NFL Regular Season 2012

[Serutan]

OK, the preseason games are over, so it's time to go to regular season mode. As usual, lets start off with predictions:


AFC East:

1. New England
2. Buffalo (WC)
3. Jets (Can you say 'train wreck')
4. Dolpins.

AFC North:

1. Cincy
2. Nevermores (WC)
3. Pittsburg (injuries, plus I think the defense is going to be worse)
4. Cleveland (Pretty much an auto-filll now).

AFC South:

1. Houston
2. Tennessee
3. Indy.
4. Jax. (Not sold on Gabbert).

AFC West:

1. Denver
2. Oakland
3. San Diego (Norv finally goes)
4. KC.


NFC East:

1. Philly (Vick plays just enough games)
2. Dallas (WC)
3. Giants
4.Washington

NFC North:

1. GB
2. Chicago (WC)
3. Detroit
4. Minnesota

NFC South:

1. Atlanta
2. Carolina
3. Nawlins (Think the D will still be too porous)
4. Tampa Bay

NFC West:

1. Seattle
2. SF (Their injury look last year was preposterously good, and I'm not sold on their WRs).
3. AZ (The QB circus comes to town!)
4. St. Louis


SB : GB beats Houston.

 

[Serutan]

And it appears that Skelton has been named the Cardinals' starter.
My over/under on the number of starting QB changes over the course
of the season : 4.5

 

[Archbob]

I still think that NYG will get the WC over Dallas.

 

[Dachs]

2. Carolina
3. Nawlins (Think the D will still be too porous)

Really.

 

[Serutan]

Really. Something unexpected always happens, and that's just as likely as anything else.

 

[Azale]

~NFC~

NFC East
1. NY Giants
2. Dallas Cowboys
3. Philadelphia Eagles
4. Washington Redskins

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

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

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

~AFC~

AFC East
1. New England Patriots
2. Buffalo Bills
3. Miami Dolphins
4. NY Jest

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

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

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

~Superbowl~

Houston v. Green Bay


I don't feel good about these picks at all. I feel like I've picked GB in the Superbowl for the last 4 years.

 

[North King]

Cowboys
Eagles
Giants
Redskins

Packers
Bears
Lions
Vikings

Falcons
Panthers
Saints
Buccaneers

49ers
Seahawks
Rams
Cardinals


Patriots
Bills
Jets
Dolphins

Steelers
Ravens
Bengals
Browns

Texans
Titans
Colts
Jaguars

Broncos
Chiefs
Raiders
Chargers

Super Bowl: Green Bay over Houston

MVP: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay
OPOTY: Tom Brady, New England
DPOTY: Patrick Willis, San Francisco
OROTY: RG3, Racists
DROTY: Luke Kuechly, Carolina
Comeback Player of the Year: Peyton Manning, Denver
Super Bowl MVP: RANDALL COBB, Green Bay

Madden Cover: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay

#1 pick of the 2013 NFL Draft: Matt Barkley (USC), to the Jacksonville Jaguars

 

[sirtommygunn]

AFC East:

1. Patriots
2. Jets
3. Bills
4. Dolphins

AFC North:

1. Ravens
2. Bengals
3. Steelers
4. Browns

AFC South:

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

AFC West:

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

NFC East:

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

NFC North:

1. Packers
2. Lions
3. Bears
4. Vikings

NFC South:

1. Falcons
2. New Orleans
3. Panthers
4. Buccaneers

NFC West:

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

SB:

Jets vs Lions

 

[NickyJ]

AFC East:

1. Patriots
2. Bills
3. Dolphins
4. Jets

AFC North:

1. Steelers
2. Bengals
3. Ravens
4. Browns

AFC South:

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

AFC West:

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


NFC East:

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

NFC North:

1. Packers
2. Bears
3. Lions
4. Vikings

NFC South:

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

NFC West:

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

Super Bowl: Packers beat Patriots.

SB:

Jets vs Lions

Seriously? I mean, seriously?

1. Philly (Vick plays just enough games)
2. Dallas (WC)
3. Giants
4.Washington

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

Cowboys
Eagles
Giants
Redskins

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

What the hell are you guy smoking? Dallas is always supposed to go to the playoffs. And you know where they always go? To the the cellar, to sit next to the Redskins.

Again, tell me what your smoking. I want some, because I want to think the Redskins can take it to the playoffs too.

 

[Dachs]

So, are the Giants the least-respected defending champion of all time?

 

[NickyJ]

So, are the Giants the least-respected defending champion of all time?

Definitely. I think some of it may be due to the fact that Sexy Rexy swept them, but they're still the defending champs. But I really don't get the expectations for Dallas. They stink like Washington every year.

