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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Sports => Topic started by: Professoralstad on September 05, 2013, 02:09:40 PM
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With football season under way tonight, it's time to make some predictions about how the season will turn out. I have included my predictions, as well as a relative point value for each prediction. I think it'd be fun to see at the end of the season who was the best predictor, and I might think of a prize to throw in as well.
Winner of the AFC North: 1 point Bengals
Winner of the AFC East: 1 point Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: 1 point Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: 1 point Colts
Winner of the NFC North: 1 point Packers
Winner of the NFC East: 1 point Eagles
Winner of the NFC West: 1 point Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: 1 point Panthers
Winner of the AFC Championship game: 3 points Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 3 points Seahawks
Winner of the Super Bowl: 5 points
Team with overall best record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Broncos, Seahawks
Team with the overall worst record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): 2 points Texans
QB with the highest passer rating: 3 points Nick Foles
RB with the most rushing yards: 3 points LeSean McCoy
WR with the most receiving yards: 3 points Josh Gordon
Team with the most points scored: 3 points Broncos
Defense with the most turnovers: 4 points Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: 3 points
Defensive Rookie of the Year: 3 points
League MVP: 5 points
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): 3 points Gary Kubiak
Tiebreaker: Total number of points scored in the Super Bowl, Price is Right style (i.e. closest without going over wins). Note that you cannot guess the same number as any other person before you.
There are plenty more predictions that could be made, but I'll leave it at these for now. Posts must be made here before kickoff next Thursday night, so you have 1 week to change your predictions based on the results of this week's games.
My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Bengals
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Colts
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings ::)
Winner of the NFC East: Giants
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Falcons
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Falcons
Team with the overall worst record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Jaguars
QB with the highest passer rating: Aaron Rodgers
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Packers
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tavon Austin
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Tyrann Matthieu
League MVP: Matt Ryan
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): Rex Ryan
Tiebreaker: Total points in the SB will be 37
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Steelers
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Green Bay
Winner of the NFC East: Eagles
Winner of the NFC West: Seahwaks
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Seahawks
Winner of the Super Bowl: Seahawks
Team with overall best record: Seahawks
Team with the overall worst record: Jets
QB with the highest passer rating: Peyton Manning
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Saints
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Montee Ball
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Peyton Manning
First head coach to be fired during the season: Jason Garret
Tie Breaker: 48
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings
Winner of the NFC East: Redskins
Winner of the NFC West: San Fran
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Falcons
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Denver Broncos
Team with the overall worst record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Oakland
QB with the highest passer rating: Drew Brees
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Andre Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Patriots
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Cordarelle Patterson
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Mantei Tao
League MVP: Aaron Rodgers
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): None
Tiebreaker: Total number of points scored in the Super Bowl, Price is Right style (i.e. closest without going over wins). Note that you cannot guess the same number as any other person before you. 45
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Winner of the AFC North: Bengals
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Packers
Winner of the NFC East: Giants
Winner of the NFC West: Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: Panthers
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Packers
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record: Packers
Team with the overall worst record: Raiders
QB with the highest passer rating: Drew Brees
RB with the most rushing yards: Jamaal Charles
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Packers
Defense with the most turnovers: Ravens
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tavon Austin
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Tom Brady
First head coach to be fired during the season: Jim Schwartz, Lions
Tiebreaker: 42
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Packers
Winner of the NFC East: Giants
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons
(wild cards just for fun, AFC: Bengals, Chiefs NFC: Saints, Bears)
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Patriots
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers
Winner of the Super Bowl: Patriots
Team with overall best record: Patriots
Team with overall worst record: Raiders
QB with highest passer rating: Aaron Rodgers
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Broncos
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears
Offensive Rookie of the year: I dunno, I don't watch much college so I don't really know these people
Defesnive rookie of the year: I dunno, I don't watch much college so I don't really know these people
