Predictions!

[ravensdan]

6 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

AN: Bengals, steelers, ravens, browns. 

AS: jags, texans, titans, Colts.

AW: chiefs, raiders, broncos, chargers.

AE: patriots, jets, bills, dolphins.

NN: Vikings, packers, lions, bears.

NS: panthers, bucs, falcons, saints.

NW: cardinals, hawks, rams, 9ers.

NE: giants, skins, eggles, girls. 

 

Not too many bold picks aside from the afc south 

I feel like The afc south was the toughest to peg. Curious why you have the colts last?

[ravensdan]

50 minutes ago, Willbacker said:

Another hater.

I think you're under rating their losses on D. Talib still not in the clear too. The way they play every game is going to come down to the wire. And you need smart QB play for that. Sanchez too many mistakes. Same with a potential rookie. 

[Willbacker]

2 minutes ago, ravensdan said:

I think you're under rating their losses on D. Talib still not in the clear too. The way they play every game is going to come down to the wire. And you need smart QB play for that. Sanchez too many mistakes. Same with a potential rookie. 

I do have to take a better look around the league. I really haven't got into it that hard yet. I wouldn't be surprised if Sanchez don't win the job. I've been hearing Simien has been stepping up and is the frontrunner but unfortunately I've never seen him in action. I also trust Wade Phillips a lot and the Broncos will be running the ball a ton.

I'll put a prediction up after week 3 preseason since basically week 4 is useless.

[JoeyFlex5]

4 hours ago, ravensdan said:

I feel like The afc south was the toughest to peg. Curious why you have the colts last?

I just don't like their setup, at all. Im not sold that Andrew luck can single handedly make up for all the horrible FA and draft moves. they have him and ty, and MAYBE a guy like Philip dorsett catches on In year 2, but even that may not be enough when they have no line and their defense seemingly gets worse by the year.

[ravensdan]

6 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

I just don't like their setup, at all. Im not sold that Andrew luck can single handedly make up for all the horrible FA and draft moves. they have him and ty, and MAYBE a guy like Philip dorsett catches on In year 2, but even that may not be enough when they have no line and their defense seemingly gets worse by the year.

I think their line has a chance to improve with their draft. They finally addressed it in the draft. If it's not too little too late. 

[BmoreBird22]

16 hours ago, Willbacker said:

Very startled to see everybody picking the SB champs to finish 3rd. Wade Phillips is the best DC out there and he lost very little. Jacson got way overpaid and Trevathan was just average at MLB. Who knows Trevor Simien could be the next Tom Brady.

Trevathan was one of the best ILB's in the game last year...

[757RavensFan]

21 hours ago, Steve0x said:

Some of you guys are wrong. For those who say Ravens wont make playoffs. John Harbaugh never had 2 straight seasons without going in playoffs.

A lot of Harbaugh's streaks have come to a screeching halt the past 2 years.  Never losing coming out of a bye, over.  Always wins the 1st game of the season, over. I'm not saying we will or won't make the playoffs, I am saying I won't use past trends to justify the outcomes of games and/or season. 

[usmccharles]

15 hours ago, JoeyFlex5 said:

I just don't like their setup, at all. Im not sold that Andrew luck can single handedly make up for all the horrible FA and draft moves. they have him and ty, and MAYBE a guy like Philip dorsett catches on In year 2, but even that may not be enough when they have no line and their defense seemingly gets worse by the year.

Look at his numbers and compare them to Ryan Tannehill, they are alarmingly similar.

Edited August 19, 2016 by usmccharles

[Willbacker]

8 hours ago, BmoreBird22 said:

Trevathan was one of the best ILB's in the game last year...

Avg may have been not fair since I believe he could be considered top 10. Should have said solid but definitely not one of the best unless you got a wide range. The bottomline to me is he can be replaced in a Wade Phillips defense.

[RaineV1]

I think it'll go down like this:
AFC North: Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, Browns

AFC South: Texans, Jags, Colts, Titans

AFC West: Broncos, Raiders, Chiefs, Chargers.

