2017 NFL Predictions

[Senator-elect Spark]

AFC

East: Patriots
North: Steelers
South: Colts
West: Raiders
Wild Card: Chiefs
Wild Card: Ravens/Titans

NFC

East: Giants
North: Packers
South: Falcons
West: Seahawks
Wild Card: Cowboys
Wild Card: Cardinals

[JGibson]

AFC
AFC East: Cheatriots
AFC North: Steelers (my favorite team)
AFC West: Raiders
AFC South: Titans
AFC Wild Card 1: Colts
AFC Wild Card 2: Chiefs

AFC Championship: Steelers over Cheatriots

Super Bowl: Steelers over Falcons

NFC Championship: Falcons over Giants

NFC
NFC East: Giants
NFC North: Packers
NFC West: Cardinals
NFC South: Falcons
NFC Wild Card 1: Buccaneers
NFC Wild Card 2: Cowboys

[Illiniwek]

My prediction: the Bears will be trash.

[#gravelgang #lessiglad]

My prediction: the Bears will be trash.

But Trubisky

[JGibson]

My prediction: the Bears will be trash.

As a fan of the Bears (my 2nd favorite team), that will sadly be true this year.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

My prediction: the Bears will be trash.

As a fan of the Bears (my 2nd favorite team), that will sadly be true this year.

As fans of Da Bears, do you blame John Fox or the asshats that put together the roster?

[Gass3268]

Packers over Raiders in the Super Bowl

[vanguard96]

AFC
East - Pats*
North - Steelers
South - Texans
West - Raiders*
Wild Card - Chiefs
Wild Card - Ravens

WC
Texans over Ravens
Steelers over Chiefs

Div
Pats over Texans
Raiders over Steelers

Con
Pats over Raiders


NFC
East - Giants
North - Packers*
South - Falcons*
West - Cardinals
Wild Card - Cowboys
Wild Card - Bucs

WC
Giants over Bucs
Cardinals over Cowboys
Div
Cardinals over Falcons
Packers over Giants
Con
Cardinals over Packers

SB LII
Pats over Cardinals - #6!

[NewYorkExpress]

Falcons defeat Chiefs in the Super Bowl 24-21.

[JGibson]

My prediction: the Bears will be trash.

As a fan of the Bears (my 2nd favorite team), that will sadly be true this year.

As fans of Da Bears, do you blame John Fox or the asshats that put together the roster?

The management who puts the roster should be blamed far more than Fox to me.

[Illiniwek]

My prediction: the Bears will be trash.

As a fan of the Bears (my 2nd favorite team), that will sadly be true this year.

As fans of Da Bears, do you blame John Fox or the asshats that put together the roster?

The management who puts the roster should be blamed far more than Fox to me.

1a on who should be blamed is Phil Emery, with 1b being Jerry Angelo, for doing such a terribly poor job of building a roster from the draft. So few draft picks actually amounted to anything, and they were usually off the team in a few years. Bust after bust after bust ruined this franchise.

The next group to blame is the McCaskey family and Emery for destroying anything the Bears had by hiring Marc Trestman. It was a dumb decision at the time and it is a dumb decision looking back at it. Just a moronic move on a guy who has no business in this league.

We should recognize that Fox might be a good coach, but we can't expect him to make a football contender out of a trash roster. That being said, Fox should take the blame for losses like the Jaguars loss last year. We seem to lose every close game, and a good coach should be able to squeeze at least one of those out, like the GB game last December. It would also be nice to have a somewhat inspiring coach rather than one who appears to be asleep on the sideline. If we handed Lovie's last team over to Fox, then maybe I would feel good about having him as my coach. But right now, he just seems kinda helpless out there and it feels like a waste of time.

I guess its still too early to determine whether Ryan Pace knows what he is doing as GM. But we will probably find out soon. I am not one to automatically assume this Glennon-to-Trubisky experiment will be a failure, but the pressure is on now to start getting better.

[RINO Tom]

Came here to rag on my Bears, too ... LOL.

[SoLongAtlas]

Eagles Super Bowl Champions

Probably not but a fan can hope...

