Deeko's 2013 NFL Predictions!!

[MetalMat]

My predictions for each division

AFC NORTH
Ravens
Bengals
Steelers
Browns

You could flip flop Ravens and Bengals but I don't buy the Ravens just falling off the cliff as so many people have said. Bengals will be same old same old, get in the playoffs then one and done. Steelers are just falling apart but should be able to pull out an ok season. Browns... direction is pointing up but it wont be this season

AFC EAST
Patriots
Dolphins
Jets
Bills

You could mix and match the bottom 3 but the Patriots are clearly the dominant team here. Dolphins still have big question marks on offense with all the shuffling they did, I'm not sold on Tanehill. Jets are obviously a train wreck. The Bills are going nowhere this season.

AFC South
Texans
Colts
Titans
Jaguars

Houston has a monster defense if they can stay healthy and could carry the team if the offense ends up tepid. Colts should remain at number 2 though I feel they were running off of high emotions last season and could regress. The Titans will be mediocre again, maybe even worse with their terrible defense. Jaguars will continue to be terrible until they get a better QB, Henne and Gabbert are not the answer.

AFC West
Broncos
Chargers
Chiefs
Raiders

Obviously the Broncos are the toast of the division, should be as good or better. Chargers and Chiefs could swap, I don't think either team will fare well under new coaching and strategy. Raiders...... nuff said

NFC North
Packers
Bears
Lions
Vikings

Packers should easily dominate the division with a good defense and great offense. Chicago will be interesting, I don't know how Jay Cutler will fare with their offensive changes. The Lions will be just good enough to miss the playoffs, Reggie Bush is a good wildcard factor. I can't see the Vikings being able to depend on Adrian Peterson like they did last year and will regress.

NFC East
Redskins
Giants
Cowboys
Eagles

Washington has a good offense and RG3 should have a stellar year as long as they don't constantly run read options out of the pistol. The G-Men should bouce back from a mediocre season last year though injuries have me concerned. Dallas has not done a whole lot during the offseason that makes me think "this is the year". People always seems to think at the start of every season that they will be good but they won't and this will be Jason Garretts last year as HC. The Eagles are going to have a rough season again. Their Defense stinks. Their offense will be interesting but I doubt it will win them a ton of games and Michael Vick will get injured.

NFC South
Falcons
Saints
Carolina
Buccs

Falcons will be solid, maybe not quite as many wins but they clearly have the super bowl in their site. Saints will be better but their defense will yet again be a pile of swiss cheese due to injuries and shear lack of play makers. If they rely on Drew Brees constantly passing then I smell an 8-8 or 9-7 season similar to 2008. Carolinas offense is depending on too many fading running backs, an aging Steve Smith and questionable leadership out of Cam Newton. This will not be enough to get them more than 7 wins. The Bucs are going to train wreck and you can expect to see a bunch of turnover next season (including a new HC).

NFC West
49ers
Seahawks
Cardinals
Rams

49ers are a very good team all around, I think Kapernick will show that he is indeed a top NFL QB. I feel the same as the Seahawks though I think they are set up to be a truly dominate team next year. The Cardinals should be quite improved as long as their offensive line does not struggle. The offense will be greatly improved with an actual QB and running game. The Rams will go nowhere and they will need to move away from Sam Bradford.

 

[CurrentlyPissed]

Man you guys and the rams. Lol. No faith for a team that went undefeated in it's division last year.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

no shit. the Bears are winning the SUPERBOWL! woooo!:thumbsup:

LOL, not with Cutler.

 

[Krazy4Real]

LOL, not with Cutler.

Cutty is going to pull a Flacco this year. Stumble his way to a Superbowl win and get ridiculously overpaid.

I'll enjoy the ride this time though.

 

[waggy]

LOL, not with Cutler.

he sure IS! Cutler is GOD! he is going to be the next Flacco!

