Monday, September 8, 2008

updated NFL Playoff Predictions

After seeing some games yesterday, I can see my initial predictions were off in several areas. The Seahawks can't run very well and have a beat up receiver crew. The Bills D-Line is WAY better than I thought it was. The Rams were very disapointing. And since the Vikings QB is out for a bit they may not be as good as I had hoped. With Tom Brady possibly out for the year the Patriots aren't going to be as good. I think the Giants will probably go 10-6 and still not make it into the playoffs.

Here are my revised predictions:

AFC Wild Card Round:
Bills over Patriots
Steelers over Colts

NFC Wild Card Round:
Saints over Seahawks
Cowboys over Vikings

AFC Divisional Playoffs:
Chargers over Steelers
Bills over Jaguars

NFC Divisional Playoffs:
Panthers over Cowboys
Eagles over Saints

Conference Championships:
Eagles over Panthers
Chargers over Bills

Super Bowl:
Chargers over Eagles

By the way, I some people (who will remain nameless) are thinking that the Jets are going to make the playoffs this year with Favre at the helm. I should remind them that they beat the Dolphins yesterday... The Dolphins. Don't get me wrong here. I like Brett just as much as the average American, but the Jets are still the Jets. They play in the same division as the Patriots and the Bills. They can get another win against the Dolphins and get lucky a couple more times, but in the end the Jets will win 4 more games this season, leaving bandwagon fans everywhere looking for another hero to root for.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

looking forward to selecting our teams for nfl this year,the trip to the beach will be most excellent.you should bring a laptop and i should bring my 360 that would be great for the evenings plus your dad will love some sports education...

Anonymous said...

Hi Rog,

Like the new predictions. Bills in AFC championship!

It's amazing how things change so quickly. Now with Shawn Merriman out, I'm not so sure on the Chargers, but I'll stick with my original predictions.

I have one more roster to add. This is my all time Bills favorites roster:
C- Kent Hull
G- Billy Shaw, Joe DeLamelliure, Reggie McKenzie, Ruben Brown
T- Will Wolford, Howard Ballard, Joe Devlin
TE- Pete Metzelaars, Jay Riemersma, Paul Costa
WR- Andre Reed, Eric Moulds, Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion, Jerry Butler, Frank Lewis, Bob Chandler
QB- Jim Kelly, Jack Kemp, Joe Ferguson
FB- Cookie Gilchrist, Jim Braxton, Sam Gash
RB- Thurman Thomas, Joe Cribbs, Wray Carlton
P- Paul Maguire
DT- Fred Smerlas, Tom Sestak, Ted Washington, Pat Williams
DE- Bruce Smith, Phil Hansen, Aaron Schobel, Ron McDole
ILB- Shane Conlan, Harry Jacobs, Chris Spileman, London Fletcher
OLB- Mike Stratton, Darryl Talley, Cornelius Bennett, Bryce Paup
S- Henry Jones, Tony Greene, Mark Kelso, George Saimes
CB-Butch Byrd, Nate Odomes, Bob James, Charles Romes
K-Steve Christie
KR/PR- Keith Moody
ST - Steve Tasker
Coach - Marv Levy

See you Friday. We'll figure out when and where. - Aaron