NFL 2009: 9 Predictions for '09

[RendeR]

1: No team will reach 8-0
2: No NFC team will reach 5-0
3: The NFC West will remain the weakest division with only Arizona being a threat
4: The Patriots will not make the playoffs
5: The Chargers will not make the playoffs
6: A team that won 5 or less games last year WILL make the playoffs
7: A 10 or more win team will miss the playoffs again
8: The Super Bowl will be won by a Wild Card team
9: The Super Bowl will be won by a first time Champion



Feel free to post your own.

[ColtCrazy]

Some bold statements there. Interesting.

Okay, let's go.

1. The Colts will win the division back from the Titans.
2. Mark Sanchez will win Rookie of the Year.
3. The Chargers will be the first team to clinch a division title.
4. At least 4 quarterbacks will have 30 touchdown passes.
5. Arizona will continue the Super Bowl loser trend and miss the playoffs.
6. LaDainian Tomlinson will be the #2 back in Diego by the end of the season.
7. The Cowboys will miss the playoffs, again.
8. Chicago will win the NFC North, and get homefield advantage in the NFC playoffs.
9. The Colts are going to the Super Bowl. (hey, might as well!)

[k0ruptr]

1. Davone Bess will continue to make strides for the Phins
2. The Redskins will start like last year but fade miserably fast and miss the playoffs again.
3. Adrian Peterson will miss at least 2 games.
4. Matt Ryan will hit a sophomore slump
5. Seattle will make the playoffs
6. Drew Brees will continue his offensive onslaught, but they will miss the playoffs.
7. Ocho Cinco will have a Pro Bowl year.
8. Brett Favre will sign with the Vikings by week 4
9. Michael Vick will catch a pass this season.

[Lathum]

1. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
2. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
3. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
4. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
5. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
6. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
7. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
8. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP
9. Brandon Jacobs will be MVP

[tarcone]

1. The Chargers win the AFC West by 5 games.
2. Jay Cutler will have a melt down by week 10.
3. The Bears will put Cutler on the PUP list by week 11.
4. The AFC will win the Super Bowl.
5. The Dolphins will win 9 games.
6. Michael Vick will sign with a team by week 5.
7. Carson Palmer will throw 45 TD passes.
8. Seattle will go to the Super Bowl.
9. Percy Harvin will be Rookie of the Year.

[Lathum]

OK, for real.

1. Knowshon Moreno will rush for 1500 yards
2. The Cowboys will miss the Playoffs
3. The Chargers will win the Superbowl
4. Tom Brady will win MVP and Comeback player award
5. The Giants will lead the league in rushing
6. TO will implode at some pint
7. Kyle Orton will put up better numbers then Jay Cutler
8. The Titans will fall back to average
9. The Texans will make the playoffs

[EagleFan]

6. TO will implode at some pint


I see you are going out on a limb there.... ;) :devil:

[EagleFan]

1. The Falcons will not repeat last season's success.
2. The Cardinals will win the division out of default but be out of the playoffs in one game.
3. The Giants will not make the playoffs.
4. The Cowboys will make the playoffs and Romo will suck out in the first game again.
5. The Raiders will not have a losing record (maybe 8-8).
6. The Saints will rebound and make it to the Conference Championship.
7. The Steelers will not win the division.
8. Tom Brady will break the 40 touchdown mark.
9. The Lions will finally win a game.

[Danny]

1. The Falcons will not repeat last season's success.
2. The Cardinals will win the division out of default but be out of the playoffs in one game.
3. The Giants will not make the playoffs.
4. The Cowboys will make the playoffs and Romo will suck out in the first game again.
5. The Raiders will not have a losing record (maybe 8-8).
6. The Saints will rebound and make it to the Conference Championship.
7. The Steelers will not win the division.
8. Tom Brady will break the 40 touchdown mark.
9. The Lions will finally win a game.

1. I think they have a good chance to be moderately sucessful
2. I could see this
3. I could see this
4. Not really much of a prediction, but I hope Romo can have a good game and the Cowboys still lose
5. Heck yeah!
6. I think they will rebound, but CC is probably pushing it
7. Tough to bet against the Steelers
8. If healthy, probably
9. I am sure

[Danny]

OK, for real.