 

[Scarpozzi]

Shonne Green didn't impress me earlier in his career, I don't expect him to now, either. The other new players are improvements, sure, but they really need that improved o-line to pull its weight if they want that to matter.

Running backs these days need a number of things to succeed. They all those little ticks you get from Madden to create a player (speed, agility, acceleration, etc)... But they also need a QB that's looking for run blitzing, a Center that knows blocking schemes and makes line calls, blocking TEs, and a number of other lineman to do their jobs and provide running lanes.

I didn't follow Greene in his first few seasons, but know he improved in the league last year. I do believe he's an improvement over the 2nd/3rd string half backs Tennessee had in their roster. As I always say, CJ2K only exists because Jeff Fisher allowed him to run Johnson 25+ carries a game. I don't know how he recovered for that many carries in a game, but he certainly earned the yards...whether or not he'll ever have a season like that again. I don't hate on him for getting paid and don't think his performance in the past few seasons has been bad. Too many plays ended up with him getting hit a split second after the handoff. The Titans offensive line has been weak since Kevin Mawae retired.

 

[MetalMat]

Man you guys and the rams. Lol. No faith for a team that went undefeated in it's division last year.

The Raiders went undefeated in their division a few years ago as well.

 

[thraashman]

Seeing as my team is in the NFC South, I looked mainly at that first. Something I thought worth pointing out. In the last 5 years in the NFC South the winners have been
Panthers '08
Saints '09
Falcons '10
Saints '11
Falcons '12

And the OP has picked in those 5 years ...
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints

And is again picking the Saints this year. After a 7-9 season I simply don't see the Saints coming back and going 12-4, even with their coach back I don't think they've improved elsewhere enough to win 5 more games than last year. I think they'll finish with 10 wins, a wildcard berth, and Falcons win the division again dropping to 11 wins from last year's 13.

 

[Deeko]

I'm excited for the season. I know the Eagles aren't going to be contenders, but I think they will do better than a lot of people expect. 6-8 wins wouldn't surprise me. I've only been interested in football since 2003, so this is the first time I've seen them with a coach other than Reid. Chip may end up being a disaster, but it should at least be interesting to see something different.

I have always liked Reid more than the average Eagles fan, but it was time to make a change. It will be better for both of them. Reid will do better in Kansas City and the Eagles will be better with a breath of fresh air.

Man you guys and the rams. Lol. No faith for a team that went undefeated in it's division last year.

How many wins did they have outside of the division? Not to mention, the Seahawks and 49ers both got better in the offseason.

Seeing as my team is in the NFC South, I looked mainly at that first. Something I thought worth pointing out. In the last 5 years in the NFC South the winners have been
Panthers '08
Saints '09
Falcons '10
Saints '11
Falcons '12

And the OP has picked in those 5 years ...
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints

And is again picking the Saints this year. After a 7-9 season I simply don't see the Saints coming back and going 12-4, even with their coach back I don't think they've improved elsewhere enough to win 5 more games than last year. I think they'll finish with 10 wins, a wildcard berth, and Falcons win the division again dropping to 11 wins from last year's 13.

See my comment on the Saints - 5177 yards and 43 tds for Brees, plus 7 wins with an interim interim head coach followed by an interim head coach. Last year, realistically, you can throw out. They won the division two out of the last four years, and have a QB that puts up Madden numbers even in an off year. That bodes well for any team.

It has less to do with overrating the Saints as underrating the Falcons. I've mentioned before, I perennially underrate the Falcons and Texans, for better or worse, and in the Falcons' case I'm going to continue to do so. If I'm wrong, so be it.

 

[Imported]

Calling it first. 49ers over Bengals in the Super Bowl.

 

[TheSlamma]

people listen to the media too much. broncos will not even be as good as last year.

what running game is there?

 

[Kev]

Woah. Three straight seasons of not predicting the Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl or NFCCG... I'm proud of you!

But hey at least they'll win their 6th division title in 8 seasons... oh wait...