[Hoosier_Nick]

AFC East: Patriots (1)
AFC North: Steelers (2)
AFC South: Colts (3)
AFC West: Raiders (4)
AFC WC1: Bengals (5)
AFC WC2: Titans (6)

NFC East: Cowboys (4)
NFC North: Packers (1)
NFC South: Buccaneers (2)
NFC West:  Seahawks (3)
NFC WC1: Falcons (5)
NFC WC2: Eagles (6)

Colts (3) beat Titans (6)
Bengals (5) beat Raiders (4)

Seahawks (3) beat Eagles (6)
Falcons (5) beat Cowboys (4)

Colts (3) beat Steelers (2)
Patriots (1) beat Bengals (5)

Packers (1) beat Falcons (5)
Seahawks (3) beat Buccaneers (2)

Patriots (1) beat Colts (3)
Packers (1) beat Seahawks (3)

Patriots (1) beat Packers (1)

[CMB222]

Falcons defeat Chiefs in the Super Bowl 24-21.

Now that is more like it

[100% pro-life no matter what]

AFC East: Patriots (1)
AFC North: Steelers (3)
AFC South: Titans (4)
AFC West: Raiders (2)
AFC WC 1: Chiefs
AFC WC 2: Broncos

Titans over Chiefs
Steelers over Broncos

Patriots over Titans
Steelers over Raiders

Patriots over Steelers

NFC East: Cowboys (1)
NFC North: Packers (4)
NFC South: Falcons (2)
NFC West: Seahawks (3)
NFC WC 1: Giants
NFC WC 2: Eagles

Seahawks over Eagles
Giants over Packers

Cowboys over Giants
Falcons over Seahawks

Falcons over Cowboys

Falcons over Patriots

[7,052,770]

MVP: Dak Prescott

[vanguard96]

AFC East: Patriots (1)
AFC North: Steelers (2)
AFC South: Colts (3)
AFC West: Raiders (4)
AFC WC1: Bengals (5)
AFC WC2: Titans (6)

NFC East: Cowboys (4)
NFC North: Packers (1)
NFC South: Buccaneers (2)
NFC West:  Seahawks (3)
NFC WC1: Falcons (5)
NFC WC2: Eagles (6)

Colts (3) beat Titans (6)
Bengals (5) beat Raiders (4)

Seahawks (3) beat Eagles (6)
Falcons (5) beat Cowboys (4)

Colts (3) beat Steelers (2)
Patriots (1) beat Bengals (5)

Packers (1) beat Falcons (5)
Seahawks (3) beat Buccaneers (2)

Patriots (1) beat Colts (3)
Packers (1) beat Seahawks (3)

Patriots (1) beat Packers (1)

USA Today has the Colts pegged for last in their division - but the AFC South to me is a division which could be like how the NFC South had been in the past - worst to first happening a lot and no real standout team that is utterly head and shoulders above the rest. They had your same SB pick though with the Pats 19-0 (which I don't think will happen). Why are you confident?

[vanguard96]

MVP: Dak Prescott

You watch the NFL in France?

Did you spend time here?

I am also curious especially as most self-identifying American socialists I know don't have time for the NFL except to acknowledge Colin Kaepernick's protests against the national anthem or complain about it. Many hate watching sports altogether.

[Hoosier_Nick]

AFC East: Patriots (1)
AFC North: Steelers (2)
AFC South: Colts (3)
AFC West: Raiders (4)
AFC WC1: Bengals (5)
AFC WC2: Titans (6)

NFC East: Cowboys (4)
NFC North: Packers (1)
NFC South: Buccaneers (2)
NFC West:  Seahawks (3)
NFC WC1: Falcons (5)
NFC WC2: Eagles (6)

Colts (3) beat Titans (6)
Bengals (5) beat Raiders (4)

Seahawks (3) beat Eagles (6)
Falcons (5) beat Cowboys (4)

Colts (3) beat Steelers (2)
Patriots (1) beat Bengals (5)

Packers (1) beat Falcons (5)
Seahawks (3) beat Buccaneers (2)

Patriots (1) beat Colts (3)
Packers (1) beat Seahawks (3)

Patriots (1) beat Packers (1)

USA Today has the Colts pegged for last in their division - but the AFC South to me is a division which could be like how the NFC South had been in the past - worst to first happening a lot and no real standout team that is utterly head and shoulders above the rest. They had your same SB pick though with the Pats 19-0 (which I don't think will happen). Why are you confident?