League MVP: Tom Brady
First head coach to be fired during the season: Mike Munchak
Tiebreaker: 46
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Green Bay
Winner of the NFC East: Red Skins(Go Cowboys!!! ::))
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record: Texans
Team with the overall worst record: Raiders
QB with the highest passer rating: Peyton Manning
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Falcons
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Montee Ball
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Aron Rogers
First head coach to be fired during the season: Rex Ryan
Tie Breaker: 30
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Browns
Winner of the AFC East: Bills
Winner of the AFC West: Raiders
Winner of the AFC South: Titans
Winner of the NFC North: Lions
Winner of the NFC East: Redskins
Winner of the NFC West: Rams
Winner of the NFC South: Panthers
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Bills
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Rams
Winner of the Super Bowl: Rams
Team with overall best record: Jets
Team with the overall worst record: Packers
QB with the highest passer rating: Christian Ponder
RB with the most rushing yards: Toby Gerhart
WR with the most receiving yards: Mike Wallace
Team with the most points scored: Raiders
Defense with the most turnovers: Browns
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Ace Sanders
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jelani Jenkins
League MVP: Manti Te'o
First head coach to be fired during the season: Jerry Kill
Tie Breaker: 42
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncs
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings
Winner of the NFC East: Skins
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers
Winner of the NFC South: falcons
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncs
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers
Team with overall best record 49ers
Team with the overall worst record Raiders
QB with the highest passer rating: Rogers
RB with the most rushing yards: AP
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Seahawks
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears
Offensive Rookie of the Year: no idea
Defensive Rookie of the Year: no idea
League MVP: Payton Manning
First head coach to be fired during the season none
Tiebreaker: 45
Why someone minus 1 everything?
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Winner of the AFC North: Bengals
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Chiefs
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Packers
Winner of the NFC East: Eagles
Winner of the NFC West: Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: Buccos
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers
Team with overall best record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Packers
Team with the overall worst record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Bills
QB with the highest passer rating: Tom Brady
RB with the most rushing yards: Lesean McCoy
WR with the most receiving yards: Brandon Marshall
Team with the most points scored: Packers
Defense with the most turnovers: Bengals (this is a ridiculous category imo)
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Geno Smith
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Dion Jordan
League MVP: RG3
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): Jason Garrett
Tiebreaker: 67
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Why someone minus 1 everything?
Clearly because nobody besides you picked the 49ers to win the Super Bowl
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AFC North: Ravens
AFC East: Patriots (so brave)
AFC West: Broncos
AFC South: Colts
NFC North: Packers
NFC East: Redskins
NFC West: Seahawks
NFC South: Falcons
AFC Champion: Broncos
NFC Champion: Seahawks
Super Bowl Champion: Seahawks
Team with Overall best record: Broncos
Team with overall worst record: Raiders
QB with the highest passer rating: Tom Brady
RB with the most rushing yards: Marshawn Lynch
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Packers
Defense with the most turnovers: Cardinals
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tavon Austin
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Brady
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): Who coaches the Raiders? That guy
Tie Breaker: 45
Bonus: Bills Playoff-less streak enters high school
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Who coaches the Raiders?
Dennis Allen. He and Rex Ryan are at the top of the vegas odds for that particular question. One of them is 3:2 I think.
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Who coaches the Raiders?
Dennis Allen. He and Rex Ryan are at the top of the vegas odds for that particular question. One of them is 3:2 I think.
I think the jets are going to do okay this year. probably not well enough to save Rex's job, but well enough to get him through the season.
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Colts
Winner of the NFC North: Packers
Winner of the NFC East: Redskins
Winner of the NFC West: Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: Saints
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Seahawks
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record: Broncos
Team with the overall worst record: Jets
QB with the highest passer rating: Drew Brees
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Saints
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: EJ Manuel
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Barkevious Mingo
League MVP: Peyton Manning
First head coach to be fired during the season: Rex Ryan
Tiebreaker: Total points in the SB will be 47
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Is any one staying with the ravens after last night.
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Is any one staying with the ravens after last night.
It's one night calm down let the media be over reactionary. Knowledgable fans know not to flip too fast. I am a steelers fan and I would love to see the ravens flop this year but one night doesn't tell the story of a season.