 

[Tim]

See my comment on the Saints - 5177 yards and 43 tds for Brees, plus 7 wins with an interim interim head coach followed by an interim head coach. Last year, realistically, you can throw out. They won the division two out of the last four years, and have a QB that puts up Madden numbers even in an off year. That bodes well for any team.

It has less to do with overrating the Saints as underrating the Falcons. I've mentioned before, I perennially underrate the Falcons and Texans, for better or worse, and in the Falcons' case I'm going to continue to do so. If I'm wrong, so be it.

You could have easily have shortened this response by just saying "Fuck the Falcons". Well, that's at least what I would have said.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Seeing as my team is in the NFC South, I looked mainly at that first. Something I thought worth pointing out. In the last 5 years in the NFC South the winners have been
Panthers '08
Saints '09
Falcons '10
Saints '11
Falcons '12

And the OP has picked in those 5 years ...
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints

And is again picking the Saints this year. After a 7-9 season I simply don't see the Saints coming back and going 12-4, even with their coach back I don't think they've improved elsewhere enough to win 5 more games than last year. I think they'll finish with 10 wins, a wildcard berth, and Falcons win the division again dropping to 11 wins from last year's 13.

Cam Newton carried the Panthers his rookie season. They've invested in their line and defense, so you can't leave them out of the picture. Because of the sheer number of free agents and staff changes, I'm reluctant to make any predictions until week 5.

 

[JD50]

Cutty is going to pull a Flacco this year. Stumble his way to a Superbowl win and get ridiculously overpaid.

I'll enjoy the ride this time though.

If you think Flacco stumbled his way to a Super Bowl win, you weren't paying attention.

 

[purbeast0]

If you think Flacco stumbled his way to a Super Bowl win, you weren't paying attention.

yeah, because that hail mary pass against the broncos that a peewee cornerback should have picked off was 100% flacco's skill. or his dump off to ray rice at the line of scrimmage on 4th and 29 where ray rice got 29yds for a first down was 100% flacco's skill.

face it, he got lucky as hell to be where he was. sure he played awesome in the playoffs for the most part, but to say that is was 100% his skill and there wasn't a ton of luck involved in them getting to the superbowl is just being blind.

 

[thraashman]

Cam Newton carried the Panthers his rookie season. They've invested in their line and defense, so you can't leave them out of the picture. Because of the sheer number of free agents and staff changes, I'm reluctant to make any predictions until week 5.

I expect the Panthers to get to .500 or maybe even a winning season this year. Cam is talented but he still hasn't seemed to become the leader a QB needs to be to his team.

 

[waggy]

yeah, because that hail mary pass against the broncos that a peewee cornerback should have picked off was 100% flacco's skill. or his dump off to ray rice at the line of scrimmage on 4th and 29 where ray rice got 29yds for a first down was 100% flacco's skill.

face it, he got lucky as hell to be where he was. sure he played awesome in the playoffs for the most part, but to say that is was 100% his skill and there wasn't a ton of luck involved in them getting to the superbowl is just being blind.

Flacco should not be the highest paid QB.

but to say he got lucky sure EVERY player has those moments. Flacco does have skill. he is a good QB and he adds to any team he is on. Is he as good as a manning or rogers? hell no.

he won't win a game on his own. but also he wont' blow it via a sanchez

 

[purbeast0]

Flacco should not be the highest paid QB.

but to say he got lucky sure EVERY player has those moments. Flacco does have skill. he is a good QB and he adds to any team he is on. Is he as good as a manning or rogers? hell no.

he won't win a game on his own. but also he wont' blow it via a sanchez

yeah i put flacco and eli manning on the same level as far as skill goes, with like rothlesberger right below them. but they are not close to the level of peyton, rogers, breeze, or brady. flacco is definitely a good qb. they've gotten to the playoffs every year since he's been starting there. that itself is pretty impressive.

 

[Deeko]

Woah. Three straight seasons of not predicting the Cowboys to reach the Super Bowl or NFCCG... I'm proud of you!