That said, I'd like to take this moment to bash on them too:

Source: ESPN

ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting that the New York Giants are one of three teams currently over the 2012 NFL salary cap by about $700,000 and must do some juggling in order to get under by the time the regular season starts Wednesday. This is the e-mail from Adam:

Houston, Detroit and N.Y. Giants are all roughly 700,000 over the NFL's salary cap, according to a league source. Houston can take their cap exception from the Redskins and Cowboys and get under the cap but the Giants and Lions will have to make a move or restructure contracts to get under cap. They have until Wednesday to get under the cap.

This is, obviously, quite ironic, since it was Giants owner John Mara who chairs the committee that imposed the salary cap punishments on the Redskins and the Cowboys for the way they spent their money in the uncapped 2010 season. Mara was the driving force behind those punishments and spoke out strenuously in defense of them at the owners' meetings in March, when he said the Redskins and Cowboys were "lucky they didn't lose draft picks" as punishment.

The Redskins were docked a total of $36 million in cap space over the next two seasons and the Cowboys $10 million, and that cap space was divvied up among 28 other teams ($1.6 million apiece) to use as they see fit. Since Houston's apparently remains unused, they're OK. But the Giants already took their $1.6 million, so they will need to restructure a contract or make a move.

They have a mediocre O-Line, mediocre TEs, an injury-prone starting RB, and an injury-prone secondary; and they STILL managed to go over the cap. That takes talent.

All that being said, the Giants are still going to take the division.

 

[Serutan]

{predictions snipped}

Seriously? I mean, seriously?


What the hell are you guy smoking? Dallas is always supposed to go to the playoffs. And you know where they always go? To the the cellar, to sit next to the Redskins.

Again, tell me what your smoking. I want some, because I want to think the Redskins can take it to the playoffs too.

Er, um, I think you're speaking strictly as a Skins fan, rather than trying to look at the situation objectively. Personally, I think the first 3 spots in the NFC East could just as accurately be predicted with darts as with actual thought, because IMO Philly, Dallas, and NY all have weaknesses that one can use to argue why they won't make the playoffs.

 

[Azale]

I would argue with NickyJ, but that would be like trying to argue with NickyJ.

Have fun with your mediocre overpaid coach and the Pierre Garcon experience!

 

[sirtommygunn]

Definitely. I think some of it may be due to the fact that Sexy Rexy swept them, but they're still the defending champs. But I really don't get the expectations for Dallas. They stink like Washington every year.

It's not that I think the cowboys are that good, it's that that entire division is garbage.

 

[mrt144]

Nicky, get back to me when you can formulate a reason that the Rams will be the #2 in the NFC West. Glass houses and stones.

 

[Azale]

It's not that I think the cowboys are that good, it's that that entire division is garbage.

Garbage enough to win the Superbowl, amirite?

 

[sirtommygunn]

Garbage enough to win the Superbowl, amirite?

Because it's impossible to get lucky in the playoffs amirite?

 

[NickyJ]

Er, um, I think you're speaking strictly as a Skins fan, rather than trying to look at the situation objectively. Personally, I think the first 3 spots in the NFC East could just as accurately be predicted with darts as with actual thought, because IMO Philly, Dallas, and NY all have weaknesses that one can use to argue why they won't make the playoffs.

No, I'm speaking strictly as a observer of a team who finished third place three out of the last four seasons. The Giants will win the division, and if they don't, the Eagles will. Dallas and Washington are still bottom dwellers.

I would argue with NickyJ, but that would be like trying to argue with NickyJ.

Have fun with your mediocre overpaid coach and the Pierre Garcon experience!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I said that Washington was going to the playoffs, or even getting a winning season.

It's not that I think the cowboys are that good, it's that that entire division is garbage.

Garbage enough to win the Superbowl, amirite?

+1

Because it's impossible to get lucky in the playoffs amirite?

Getting to the playoffs does not mean winning a Super Bowl against the Patriots.

Nicky, get back to me when you can formulate a reason that the Rams will be the #2 in the NFC West. Glass houses and stones.

The Cardinals have John Skelton as their starting quarterback. The Rams and the Seahawks are a coin flip, which could very well go in favor of the Seahawks. (To be honest, I didn't really pay a whole lot of attention to that division.)

 

[North King]

The Giants were 1-2 4QC away from not making the playoffs at all. Coughlin is a fantastic playoffs coach (though he sure was lucky to face the impotent Falcons, a rusty Packers squad that played its second worst football of the past two seasons, and a 49ers team sans #1 return men in one of the most spectacular special teams disasters in a long while) -- but his regular seasons are something else entirely. The Giants went from super bowl and 12-4 seasons to missing the playoffs in two consecutive years; they're not a consistent squad at all.

And to say the Cowboys have been bad so they will always be bad is one of the most basic fallacies you could make.

 

[sirtommygunn]

Getting to the playoffs does not mean winning a Super Bowl against the Patriots.

Yeah because this was definitely the best Patriots team in years, not like they had an incredibly easy regular season schedule where they lost 100% of their games that involved facing a team with a winning record or anything.