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Is any one staying with the ravens after last night.
When the ravens lose, they love to lose in spectacular fashion like this.
And this is coming from a Ravens fan.
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Is any one staying with the ravens after last night.
When the ravens lose, they love to lose in spectacular fashion like this.
And this is coming from a Ravens fan.
Exactly. They suffered big losses to the Texans and Broncos like this last year. One game does not a season make.
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With it being a few week in to the season would there be any changes to what people picked?
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With it being a few week in to the season would there be any changes to what people picked?
Should have had nothing to do with 9ers
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Saints to win the South, Steelers worst overall
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Well, the Ravens lost to the Bills, so they're obviously going no where
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Saints to win the South, Steelers worst overall
Steelers will get some stuff figured out, I believe in Tomlin. Jaguars will be worst overall.
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I agree that the Jags will be worst overall, but there's really nothing to "figure out" in Pittsburgh. The team is a dumpster fire, and at this point we've figured out that it is, in fact, a dumpster fire. Now they can put that dumpster fire out, but then they'd just be left with charred dumpster full of ash, which is actual worse than a dumpster fire in that it is just as useless and not nearly as interesting to look at.
For those wondering putting out the dumpster fire = realizing you're going nowhere, trading away anyone with value, and entering rebuild mode.
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Interesting note: Tim Tebow is currently working as a Sanitary Engineer in Florida. ;)
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With it being a few week in to the season would there be any changes to what people picked?
I'd probably change about half of my answers:
Division Winners I'd still pick: Colts, 49ers, Broncos, Patriots
Division Winners I'd change: Saints, Ravens, Cowboys...and Bears, just because I have to put a team down, I don't think the Lions success thus far is sustainable, and I'd rather be wrong than pick the Packers. Also, I have to be realistic: The Vikes are the fourth best team in the NFC North.
AFC Champion and SB winner would still be the Broncos
NFC Champion would be the 49ers
Best record would be Broncos, worst would remain Jaguars.
QBR and MVP would go to Manning.
RB w/ most yards would remain AP, WR with most yds would go to DeSean Jackson
Most points would go to Broncos, most turnovers would stay with Bears
Rookies of the year would probably change to The Guardian's picks (Manuel and Mingo), just because I can't think of any other rookie standouts. Maybe Kenbrell Thompkins, but he's been a bit too inconsistent.
First fired coach would probably go to either Ron Rivera or stay with Rex Ryan. Though I could honestly see no coaches being fired this season, due to most of the worst teams thus far being coached by guys that would be hard to fire (like Tomlin or Coughlin because of past success, and Gus Bradley and Greg Schiano not having been around long enough to bear the burdens of their teams' failures).
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Selling out on the Seahawks tisk tisk tisk
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Though I could honestly see no coaches being fired this season, due to most of the worst teams thus far being coached by guys that would be hard to fire (like Tomlin or Coughlin because of past success, and Gus Bradley and Greg Schiano not having been around long enough to bear the burdens of their teams' failures).
Clearly you have not heard the whole story in Tampa.... :o
I think UConn fired their coach to make room for Schiano once he has had enough of NFL players. Schiano used to coach for Rutgers in the former Big East, and UConn is getting desperate. Schiano already has a recruiting history in the region.
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Schiano has also show that he's an ego maniac. Most people, if they don't want a guy on their team anymore, would just bench and cut him. Not start an elaborate smear campaign against him.
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Selling out on the Seahawks tisk tisk tisk
Not sure if that was intended for me or not, but I picked the 49ers to begin with. Seattle has been a bit overrated this season IMO. And while their signature win did come against the 49ers, I think that the game in SF will have just the opposite result. Of course, if Percy comes back and returns to his last season pre-injury form, Seattle could be the class of the NFC. But any team that can put up the amount of points the 49ers have the past couple of games in spite of mediocre QB performance is in pretty good shape in my book. And considering we have seen that same QB be great, it is scary what they are capable of this season. Their two losses happen to be against what I would say are 2 out of the 5 best NFL teams so far, and I think SF has a decent chance of winning out (with maybe a loss against the Saints at the Superdome).