1. Knowshon Moreno will rush for 1500 yards
2. The Cowboys will miss the Playoffs
3. The Chargers will win the Superbowl
4. Tom Brady will win MVP and Comeback player award
5. The Giants will lead the league in rushing
6. TO will implode at some pint
7. Kyle Orton will put up better numbers then Jay Cutler
8. The Titans will fall back to average
9. The Texans will make the playoffs

1. I doubt this very much
2. Certainly possible
3. With Norv Turner, I don't see it
4. If healthy quite possibly
5. Reasonable chance at this
6. Not much of a prediction
7. Then he did is a bronco, mot a chance in hell. With him as a bear, still don't see it
8. Could definitely see this
9. I don't see it, but possible

[kingnebwsu]

Wow, this is fun.

1. The Chargers will be the only team in the AFC West to win more than 6 games.
2. The Lions will be the last winless team in the NFL but will still win at least 5 games.
3. Adrian Peterson will miss a significant portion of the season and the Vikings will miss the playoffs despite the presence of Brett Favre.
4. The Cardinals will be the only team in the NFC West to win more than 6 games.
5. The Patriots will score the most points in the NFL during the regular season but will lose their first playoff game.
6. Derek Anderson & Brady Quinn will each start at least one game during the season.
7. Mark Sanchez will win rookie of the year despite the Jets finishing with fewer wins than last season.
8. The Houston Texans will go 8-8. Again.
9. The Pittsburgh Steelers will have (or share) the best record in the NFL during the regular season but they will not win the Super Bowl.

I probably shouldn't have listed so many multi-part predictions...more chances for me to be wrong :)

[Danny]

1. The Chargers win the AFC West by 5 games.
2. Jay Cutler will have a melt down by week 10.
3. The Bears will put Cutler on the PUP list by week 11.
4. The AFC will win the Super Bowl.
5. The Dolphins will win 9 games.
6. Michael Vick will sign with a team by week 5.
7. Carson Palmer will throw 45 TD passes.
8. Seattle will go to the Super Bowl.
9. Percy Harvin will be Rookie of the Year.

1. The division is bad enough, but I see one of the other teams winning 8 and this not happening, hopefully it's the Raiders
2. Probably not
3. Uh, no
4. Not much of a prediction
5. Could see this
6. Probably will
7. Not a chance
8. Not a chance
9. could see this with all of the rave reports though it's usually not a WR

[Danny]

1. Davone Bess will continue to make strides for the Phins
2. The Redskins will start like last year but fade miserably fast and miss the playoffs again.
3. Adrian Peterson will miss at least 2 games.
4. Matt Ryan will hit a sophomore slump
5. Seattle will make the playoffs
6. Drew Brees will continue his offensive onslaught, but they will miss the playoffs.
7. Ocho Cinco will have a Pro Bowl year.
8. Brett Favre will sign with the Vikings by week 4
9. Michael Vick will catch a pass this season.

1. I think so too
2. Could happen
3. Could happen, hopefully not as I love watching AP
4. I think Ryan is a good bet to be solid once again
5. Possible
6. Maybe
7. Maybe
8. Nope
9. Maybe

[Lathum]

so Danny, you gonna make any predictions of your own?

[Danny]

1: No team will reach 8-0
2: No NFC team will reach 5-0
3: The NFC West will remain the weakest division with only Arizona being a threat
4: The Patriots will not make the playoffs
5: The Chargers will not make the playoffs
6: A team that won 5 or less games last year WILL make the playoffs
7: A 10 or more win team will miss the playoffs again
8: The Super Bowl will be won by a Wild Card team
9: The Super Bowl will be won by a first time Champion

Feel free to post your own.

1-3 Quite possibly
4. If Brady is healthy I think they do
5. The division is so bad they are probably in by default
6. Could be
7. Probably
8. probably not, but could be
9. could be

[Danny]

so Danny, you gonna make any predictions of your own?

It's more fun this way

[Danny]

But yeah, at some point, probably :)

[EagleFan]

But yeah, at some point, probably :)

I don't see it, but possible...

:D

[stevew]

1. The Bengals will win at least 9 games
2. The Bills will win the AFC East
3. Lamar Woodley will lead the NFL in Sacks
4. Adrian Petersen will top 2000 yards
5. The Panthers backfield will both go over 1000 yards.
6. Michael Turner will rush for fewer than 700 yards
7. The Texans will make the playoffs
8. Tampa Bay will be the worst team in the league
9. Megatron will lead the NFL in receiving yards.

[Greyroofoo]

Some bold statements there. Interesting.

Okay, let's go...

9. The Colts are going to the Super Bowl. (hey, might as well!)

The last time Dungy left a team they won the Superbowl.