The AFC South is largely a crapshoot. While the defense may be iffy, when Luck is healthy, I have a lot of trust in the team. That's the main thing to consider. Luck hasn't been healthy the last two years, and their record is a reflection of that.

Another thing to consider is that Ballard replaced Ryan Grigson, who was legitimately awful in his tenure with the team. Although his impact won't be immediate, I believe he did a great job with the draft and has made a few small acquisitions to supplement the defense and positions of need.

The last thing to consider is that the division is extremely weak. Besides the Colts, the team I have the most amount of faith in is the Titans (I actually have them in the playoffs too), but they do not have the experience that the Colts have going deep into the playoffs/regular season. But in general, I think Murray will regress and I'm not as excited about their offensive weapons as most people, although I acknowledge that their defense is stronger than the Colts.

I also feel like the Texans are severely overrated; they have no top-tier skill players on offense (Hopkins and Miller regressed last year) and their defense has little support for Clowney and Watt. Their QB situation is also just a mess and I can't see Savage or Watson leading them into the playoffs. I know they did last year, but the Titans and Colts have both improved a lot since then. And the Raiders playoff win was a fluke b/c of Carr's injury.

While the Jaguars may be okay too, they still have Bortles as their QB, no alternate and an overall weak roster. I'll wait for them to have a solid season or a significant roster change until I peg them in the playoffs.

[vanguard96]

AFC East: Patriots (1)
AFC North: Steelers (2)
AFC South: Colts (3)
AFC West: Raiders (4)
AFC WC1: Bengals (5)
AFC WC2: Titans (6)

NFC East: Cowboys (4)
NFC North: Packers (1)
NFC South: Buccaneers (2)
NFC West:  Seahawks (3)
NFC WC1: Falcons (5)
NFC WC2: Eagles (6)

Colts (3) beat Titans (6)
Bengals (5) beat Raiders (4)

Seahawks (3) beat Eagles (6)
Falcons (5) beat Cowboys (4)

Colts (3) beat Steelers (2)
Patriots (1) beat Bengals (5)

Packers (1) beat Falcons (5)
Seahawks (3) beat Buccaneers (2)

Patriots (1) beat Colts (3)
Packers (1) beat Seahawks (3)

Patriots (1) beat Packers (1)

USA Today has the Colts pegged for last in their division - but the AFC South to me is a division which could be like how the NFC South had been in the past - worst to first happening a lot and no real standout team that is utterly head and shoulders above the rest. They had your same SB pick though with the Pats 19-0 (which I don't think will happen). Why are you confident?

The AFC South is largely a crapshoot. While the defense may be iffy, when Luck is healthy, I have a lot of trust in the team. That's the main thing to consider. Luck hasn't been healthy the last two years, and their record is a reflection of that.

Another thing to consider is that Ballard replaced Ryan Grigson, who was legitimately awful in his tenure with the team. Although his impact won't be immediate, I believe he did a great job with the draft and has made a few small acquisitions to supplement the defense and positions of need.

The last thing to consider is that the division is extremely weak. Besides the Colts, the team I have the most amount of faith in is the Titans (I actually have them in the playoffs too), but they do not have the experience that the Colts have going deep into the playoffs/regular season. But in general, I think Murray will regress and I'm not as excited about their offensive weapons as most people, although I acknowledge that their defense is stronger than the Colts.

I also feel like the Texans are severely overrated; they have no top-tier skill players on offense (Hopkins and Miller regressed last year) and their defense has little support for Clowney and Watt. Their QB situation is also just a mess and I can't see Savage or Watson leading them into the playoffs. I know they did last year, but the Titans and Colts have both improved a lot since then. And the Raiders playoff win was a fluke b/c of Carr's injury.

While the Jaguars may be okay too, they still have Bortles as their QB, no alternate and an overall weak roster. I'll wait for them to have a solid season or a significant roster change until I peg them in the playoffs.

I believe Luck not being healthy now and doubts for start of the season is the reason USA Today picked them last. It's not like they have a Jimmy G waiting in the wings.