Clearly you have not heard the whole story in Tampa.... :o
I haven't been following it too closely as of yet, though I'm sure I'll be hearing about it quite a bit more in the coming days, since the situation has a pretty significant local impact now... ::) But I'd still wager that he'll remain the coach through the end of the season, though I wouldn't be surprised if they parted ways following the season.
Schiano has also show that he's an ego maniac. Most people, if they don't want a guy on their team anymore, would just bench and cut him. Not start an elaborate smear campaign against him.
I guess I haven't heard all the details of the story, but it does seem that based on Frazier's statements this morning, he is unconcerned with Freeman's alleged issues. And Frazier has definitely been the most level-headed coach the Vikings have had since Denny Green, so I tend to think that the rumors are not necessarily true (or at least not to the degree that has been alleged). Still, egomaniac doesn't necessarily translate to bad coach (perhaps in this case it does). One only needs to look at the NFC West for a few examples of that.
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Not start an elaborate smear campaign against him.
Who's smearing who? There is definitely more to the story. "Leaked" information can come from any side.
With that said, though, Schiano was a known disciplinarian, so when he was facing a mutiny (ironic really, since it's the Buccaneers), his options were limited. College teams are better suited for his style, since discipline is what most non-SEC teams want from their athletes. You never heard anything bad come out of Rutgers off the field while Schiano was there, and they were always a challenge on the field for teams from any conference. I sincerely hope that UConn lands him if he indeed leaves the NFL divas.
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Kiki Alonso for DROY
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Not start an elaborate smear campaign against him.
Who's smearing who? There is definitely more to the story. "Leaked" information can come from any side.
With that said, though, Schiano was a known disciplinarian, so when he was facing a mutiny (ironic really, since it's the Buccaneers), his options were limited. College teams are better suited for his style, since discipline is what most non-SEC teams want from their athletes. You never heard anything bad come out of Rutgers off the field while Schiano was there, and they were always a challenge on the field for teams from any conference. I sincerely hope that UConn lands him if he indeed leaves the NFL divas.
There isn't more to the story, schiano tried to get public support for benching Freeman by "leaking" Freeman's supposed PED use, when he has an exemption from the NFL for the medicine he's taking and takes more drug tests than nearly anyone else as part of that exemption.
Kiki Alonso for DROY
*Kiko. Agreed.
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Schiano mishandles quarterbacks.
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncs
Winner of the AFC South: Texans Colts
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings
Winner of the NFC East: Skins Cowboys
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: falcons Saints
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncs
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers Seahawks
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers Broncos
Team with overall best record 49ers Broncos
Team with the overall worst record Raiders Jaguars
QB with the highest passer rating: Rogers
RB with the most rushing yards: AP
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Seahawks Broncos
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears
Offensive Rookie of the Year: no idea
Defensive Rookie of the Year: no idea
League MVP: Payton Manning
First head coach to be fired during the season none
Tiebreaker: 45
If I had the choice again, thats what I would do.
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There isn't more to the story, schiano tried to get public support for benching Freeman by "leaking" Freeman's supposed PED use...
Reliable source, please?
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Selling out on the Seahawks tisk tisk tisk
Not sure if that was intended for me or not, but I picked the 49ers to begin with. Seattle has been a bit overrated this season IMO. And while their signature win did come against the 49ers, I think that the game in SF will have just the opposite result. Of course, if Percy comes back and returns to his last season pre-injury form, Seattle could be the class of the NFC. But any team that can put up the amount of points the 49ers have the past couple of games in spite of mediocre QB performance is in pretty good shape in my book. And considering we have seen that same QB be great, it is scary what they are capable of this season. Their two losses happen to be against what I would say are 2 out of the 5 best NFL teams so far, and I think SF has a decent chance of winning out (with maybe a loss against the Saints at the Superdome).
