# Put your 2005 NFL Predictions here **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734 "2005-09-08T22:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/1 "2005-09-08T22:55:13Z")
I didn’t see a thread on this … I hope IMHO is the place for it Here are my predictions: AFC East Patriots AFC North Ravens AFC South Colts AFC West Chiefs AFC WildCard Jets AFC WildCard Titans NFC East Eagles NFC North Vikings NFC South Falcons NFC West Rams NFC Wildcard Panthers NFC WildCard Redskins (betting w. my heart) AFC Champ Patriots NFC Champ Falcons SB Champ Patriots ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/2 "2005-09-08T23:23:05Z")
AFC East Patriots AFC North Steelers AFC South Colts AFC West Chargers AFC WildCard Jets AFC WildCard Ravens NFC East Eagles NFC North Vikings NFC South Falcons NFC West Seahawks NFC Wildcard Panthers NFC WildCard Cowboys AFC Champ Colts NFC Champ Falcons SB Champ Colts ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/3 "2005-09-08T23:50:40Z")
> [@jimmmy](#): > > NFC Champ Falcons > [@Bearflag70](#): > > NFC Champ Falcons You guys are my new best friends. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/4 "2005-09-09T00:07:10Z")
**AFC East** Patriots **AFC North** Steelers **AFC South** Colts **AFC West** Chiefs hardest div to pick **AFC WildCard** Bengals, Jags \*\*NFC East \*\* Eagles **NFC North** Vikings **NFC South** Panthers **NFC West** Rams **NFC Wildcard** Cardinals, Cowboys **SB** Colts over Vikings MVP: Culpepper COY: Denny Green ROY: Cadillac Comeback: Warner Fired: Capers, Shanahan, Holmgren, at least one NY coach; Gibbs resigns, Parcells does not. TO will not go crazy until after the NFC title loss The Bills and the Lions will be the hot new teams by end of season Ron Dayne will start at least 2 games The Raiders will be an 8-8 bust Adrian McPherson and Charlie Frye will be starters by the end of the season Packers fans will quietly start hoping Favre retires; he doesn’t Mike Vick will be exciting but mediocre. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/5 "2005-09-09T01:33:56Z")
The Vikings will let me down in the end. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/6 "2005-09-09T01:45:57Z")
49ers are going to take it all. I can dream, can’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/7 "2005-09-09T02:14:28Z")
AFC East Patriots AFC North Steelers AFC South Colts AFC West Chargers AFC WildCard Oakland, Titans NFC East Eagles (but if TO continues to repeat his SF performance Giants) NFC North Vikings NFC South Tampa Bay NFC West coin flip\* NFC Wildcard Panthers, Giants \*Arizona hasn’t looked good with Warner during preseason; Seattle’s offense is one dimensional because you can’t count on receivers to hold on to the ball; Rams are kind of ok but the receiving corp ain’t what it was; The Niners were so g-d awul last year they might be that sleeper who emerges every year. in anycase they couldn’t get any worse. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/8 "2005-09-09T02:45:57Z")
> [@St. Urho](#): > > The Vikings will let me down in the end. _sigh_ It sounds like you’ve been a Viking fan as long as I have. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/9 "2005-09-09T14:25:52Z")
Good game last night! I could do without the pre-game concerts (Did the Stones play a _new_ song???) but overall an entertaing kick off to the season. Happy Football, everyone. **AFC** **East** : Pats **North** : Steelers **South** : Colts **West** Chiefs **Wild Cards** : Jets, Chargers **NFC** **East** : Eagles **North** : Minnesota **South** : Atlanta **West** : Seattle **Wild Cards** : Panthers, Rams **AFC Champ** : Jets **NFC Champ** : Panthers **SB champ** : (I will not predict the Jets to win the Super Bowl) Panthers. Random predictions. Joe Gibbs quits at the end of the season. The Bengals won’t have any games where they’re pushovers. Demarcus Ware (Dallas) will make folks shudder with fear. The Saints will, sadly, be shopped to LA. Kyle Boller will fail in Baltimore, costing them a shot at the playoffs. Ricky Willimas, before the season is done, will surprise us with good play & good behavior. See, football gods…I picked the Panthers…don’t strike me or my Jets down. Please?? ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/10 "2005-09-09T14:56:03Z")
