It's that time of year again: Season Predictions.

[windward]

With the preseason over, (finally!) I'm making my picks for the upcoming NFL season.

AFC East

1. Patriots 13-3
2. Jets 9-7
3. Bills 6-10
4. Dolphins 5-11

AFC North
1. Steelers 11-5
2. Ravens 11-5*
3. Browns 8-8
4. Bengals 2-14

AFC South
1. Texans 11-5
2. Colts 10-6*
3. Titans 7-9
4. Jaguars 6-10

AFC West
1. San Diego 12-4
2. Raiders 7-9
3. Chiefs 6-10
4. Broncos 4-12

NFC East
1. Eagles 10-6
2. Cowboys 10-6*
3. Giants 8-8
4. Commanders 5-11

NFC North
1. Packers 13-3
2. Lions 10-6*
3. Vikings 7-9
4. Bears 7-9

NFC South
1. Saints 12-4
2. Falcons 10-6
3. Buccaneers 8-8
4. Panthers 3-13

NFC West
1. Cardinals 9-7
2. Rams 8-8
3. Seahawks 4-12
4. 49ers 4-12

Wildcard Weekend
Steelers over Colts
Ravens over Texans
Cowboys over Eagles
Lions over Cardinals

Divisional Playoffs
Chargers over Steelers
Ravens over Patriots
Packers over Cowboys
Saints over Lions

Conference Title games
Chargers over Ravens
Packers over Saints

Super Bowl XLVI
Chargers over Packers

 

[reddyuta]

I hate to say it but the Skins are going to win more than 5 games.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

I have Cowboys winning between 8-10 games...

 

[The Emperor]

Is this the official one?

 

[Ren]

8-8, to many holes to do much better then that imo

 

[AZ_Cowboys_Fan]

NFC Central - Green Bay (Loaded with talent and lots of players returning from injury)

NFC East - Dallas (Laugh all you want, Jason Garrett & Rob Ryan will change the culture in Dallas)

NFC West - St. Louis (It's a toss up but Bradford is the best QB in the division)

NFC South - New Orleans (Like the off season moves they made)

NFC Wild Card - Atlanta (I believe "Matty Ice" is ready to blow up this year)

NFC Wild Card - Detroit (I'm on the bandwagon. Love, love, love what is brewing in the Motor City!)

NFC MVP - Matt Ryan, Atlanta

NFC Rookie of the Year - Julio Jones, Atlanta



AFC Central - Pittsburgh (They own this division)

AFC East - New England (Will take time but the moves for Haynesworth and Ochocinco will eventually pay off)

AFC West - San Diego (This is their year)

AFC South - Indianapolis (It'll be tough sledding with Peyton not 100% but they'll pull it off)

AFC Wild Card - NY Jets (Not enough offense to overtake New England)

AFC Wild Card - Baltimore (Look out for Ray Rice!!!)

AFC MVP - Phillip Rivers, San Diego

AFC Rookie of the Year - Von Miller, Denver



I don't have Philly in the playoffs because I think their o-line is a mess and I believe Vick will get hurt.



*******Super Bowl: San Diego over Atlanta*******

 

[baj1dallas]

Culture doesn't win games. Skill, preparation, and understanding the game do. Cowboys don't have enough of that, a little lacking in heart and desire as well. You're only as strong as your weakest link, and the Cowboys have a lot of weak links. I pick them to tie the Commanders at the bottom of the conference at 7-9. Giants go 8-8, the overrated Eagles (still a much better team than Dallas) go 10-6, winning a lot of division games. Packers, Saints, and St. Louis win their divisions, Rams with a .500 record. Lions finish out of the playoffs with the same record, Bears and Falcons get the wildcards, Falcons make it past the first round but lose to either GB or NO who face off in the championship game.

 

[HanD]

Culture doesn't win games. Skill, preparation, and understanding the game do. Cowboys don't have enough of that, a little lacking in heart and desire as well. You're only as strong as your weakest link, and the Cowboys have a lot of weak links. I pick them to tie the Commanders at the bottom of the conference at 7-9. Giants go 8-8, the overrated Eagles (still a much better team than Dallas) go 10-6, winning a lot of division games. Packers, Saints, and St. Louis win their divisions, Rams with a .500 record. Lions finish out of the playoffs with the same record, Bears and Falcons get the wildcards, Falcons make it past the first round but lose to either GB or NO who face off in the championship game.