Every argument you made can made fire the Seahawks as well. I'd take lynch over gore any day. Wilson hasn't played his best ball yet this season. The Seahawks defense is lights out and it travels. Specials teams for Seattle has been stellar. I personally think have a match edge against the bronco's bc of the option to play bump and run with huge corners. Just my thoughts
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Honestly, I'm not sure what would be a good match vs the Broncos. As entertaining as the shootout in Dallas was, I was thinking through the entire game that despite Romo's unbelievable day, the Broncos had the advantage the whole way. I guess its hard to say thus far what the Broncos would look like vs a top rated defense, because so far no team that has played them can be rated as a top defense just due to the numbers they put up. But it should be fun to watch. Kind of crazy to think that the best team on the Broncos remaining opponent schedule may be the Chiefs...though I personally think the Colts are actually better. That will be a fun game to watch.
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Lost in all of this is Alex Smith and the Chiefs. No one saw them coming and it reinforces my unpopular opinion that the 49's biggest mistake in the recent past was not starting Alex and then trading him. Don't get me wrong, Kap is a great quarter back, I just think Smith is really showing his worth right now.
Oh and he has more rushing yards than Kap at the moment.
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Lost in all of this is Alex Smith and the Chiefs.
I agree, but remember also that Andy Reid is part of that equation. ;D
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Lost in all of this is Alex Smith and the Chiefs. No one saw them coming and it reinforces my unpopular opinion that the 49's biggest mistake in the recent past was not starting Alex and then trading him. Don't get me wrong, Kap is a great quarter back, I just think Smith is really showing his worth right now.
Oh and he has more rushing yards than Kap at the moment.
I'd love to see the Chiefs keep doing well, but I wouldn't attribute their success to Alex Smith as much as their defense (and also probably their coach). Alex Smith has been efficient, with no turnovers until this past Sunday, but he hasn't been great (currently 16th in QBR). Maybe all the Chiefs need to do to keep winning is for their QB to make few mistakes and their defense to keep playing well. But I think that eventually teams will be able to figure them out, and expose some vulnerabilities. It would be really interesting if the Chiefs and the Broncos are both undefeated when they first meet on Nov. 17.
I thought that benching Smith was a mistake originally as well, but you can't argue with the results. Smith may have been able to take them to the Super Bowl, but I don't think the result would have been different.
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You play quarterbacks like Alex Smith because they don't have a ton of variance. You know what you are getting and generally he won't lose the game. For a team like KC who needs to establish an identity, let a good defense control games, and mostly just wants to be better than last year, Alex Smith is a perfect quarterback. The system he is in thrives on his strengths - quick short and intermediate passes rather than lots of long bombs. Meanwhile, SF is trying to win the Super Bowl today. Kaepernick has higher variability - much more likely to do crazy well and win the Super Bowl, but he's also more likely to lose you the game with a bad interception. However, for a team like the 49ers who needs to win now, the risk can be accepted (also, with an arguably better defense they can theoretically naturally accept more risk).
It's the same reason that Terrelle Pryor is starting in Oakland actually. His high variance could make the team just good enough to compete and maybe steal a playoff spot (if he could run the read option super well, etc), or he will be super bad and Oakland gets a lottery pick. They would have gained nothing from starting Matt Flynn (in the best case scenario where he's a competent pocket passer, which maybe he's not apparently) and winning the 5-6 games he would get them.
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The chiefs had 6 pro bowlers last year, their terrible-ness last year was a lot more surprising to me than their record this year. Always have had playmakers just couldnt seem to pull it together
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The chiefs had 6 pro bowlers last year, their terrible-ness last year was a lot more surprising to me than their record this year. Always have had playmakers just couldnt seem to pull it together
It starts with quarterbacks who had high variance playing poorly, which was hurt more because even the top end of the variance for those quarterbacks was maybe league average.
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It would be really interesting if the Chiefs and the Broncos are both undefeated when they first meet on Nov. 17.
I'm hoping for this as well. Got tickets for both Nov. 17 @ Denver and Dec. 1 here in Kansas City. ;D
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You should run onto the field and throw redemption cards everywhere.
