The Official 2004 Prediction Thread

[SmootSmack]

NFC East:

Eagles (12-4): Every year I pick them to crash and they don't so maybe if I don't the opposite will happen
Redskins (11-5): Joe Gibbs. Enough said
Cowboys: (8-8): Great defense, but they have no skill players offensively that scare me
Giants (4-12): Should have kept Rivers and their first rounder next year

NFC North:

Packers (11-5): As long as Tim Couch isn't asked to step on the field. Might not even make the team anyway
Vikings (10-6): Off to a bit of an ominous start with Bennett's injury and Smith's suspension
Lions (6-10): Do or Die for Harrington. He's got a great offensive line and some exciting receivers
Bears (6-10): Thomas Jones is not the answer at RB

NFC South:

Saints (10-6): That's right the Saints!
Panthers (8-8): I think it will be like two years ago where they lost most of their close games
Falcons (5-11): Hall's injury kills an already weak pass defense. And I don't like Peerless as a no. 1 WR
Bucs (4-12): Gruden's show without a doubt now. Seems to be building for the future. Simms starts by midseason

NFC West:

Seahawks (13-3): Have no obvious weaknesses
Rams (9-7): I'm just not all that impressed with the defense. I see a lot of 35-34 games
Cardinals (6-10): Losing Boldin hurts but I'm anxious to see what Dennis Green does with McCown
49ers (1-15): It's all on Barlow but the team will be playing from behind more often than not

AFC East:

Patriots (12-4): Anxious to see how having a real back impacts the team
Jets (9-7): Nice move picking up McCareins
Dolphins (8-8): Fiedler might not be impressive but he wins. Why trade a 2nd round pick for Feeley? Don't get it
Bills (5-11): I'm guessing Bledsoe is done after this year

AFC North:

Ravens (10-6): It's all about Lewis and Lewis
Bengals (8-8): Defense is still weak. And Palmer over Kitna could pay off in the long run, not this year
Browns (7-9): Suggs and Green is a fierce backfield combo, but how long will Garcia's back hold up?
Steelers (5-11): Roethlisberger will be starting by midseason, if not sooner

AFC South:

Colts (13-3): James and Harrison will be motivated with the lure of new contracts
Jaguars (10-6): Great defense, rising star in Leftwich. I like Reggie Williams and Fred Taylor is underrated.
Titans (9-7): Pains me to say it because their my second favorite NFL team but I think they miss the playoffs
Texans (6-10): In a tough division, but I think they're making good strides. Especially David Carr

AFC West:

Chiefs (14-2): The receivers are awful but so what. Now, if Priest gets hurt....
Raiders (10-6): Collins should be starting, not Gannon
Chargers (8-8): You heard it here first, LT has an unprecedented year, 2,000 yds. rushing, 1,000 receiving
Broncos (5-11): Not a fan of Plummer at all

NFC Championship: Redskins over Seahawks
AFC Championship: Chiefs over Ravens

Super Bowl: Skins over Chiefs-hey, I can dream can't I

[SUNRA]

Redskins 10-6
Eagles 10-6
Dallas 7-9
Giants 8-8

Redskins are the NFC East Division Champions. We will face the Seahawks or the Panthers in the NFC Championship. We win to make our sixth appearance in the Superbowl. Portis has 136 yds. and wins MVP!


Parcells quits. T.O. demands a trade. And Coughlin, well I give a damn what Coughlin does. The Giants sucked last year and they suck this year.

[BIGREDSKINFAN63]

i saw derrick brooks on nfl network the other day and he said he was tired of talking about the redskins and he was going to go up and basically shut them up sunday.i hope somebody breaks his damn leg the first play of the game,i hate that crap.just go play the game and then talk.think he'll try to skip thru the skins pregame stretching like hippoman sapp did last year?

