Attention Packergeeks readers:
After I posted my predictions for this year on Packergeeks and noticed that some of my predictions have already been ripped on, I thought maybe it would be a good idea to give you the option to submit your picks to us. We could store them here on the site and revisit them at the end of the season. The person with the most accurate picks could win a hat or a T-shirt, if we have T-shirts or hats. That way, those of you who are safely ripping on our picks from afar without consequence, can be held accountable for your horrendous picks or be celebrated because of your prognosticating skills. So, simply comment on this post and let us know how you think the NFL’s 8 divisions will shake out – and add your thoughts on the playoffs as well.
September 7, 2008 at 12:03 pm |
FYI.. I can never go against the Pack, but here are my picks anyway (albeit a little late, but I did have the Giants beating the Skins)
Giants over Redskins
Seattle over Buffalo
Pittsburgh over Houston
Tampa Bay over New Orleans
Detroit over Atlanta
Philadelphia over St. Louis
Jacksonville over Tennessee
Jets over Dolphins
Cincinnati over Baltimore
Kansas City over New England
Arizona over San Francisco
San Diego over Carolina
Cleveland over Dallas
Indianapolis over Chicago
Green Bay over Minnesota
Oakland over Denver
September 7, 2008 at 12:29 pm |
Ahh…don’t have time to run down all the divisions. I’ll predict the North though:
Packers: 9-7
Vikings: 9-7
Lions: 7-9
Bears: 5-11
September 7, 2008 at 2:56 pm |
Ok, I’ll step up. I’m not gonna break it all down by wins for everyone, but I’ll do the divisions.
NFC East:
Eagles (tie)
Cowboys (tie)
Giants
Skins
NFC Central:
Packers (about 10-11 wins)
Vikings (this year’s Cardinals; everyone’s picking them to win the division; they’ll be lucky if their 8 wins keeps them ahead of the Bears)
Bears (may tie the Vikes for 2nd if Mike Brown stays healthy an entire year. Yeah, it’s a stretch)
Lions (eheeh)
NFC West:
Seahawks
Cards
Niners
Rams
NFC South:
Saints
Bucs
Panthers
Falcons
AFC East:
Patriots
Bills
Jets (7 or 8 wins. All those clowns talking about Favre leading them to the postseason are freaking nuts)
Dolphins
AFC North:
Stillers
Browns
Bengals
Raven
AFC West:
Chargers
Who gives a rat’s ass? The rest of this division is pure garbage.
AFC South (the best division in football):
Colts
Jags
Titans
Texans
Playoffs
NFC: Packers, Eagles, Cowboys, Seahawks, Saints, Bucs
NFC Champion: Eagles (I cheated. I was gonna pick the Seahawks, but watching the first half of their game against the Bills made me change my mind. Jeez do they look bad.)
AFC: Patriots, Colts, Jags, Chargers, Stillers, Browns
AFC Champion: Stillers
Super Bowl Champion: Eagles
September 7, 2008 at 6:20 pm |
Too many I don’t knows to predict anything this year. I sincerely hope M.M. was holding back a crushing blocking scheme that will generate 200 yds. a game in rushing. In addition, a well designed rush defense that stops all runs and at the same time pressures the QB into throwing multitudes of interceptions. We haven’t seen any of this yet, but I’m sure it was held back for the regular season.
Seriously, I’m going 10 – 6 for GB and the Conference Championship. Minnesota goes into almost every year with great expectations and fails to deliver. One thing you know about the Vikes is they have a great runner and a good run defense. Everything else is a guess. Chicago’s #1 defense played horribly in the pre-season. If that doesn’t change they are in big trouble. Lions? Don’t see this as a breakout year for them.
NFC – North
#1 GB
#2 Minn
#3 Chi
#4 Det
Other teams – Thought highly of Jacksonville. Del Rio, unfortunately for them, has an efinetety for the Thug Culture. He has enough malcontents of that team to guarantee failure.
Tampa Bay could be very good this year. Defense solid and an old QB to lead them. Will the Caddilac recover his moves? Big question.
Philly – Overrated, Aging in many key positions. Hype is based on guys who got injured in the past regaining old skill levels. Not going to happen.
Indy – Manning! Is his injury still there or are they covering?
NE – After game #1 Brady out with a knee. Is it serious?
Jets – Easy schedule with Favre. Not sure that’s enogh to change the results significantly.