What Were Your Early Season Predictions? (For Fun)

[G2]

To all that are trashing this past season: Be honest, if you're this disgusted, what was your early prediction at the beginning of the season? I bet not many said 12 wins and a playoff win. I bet hardly anyone did.
Before the 1st Tampa game, most thought 9-10 wins were reasonable, but after it with a back up probably more like 4-5 wins.
Frustrating and disappointing that we lost, but I thought we would have maybe 10 wins. And maybe squeak in the playoffs by some miracle.

What did you think?
Have a great day!

 

[Cowboy_svt]

Looks like we play the AFC east and NFC west
im gonna say 11-6
I think Jets give our offense fits, we win the revenge game over the niners, split with the eagles & washington, own the giants, lose to Det, lose to Seattle, and win the Diggs game in Buff. Miami i dont know, their oline got banged up and Tua wasnt the same after the concussion, if they come out like they did earlier this year theyll prob shred us. Pretty exciting season and hopefully our draft fixes some needs

 

[G2]

Looks like we play the AFC east and NFC west
im gonna say 11-6
I think Jets give our offense fits, we win the revenge game over the niners, split with the eagles & washington, own the giants, lose to Det, lose to Seattle, and win the Diggs game in Buff. Miami i dont know, their oline got banged up and Tua wasnt the same after the concussion, if they come out like they did earlier this year theyll prob shred us. Pretty exciting season and hopefully our draft fixes some needs

I meant the beginning of this past season.

 

[SoBlue128]

I thought 9-8 at the start the season but hoped for 11-6. Once Dak got hurt and how they looked to open the season I thought they would be lucky to win 5-6 games. 12 regular season wins was a very nice and pleasant surprise.

 

[America's Cowboy]

To all that are trashing this past season: Be honest, if you're this disgusted, what was your early prediction at the beginning of the season? I bet not many said 12 wins and a playoff win. I bet hardly anyone did.
Before the 1st Tampa game, most thought 9-10 wins were reasonable, but after it with a back up probably more like 4-5 wins.
Frustrating and disappointing that we lost, but I thought we would have maybe 10 wins. And maybe squeak in the playoffs by some miracle.

What did you think?
Have a great day!

This is exactly what I said. ^^^^

12 wins at best or 11 wins at worst, plus 1 playoff win.

 

[Cowboy_svt]

I meant the beginning of this past season.

whoops, guess im too sleepy this morning to read, my bad

 

[G2]

whoops, guess im too sleepy this morning to read, my bad

No worries!

 

[Jipper]

Before season 11 wins, after game one 6 wins….

We overachieved but still failed when it mattered most

 

[Flamma]

To all that are trashing this past season: Be honest, if you're this disgusted, what was your early prediction at the beginning of the season? I bet not many said 12 wins and a playoff win. I bet hardly anyone did.
Before the 1st Tampa game, most thought 9-10 wins were reasonable, but after it with a back up probably more like 4-5 wins.
Frustrating and disappointing that we lost, but I thought we would have maybe 10 wins. And maybe squeak in the playoffs by some miracle.

What did you think?
Have a great day!

I thought we were going to be middling garbage. That's before Dak got hurt.

 

[noshame]

Have to find a link my brain has left the building

 

[Cowboy_svt]

To properly answer OP, i thought wed do 9-8 or 10-7. I thought the defense would regress and quinn would leave. Didnt expect Armstrong to surpass Gregory though.
On offense i didnt think Pollard wouldve been the beast he was this year, thought we got weaker at oline, and lost Wilson and Cooper on an offense where i thought we struggled before.

I also didnt expect the Bengals to be throttled by our D and the Rams to plummet so fast, thought those were guaranteed losses. I did thought we would sweep the eagles, but man they shocked me this year.