AFC East: Patriots, Bills, Jets, Dolphins.

AFC Wildcard round: Steelers vs Ravens, Texans vs Raiders

AFC first round bye: Broncos and Patriots

 

NFC East: Cowboys, Redskins, Giants, Eagles

NFC West: Cardinals, Seahawks, Rams, 49ers

NFC North: Packers, Vikings, Lions, Bears

NFC South: Panthers, Saints, Buccaneers, Falcons

Wildcard: Cowboys vs Vikings, Packers vs Seahawks

Bye: Panthers and Cardinals

[lgcs27288]

AFC North: Steelers, Bengals, Ravens, Browns

AFC South: Jags, Colts, Texans, Titans

AFC West: Chiefs, Raiders, Broncos, Chargers.

AFC East: Jets, Patriots, Bills, Dolphins.

Conference championship: Jets and Steelers

 

NFC East: Giants, Cowboys, Eagles, Redskins

NFC West: Cardinals, Seahawks, Rams, 49ers

NFC North: Vikings, Packers, Bears, Lions

NFC South: Panthers, Falcons, Bucs, Saints

 

Conference championship: Panthers and Vikings

 

Super Bowl: Jets and Panthers 

Champion: Panthers

[JO_75]

Probably will change this before the start of the season depending how I feel about them.

AFC East: Jets Patriots Dolphins Bills

Reason: Jets take advantage of 1-3 or 0-4 start to Patriots season, Brady leads them to Wild Card Round. Dolphins aren't there and Rex says bye to Buffalo.

AFC North: Ravens, Steelers, Bengals, Browns

Reason: Name a 5-11 team so competitive with backups? With our team healthy, we show what might have been last year. Take the division, get over the Bengals hump and do something we haven't done in the Harbaugh Era, earn the number one seed. Steelers are the Steelers, Bengals miss the playoffs while Hue Jackson surprises by having the Browns not earn the number one pick next year.

AFC South: Colts, Jaguars, Texans, Titans

Reason: Jaguars will just miss out on the division but with the Pats/Steelers miss out on wildcard. Colts bounce back and earn the number two seed. Don't think Brock will be able to handle things in Houston while Tennessee needs to fire Mike Mularkey before any improvement is shown.

AFC West: Chiefs, Raiders, Broncos, Chargers

Reason: Look what the Chiefs did WITHOUT Charles last year. Getting him back, I think they take advantage of the Manning less Broncos and take the division. Raiders much like the Jags miss out on the playoffs, Broncos will falter but the defense wins them games to keep them third in the division. Chargers can draft Joey Bosa again!

NFC East: Giants, Cowboys, Eagles, Redskins

Reason: Giants' spending spree pays off, Eli bounces back and the Giants are playoff bound in a weak division. Without a defense for Dallas, this will be similar to 2013 where the offense will be in shootouts. Eagles will improve and the Redskins first place schedule(Carolina, Arizona, Green Bay) along with the AFC North will be too much for the Redskins.

NFC North: Packers, Vikings, Bears, Lions

Reason: Packers reclaim their throne while the Vikings take a wild card spot. Bears show major improvement and make it a 3 man race for the division but come up short in the wild card race. Lions down year will lead to the firing of Jim Caldwell.

NFC South: Panthers, Falcons, Saints, Buccaneers

Reason: No team can compete with the Panthers in the division. Panthers win fourth straight division title while the rest of the division figure out how to stop the Carolina winning streak.

NFC West: Cardinals, Seahawks, 49ers, Rams

Reason: Arizona is the team to beat in the NFC along with Carolina. I think Arizona overcomes their NFC Championship beat down from last year, host the Panthers in a reversal in Arizona for the NFC Championship Game and heads to Houston. Seattle's OL is sketchy, 49ers do much better than expected and the Rams are the Rams. 