Just saying

[RomaGoth]

1. The Detroit Lions will win 3 games.
2. The San Diego Chargers will miss the playoffs...again.
3. An AFC team will win their first 10 games of the season.
4. Terrell Owens will throw his QB under the bus.
5. The Miami Dolphins will lose in the second round of the playoffs.
6. Wade Phillips will be fired.
7. The Steelers will win at least 10 games.
8. Randy Moss will have over 1200 receiving yards.
9. Steven Jackson will spend the majority of the season injured.

[JS19]

1. Arizona misses the playoffs
2. Peyton and Eli battle for MVP
3. Titans have a losing record
4. Dallas misses the playoffs
5. Brady has a sub-par season, not embarrassing, but just an above average season
6. Mike Vick will throw a TD pass to TO
7. Palmer and Ocho Cinco establish themselves as the best QB/WR combo
8. Brady Quinn puts together a very solid season, giving some hope to Browns fans
9. Osi wins comeback player of the yr award
10. San Fran puts together a .500 season or better

[TroyF]

1) The Lions will win 5 games. (or one less than the Broncos)
2) The Seahawks will get to the second round of the NFC playoffs
3) Washington will get to the NFC championship game
4) Matt Shaub will have a terrific year and be in pro bowl consideration
5) Despite the Broncos being bad, Knowshon Moreno will win rookie of the year
6) Mark Sanchez will have a rough year and be benched by week 8
7) Joe Flacco will regress from last year, the Ravens will miss the playoffs.
8) The Cowboys will once again miss the playoffs. Mike Shanahan will be inserted as their head coach next season.
9) Champ Bailey will have another all - pro year and be dealt next offseason.

[Big Fo]

1 - Buffalo will go winless in the division again
2 - By the end of the season Matt Cassell's contract will look as good as Barry Zito's
3 - Pat White will prove me wrong and show that he actually was worth picking at that point in the second round
4 - Oakland finishes second in the division behind San Diego but still under .500
5 - Jason Taylor and Joey Porter each get to double-digits in sacks
6 - Eagles v. Vikings in the NFC Championship
7 - Steelers v. Patriots in the AFC Championship
8 - Vince Young does not find sanity
9 - Ronnie Brown gets 1400+ yards and 10+ TDs

[molson]

1. The Lions win their first 2 games but then lose their next 10.
2. There will be two 8-8 division champions. One of them will make it to the conference championship game.
3. Michael Vick will play >10 snaps and be lost for the season via injury
4. TO will have less than 50 receptions.
5. The Broncos will have the same or better record than the Bears
6. The Patriots will be the only team in the AFC East with a winning record
7. One of the starting QBs in the super bowl will have not started opening week.
8. Tony Romo wins two playoff games
9. Donovan McNabb gets benched again
10. The Texans make the playoffs

[SteveMax58]

1. The Giants lead the league in sacks
2. The Chargers wrap up the Division title by week 13
3. Eli ends up with a better QB Rating than Peyton
4. Tom Brady wins league MVP
5. Peterson misses 6+ games due to injury
6. Arizona does not make the playoffs
7. Brett Favre cuts his lawn once, then realizes it sucks and pays some one else to do it.
8. The Rams win 10+ games
9. WR-Jeremy Maclin wins Rookie of the Year
10. Jim Mora, Jr. gets fired at the end of the season for making comments about how Mike Smith has the "dream job" with Matt Ryan at QB.

[Galaril]

Some bold statements there. Interesting.

Okay, let's go.

1. The Colts will win the division back from the Titans.
2. Mark Sanchez will win Rookie of the Year.
3. The Chargers will be the first team to clinch a division title.
4. At least 4 quarterbacks will have 30 touchdown passes.
5. Arizona will continue the Super Bowl loser trend and miss the playoffs.
6. LaDainian Tomlinson will be the #2 back in Diego by the end of the season.
7. The Cowboys will miss the playoffs, again.
8. Chicago will win the NFC North, and get homefield advantage in the NFC playoffs.
9. The Colts are going to the Super Bowl. (hey, might as well!)


I fixed those for you especially #1;)

1. The Titans will again win the division over the Colts.
2. Mark Sanchez will win Rookie of the Year.
3. The Chargers will be the first team to clinch a division title.-doubt this
4. At least 4 quarterbacks will have 30 touchdown passes.
5. Arizona will continue the Super Bowl loser trend and miss the playoffs.
6. LaDainian Tomlinson will be the #2 back in Diego by the end of the season.
7. The Cowboys will miss the playoffs, again.
8. Chicago will win the NFC North, and get home field advantage in the NFC playoffs.-Nah
9. The Titans are going to the Super Bowl. (Better chance than the Colts:)

[Danny]

