahaws
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Pass that joint this way please.

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My personal #1 rule in threads like this: Don’t talk shit about someone else’s list until you post your own.

That said – pass that joint this way please. garygnu, that’s a hell of an accomplishment…the two teams you’ve picked as Super Bowl-bound that are the two biggest candidates for team implosion in the league. Neither one of them are going to sniff the postseason.

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AFC East

  1. New York Jets
  2. Miami Dolphins #
  3. New England Patriots
  4. Buffalo Bills

That’s right, I am picking the Pats to end up in third place this year behind MIA and the Jets. Call me crazy if you want, but I think the Jets are going to be a monster team this year, and the Pats…well they will probably be #2, but I like MIA better so I am giving it to them with my hope that they will live up to my expectations.

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Houston Texans #
  3. Tennessee Titans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

Colts to go to the Superbowl

AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
  2. Oakland Raiders
  3. Kansas City Chiefs
  4. Denver Broncos

Chiefs and Raiders will surprise everyone with how not terrible they are, while Denver will be worse than expected.

NFC East

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. Philadelphia Eagles
  3. New York Giants
  4. Washington Redskins

Cowboys look shaky but I think they will work it out. Giant’s/Eagles is a toss up for me. I don’t think that Kolbe will quite live up to expectations, but I think the rest of the team is more solid that the Giants.

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings #
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

Green Bay in the Superbowl. Minnesota just won’t be good enough.

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Atlanta Falcons #
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Falcons are set to have a great year, but I don’t think they will have as good a year as the Saints. Panther’s quarterback troubles will be their undoing.

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. Arizona Cardinals
  3. Seattle Seahaws
  4. St. Louis Rams.

The only decent team in this division is the 49ers.

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AFC East

  1. New England Patriots
  2. Miami Dolphins
  3. New York Jets
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Houston Texans#
  3. Tennessee Titans#
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
  2. Kansas City Chiefs
  3. Oakland Raiders
  4. Denver Broncos

NFC East

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. Washington Redskins#
  3. New York Giants
  4. Philadelphia Eagles

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Atlant Falcons #
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. Seattle Seahawks
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. St. Louis Rams.
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Dal over SD in the big one

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AFC East

  1. New England Patriots
  2. Miami Dolphins
  3. New York Jets
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Pittsburgh Steelers
  2. Cincinnati Bengals #
  3. Baltimore Ravens
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Tennessee Titans #
  3. Houston Texans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
  2. Oakland Raiders
  3. Denver Broncos
  4. Kansas City Chiefs

NFC East

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. Philadelphia Eagles
  3. New York Giants
  4. Washington Redskins

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings #
  3. Detroit Lions
  4. Chicago Bears

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Atlanta Falcons #
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. Seattle Seahawks
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. St. Louis Rams
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AFC East

  1. Miami Dolphins
  2. New England Patriots
  3. New York Jets
  4. Buffalo Bills

I’m with Hal. Jets finish under 500. Patriot lose on a tiebreaker to the Texans.

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Cleveland Browns

Ravens go 6-0 in the division and win going away.

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Tennessee Titans #
  3. Houston Texans #
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

Titans are close enough that Manning plays week 17. Houston wins a crucial week 17 game behind Mark Leinart.
AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
    2t. Denver Broncos
    2t. Oakland Raiders
    2t. Kansas City Chiefs

Chargers win 11. Everyone else wins 6.

NFC East

  1. Washington Redskins
  2. Philadelphia Eagles #
  3. New York Giants
  4. Dallas Cowboys

3 games separate first and last
NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

The Vikings don’t collapse, but they fall a bit short.

NFC South

  1. Atlanta Falcons
  2. New Orleans Saints #
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Falcons will be what everyone things the Packers are.

NFC West

  1. St. Louis Rams.
  2. Arizona Cardinals
  3. San Francisco 49ers
  4. Seattle Seahawks

Yeah, well I really don’t like any of these teams so might as well go for the long shot.