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I would like to formally changed my DROY pick to Kiko Alonso because KIIIIIIKKKOOOOO
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Well, we finally have the resolution to one of the categories, with the Houston Texans firing head coach Gary Kubiak. Not surprisingly, no one guessed that would happen for this challenge, though I'm sure that many people were probably thinking it would happen now that the Texans now seem to have a pretty good lock on the first pick in the draft next year. Which is a bummer for those of us in the frozen tundra, as the Texans are much more likely to be interested in a QB than Clowney, thus they will probably be taking one of the Vikings' options off of the board. Though noting the Vikings' track record with QBs, it's also possible that we would trade for Schaub...
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Well, we finally have the resolution to one of the categories, with the Houston Texans firing head coach Gary Kubiak. Not surprisingly, no one guessed that would happen for this challenge, though I'm sure that many people were probably thinking it would happen now that the Texans now seem to have a pretty good lock on the first pick in the draft next year. Which is a bummer for those of us in the frozen tundra, as the Texans are much more likely to be interested in a QB than Clowney, thus they will probably be taking one of the Vikings' options off of the board. Though noting the Vikings' track record with QBs, it's also possible that we would trade for Schaub...
I mean yeah, the Texans probably want a QB, but could you imagine Watt and Clowney together?
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I mean yeah, the Texans probably want a QB, but could you imagine Watt and Clowney together?
It'd be pretty scary, sure, but QB has to be their highest priority (other than coach, of course). Who knows, Tom Coughlin, Mike Tomlin, or Mike Smith might end up getting fired, and and the Texans could pick up one of those guys along with Michael Vick and they could become next year's Chiefs.
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I mean yeah, the Texans probably want a QB, but could you imagine Watt and Clowney together?
It'd be pretty scary, sure, but QB has to be their highest priority (other than coach, of course). Who knows, Tom Coughlin, Mike Tomlin, or Mike Smith might end up getting fired, and and the Texans could pick up one of those guys along with Michael Vick and they could become next year's Chiefs.
As a steeler fan and one who reads the Pittsburgh post gazette with a lot of frequency, I am 99% sure Tomlin will be coaching Pittsburgh next year, not to mention the fact that Pittsburgh is all about consistency and continuity at the coaching positions.
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I certainly hope that the Patriots draft a star wide receiver over 5 feet 9 inches tall.... ::)
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First fired coach would probably go to either Ron Rivera or stay with Rex Ryan. Though I could honestly see no coaches being fired this season, due to most of the worst teams thus far being coached by guys that would be hard to fire (like Tomlin or Coughlin because of past success, and Gus Bradley and Greg Schiano not having been around long enough to bear the burdens of their teams' failures).
Let the Coaching Carousel begin! :o
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First fired coach would probably go to either Ron Rivera or stay with Rex Ryan. Though I could honestly see no coaches being fired this season, due to most of the worst teams thus far being coached by guys that would be hard to fire (like Tomlin or Coughlin because of past success, and Gus Bradley and Greg Schiano not having been around long enough to bear the burdens of their teams' failures).
Let the Coaching Carousel begin! :o
Lol at myself. Of course when I said Rivera might be the first fired coach, what I meant to say was that he was a strong coach of the year candidate.
I certainly hope that the Patriots draft a star wide receiver over 5 feet 9 inches tall.... ::)
I wonder if the Pats regret trading their first round pick to the Vikes this past draft, considering the Vikings did just that with the extra pick... ;) If only the Vikings were a playoff team, Cordarrelle Patterson would be a serious contender for Offensive Rookie of the Year.
