2014 NFL Regular Season

Since the real games start tomorrow, it's time for the regular season thread.

I'll start off with my 'look really stupid by December' predictions

AFC North

1. Nevermores
2. Bengals (WC)
3. Steelers
4. Browns (inquiring minds want to know if the coaching staff & front office will all
be fired again after the season).

AFC South

1. Colts
2. Jags (WC - Hey, there's always one that comes out of nowhere)
3. Texans
4. Titans (Whiz + young QBs = disaster)

AFC East

1. Pats (This is Auto Fill until the Jets or Dolphins show more...)
2. Dolphins
3. Jets
4. Bills (Getting absoulely no warm fuzzies from E.J. Manuel)

AFC West

1. Broncos
2. Chargers (WC)
3. chiefs
4. Raiders

NFC North

1. Lions (yeah, I know I just guaranteed 4-12 for them)
2. Packers (Wc)
3. Bears
4. Vikings

NFC South

1. Saints
2. Falcons
3. Panthers
4. Bucs

NFC East


1. Eagles
2. Redskins
3. Giants
4. Cowboys

NFC West

1. Seahawks
2. Cardinals (WC)
3. 49ers (too much attrition on D)
4. Rams

SB : Seahawks beat Nevermores.

AFC North

1. Cincinnati Bengals
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
3. Baltimore Ravens
4. Cleveland Browns

AFC South

1. Indianapolis Colts
2. Houston Texans
3. Tennessee Titans
4. Jacksonville Jaguars

AFC East

1. New England Patriots
2. Miami Dolphins
3. NY Jets
4. Buffalo Bills

AFC West

1. Denver Broncos
2. Kansas City Chiefs
3. San Diego Chargers
4. Oakland Raiders

NFC North

1. Chicago Bears
2. Green Bay Packers
3. Detroit Lions
4. Minnesota Vikings

NFC South

1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2. Atlanta Falcons
3. New Orleans Saints
4. Carolina Panthers

NFC East

1. Washington ********
2. Philadelphia Eagles
3. Dallas Cowboys
4. NY Giants

NFC West

1. Seattle Seahawks
2. San Francisco 49ers
3. St. Louis Rams
4. Arizona Cardinals

SB: Broncos vs 49ers


:/ wtf did I just write

AFC

AFC North

1. Bangles
2. Baltimore Browns (wildcard)
3. Steelers (wish we would make the playoffs this year but have to be brutally honest...we'll be lucky with 9-7)
4. Brownies: QB doesn't matter, you're still gonna suck

AFC South

1. Colts: I think will rock this season
2. Texans
3. Titans
4. Jaguars

AFC East

1. Patriots: Unless there's a plague of locusts
2. The Jets
3. Phins
4. Buffalo Bills: be about a size 14? Oh gooood...

AFC West

1. Denver Broncos
2. Chargers (Wildcard): count me among people who think they will continue to build up from last year
3. KC Chefs
4. Raiders

NFC

NFC North

1. GB Packers
2. Da Bears (Wildcard): make us proud, you have the tools
3. Lions
4. Vikings

NFC South

1. Saints
2. Bucs (wildcard): Lovie can make these pieces work
3. Dirty Birds
4. Panthers

NFC East

1. Iggles
2. Redskins
3. New Jersey Giants
4. Cowgirls: last where they belong

NFC West

1. Seahawks: still on fire
2. 49ers: just barely missing it
3. Cardinals
4. Rams


Super Bowl Fluke upset will knock the Broncos out in the playoffs, Pats over Seahawks. Also Doritos and Avengers commercials will be big winners.

