JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
We're oh so close to that wonderful time of year. It is time to gear up and prepare for the 2010 NFL Regular Season. What's it gonna be?
Version 1.4 (12 Sept 2010)
*added specific teams to Season Things #14 and noted that they will not win more than 5 games a peace. 18 Aug 2010
*changed winner of NFC Divisional Round from Eagles to Packers. 11 Sept 2010
*Rectified clerical error with Philadelphia still making the NFC Championship Game in place of Green Bay after yesterday's alteration. 12 Sept 2010
*Note: Record prediction tolerance +/- 1 game.
*By request, 'mediocre' is defined as a record between 8-8 and 10-6.
*By request, 'bottom of standings' defined as bottom 12 teams, or 21st thru 32nd place.
NFC
East: Philadelphia Eagles (2) 11-5 (CONFIRMED) Incredible comeback in New York. A win against Minnesota clinches it. +2
North: Green Bay Packers (3) 11-5 (NEAR BUSTED) Very doubtful.
South: New Orleans Saints (1) 13-3 (ONGOING) 10-4 and second place in the division. Big game next week.
West: San Francisco 49ers (4) 9-7 (BUSTED) 49ers 5-9.
WC1: Dallas Cowboys (5) 10-6 (BUSTED) Cowboys are now 5-9. A lot of respect for Jason Garrett. COMPLETE BUST -1
WC2: Minnesota Vikings (6) 9-7 (ONGOING) Nearly busted. 5-8. Bucket of yuck. COMPLETE BUST -1
Wild Card Round
Green Bay over Minnesota: ROFL, not happening
Dallas over San Francisco: ROFL, not happening
Divisional Round
New Orleans over Dallas: Over someone, for sure
Green Bay over Philadelphia: Philadelphia might play in this one, can't speak for GB
Championship Game
New Orleans over Green Bay: Replace GB with Philadelphia
AFC
East: New York Jets (3) 11-5 (ONGOING) Probably not.
North: Baltimore Ravens (2) 11-5 (ONGOING) On track.
South: Indianapolis Colts (1) 12-4 (ONGOING) Can't win even 11, but they will win the division. I think.
West: San Diego Chargers (4) 8-8 (ONGOING) On track. Chiefs leading division, though.
WC1: Miami Dolphins (5) 10-6 (ONGOING) Lost to the Bills. Season over. -1
WC2: Cincinnati Bengals (6) 10-6 (BUSTED) 3-11 record. Back to the toilet of the NFL standings. HUGE BUST -2
Wildcard Round
New York Jets over Cincinnati: Pittsburgh over the NYJ.
Miami over San Diego: Not Miami. Baltimore?
Divisional Round
New York Jets over Baltimore: New England over Baltimore.
Indianapolis over Miami: NYJ @ Indy, but I can't call this one. NYJ win, I guess.
Championship Game
Indianapolis over New York Jets: New England over the NYJ.
Superbowl XLV
Indianapolis over New Orleans: Close. NE over NO.
Season Things, 15 Points
(1) New England Patriots disintegrate into a mediocre (or worse) team. (BUSTED) The Patriots just got hammered by the Browns, but have otherwise played well. HUGE BUST -2
(2) Aaron Rodgers (Packers) has a break-out season. (BUSTED) So far, Rodgers is performing significantly worse than last year. PARTIAL BUST. -1 ... Two concussions stunted his growth. -1
(3) Kevin Kolb (Eagles) has a better-than-expected season. (BUSTED) Kolb was benched. Though he performed well at times, Vick was preferred due to a poor offensive line. COMPLETE BUST -1
(4) The winner of the Week 1 meeting of Green Bay at Philadelphia will be the number two seed. The loser will be number three. (NEARLY BUSTED) Barring a Philadelphia sweep @NYG, vMIN, and vDAL, and a miracle run by GB, not happening. -1
(5) San Francisco will win the NFC West or will lose quite a few close games. (ONGOING) 4 of 9 losses are of 3 pts or less. +2
(6) Pittsburgh will be disoriented throughout the year and unfocused. (BUSTED) Huge bust. -2
(7) Baltimore will look scary good, at times. (ONGOING) They are performing well, but not scary good. -1
(8) San Diego will only win the AFC West, because they can't all lose it. (ONGOING) San Diego is in second place, with Kansas City at the top with a respectable 8-5 record, for now.
(9) Washington will get off to a great start (6-2), but will flop in the second half of the season. (BUSTED) The flop came much sooner than expected. -1
(10) New York Jets will come incredibly close to fulfilling Rex Ryan's promise. (NEARLY BUSTED) , first-place in the AFC East. -1
(11) Terrell Owens will have a better season than last year. (CONFIRMED) +1
(12) New Orleans Saints will not slow down one iota. (ONGOING) New Orleans has lost to some teams that it has no business losing to, but overall they are getting it done now with Reggie Bush back on the field.
(13) New York Giants might supplant Dallas for the Wild Card spot. (CONFIRMED) The Giants would take a wild card spot if the playoffs started today. +2
(14) The usual suspects at the bottom of the standings will remain at the bottom of the standings (bottom 12 in standings), except for...no one...they all still suck.
