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Looking Forward in the NFC

12th November 2009 by under Uncategorized     

The grand continuation.

East:

Usually thought of as the toughest division in the NFL, I don’t think this title truly applies this year. But it is still a highly contested one. The Cowboys are sitting on top after an unlikely win over the Eagles. The Cowboys are a spotty team at best that never seems to perform well late into the season. With games against the Giants, Packers, Saints, Chargers, and Eagles, all coming at the end of the year they could all result in losses. Optimistically, I’ll say they lose a total of 6 games this year. They lose against the Packers this week who are looking to regain their good name after the travesty in Tampa, a split with the Giants and the Eagles on the season will leave them at 10-6. The Eagles have a tough time looking forward as well. Giants, Chargers, Broncos, Cowboys, Bears, and Falcons. I don’t know the outcome of a lot of these because the Eagles are talented but looking somewhat inconsistent. I’ll say somewhere in the rang of 11-5. And the Giants just look horrible, and their schedule is just as tough as the rest of the division. After the Bye, they’ve got the Falcons, Cowboys, Broncos, Eagles, and Vikings, and honestly, playing the way they’ve been, I can’t seem them winning any of those games. To be honest I don’t have much hope of the Giants improving so I’m placing them at 7-9 on the season.

North:

Any chance the Vikings will fall off over here? While I’m not totally sure that Favre’s arm can hold out all season, but he doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Their toughest games come against the Bengals and two against the Bears. Personally I think the lose against the Bengals and maybe (big maybe) split against the Bears which will leave them at 13-3. My guess is 10-6 for the Packers with losses coming against the Ravens and Steelers. And 9-7 for the Bears with losses to the Eagles, Vikings, and Ravens.

South:

Saints are in the same boat as the Vikings. Their only potential losses come from the Falcons and the Pats. 14-2 is their ending record. The only game I see the Falcons losing from this point on is a maybe to the Eagles, but with games against the Saints and Giants, you never know. Either way my money’s on 12-4.

West:

Historically the weakest division in the league, the West barely warrants attention. But seeing as how last year’s Super Bowl contenders came from here, I guess we should talk about it. The Cardinals are up and down constantly and truthfully I expect them to lose this week to the Seahawks. I’m placing them at 10-6 with other losses to the Vikings and the Packers. The 49ers looked good at first and have fallen off a tad since then. And with potential losses to the Bears, Packers, and Eagles, I can’t see them being better than 8-8.

Wild Card:

I’m not sure exactly what the wild card race will look like over here. With the Falcons at 12-4, they’ll be on top, but with a number of 10-6 teams, I’m not sure who’ll carry the torch there after. Granted anything can change between now and the end of the season, but these are my preliminary picks.

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Looking Forward in the AFC

12th November 2009 by under Uncategorized     

Is it too early to start looking at the NFL play off picture? Yes! Are we all guilty of doing it anyway? Of course!

South:

I think it’s pretty safe to say the Colts have the South locked up. With potential losses coming from the Pats (which even I don’t think is a loss, but to be fair…), the Ravens, and the Texans, and a tough game against the Broncos that I’m still counting as a narrow win, the worse case for the Colts is to end up 13-3 (12-4 maybe), forcing the Texans to go perfect in order to tie them, but the Texans have games against the Pat and Dolphins to end the season, and one more against a Titans team that looks like its on an up swing. Do I think the Titans will win that game? No, but I do think the Pats and Dolphins will prove too much for this Texans team and will drop them to 10-6 and leave them in second place.

East:

The Pats are looking rather good standing at 6-2 right now. But with losses (I feel) coming against the Colts, Saints, and Dolphins, I think they’ll end up at 11-5. The Dolphins could potentially pull in close as I don’t see them losing again, except they do end the season against the Steelers so I think the best case for them is 10-6. The Jets looked like they had a chance at the start of the season, but with losses coming against the Pats, Falcons, Colts, and Bengals, I think they’ll find themselves in 3rd with a respectable 8-8.

North:

Arguably the toughest division in the NFL this season, I have a tough time saying where it will end. The Ravens are the shocker for me sitting at 4-4 currently. Looking forward, they could potentially win out this season with only one loss coming to the Steelers leaving them at 11-5, but with that being said, the Steelers could also win both of their games, and their games against the Colts, Packers, and Bears could go either way. So I’m saying best case for the Ravens is 11-5, worse case is 7-9. The Bengals and Steelers are ruling that division, and honestly I don’t know where it will honestly end up. The only losses I see the Bengals maybe (key word) getting are this week to the Steelers and one later to the Vikings. But honestly I think the Steelers is much more likely than the Vikings which will leave the Bengals at 13-3. But likewise I only see the Steelers dropping one of their two to the Ravens from this point on which will also put them at 13-3. But with the Bangels getting both of theirs over the Ravens, I guess that would leave them at the top of the division (right?)

West:

This is a closely contested race between the Broncos and the Chargers. The Broncos have finally been brought back down to earth with two back to back heart breaking losses to two really good teams, but looking forward, they have two more losses to the Colts, and Eagles, and a possible loss to the Giants if they get back on track, and that would leave them at 11-5, or 12-4 depending. I expect the Chargers to lose both games to the Broncos and a loss to the Bengals, but other than that there’s only a possible loss to the Cowboys, but that game comes in December and we all know how the Cowboys look in December, so I’m not sure of the outcome of that one. This places the Chargers at either 10-6 or 9-7.

Wild Card:

I expect the wild cards to come out of the North here, plain and simple. The Ravens maybe being 11-5, and the Steelers being 13-3 put them in my AFC wild card match up.

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