AFC North

1. Bengals
2. Ravens (WC)
3. Steelers
4. Browns

AFC South

1. Colts
2. Titans
3. Texans
4. Jags

AFC East

1. Pats
2. Dolphins (wc)
3. Jets
4. Bills


AFC West

1. Broncos
2. Chiefs
3. Chargers
4. Raiders

NFC North

1. Lions
2. Packers (wc)
3. Bears
4. Vikings

NFC South

1. Falcons
2. Saints (wc)
3. Panthers
4. Bucs

NFC East


1. Eagles
2. Giants
3. 'boys
4. Foreskins

NFC West

1. Seahawks
2. Cardinals
3. 49ers
4. Rams

SB Broncos get drubbed again, this time by the Saints.

Cause these went so well for me last time.

Philadelphia Eagles 12-4
Dallas Cowboys 8-8
Washington Redskins 6-10
New York Giants 5-11

Green Bay Packers 12-4
Chicago Bears 11-5
Detroit Lions 8-8
Minnesota Vikings 5-11

New Orleans Saints 12-4
Carolina Panthers 10-6
Atlanta Falcons 9-7
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-12

Seattle Seahawks 11-5
San Francisco 49ers 9-7
Arizona Cardinals 8-8
St. Louis Rams 4-12


New England Patriots 13-3
Miami Dolphins 10-6
Buffalo Bills 6-10
New York Jets 2-14

Cincinnati Bengals 10-6
Pittsburgh Steelers 9-7
Baltimore Ravens 9-7
Cleveland Browns 6-10

Indianapolis Colts 10-6
Tennessee Titans 7-9
Houston Texans 5-11
Jacksonville Jaguars 3-13

Denver Broncos 12-4
San Diego Chargers 9-7
Kansas City Chiefs 8-8
Oakland Raiders 2-14


Packers bye
Saints bye
Panthers @ Eagles
Bears @ Seahawks

Patriots bye
Broncos bye
Steelers @ Bengals
Dolphins @ Colts

Seahawks @ Packers
Eagles @ Saints

Colts @ Patriots
Bengals @ Broncos

Saints @ Packers
Broncos @ Patriots

Broncos vs Packers

League MVP: Drew Brees
OPotY: Tom Brady
DPotY: Richard Sherman
ORotY: Kelvin Benjamin
DRotY: C.J. Mosley
CPotY: Aaron Rodgers

Super Bowl MVP: Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers statline: 4,480 yards, 38 TDs, 7 Ints


Always gotta plug for your team.

Azale said:

:/ wtf did I just write

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I have to ask WTF have the Falcons done to make themselves better than the Saints and their own improvements.

think I'm too late given the season started already but I'll edit this tomorrow anyway(though given what happened was exactly what I thought would happen means nothing changed)

With only sixteen games in a season and playoff races often coming down to one win more or less...getting selected for the 'honor' of getting sacrificed to the super bowl champion opening night buzz saw seems a bit harsh. I'm no Packer fan, but gee whiz ya gotta feel sorry for that.

GO HAWKS!

Light Cleric said:

I have to ask WTF have the Falcons done to make themselves better than the Saints and their own improvements.

think I'm too late given the season started already but I'll edit this tomorrow anyway(though given what happened was exactly what I thought would happen means nothing changed)

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NFC South is a crazy division that's fairly unpredictable year to year. So I'm trying to outsmart it by picking everyone's trendy pick to win it >_<

Azale said:

NFC South is a crazy division that's fairly unpredictable year to year. So I'm trying to outsmart it by picking everyone's trendy pick to win it >_<

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Falcons are the trendy pick? Rats. My usual approach to the NFC south is to throw out whoever won last year, and whoever the favorite is, and then toss a coin. But I thought the Saints were the hot pick.

Timsup2nothin said:

With only sixteen games in a season and playoff races often coming down to one win more or less...getting selected for the 'honor' of getting sacrificed to the super bowl champion opening night buzz saw seems a bit harsh. I'm no Packer fan, but gee whiz ya gotta feel sorry for that.

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Oddly enough I came out of that game frustrated but okay with it. I figured we'd lose, the scoreline was way worse than the game actually was, and once the defense and offense have had more time to gel, I have full confidence that we can go in there and beat Seattle at CenturyLink.


ahaha no i'm just hoping they lose enough road games to lose homefield

As long as Lacy is ok.