(a) Cleveland Browns Eh? 5-9, 22nd place
(b) Kansas City Chiefs Buzz! 9-5, 9th place -2
(c) Oakland Raiders Buzz! 7-7, 17th place -1
(d) Detroit Lions Ding! 4-10, 29th place +2
(e) St. Louis Rams Meh. 6-8, 19th place -1
(f) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Buzz! 8-6, 15th place -1
(15) Minnesota will have a tough first few weeks until Brett Favre returns...again.(CONFIRMED) +1 Favre returned after the first pre-season game. +2
Version 1.4 (12 Sept 2010)
*added specific teams to Season Things #14 and noted that they will not win more than 5 games a peace. 18 Aug 2010
*changed winner of NFC Divisional Round from Eagles to Packers. 11 Sept 2010
*Rectified clerical error with Philadelphia still making the NFC Championship Game in place of Green Bay after yesterday's alteration. 12 Sept 2010
*Note: Record prediction tolerance +/- 1 game.
*By request, 'mediocre' is defined as a record between 8-8 and 10-6.
*By request, 'bottom of standings' defined as bottom 12 teams, or 21st thru 32nd place.
NFC
East: Philadelphia Eagles (2) 11-5 (CONFIRMED) Incredible comeback in New York. A win against Minnesota clinches it. +2
North: Green Bay Packers (3) 11-5 (NEAR BUSTED) Very doubtful.
South: New Orleans Saints (1) 13-3 (ONGOING) 10-4 and second place in the division. Big game next week.
West: San Francisco 49ers (4) 9-7 (BUSTED) 49ers 5-9.
WC1: Dallas Cowboys (5) 10-6 (BUSTED) Cowboys are now 5-9. A lot of respect for Jason Garrett. COMPLETE BUST -1
WC2: Minnesota Vikings (6) 9-7 (ONGOING) Nearly busted. 5-8. Bucket of yuck. COMPLETE BUST -1
Wild Card Round
Green Bay over Minnesota: ROFL, not happening
Dallas over San Francisco: ROFL, not happening
Divisional Round
New Orleans over Dallas: Over someone, for sure
Green Bay over Philadelphia: Philadelphia might play in this one, can't speak for GB
Championship Game
New Orleans over Green Bay: Replace GB with Philadelphia
AFC
East: New York Jets (3) 11-5 (ONGOING) Probably not.
North: Baltimore Ravens (2) 11-5 (ONGOING) On track.
South: Indianapolis Colts (1) 12-4 (ONGOING) Can't win even 11, but they will win the division. I think.
West: San Diego Chargers (4) 8-8 (ONGOING) On track. Chiefs leading division, though.
WC1: Miami Dolphins (5) 10-6 (ONGOING) Lost to the Bills. Season over. -1
WC2: Cincinnati Bengals (6) 10-6 (BUSTED) 3-11 record. Back to the toilet of the NFL standings. HUGE BUST -2
Wildcard Round
New York Jets over Cincinnati: Pittsburgh over the NYJ.
Miami over San Diego: Not Miami. Baltimore?
Divisional Round
New York Jets over Baltimore: New England over Baltimore.
Indianapolis over Miami: NYJ @ Indy, but I can't call this one. NYJ win, I guess.
Championship Game
Indianapolis over New York Jets: New England over the NYJ.
Superbowl XLV
Indianapolis over New Orleans: Close. NE over NO.
Season Things, 15 Points
(1) New England Patriots disintegrate into a mediocre (or worse) team. (BUSTED) The Patriots just got hammered by the Browns, but have otherwise played well. HUGE BUST -2
(2) Aaron Rodgers (Packers) has a break-out season. (BUSTED) So far, Rodgers is performing significantly worse than last year. PARTIAL BUST. -1 ... Two concussions stunted his growth. -1
(3) Kevin Kolb (Eagles) has a better-than-expected season. (BUSTED) Kolb was benched. Though he performed well at times, Vick was preferred due to a poor offensive line. COMPLETE BUST -1
(4) The winner of the Week 1 meeting of Green Bay at Philadelphia will be the number two seed. The loser will be number three. (NEARLY BUSTED) Barring a Philadelphia sweep @NYG, vMIN, and vDAL, and a miracle run by GB, not happening. -1
(5) San Francisco will win the NFC West or will lose quite a few close games. (ONGOING) 4 of 9 losses are of 3 pts or less. +2
(6) Pittsburgh will be disoriented throughout the year and unfocused. (BUSTED) Huge bust. -2
(7) Baltimore will look scary good, at times. (ONGOING) They are performing well, but not scary good. -1
(8) San Diego will only win the AFC West, because they can't all lose it. (ONGOING) San Diego is in second place, with Kansas City at the top with a respectable 8-5 record, for now.
(9) Washington will get off to a great start (6-2), but will flop in the second half of the season. (BUSTED) The flop came much sooner than expected. -1
(10) New York Jets will come incredibly close to fulfilling Rex Ryan's promise. (NEARLY BUSTED) , first-place in the AFC East. -1
(11) Terrell Owens will have a better season than last year. (CONFIRMED) +1
(12) New Orleans Saints will not slow down one iota. (ONGOING) New Orleans has lost to some teams that it has no business losing to, but overall they are getting it done now with Reggie Bush back on the field.
(13) New York Giants might supplant Dallas for the Wild Card spot. (CONFIRMED) The Giants would take a wild card spot if the playoffs started today. +2
(14) The usual suspects at the bottom of the standings will remain at the bottom of the standings (bottom 12 in standings), except for...no one...they all still suck.
(a) Cleveland Browns Eh? 5-9, 22nd place
(b) Kansas City Chiefs Buzz! 9-5, 9th place -2
(c) Oakland Raiders Buzz! 7-7, 17th place -1
(d) Detroit Lions Ding! 4-10, 29th place +2
(e) St. Louis Rams Meh. 6-8, 19th place -1
(f) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Buzz! 8-6, 15th place -1
(15) Minnesota will have a tough first few weeks until Brett Favre returns...again.(CONFIRMED) +1 Favre returned after the first pre-season game. +2