# Predictions for your NFL team's season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 10, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587 "2015-09-10T22:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/1 "2015-09-10T22:22:47Z")
As I mentioned in the preseason thread, I didn’t see one of these this year, so here goes… **Carolina Panthers** Last season: 7-8-1 (NFC South champs!) After winning the NFC South for the 2nd straight year (7-8-1 baby!) the Panthers went all in on Cameron Newton (and what choice did they have?) and promptly surrounded him with possibly the worst receiving corp in history. Sure, they didn’t know the Kelvin Benjamin would tear his ACL. Yes, Greg Olsen is a very good receiving TE. But… holy cow. I don’t know if one of their WRs would start on another team. Bad times. Their biggest weakness in the off-season was Left Tackle. So they went and got … Michael Oher? He’s actually had a good pre-season, but…uh-oh. I do like what I have seen from late-round draft pick CA Payne. Bruiser. Insurance for when Jonathan Stewart gets hurt. And he will. They should be solid on defense with one of the best 3 linebacker squads in the league. The secondary should be improved and the D line will be solid, especially when Star Lotulolei gets healthy. They will need to win a lot of close games. They don’t have the weapons to come back from a big deficit. The first 4 games are winnable, then they have very tough 2nd 4-game stretch. The 2nd half of the season isn’t too bad. I think the Falcons may be the team to beat in the South, but really, there are no juggernauts there, so there is hope. My guess is they go 9 - 7 and win the division for the 3rd straight year. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/2 "2015-09-10T23:28:13Z")
Cleveland Browns. 5-11. Damn 5-11 again and again until infinity. Not that i’m bitter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/3 "2015-09-10T23:40:18Z")
Prediction: Dallas Cowboys will go 10-6, win two playoff games, lose in the NFC Championship Game. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/4 "2015-09-10T23:40:38Z")
I’m a Lion’s fan. I know better than to make predictions beyond them playing 16 games. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/5 "2015-09-10T23:56:04Z")
Anything less that the Super Bowl will be considered a failure for the Seahawks. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/6 "2015-09-11T00:02:30Z")
Ravens. 11-5, win the AFC North, lose in round 2 of the playoffs due to lack of home field advantage ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/7 "2015-09-11T00:48:54Z")
Redskins 6-10. I’m feeling ambitious! #HTTR ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/8 "2015-09-11T00:54:47Z")
EAGLES!!! 10-6. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/9 "2015-09-11T01:51:30Z")
The Bears will likely be terrible, but not quite terrible enough to win one of the first couple of draft picks. I’m barely paying any attention to football at all this year thanks to their likely craptitude and the fact that the Cubs are in playoff contention. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/10 "2015-09-11T01:59:35Z")
Chargers 10-6 if they can play at the same level as last year and not have the entire offense get catastrophically injured. SI’s Don Banks has them going to the Super Bowl! Optimistic! Although if you’re going to make a weird pick like that, go all the way and pick them to win it, man. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/11 "2015-09-11T03:43:39Z")
Pats 13-3 and another parade. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/12 "2015-09-11T11:41:46Z")
New York Giants: – The offense will be slightly above average (10th-14th best by the better metrics). – The defense will be pretty bad, but not disastrous (15th-25th). – They will once again be among the most heavily injured teams in the league. – Eli Manning: 16 games, 4250 yards, 30 TDs, 16 INTs, 62% Comp, 7.2 YPA (so, very similar to last year). – Odell Beckham Jr.: 13 games, 84 receptions, 1155 yards. – I have no idea what’s going to happen with the RBs/running game. – Final record: 7-9. Someone has to remember to bump this thread in January so we can all boast and/or point & laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/13 "2015-09-11T14:56:01Z")
49ers - probably 7-9, but I bet there will be a couple games where they look really, really good. And a few games that are total, complete disasters. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/14 "2015-09-11T17:57:19Z")
49ers - 6-10 and a nice high draft pick to get a new right tackle. The whole right side of the offensive line looks terrible, no pass protection whatsoever. Kaepernick might rush for 1,000 yards and the defense looks decent. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/15 "2015-09-11T18:05:44Z")
The Bengals will go 8-8-4. (Eight wins, eight losses, four arrests.) ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/16 "2015-09-11T18:09:34Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Ravens. 11-5, win the AFC North, lose in round 2 of the playoffs due to lack of home field advantage The record and division title sound about right, but I think they make it the AFC championship this year. No predictions beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/17 "2015-09-11T18:48:27Z")
Patriots lose three regular season games, advance through the playoffs to the Superbowl, where, seconds before kickoff, Roger Goodell announces that he has appointed himself officiating crew chief for the game… Not surprisingly, the game ends in a scene of chaos as order among the players, team staff, and halftime acts has completely broken down. Goodell, still in a referee’s uniform, is attempting to quickly award the trophy to Russel Wilson and escape, but suddenly, Tom Brady , who was ejected during the opening coin toss even though he was on the bench at the time, appears, roller blading around the field and doing a strip tease down to his jockstrap. Skating by a stunned/bemused Goodell, Brady snatches the trophy and resumes skating around with the trophy held high. Paul Newman is spotted smoking a cigar and cackling in Robert Kraft’s box. I think that’s the most likely outcome of the season, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/18 "2015-09-11T20:15:27Z")
My Giants are always tough to figure, but realistically… they’d be doing well to go 9-7 and grab the last wild card spot. The Cowboys and Eagles both looked better than the G-men do. I’ll say they look great one week, lousy the next, and end up 7-9. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/19 "2015-09-11T20:59:23Z")
Giants 10-6, make the playoffs, win the Superbowl. It’s every four years, right? ---
**Author:** ![jonesj2205](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587/20 "2015-09-11T22:18:53Z")
Bills fan (condolences welcome) I’m saying 9-7 and break our playoff drought. Losing in opening round. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-for-your-nfl-teams-season/730587.md?page=2)