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Originally Posted by smootsmack

Colts (13-3): James and Harrison will be motivated with the lure of new contracts

if harrison has been playing as well as he has being unmotivated then holy *$#! cuz thats a scary ass thought.(well not too scary since he's on one of my fantasy football teams )

While I have seen many people saying Taylor is a lock for DROY, I'm gonna take it a step further and say he wins the overall Defensive Player of the Year award as well.
OROY goes to Matt Schaub(qbs almost always win this) while the overall Offensive player of the year(atleast I think there's also a offensive player of the year award, lol) goes to L. Tomlinson who somehow has an ever better overall year than last year.
NFC division winners:Minnesotta, Washington, Seattle, and New Orleans
NFC wildcards: Atlanta(schaub comes in for a dinged up Vick and steals the team from him) and Green Bay
AFC division winners: Indiannapolis, New England, Pittsburgh(reclaim their old swager), Kansas City(who romps their way to the SB)
AFC wildcards:Oakland and Jacksonville

skins finish 10-6 and win the division, but lose in the confrence championship game to Minnesotta who beat the Chiefs in the most explosive offensive SB ever with multiple SB records falling in that game.
Dallas finishes behind the Giants and the eagles don't even make the playoffs after Mcnabb gets hurt again near the middle of the season.

Coach of the year goes to Jack Del Rio, league MVP goes to Daunte Culpepper who also wins SB MVP.

The suprise teams of each confrence will be the San Diego Chargers who have an 8-8 season with a couple key spoiler upsets while also having a couple very close loses(and they use the pick traded to them from NY to select Mike Williams) and the Falcons who under the leadership of Matt Schaub make the playoffs after being left for dead halfway through the season which causes the unthinkable, a qb controversy involving the most explosive offensive player in the league aka Vick.

Gruden comes very close to losing his job this year, while Mike Shannahan and Wannstead do lose theirs.

Key Redskin achievements are:Portis rushes for over 1700 yards and 18 TDs(plus 450 receiving yards and 3 receiving TDs)/ Brunnel earns another Pro Bowl visit with over 3300 yards passing and a better than 2-1 ratio of TDs to ints/ the defense has roughly 15-20 more sacks than last year/ all of our starting lbs(washington, arrington, and peirce) make the pro bowl with wash. and arr. named as starters and peirce as an alternate/ Coles plays through the pain and has a similar statistical year to last year except with an improvement of 4-5 TDs/ and our entire WR group plays well with Taylor Jacob slowly emerging part way through the year and by the end of the year he has been pushed up to 2nd or 3rd on the depth chart.

[jermus22]

Ade Jimoh leads team with 18 TDs! :cool-smil

[skinsfanthru&thru]

i meant to add in mine that we once again become the last team to beat the eventual SB champs as we defeat Minnesotta in our season finale after having sealed the divisional crown the week before.

[Daseal]

Italicized teams are the wildcards.
AFC East:
Jets
Bills
New England
Miami
AFC North: (this division could go completely upside down and I wouldn't be suprised.)
Bengals
Ravens
Browns
Steelers
AFC South:
Colts
Titans
Jaguars
Texans
AFC West:
Kansas City
Broncos
Raiders
Chargers
NFC West:
Seahawks
Rams
Arizona
49ers
NFC South:
Carolina
New Orleans
Atlanta
Tampa Bay
NFC North:
Vikings
Lions
Green Bay
Bears
NFC East:
Washington
Eagles
Dallas
Giants

Biggest suprises:
The Brown's offense tears holes through people, but they don't have a defense worth shit. They are what the Vikings were a year or two ago.

Lions: Beat out the packers for #2 in that division. Watch out for this young offense, will be atop this division within 2-3 years.

Giants: Get a lot more wins than people are expecting. I wouldn't be suprised to see them finish 3rd in the NFC East and go 6-10 or even as good as 8-8.

Patriots: Totally fall off. Yet again.

Saints: Finally play well in December!


AFC South a VERY tight division. Titans, Jaguars AND the Texans fight it out for either a wildcard birth, or they all sit at home because the competition is so good.

The AFC Championship game will be the Cheifs against Indy. Whoever wins this win's the big dance. Even if it's not the AFC championship game.

The NFC Championship game will be between Seattle and Carolina in the typical defense vs offense match up, a close game but Matt Hasselbeck and his receivers go on to the big game, which they would have last year if the receivers can hold onto the ball.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by jermus22

Ade Jimoh leads team with 18 TDs! :cool-smil

You mean 18 TDs allowed right