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Steelers. WRONG
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans. WRONG
Winner of the NFC North: Green Bay
Winner of the NFC East: Eagles
Winner of the NFC West: Seahwaks
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons. WRONG
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Seahawks
Winner of the Super Bowl: Seahawks
Team with overall best record: Seahawks
Team with the overall worst record: Jets. WRONG
QB with the highest passer rating: Peyton Manning. WRONG
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson. WRONG
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson. WRONG
Team with the most points scored: Saints. WRONG
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Montee Ball
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Peyton Manning
First head coach to be fired during the season: Jason Garret. WRONG
Tie Breaker: 48
Just marking where I'm wrong so far
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Winner of the AFC North: Bengals
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Chiefs
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Packers
Winner of the NFC East: Eagles
Winner of the NFC West: Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: Buccos
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers
Team with overall best record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Packers
Team with the overall worst record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Bills
QB with the highest passer rating: Tom Brady
RB with the most rushing yards: Lesean McCoy
WR with the most receiving yards: Brandon Marshall
Team with the most points scored: Packers
Defense with the most turnovers: Bengals (this is a ridiculous category imo)
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Geno Smith
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Dion Jordan
League MVP: RG3
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): Jason Garrett
Tiebreaker: 67
This list is so alive. Man it feels good.
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broncos/49ers superbowl
broncos win
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Ravens
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Colts
Winner of the NFC North: Packers
Winner of the NFC East: Redskins
Winner of the NFC West: Seahawks
Winner of the NFC South: Saints
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Seahawks
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record: Broncos (Does a tie for best record count?)
Team with the overall worst record: Jets
QB with the highest passer rating: Drew Brees
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Saints
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: EJ Manuel
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Barkevious Mingo
League MVP: Peyton Manning (Not official, but is there any doubt?)
First head coach to be fired during the season: Rex Ryan
Tiebreaker: Total points in the SB will be 47
Liking my chances 8)
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AFC North: Ravens WRONG
AFC East: Patriots (so brave)
AFC West: Broncos
AFC South: Colts
NFC North: Packers
NFC East: Redskins WRONG
NFC West: Seahawks
NFC South: Falcons WRONG
AFC Champion: Broncos
NFC Champion: Seahawks
Super Bowl Champion: Seahawks
Team with Overall best record: Broncos
Team with overall worst record: Raiders WRONG
QB with the highest passer rating: Tom Brady WRONG
RB with the most rushing yards: Marshawn Lynch WRONG
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson WRONG
Team with the most points scored: Packers WRONG
Defense with the most turnovers: Cardinals WRONG
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tavon Austin PROBABLY WRONG
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones WRONG
League MVP: Brady WRONG
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): Who coaches the Raiders? That guy WRONG
Tie Breaker: 45
Bonus: Bills Playoff-less streak enters high school WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
With all that red it looks like my bank account!
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Bengals Check
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots Check
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos Check
Winner of the AFC South: Colts Check
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings ::) Uncheck
Winner of the NFC East: Giants Uncheck
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers Uncheck
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons Uncheck
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Falcons Uncheck
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Falcons Uncheck
Team with the overall worst record (if teams are tied, all correct responses get points): Jaguars Uncheck
QB with the highest passer rating: Aaron Rodgers Uncheck
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson Uncheck
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson Uncheck
Team with the most points scored: Packers Uncheck
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears Uncheck
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Tavon Austin Unlikely
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Tyrann Matthieu Unlikely
League MVP: Matt Ryan Uncheck
First head coach to be fired during the season (none is an acceptable answer): Rex Ryan Uncheck
Tiebreaker: Total points in the SB will be 37
Hey, at least you weren't the worst, lp. If it wasn't for the AFC Division winners and the Broncos...
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Ravens wrong
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos
Winner of the AFC South: Texans wrong
Winner of the NFC North: Green Bay
Winner of the NFC East: Red Skins wrong (Go Cowboys!!! ::)) Almost right
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers wrong
Winner of the NFC South: Falconswrong
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers
Winner of the Super Bowl: Broncos
Team with overall best record: Texans wrong
Team with the overall worst record: Raiders wrong
QB with the highest passer rating: Peyton Manning
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson wrong
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson wrong
Team with the most points scored: Falcons wrong
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Montee Ball
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Aron Rogers
First head coach to be fired during the season: Rex Ryan wrong
Tie Breaker: 30
I never though saying falcons and Texans could make me look so silly
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens Wrong
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots Right
Winner of the AFC West: Broncs Right
Winner of the AFC South: Texans Wrong
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings Wrong
Winner of the NFC East: Skins Wrong
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers Wrong
Winner of the NFC South: falcons Wrong
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncs Right
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers Wrong
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers Wrong
Team with overall best record 49ers Wrong
Team with the overall worst record Raiders Wrong
QB with the highest passer rating: Rogers Wrong
RB with the most rushing yards: AP Wrong
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson Wrong
Team with the most points scored: Seahawks Wrong
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears Wrong
Offensive Rookie of the Year: no idea Wrong
Defensive Rookie of the Year: no idea Wrong
League MVP: Payton Manning I can dream!
