Off-Season Full Schedule Prediction

^^Here is the full schedule.

So, let's see some predictions for the entire league.

What do you see as the final record for all 32 NFL teams?

 

I was going to break down every game by every team, but I may not live that long, lol. Took me a half hour to run thru every teams schedule and pick the winners and losers. For what its worth, this is what I come up with...

ARI; 7-9
ATL; 8-8
BAL; 6-10
BUF; 7-9
CAR; 8-8
CHI; 3-13
CIN; 2-14
CLE; 5-11
DAL; 8-8
DEN; 7-9
DET; 6-10
GB; 9-7
HOU; 4-12
IND; 5-11
JAX; 9-7
KC; 8-8
LAR; 11-5
LAC; 10-6
MIA; 3-13
MIN; 12-4
NE; 11-5
NO; 9-7
NYG; 5-11
NYJ; 7-9
OAK; 9-7
PHI; 11-5
PIT; 10-6
SF; 10-6
SEA; 7-9
TB; 3-13
TEN; 6-10
WSH; 8-8

 

@Will


and I did notice there was only one team with 12 wins, lol.

 

Wow... I really just noticed that, lol. I sure hope im right! I did each team separately and considered the home/away deal throughout, but I honestly didn't pay attention to the overall results until just now after reading your post. I tried to be non-biased and honest too, lol.

If any one has questions or comments about the results I came up with, I am more than willing and looking forward to the conversation.

Not a real bunch of surprises, in my opinion, just I think a couple of recently hyped teams are being overrated.

 

Will with a total 22 below 500 for 44 more losses than wins.

Usually when people do these without accounting for every win needing a loss you end up with more wins than losses. Will is a pessimist outside a certain team.

 

That's bound to happen as I don't have the wherewithal to keep recalculating each and every single game's decision. I probably have, when viewing each team individually, may have actually predicted an outcome that was contrary to the previous prediction made of the same game. Its just too much work to keep it mathematically true... well, at least for me, anyways.

During the process that exact thought was raised in my mind... have I got all these games accurately picked? No, because when evaluating a particular team, I may have changed my mind on a particular game and didn't see it fit to go back and recalculate again for the other teams column.

My 3.5 brain cells hurt from the first attempt at this...

 

I nearly had the Eagles at 12-4 also, but the last game of the season in Washington could be the stumbling block for Philly... its a tough call.

 

NFC EAST
Eagles 11-5
Dallas 10-6
Washington 7-9
NYGiants 6-10

NFC SOUTH
New Orleans 10-6
Atlanta 10-6
Carolina 9-7
Tampa Bay 3-13

NFC NORTH
Minnesota 10-6
Green Bay 10-6
Chicago 7-9
Detroit 7-9

NFC WEST
LA RAMS 11-5
San Fran 8-8
Seattle 6-10
Arizona 5-11

AFC EAST
New England 11-5
Buffalo 7-9
Miami 6-10
NYJets 5-11

AFC SOUTH
Tennessee 9-7
Jacksonville 9-7
Houston 8-8
Indianapolis 6-10

AFC NORTH
Pittsburgh 11-5
Baltimore 8-8
Cincinnati 7-9
Cleveland 6-10

AFC WEST
LA Chargers 10-6
Kansas City 9-7
Oakland 7-9
Denver 7-9

 

I think you were only 4 games away from 500. Dallas wins all those tiebreakers for a spot of course.

 

Damn, must have miscounted.

Didn't even look at tie-breakers. But your lips to God's ears.

 

Took me an extra minute to go through it all, but here is what I ended up with (ordered by wins/alphabetical) -

IND 2 14
ARI 3 13
TB 3 13
BUF 4 12
CLE 4 12
CIN 5 11
MIA 5 11
BAL 6 10
CHI 6 10
NYJ 6 10
LAC 8 8
NYG 8 8
OAK 8 8
TEN 8 8
DAL 9 7
DEN 9 7
KC 9 7
NO 9 7
PHI 9 7
PIT 9 7
WSH 9 7
ATL 10 6
CAR 10 6
DET 10 6
GB 10 6
HOU 10 6
MIN 10 6
SEA 10 6
NE 11 5
JAX 12 4
LAR 12 4
SF 12 4

I'm interested to see how much of my opinion changes once we wrap up the preseason schedule.

 

Tim, no way the AFCN will not have a team with at least 11 wins.

 

I don't think the AFC North is the powerhouse division that it once was.

I think the NFC West probably holds that title for now, and if Rosen turns out to be as good as I expect him to be than that will be the division to watch for the next few years as all 4 franchises will have legit quarterback play.

 

It's really interesting to see these predictions for SF, and how quickly everyone seems to think they've turned around their fortunes. 12 wins? That's an achievement. Tim, what's your thinking on that?

 

A lot of it is how the schedule works out for each team.

I could easily shave them back to 10 wins, but I think Green Bay ends up with a couple of perceived 'bad beats' in the first 8 weeks before going 6-2 down the home stretch. San Francisco is a nice team to hand them a loss at home that not a lot of people would bet on.

Getting a 3 game block of DEN, SEA and CHI in weeks 14, 15 and 16, at home for wins, pushes them up to that 12 mark.

I think they split with the Rams and the Seahawks but sweep the Cardinals.

There's a lot to like about how San Fran ended their 2017 and what they should be capable of doing in 2018.

 

SF is definitely headed in the right direction. I suppose the defense is suspect, but in the West, they are going to beat each other up a bit. Im not seeing SF being a road warrior team either, but I think they get lucky enough and are improved enough to capture 10 wins.

 

I disagree with Tim a ton.

That is all for now.

 

When, if EVER, were the Jaguars, Rams and 49ers at the top of the NFL Mountain?

You have more confidence in San Fran, than I do...I'm working on my silly little prediction thingy.

 

Not to mention, I could see every team in the division going 3-3 in the division... Tim obviously doesn't think Cleveland has made the turn yet, with only 4 wins, but I think they could eek out a couple more than that this year.

 

lol

Yeah, that's all this stuff is this time of year. Wild guesstimates and piles of horseshit.

I had maybe 4 different versions before settling on this one.

The Browns had 6 wins in the best version I had for them, with wins coming at home from CIN, NYJ, CAR and LAC, and road wins at TB and BAL.

I have the Browns over/under at 4.5, which I think is still one full game less than Vegas.