If you can’t pick them, don’t.
Last year’s preseason predictions cursed a good portion of the league. I picked Daunte Culpepper as MVP, which ruined his health and reputation with a knee injury and sex boat scandal.
But I can’t resist throwing out a few wild picks. Here goes:
Teams that will be worse than everybody thinks:
Carolina
Philadelphia
Seattle
Miami (if you watched Thursday night’s opener vs. Pittsburgh, you’ll realize my Culpepper curse has not been lifted)
Teams that will be better than everybody thinks:
Tampa Bay
Detroit
Buffalo
Cleveland
Conference Championship Games:
I’d love to see a Belichick-Parcells Super Bowl. What a great story. But I picked that last year and didn’t come close. And I’d love to pick my Giants to make the leap. But looking at their schedule, I just can’t do it.
AFC: Indianapolis 31, New England 27
NFC: Dallas 20, Chicago 10
Super Bowl XLI
Indianapolis 38, Dallas 13
Super Bowl MVP: Peyton Manning
Noah Brier Said,
September 10, 2006 @ 9:51 pm
Even if you have us losing, Bears in the NFC Championship aint all bad.
The Envelope Please » jasonenglish1.com Said,
January 21, 2007 @ 1:15 am
[...] Back on September 9th, I made a few crazy predictions about the upcoming NFL season. Let us review, in parentheses and italics. [...]
Unrelated Matters » jasonenglish1.com Said,
January 22, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
[...] I’m pretty impressed with my September 9th prediction that Indianapolis would defeat New England by four points to win the AFC Championship. Sure, my score was off – I had 31-27; the actual score was 38-34 – but who could have predicted those two offensive linemen touchdowns? (I did see the Dan Klecko TD coming.) [...]
Jason English: The Website Said,
September 6, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
[...] Last year, I did pretty well, predicting three of the four teams, the Colts’ four-point margin of victory in the AFC title game, and the eventual Super Bowl champ and MVP. [...]