**AFC** **East:** Patriots, 12-4 (Jets or Bills would probably win 4-5 of the other 7 divisions) **North:** Ravens, 10-6 (Steelers drop to about 9-7 as other teams realize that they aren’t that good) **South:** Colts, 12-4 (easier schedule than the Pats, a conveniently placed bye week before the NE game… and I still don’t think they get home field) **West:** Chargers, 9-7 (Best of a very mediocre division) **Wild Cards:** Jets, 10-6, Jaguars, 9-7 **NFC** **East:** Eagles, 11-5 (AFC and NFC west for interdivisional games… I’m not sure they’re that good a team this year, but easy schedule much?) **North:** Packers, 9-7 (Vikings will find a way to blow it again) **South:** Carolina, 10-6 (of 8 interdivisional games, the 4 most difficult are all at home - NE, NYJ, GB, MIN. Ditto ATL. The Saints and Bucs have all four of those games on the road. Just an interesting schedule nugget.) **West:** Rams, 9-7 (See AFC West. Poor West Coast football fans) **Wild Cards:** Cowboys, 10-6, Falcons, 9-7 As a side note, the AFC will dominate interconference play for the second year in a row. **Playoffs** (3) Ravens d. (6) Jaguars (5) Jets d. (4) Chargers ## (6) Falcons d. (3) Rams (5) Cowboys d. (4) Packers (1) Patriots d. (5) Jets (3) Ravens d. (2) Colts ## (6) Falcons d. (1) Eagles (2) Panthers d. (5) Cowboys (1) Patriots d. (3) Ravens (2) Panthers d. (6) Falcons **Super Bowl XL** Patriots d. Panthers ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/11 "2005-09-09T15:29:24Z")
AFC East: Jets North: Ravens South: Colts West: Chargers Wild Cards: Pats, Chiefs NFC East: Eagles North: Minnesota South: Carolina West: Seattle Wild Cards: Atlanta, Rams AFC Champ: Colts NFC Champ: Eagles SB champ: Eagles… at long last ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/12 "2005-09-09T17:31:35Z")
Random predictions: 1. The Bears will have a better record than the Packers. 2. Peyton Manning will miss more games than his brother Eli. 3. The conference championship games will both feature matchups between teams from the same division. 4. Ricky Williams will have more total yards than Julius Jones. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/13 "2005-09-09T17:50:54Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > NFC East Eagles (but if TO continues to repeat his SF performance Giants) Curious, what makes you think we’re T.O.-dependent? The Birds’ cumulative record without him over the past 4 years would still be the 1st or 2nd in the league, even if you include the 2 meaningless games last year where Reid pulled all of the starters. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/14 "2005-09-09T17:56:10Z")
> [@Crandolph](#): > > AFC > East: Jets > North: Ravens > South: Colts > West: Chargers > Wild Cards: Pats, Chiefs > > NFC > East: Eagles > North: Minnesota > South: Carolina > West: Seattle > Wild Cards: Atlanta, Rams > > AFC Champ: Colts > NFC Champ: Eagles > > SB champ: Eagles… at long last I was getting kind of worried there, nobody else seems to think the Eagles can beat the Falcons! ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/15 "2005-09-09T18:08:41Z")
I can **guarantee** the following: The Falcons, during their upcoming Monday Night game vs. Philly, will lose a key player to a season-ending injury and/or get completely blown out and embarrassed on National Television. I’m a lifelong Falcons fan, and I know that nothing ever goes well for the Birds when they play on Monday night. I’ll be living in dread in all weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/16 "2005-09-09T18:14:41Z")
[Pathetic Cowboys Fan] God bless you, **Bearflag70** , **furt** , **Kiros**. [/Pathetic Cowboys Fan] ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/17 "2005-09-09T18:31:33Z")
I’ll make my one prediction: The Cardinals will win the NFC. Be nice to at least see them get to the postseason. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/18 "2005-09-09T19:50:27Z")
It is nice to know that the majority of the dopers are on dope, predicting a Falcons, Giants, Vikings, or Panthers NFC Championship. The Eagles own the Falcons and will surely take the NFC. Unfortunately, Corey Simon takes the Colts to the big dance and gets the win, making the Eagles the new Buffalo Bills. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/19 "2005-09-09T19:58:39Z")
> [@Crandolph](#): > > Curious, what makes you think we’re T.O.-dependent? The Birds’ cumulative record without him over the past 4 years would still be the 1st or 2nd in the league, even if you include the 2 meaningless games last year where Reid pulled all of the starters. I don’t think Philly is TO dependent. I think relying on him now after his antics during the off season off season is a huge mistake. In fact I thought Philly picking him up in the first place was a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734/20 "2005-09-09T20:28:38Z")
> [@jimmmy](#): > > NFC WildCard Redskins (betting w. my heart) My only prediction is: Redskins will go 7-9, give or take a win. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-your-2005-nfl-predictions-here/320734.md?page=2)