Curious, so this team is worse than the tam fielded in the second half of last year that went 5-3 without romo dez or rob ryan? I see upgrades at fs, rt, og, rb, te depth, ilb. I see down grades at wr depth and maybe de. Everything else being the same, and a fairly moderate schedule, I just dont see 7-9. Maybe I need to take my homer glasses off. But with jg last year we did see knowledge and prep. Talent is there mostly and is at least top half of the league.

 

[Ren]

Curious, so this team is worse than the tam fielded in the second half of last year that went 5-3 without romo dez or rob ryan? I see upgrades at fs, rt, og, rb, te depth, ilb. I see down grades at wr depth and maybe de. Everything else being the same, and a fairly moderate schedule, I just dont see 7-9. Maybe I need to take my homer glasses off. But with jg last year we did see knowledge and prep. Talent is there mostly and is at least top half of the league.

we improved at RT the rest of the line is not better, it might actually be worse. Our DL is not good at all if preseason is anything to go by they get pushed back 4-5 yards on every running play add a suspect secondary to the mix and i don't see more then 7-8 wins at most. We're just not that good

 

[dewby]

Packers, Lions are terrible picks and Vikings surprise people this year. Saints don't win 12 games.

 

[dewby]

I was going to say you can tell the NFC East column is biased, but I essentially agree to a certain extent when it comes to your decisions.

 

[HanD]

we improved at RT the rest of the line is not better, it might actually be worse. Our DL is not good at all if preseason is anything to go by they get pushed back 4-5 yards on every running play add a suspect secondary to the mix and i don't see more then 7-8 wins at most. We're just not that good

Bigg was NOT good last year. We are more mobile and younger there. c is a downgrade though. free kosier Didn't get worse. 7-8 wins max? So more likely 6? romo is a huge upgrade on a team that went 5-3. Rob ryan isn't worst than what we had last year. Dl is a push. Same guys that can't be any worse. They were bad last year also.

I'm not calling 11 wins or the division but wr do play the nfc west and have a weak schedule. I see 9 wins +/- 1 depending on young players and some breaks.

 

[realtick]

Cowboys 9-7

 

[Beast_from_East]

With 3 rookies on the offensive line and a secondary that looks lost half the time.

8-8.

 

[Frozen700]

we will be 11-5 or 10-6

 

[Frozen700]

With 3 rookies on the offensive line and a secondary that looks lost half the time.

8-8.

where are you getting this from? pre season?

because you haven't seen Newman, Jenkins, Sensy, or Abe...play together yet.

Unless you can see the future

 

[tupperware]

where are you getting this from? pre season?

because you haven't seen Newman, Jenkins, Sensy, or Abe...play together yet.

Unless you can see the future

That's why it is called a prediction.

 

[Ren]

Bigg was NOT good last year. We are more mobile and younger there. c is a downgrade though. free kosier Didn't get worse. 7-8 wins max? So more likely 6? romo is a huge upgrade on a team that went 5-3. Rob ryan isn't worst than what we had last year. Dl is a push. Same guys that can't be any worse. They were bad last year also.

I'm not calling 11 wins or the division but wr do play the nfc west and have a weak schedule. I see 9 wins +/- 1 depending on young players and some breaks.

09 to 10 regressions begs to differ, if these guys have proved anything it's that they are very capable of getting worse, add another year of wear and tear along the DL and it's a very real possibility

2 rookies starting on the OL scares me, Romo might not be back for long unless these guys learn fast

Football games are won or lost in lines and both our lines are either inexperienced or just plain bad and in the case of the DL we have a terrible secondary behind them

 

[w8lifter]

Cowboys 10-6

:starspin

 

[Clove]

Normally I'd say we're an 8-8 team but since we have Garrett, I'll give us another victor and say 9-7. I don't trust the defense, and unsure about how the line will hold up with so many super young players trying to protect the franchise.

Not to mention, we'll probably lose a couple close games because of our kickers.