Ok here we go

1. Raiders do not finish with a losing record
2. Eagles win the superbowl
3. Not only will Matt Ryan avoid the sophmore slump, he will improve and look like one of the be best quarterbacks not named Brady, Manning or Brees
4. Tom Brady throws 40+ TD's and wins MVP
5. Adrian Peterson hits the 2000 yard mark for rushing
6. Lions do not pick in the top 5 next season
7. Saints rebound and make it to the second round of the playoffs
8. Arizona wins their awful division, but lose their first playoff game
9. The Broncos do pick in the top 5 next year

[PurdueBrad]

Alright, let's see if I can shake some things up:

1- Steelers go 16-0 thanks to a very easy schedule (sorry, a fan)
2- Pat White becomes the next evolution in the Miami Wild Cat (he'll run, pass, and catch for at least a combined 4 tds this year)
3- Drew Brees wins NFL MVP by topping last year's numbers
4- Randy Moss catches 15 or more touchdown passes
5- Arizona misses the playoffs
6- Vick starts at least one game for the Eagles
7- Raiders get the first pick in the draft
8- Orton starts less than 12 games for the Broncos
9- Michael Turner leads the NFL in rushing

[Mike Lowe]

1. Kyle Orton will pass for more TD's, more yards and less INT's than Jay Cutler.

2. Trent Edwards will put T.O. in his place when he bitches about not getting the ball.*

3. The Bears will finish 3rd in the NFC north behind the Vikings and Packers.

4. WR Heyward-Bey has the most receiving yards of any rookie WR.

5. The Chiefs will be the worst team in the AFC. Pieolli is overrated and his personal changes were for the sake of saying, "these are my guys!" Way to fix that defense stupid.

6. The Eagles will win the Superbowl over the Ravens.

7. Peyton Manning retires at the end of the season.

8. Carson Palmer wins comeback player of the year (or at least has the stats to do so)

9. Daniel Snider, owner of the Redskins will hire a personel "expert" ala John Gruden or sombody like that at the end of the season.

10. WILDCARD: Jeff Garcia is killed during the season by either a lover or ex lover, car crash, whatever.



*I'm actually really hoping this happens. A QB could totally handcuff TO by doing this. By absolutely refusing to put up with it and refusing to adjust the way he QB's the game, TO might freak out, run a bad route or even purposely drop a pass. Fine, whatever. He will get benched and run out of town after the season is over. At least someone finally stands up to his BS and that someone (I hope) will be Trent Edwards.

[Jas_lov]

1. The Green Bay Packers will win the NFC North.
2. Aaron Rodgers will win the NFL MVP.
3. Ted Thompson will be the 2009 NFL Executive of the Year
4. The Packers new, aggressive defense will be a top ten D.
5. The Lions go winless for the second straight season.
6. The Bears will start the season 1-4 and finish 8-8.
7. The Vikings will start the season 4-1 and finish 8-8.
8. The Colts will miss the playoffs.
9. Chargers-Patriots in AFC Championship.
10. Packers-Falcons in the NFC Championship.

[tarcone]

1. The division is bad enough, but I see one of the other teams winning 8 and this not happening, hopefully it's the Raiders
2. Probably not
3. Uh, no
4. Not much of a prediction
5. Could see this
6. Probably will
7. Not a chance
8. Not a chance
9. could see this with all of the rave reports though it's usually not a WR

I was in the ballpark with Cutler

[RedKingGold]

1: No team will reach 8-0
2: No NFC team will reach 5-0
3: The NFC West will remain the weakest division with only Arizona being a threat
4: The Patriots will not make the playoffs
5: The Chargers will not make the playoffs
6: A team that won 5 or less games last year WILL make the playoffs
7: A 10 or more win team will miss the playoffs again
8: The Super Bowl will be won by a Wild Card team
9: The Super Bowl will be won by a first time Champion



Feel free to post your own.

Wow, you suck at predictions.

[Mike Lowe]

Toot toot! That's the sound of my own horn going off! Had to bump a few of these! :-)

1. Kyle Orton will pass for more TD's, more yards and less INT's than Jay Cutler.

Certainly looks promising.

2. Trent Edwards will put T.O. in his place when he bitches about not getting the ball.*

3. The Bears will finish 3rd in the NFC north behind the Vikings and Packers.

Spot on.

4. WR Heyward-Bey has the most receiving yards of any rookie WR.

5. The Chiefs will be the worst team in the AFC. Pieolli is overrated and his personal changes were for the sake of saying, "these are my guys!" Way to fix that defense stupid.

Pretty close I think right? Even with the win today?

