Sunday, February 17, 2008

IS HE REALLY A PROPHET? PART 2

Okay, so here is another measuring stick. Let's take a look at how well I did predicting NFL games in 2007. I want to know if I deserve the nickname granted to me. Much like the baseball picks, and all sports for that matter, injuries and trades can have a huge impact on each and every team. It's very difficult to put an over/under # on a team. I guess I'll let the reader decide. My guess would be no more than 4 and no less than 2. Next to each team are 2 figures. The first figure is how many games I predicted they'd win, followed by how many the team won in actuality.

AFC East- New England shocked the world going 16 for 16. Miami was a travesty. Everything went wrong, starting with key injuries to Thomas, Brown and Green. NY won 10 games in 2006 but fell off the map from the get-go, a 38-14 loss at home vs. NE. Buffalo lost their final 3 games.
New England 12/16
New York 8/4
Buffalo 8/7
Miami 7/1

AFC North- I feel good with my picks. Nobody thought the Browns would win 10 and the Ravens would win only 5 games, especially coming off a 13 win season the year prior.
Baltimore 11/5
Cincinnati 7/7
Pittsburgh 7/10
Cleveland 6/10

AFC South- Great job here. Everything fell in place. If Tennessee and Houston did not finish hot, I would have maybe nailed the division perfectly!
Indianapolis 12/13
Jacksonville 11/11
Tennessee 7/10
Houston 6/8

AFC West- I had a great feeling about the Chiefs and I was on target-then they lost a whopping 9 straight games. Denver is always a great team- the last time they were .500 or worse was the 2001 season. But they never got hot and lost 9 games.
San Diego 12/11
Denver 11/7
Kansas City 9/4
Oakland 5/4

NFC East- I pretty much nailed this one had Washington not run off 3 straight to end the season. And Dallas played at a high level that no person predicted.
Dallas 10/13
Philadelphia 10/8
New York 9/10
Washington 6/9

NFC North- Who would off thought the NFC Champion Bears would falter like that. And how did the Packers win 13 games! Detroit and Minnesota were smart picks that I'm very proud of!
Chicago 11/7
Detroit 8/7
Green Bay 8/13
Minnesota 8/8

NFC South- New Orleans, the runner-up in the NFC last year, struggled like no individual or collaboration visioned. Other than that, I had good picks, especially Tampa.
New Orleans 12/7
Tampa Bay 8/9
Carolina 8/7
Atlanta 5/4

NFC West- St. Louis was my sleeper but I missed. But injuries really affected them and the 49ers, and the latter I should get a pass. The other 2 were easy.
Seattle 10/10
St. Louis 10/3
San Francisco 8/5
Arizona 7/8

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