First head coach to be fired during the season none Wrong
Tiebreaker: 45 I can dream!
I'm trying to make Prof A look good. :P
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens Wrong
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots Right
Winner of the AFC West: Broncs Right
Winner of the AFC South: Texans Wrong
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings Wrong
Winner of the NFC East: Skins Wrong
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers Wrong
Winner of the NFC South: falcons Wrong
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncs I can dream!
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers I can dream!
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers I can dream!
Team with overall best record 49ers Wrong
Team with the overall worst record Raiders Wrong
QB with the highest passer rating: Rogers Wrong
RB with the most rushing yards: AP Wrong
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson Wrong
Team with the most points scored: Seahawks Wrong
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears Wrong
Offensive Rookie of the Year: no idea Wrong
Defensive Rookie of the Year: no idea Wrong
League MVP: Payton Manning I can dream!
First head coach to be fired during the season none Wrong
Tiebreaker: 45 I can dream!
I'm trying to make Prof A look good. :P
your dream may come true this year but im hoping the broncos take the superbowl
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Winner of the AFC North: Ravens Wrong
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots Right
Winner of the AFC West: Broncs Right
Winner of the AFC South: Texans Wrong
Winner of the NFC North: Vikings Wrong
Winner of the NFC East: Skins Wrong
Winner of the NFC West: 49ers Wrong
Winner of the NFC South: falcons Wrong
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncs I can dream!
Winner of the NFC Championship game: 49ers I can dream!
Winner of the Super Bowl: 49ers I can dream!
Team with overall best record 49ers Wrong
Team with the overall worst record Raiders Wrong
QB with the highest passer rating: Rogers Wrong
RB with the most rushing yards: AP Wrong
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson Wrong
Team with the most points scored: Seahawks Wrong
Defense with the most turnovers: Bears Wrong
Offensive Rookie of the Year: no idea Wrong
Defensive Rookie of the Year: no idea Wrong
League MVP: Payton Manning I can dream!
First head coach to be fired during the season none Wrong
Tiebreaker: 45 I can dream!
I'm trying to make Prof A look good. :P
your dream may come true this year but im hoping the broncos take the superbowl
I am also dreaming that the broncs will win, for every reason, except this.
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My entry:
Winner of the AFC North: Steelers
Winner of the AFC East: Patriots. 1 point
Winner of the AFC West: Broncos. 1 point
Winner of the AFC South: Texans
Winner of the NFC North: Green Bay. 1 point
Winner of the NFC East: Eagles. 1 point
Winner of the NFC West: Seahwaks. 1 point
Winner of the NFC South: Falcons
Winner of the AFC Championship game: Broncos. 3 points
Winner of the NFC Championship game: Seahawks 3 points
Winner of the Super Bowl: Seahawks 5 points
Team with overall best record: Seahawks. 2 points
Team with the overall worst record: Jets
QB with the highest passer rating: Peyton Manning
RB with the most rushing yards: Adrian Peterson
WR with the most receiving yards: Calvin Johnson
Team with the most points scored: Saints
Defense with the most turnovers: Seahawks. 4 points
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Montee Ball
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jarvis Jones
League MVP: Peyton Manning. 5 points
First head coach to be fired during the season: Jason Garret
Tie Breaker: 48. (51 actual)
So far I got 30 points