6. The Eagles will win the Superbowl over the Ravens.

7. Peyton Manning retires at the end of the season.

8. Carson Palmer wins comeback player of the year (or at least has the stats to do so)

Maybe not Carson, but his teammate Cedric Benson as the Bengals have a huge comeback year.

9. Daniel Snider, owner of the Redskins will hire a personel "expert" ala John Gruden or sombody like that at the end of the season.

He's close to firing his coach...could be setting up for this.

10. WILDCARD: Jeff Garcia is killed during the season by either a lover or ex lover, car crash, whatever.


*I'm actually really hoping this happens. A QB could totally handcuff TO by doing this. By absolutely refusing to put up with it and refusing to adjust the way he QB's the game, TO might freak out, run a bad route or even purposely drop a pass. Fine, whatever. He will get benched and run out of town after the season is over. At least someone finally stands up to his BS and that someone (I hope) will be Trent Edwards.

[kingnebwsu]

This thread got bumped 12 weeks too early! :)

[jbergey22]

I predict
1. Cutler makes no improvement over the next 6 games
2. The Colts run the table and make it to the Super Bowl
3. Where like the Pats 2 years ago lose....to the Minnesota Vikings
4. Giants win the NFC East and make it to the conference championship
5. Favre announces his retirement after the Super Bowl..and comes back for 1 more year
6. Beanie Wells wins Rookie of the Year
7. S Jackson leads the league in Rushing on the team with the worst record
8. Cowboys dont make the playoffs
9. TO calls it quits early, either faking an injury or having one of his explosians
10. Mark Sanchez gets benched

[Karlifornia]

Some gutsy predictions there, jbergey. Might you also like to tell us your guesses on the MLB season that just wrapped up? Do you also foresee an unhappy ending in regards to Liz Taylor's marriage to Larry Fortensky?

[jbergey22]

Some gutsy predictions there, jbergey. Might you also like to tell us your guesses on the MLB season that just wrapped up? Do you also foresee an unhappy ending in regards to Liz Taylor's marriage to Larry Fortensky?

Sure, Ill predict Jason Bay signs with the Yankees. Not sure about the marriage, dont follow that stuff.

LOL
Well I was basically making the predictions now as a joke even though I wouldnt say any of them are obvious like you are making them out to be.

[Samdari]

4. WR Heyward-Bey has the most receiving yards of any rookie WR.

6. The Eagles will win the Superbowl over the Ravens.

7. Peyton Manning retires at the end of the season.


No fair pointing out the ones you got right, without at least acknowledging how spectacularly bad some of them are. You hit on more than most I will agree, but #4 is such an indefensibly bad prediction it pretty much outweighs all of the positive work you did here.

[Mike Lowe]

No fair pointing out the ones you got right, without at least acknowledging how spectacularly bad some of them are. You hit on more than most I will agree, but #4 is such an indefensibly bad prediction it pretty much outweighs all of the positive work you did here.

Hey! Two of those could still happen! ;-)

[RendeR]

1: No team will reach 8-0
2: No NFC team will reach 5-0
3: The NFC West will remain the weakest division with only Arizona being a threat
4: The Patriots will not make the playoffs
5: The Chargers will not make the playoffs
6: A team that won 5 or less games last year WILL make the playoffs
7: A 10 or more win team will miss the playoffs again
8: The Super Bowl will be won by a Wild Card team
9: The Super Bowl will be won by a first time Champion



Feel free to post your own.

Wow, you suck at predictions.

Ok I got 3 pretty obviously wrong, 1 that will be correct (Bengals will win the North) and 5 that I could still get right. Not sure where that makes me suck at predictions, I could hit 70%. That'd be pretty fucking amazing IMHO =)

[RendeR]

DOLA


And in all honesty, I made these predictions expecting most of them to be wrong. The "make bold and outlandish predictions to spur conversation" tactic.

[EagleFan]

1. The Falcons will not repeat last season's success.
2. The Cardinals will win the division out of default but be out of the playoffs in one game.
3. The Giants will not make the playoffs.
4. The Cowboys will make the playoffs and Romo will suck out in the first game again.
5. The Raiders will not have a losing record (maybe 8-8).
6. The Saints will rebound and make it to the Conference Championship.
7. The Steelers will not win the division.
8. Tom Brady will break the 40 touchdown mark.
9. The Lions will finally win a game.

Since we're tooting our own horns... ;)

1 - still up in the air
2 - should hold true
3 - still possible
4 - very possible
5 - wrong, barring a major turnaround (what the hell was I thinking?)
6 - may need to change that to saying Super Bowl
7 - true as of today, good chance here
8 - will need a very strong finish to top 40
9 - ding ding ding