SB: Colts over Falcons

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AFC East

  1. New England Patriots
  2. Jets #
  3. Miami
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Bengals
  2. Ravens #
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Houston Texans
  3. Tennessee Titans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West

  1. Chargers
  2. Bronk-hoes
  3. Kansas City Chiefs
  4. Oakland Raiders

NFC East

  1. New York Giants
  2. Dallas Cowboys
  3. Philadelphia Eagles
  4. Washington Redskins

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings #
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. Saints
  2. Falcons#
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. Cardinals
  3. Seahawks
  4. Rams

I see nobody is picking the Bengals to repeat as AFCN division winners in spite of the fact that they have the #4 ranked defense from last season returning, have added several weapons in the passing game, notably TO, Gresham and Jordan Shipley, return a strong running game led by Cedric Benson, have four electrifying returners that can take it to the house and everyone is healthy.

The Ravens are everyone’s darling pick, and I can’t figure out why. Flacco is not a great QB. Their secondary is decimated with injuries, particularly without Ed Reed for the first six games and both starting corners for at least as long, Boldin is nice but he’s not a deep threat and gets hurt every year, Houshmanzadeh is another possession receiver that’s old and becoming injury prone, Mason is 100 years old and small-ish…who’s going to stretch the field for them? Ray Rice is their best player on offense. Also Ray Lewis is another year older. He isn’t immortal.

The Steelers are without Ben for the first four games and will struggle with Dixon, he’s erratic as hell. Their running game is suspect as is their offensive line.

The Browns just fucking suck.

And for the poster that picked the Texans over the Colts…wow. The Texans are 1-13 against the Colts.

Football is back! Hurrah!

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AFC East

  1. Miami Dolphins
  2. New England Patriots #
  3. New York Jets
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Cincinnati Bengals #
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Houston Texans
  3. Jacksonville Jaguars
  4. Tennessee Titans

AFC West

  1. Denver Broncos
  2. San Diego Chargers
  3. Oakland Raiders
  4. Kansas City Chiefs

NFC East

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. Philadelphia Eagles
  3. Washington Redskins
  4. New York Giants

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings #
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Atlanta Falcons #
  3. Carolina Panthers
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West

  1. Arizona Cardinals (YaayGoCards!)
  2. San Francisco 49ers
  3. St. Louis Rams
  4. Seattle Seahawks

Also, I’m calling Green Bay for the ring this year.

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Interesting that some of you aren’t buying the Jets hype. I’m not either.

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Nor me. Thomas Jones was practically the whole offense last year, and he’s gone. Surely nobody thinks Sanchez can pick up the slack, no matter how many failed first-round picks he has to throw to.

The last place team in the NFC South has won the division the following year 6 times in the last 7 years. Unfortunately, the Bucs are going to buck that trend this year (as we did once before by winning it twice in a row). However, we will win 6 games.

It’ll be Falcons, Saints, Panthers, Buccaneers, in that order. I think the Falcons will go 12-4. I don’t think the Saints defense can generate turnovers at the same rate they did last season, and I think the Panthers will really miss Julius Peppers, if not Jake Delhomme.

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I have to ask, because the AFC West is sadly the division I care most about…how do you see Denver finishing on top of San Diego?

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AFC East

  1. New England Patriots
  2. New York Jets #
  3. Miami Dolphins
  4. Buffalo Bills

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Cincinnati Bengals
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers
  4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Tennessee Titans #
  3. Houston Texans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
  2. Kansas City Chiefs
  3. Oakland Raiders
  4. Denver Broncos

NFC East

  1. Dallas Cowboys
  2. New York Giants #
  3. Philadelphia Eagles
  4. Washington Redskins

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Carolina Panthers #
  3. Atlanta Falcons
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NFC West

  1. Arizona Cardinals
  2. San Francisco 49ers
  3. St. Louis Rams.
  4. Seattle Seahaws
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Hmmm.

AFC: Miami (3), Baltimore (1), Indy (2), San Diego (4) (though I am tempted by Oakland)
WC: New England, Cincinnati.