I meant the beginning of this past season.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

9 - 10 wins and maybe fight for a WC spot. After being the only team in week 1 not to score a TD and Dak getting hurt....I truly thought we would only win 8 games. We have not been able to be successful with a backup for a stretch of games since Steve Beurlein. So the fact we went 4 -1 with Rush is a good sign. Maybe the defense having to carry the offense so early in the season took a toll as the season progressed?

 

[InPhiltraitor]

9 - 10 wins and maybe fight for a WC spot. After being the only team in week 1 not to score a TD and Dak getting hurt....I truly thought we would only win 8 games. We have not been able to be successful with a backup for a stretch of games since Steve Beurlein. So the fact we went 4 -1 with Rush is a good sign. Maybe the defense having to carry the offense so early in the season took a toll as the season progressed?

Pretty much right in line with this take.

After the first game though, like most I thought, "Ruh-Roh". Then Dallas went and did a complete Cowboy thing and righted the ship, and had the nerve to give us hope...once again.

 

[Hawkeye19]

I figured 9-8 or 10-7… they exceeded my expectations, and yet still disappointed.

How they can look so good one week, and so mediocre the next is maddening.

 

[Ken]

To all that are trashing this past season: Be honest, if you're this disgusted, what was your early prediction at the beginning of the season? I bet not many said 12 wins and a playoff win. I bet hardly anyone did.
Before the 1st Tampa game, most thought 9-10 wins were reasonable, but after it with a back up probably more like 4-5 wins.
Frustrating and disappointing that we lost, but I thought we would have maybe 10 wins. And maybe squeak in the playoffs by some miracle.

What did you think?
Have a great day!

I said at least 12 wins...I said getting to the CC game would be a good season.

 

[Flamma]

The reason I thought we were going to be middling garbage is not because of the so called poor off season. It's because of what we usually do in the off season. The same thing every year. That approach doesn't usually lead to back to back successful seasons. We do the same thing every year. Go with the same guys as last year plus drafted players and bargain bin shopping in FA. What do you expect? Dallas got lucky with a generational talent in Parsons. If not, then what?

 

[G2]

I said at least 12 wins...I said getting to the CC game would be a good season.

You were very close!

 

[jazzcat22]

To all that are trashing this past season: Be honest, if you're this disgusted, what was your early prediction at the beginning of the season? I bet not many said 12 wins and a playoff win. I bet hardly anyone did.
Before the 1st Tampa game, most thought 9-10 wins were reasonable, but after it with a back up probably more like 4-5 wins.
Frustrating and disappointing that we lost, but I thought we would have maybe 10 wins. And maybe squeak in the playoffs by some miracle.

What did you think?
Have a great day!

11-6, 10-7 low, 12-5 high. Division winner.
At first I didn't have, and think I posted, no prediction in the playoffs, needed to see how they were playing, especially in December.

But who knew Philly's schedule would turn out to be a cupcake. And Dallas would blow a few game as they do (GB & Jax.).

Going into the 2023 season, I will say Philly is the favorite to repeat, as I usually do, what team was the division champ I will give them that to be the favorite. Unless something big happens as to losing players to FA and / or injury.

 

[G2]

I figured 9-8 or 10-7… they exceeded my expectations, and yet still disappointed.

How they can look so good one week, and so mediocre the next is maddening.

That's where I am. Then, I never would have guessed the 9ers in the divisional round. But going from the Tampa game to the 9ers was like 2 different teams. Frustrating when I got my optimistic hopes up.

 

[G2]

11-6, 10-7 low, 12-5 high. Division winner.
At first I didn't have, and think I posted, no prediction in the playoffs, needed to see how they were playing, especially in December.

But who knew Philly's schedule would turn out to be a cupcake. And Dallas would blow a few game as they do (GB & Jax.).

Going into the 2023 season, I will say Philly is the favorite to repeat, as I usually do, what team was the division champ I will give them that to be the favorite. Unless something big happens as to losing players to FA and / or injury.

Unfortunate that we lost a couple of games barely in overtime. That would have changed things IMO.