# What, no NFL predictions this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094 "2007-09-13T17:37:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/1 "2007-09-13T17:37:56Z")
Am I just missing this thread somehow? I can’t find the usual NFL Predictions that we’ve come to know and love. I joined a suicide pool this year, and I had in mind that most of my research would just involve reading the SDMB. :smack: Anyway, I’m looking at the Colts, Seahawks, or Ravens being the best bet for this week. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/2 "2007-09-13T20:58:59Z")
It didn’t generate the amount of pre-season predictions that it usually does (probably because of it’s late start) but there is the [2007 NFL Predictions Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435462). As for this this week, the odds show five near-locks: Bears by 12.0 over KC Ravens by 10 over the Jets Denver by 10 over Oakland Jags by 10 over Atlanta Steelers by 9.5 over the Bills If you’re in a suicide pool, any of those are good choices – however, I can practically guarentee you that at least one of those “locks” will lose straight-up. I went with Jacksonville, simply because this is probably the largest spread they’ll see all season – I’ll save the other tems for further down the road. As for the others you mentioned, Seattle is more than capable of shitting the bed against the Arizona, and while the Colts certainly _should_ beat the Titans, I wouldn’t pick them in an elimination pool this week. ---
**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 13, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/3 "2007-09-13T21:18:58Z")
San Francisco 49ers: NFC West Champions Patrick Willis: Defensive Rookie of the Year ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/4 "2007-09-13T21:22:42Z")
I’ll go with my usual daring prediction: The New Orleans Saints will WIN THE SUPERBOWL this season and everyone will start wearing fleur-de-lis T-shirts. One year I’m bound to be right. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/5 "2007-09-13T21:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] One year I’m bound to be right. [/QUOTE] I’m predicting that half of you will still be left. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/6 "2007-09-13T22:50:50Z")
Are we still doing weekly threads? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-nfl-predictions-this-year/419094/7 "2007-09-13T23:21:37Z")
A number of people [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432021) are playing pick 'em and survival games, so that’s where many of the the weekly predictions might be going. There is also a [2007 NFL Predictions Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435462)