AFC Playoffs: Ravens, Colts, Chiefs, Jets, Patriots, Steelers

NFC Playoffs: Cardinals, Panthers, Packers, Giants; Vikings, Falcons

WC: Falcons @ Packers, Vikings @ Giants; Steelers @ Chiefs, Patriots @ Jets

DR: Packers @ Panthers, Giants @ Cardinals; Chiefs @ Colts, Patriots @ Ravens(Finally get them on our turf in the playoffs!)

CH: Colts @ Ravens; Panthers @ Cardinals

SB 51: Ravens vs Cardinals   Champions: Cardinals take our Super Bowl Record to 2-1 as Larry Fitzgerald retires after winning a Super Bowl.

[JoeyFlex5]

thats bold JO

[JoeyFlex5]

preseason over, im gonna change my predictions.. 

AFCN: bengals, ravens, steelers, browns 

AFCE: pats, jets, bills, dolphins 

AFCS: jags, texans, colts, titans

AFCW: chiefs, broncos, raiders, chargers 

seeds: patriots, chiefs, bengals, jags, broncos, ravens. 

WC: ravens > bengals - broncos > jags 

DR: patriots > ravens - chiefs > broncos 

AFCCG: patriots > chiefs 

 

NFCN: packers, lions, vikings, bears 

NFCE: skins, eagles, giants, cowboys 

NFCS: panthers, bucs, falcons, saints 

NFCW: cardinals, seahawks, rams, niners 

seeds: panthers, cardinals, skins, packers, seahawks, bucs at 8-8 only making it because the 6th seed is a crapshoot

WC: skins > bucs, seahawks > packers 

DR: panthers > packers, skins > cardinals 

NFCCG: panthers > skins

 

SB: panthers beat the patriots in the SB, cam newton is an absolute madman, the intermediate zone coverage from the panthers defense and the great interior pressure makes tom brady look like an amateur at times, cam rushes for 2 td's, throws for 3 more, their big receivers make light work of their secondary, they force turnovers, its an ugly SB loss for the patriots.

 

sidenote: i have the skins going to the ship purely because of an easy road, i have them facing the bucs or whatever Waste products of a team backs into the 6th seed, and i am at the point where i expect carson palmer to absolutely destroy any chance of the cardinals winning in the playoffs, he just cant play well past week 17, so theyre just handed a trip to the championship where they get blasted by a team who actually deserves to be there.

 

[ellicottraven]

Ravens - 11-5

Bengals - 10-6

Steelers  - 9-7

Browns - 4-12

 

[Rav'n Maniac]

Looking at opponents schedules, the Raiders have a tough first half travel wise. They have to come to the east for 5 away games in the first 8, Saints, Ravens, Jags. Buccs & Tenn.

[Inqui]

7 hours ago, Rav'n Maniac said:

Looking at opponents schedules, the Raiders have a tough first half travel wise. They have to come to the east for 5 away games in the first 8, Saints, Ravens, Jags. Buccs & Tenn.

When that happened to us last year there was a thread full of people whinging about disrespect/sabotage from the league. Every year there's at least one side that has to go through hell travel-wise. 

[Steve0x]

Sporting news picks Steelers to win super bowl LI 

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2017-li-prediction-pick-pittsburgh-steelers-seahawks/c5gscn814bsr1ppjuu5g364el

I say no! Big Ben is getting old,,He's also Injury prone. Just one big hit on Big Ben just one he could be done for season. Big Ben reminds me of Troy Aikman on his final year and you saw what happened to him. 

[Nightman]

17 hours ago, Steve0x said:

Sporting news picks Steelers to win super bowl LI 

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2017-li-prediction-pick-pittsburgh-steelers-seahawks/c5gscn814bsr1ppjuu5g364el

I say no! Big Ben is getting old,,He's also Injury prone. Just one big hit on Big Ben just one he could be done for season. Big Ben reminds me of Troy Aikman on his final year and you saw what happened to him. 

And they got blown out by the Eagles 34-3.  They're not even the best team in the Keystone state.