But hey at least they'll win their 6th division title in 8 seasons... oh wait...

Over the past seven years you've referenced, they did in fact win twice (one of which being the #1 overall seed), came in 2nd once, and came in 3rd twice where they were a week 17 win away from winning. So they were very close to winning 5 / 7, which really isn't that far off, thanks.

Then again I'm pretty sure every year you come in and whine that I don't have them at last in the league, so it's expected.

people listen to the media too much. broncos will not even be as good as last year.

what running game is there?

What running game was there last year? They went 12-4 and were very close to making the Superbowl last year, and their biggest losses were on the defensive side of the ball, not offense. If they lose, it will be in the old Colts and Saints style - 42-38 shootouts that don't end their way.

 

[DrPizza]

Well, the OP's relative ranking of Cowboys vs. Giants actually has held up for 1 week. I don't think it'll last for the entire season though. I'm kind of excited for tomorrow night's game.

 

[rudeguy]

Thanks for doing this. Your prediction thread is one of the highlights of the football season to me.

Although I do disagree with your Lions prediction. Bush takes care of their long running RB problem and they have a SOLID backup corps. They had to replace Hanson with someone and Akers is good, so why not? I don't think anyone is hinging their success this year on Akers.

If you combine Bush's running threat and his ability to catch out of the backfield, it takes a ton of pressure off Megatron. No more triple teaming him, so he will get more opportunities. Pedigrew will have the chance to have an All Star year if he can catch the damn ball finally.

Their defense is hungry. Suh is finally growing up and stepping up. Their whole problem the past 2 years has been letting opponents score like crazy and then catching up at the end of the 4th quarter. If their defense can keep that from happening, maybe actually lead into a few 4th quarters, dangerous things could happen.

And don't forget Stafford. He's a HOF caliber QB who is maturing more every year. If him, Bush and Johnson start to click on the field, they will be unstoppable.

Schwartz is maturing as well. Hopefully he's done with chasing other coaches down because of a handshake and ready to focus. I think Suh and Stafford's maturity will help with this and let him shine as a coach.


That being said, they are the Lions. They have problems staying healthy at key spots and are known for finding a way to lose. If I had to pick a number, I'd say 9-7. If things click like they are lined up to, 12-4.

Not to say I told you so....but yea.

Bush took the heat off of Megatron. I didn't see Bell playing as big of a roll as he did but all of his TD's were set up by Bush.

Their defense did very well. A couple of first game hiccups and after that a solid showing. They kept the Lions in the lead going into the 4th quarter and held onto that lead.

Pettigrew still can't catch the damn ball.

 

[Deeko]

Not to say I told you so....but yea.

Bush took the heat off of Megatron. I didn't see Bell playing as big of a roll as he did but all of his TD's were set up by Bush.

Their defense did very well. A couple of first game hiccups and after that a solid showing. They kept the Lions in the lead going into the 4th quarter and held onto that lead.

Pettigrew still can't catch the damn ball.

Its one game, and while the Bears aren't a pushover, they aren't all THAT great, not to mention division games can always go either way. They looked good, sure, but its a long way between now and January.

 

[Tim]

Seeing as my team is in the NFC South, I looked mainly at that first. Something I thought worth pointing out. In the last 5 years in the NFC South the winners have been
Panthers '08
Saints '09
Falcons '10
Saints '11
Falcons '12

And the OP has picked in those 5 years ...
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints
Saints

And is again picking the Saints this year. After a 7-9 season I simply don't see the Saints coming back and going 12-4, even with their coach back I don't think they've improved elsewhere enough to win 5 more games than last year. I think they'll finish with 10 wins, a wildcard berth, and Falcons win the division again dropping to 11 wins from last year's 13.

Lol.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Its one game, and while the Bears aren't a pushover, they aren't all THAT great, not to mention division games can always go either way. They looked good, sure, but its a long way between now and January.

The Lions played the Vikings, not the Bears.