Houston will go 9-7, 4-2 in division. Gary Kubiak may be fired after losing to Oakland in Week 4. Losing three straight to the Eagles, Ravens and Titans will seal his fate.

Cincinnati over Miami, New England over San Diego.

Baltimore over Cincinnati, Indy over New England.

Indy over Baltimore.
NFC: Washington (3), Green Bay (2), New Orleans (1), San Francisco (4).
WC: Atlanta, Minnesota

Minnesota over Washington, Atlanta over San Francisco

Minnesota over New Orleans, Green Bay over Atlanta

Green Bay over Minnesota.
SB: Indy over Green Bay, 37-34.

NFL MVP: Aaron Rodgers.

1st pick of the 2011 Draft: The Seattle Seahawks select Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford.

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Sure, why not?

AFC East

  1. Miami Dolphins
  2. New York Jets
  3. New England Patriots
  4. Buffalo Bills

Hardest division to call. Just a hunch, but I think Miami will surprise a lot of folks this year. They’re my official sleeper pick.

AFC North

  1. Baltimore Ravens
  2. Pittsburgh Steelers
  3. Cincinnati Bengals
  4. Cleveland Browns

I love Baltimore this year. They made some great additions to an already solid team. Sure they’ve had their share of injuries but Ray Lewis looks as bad as ever and they seem to have enough depth on D to make up for a banged-up secondary early in the season. Rice is a monster and Flacco and his new receivers are good enough not to lose games. On top of that, no other team in this division looks like it will provide any competition. Pitt looked soft and starting Dixon in Big Ben’s absence is a big mistake. Cincy’s O is composed of has-been reality stars and one-hit wonders (Jordan Shipley notwithstanding) and Cleveland is flat-out terrible.

AFC South

  1. Indianapolis Colts
  2. Houston Texans
  3. Tennessee Titans
  4. Jacksonville Jaguars

A surprisingly weak division. Indy is on the decline but edges out the rising Texans out of sheer Manning-ness. Next year will be a different story.

AFC West

  1. San Diego Chargers
  2. Denver Broncos
  3. Kansas City Chiefs
  4. Oakland Raiders

My (unfortunate) home division. SD wins again, but my Broncos surprise everyone by not sucking horribly. That only amounts to around 8-8 but still…

NFC East

  1. New York Giants
  2. Dallas Cowboys
  3. Philadelphia Eagles
  4. Washington Redskins

Over-hyped Dallas chokes yet again. People finally start to realize that Romo is not a championship quarterback and Wade Phillips is not a championship coach.

NFC North

  1. Green Bay Packers
  2. Minnesota Vikings
  3. Chicago Bears
  4. Detroit Lions

GB looked scary good in the preseason. Great-Grandfavre breaks his hip running out of the tunnel on opening day. Still doesn’t retire.

NFC South

  1. New Orleans Saints
  2. Carolina Panthers
  3. Atlanta Falcons
  4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

A great Big Easy call. See what I did there?

NFC West

  1. San Francisco 49ers
  2. Seattle Seahawks
  3. Arizona Cardinals
  4. St. Louis Rams

Don’t know why, but all the western conference teams are masterfully weak. San Fran is the best of the worst in this sad division, salvaging a winning record only by virtue of playing their western counterparts at the bottom of the AFC barrel.

Wild Cards
NFC = Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings
AFC = New York Jets, Houston Texans

Championship
NFC = Green Bay over New Orleans
AFC = Baltimore over New York Jets

Super Bowl
Baltimore over Green Bay

As much as I’d love to see my Broncos finally win their division, even I’m not that delusional. However, I do deeply appreciate those who are. :wink:

And I take solace in the fact that SD will manage to Charger their way home in the first round… again.

So it’s come to that, has it?

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Cedric Benson, Jermaine Gresham, Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens and Carson Palmer are one-hit wonders? Really? Dude, this offense has looked great this preseason. I think you’ll be in for a bit of a surprise. And the defense is studly.

Oh yeah!