Seattle is playing good plus getting ALL the lucky bounces IMO.

Azale said:

NFC South is a crazy division that's fairly unpredictable year to year. So I'm trying to outsmart it by picking everyone's trendy pick to win it >_<

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Oh I see, that makes more sense I guess. The Bucs and Falcons are both trendy picks although as someone who lives in Atlanta most people around here would be surprised if they make it to .500 what with no Tony Gonzalez for the first time in Ryan's career, no Weatherspoon, no Sam Baker, Steven Jackson was basically DOA last year etc. I'm super biased as a Saints fan from Louisiana originally but I don't see any way they won't be monsters this year. They've got a much easier non-division schedule where the hardest game is probably @Chicago and they're basically unbeatable at home(16-0 in the last 16 home games Payton has actually coached in) as opposed to last year where they had to go to Seattle, St. Louis, Chicago and New England. Archie Manning said this might be the best Saints team in history and I'm inclined to agree with him. I'll believe the Bucs when I see a Lovie Smith team actually have an offense.

Anyway I've got:

AFC

AFC North

1. Bengals
2. Ravens (Wild Card)
3. Steelers
4. Browns

AFC South

1. Colts
2. Texans
3. Jaguars
4. Titans

AFC East

1. Patriots
2. Jets (Wild Card)
3. Dolphins
4. Bills (this franchise looks like a dumpster fire tbh)

AFC West

1. Denver Broncos
2. Chiefs
3. Chargers
4. Raiders

NFC

NFC North

1. Packers, not going anywhere in the playoffs tho until they stop wheeling out the corpse of Dom Capers each week. Should've been fired after the 2012 playoffs.
2. Bears (Wild Card)
3. Lions
4. Vikings

NFC South

1. Saints
2. Bucs
3. Falcons
4. Panthers

NFC East

1. Eagles
2. Giants
3. Cowboys
4. Redskins

NFC West

1. Seahawks
2. 49ers (Wild Card)
3. Cardinals
4. Rams

NFC Playoffs:

Bears @ Packers
Niners @ Eagles

Packers @ Saints
Niners @ Seahawks

Seahawks @ Saints (pick is based entirely on home field)

AFC Playoffs:

Jets @ Bengals
Ravens @ Colts

Colts @ Patriots
Ravens @ Broncos

Broncos @ Patriots

Super Bowl: Saints over Patriots.

I think the Seahawks looked pretty darn good last night but man, we need to get someone besides Earl Thomas back returning punts.

Golden Tate sure thinks so .

North King said:

Oddly enough I came out of that game frustrated but okay with it. I figured we'd lose, the scoreline was way worse than the game actually was, and once the defense and offense have had more time to gel, I have full confidence that we can go in there and beat Seattle at CenturyLink.


ahaha no i'm just hoping they lose enough road games to lose homefield

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I think they could lose at home, and maybe to the Packers...but it can't be ignored that since they started the super bowl champions season opener on Thursday night none of them have lost. And frequently the games have been the kind of national television embarrassment that really get your season off on the wrong foot. I think under the circumstances the Packers acquitted themselves pretty well.

Those recurring injuries on the O-line might be an issue for them though.

Bulaga's out for 2-4 weeks. Given the pass-rushes that the Packers face over that time, I am not very concerned.

Timsup2nothin said:

I think they could lose at home, and maybe to the Packers...but it can't be ignored that since they started the super bowl champions season opener on Thursday night none of them have lost. And frequently the games have been the kind of national television embarrassment that really get your season off on the wrong foot. I think under the circumstances the Packers acquitted themselves pretty well.

Those recurring injuries on the O-line might be an issue for them though.

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http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=330905007

To be fair, the Ravens were away.

Owen Glyndwr said:

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=330905007

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Case in point...Ravens didn't get the home game because of the Orioles...and got it reversed on them...

Ooops...left out the word home in that post...my bad and thanks for the correction.