Wednesday, September 4, 2013

NFL picks......or Wade's Best Guess...is it the Year of the Tiger?

In the recent issue of ESPN the Magazine, they printed their NFL predictions for this year. Actually not sure if I should say it is their picks, because they based their predictions on STATS. THEY went with analytics. They turned to some of NFL's smartest stat heads. 
At first I thought their Stat heads were way off base. They actually picked the Dolphins to win the AFC East..... What? 
They picked the Saints to finish last in the NFC south.....
They picked Denver and Seattle to go to the Super Bowl with the Broncos taking home the prize.
Like I said, at first I thought some of their picks were cracked.
Then it came time for me to put in my 1.5 cents.
This year I did not look at each game, so therefore, I did not pick a winner of each game.
What I did do, was look at each division. I thought about (based on division, schedule, current states of teams, etc) who would win the division, who would come in second, etc, then from that I picked the wild cards and so on.........
So not to bore you any longer (if you are still reading) ...
Here are my picks for this year's NFL season....

BUT before I get to them, this will be one of the closest NFL seasons ever. In many of the divisions, it can easily go differently. 

AFC EAST
1-New England 
2-Miami
3-Buffalo
4-New York 

AFC NORTH
1-Cincinnati
2-Baltimore
3-Pittsburgh
4-Cleveland

AFC SOUTH
1-Indianapolis 
2-Houston
3-Jacksonville 
4-Tennessee 

AFC WEST
1-Denver
2-Kansas City
3-Oakland 
4-San Diego


NFC EAST
1-Dallas 
2- Washington 
3-New York
4-Philadelphia 

NFC NORTH
1-Green Bay
2-Chicago
3-Minnesota 
4-Detroit 

NFC SOUTH
1-Atlanta
2-New Orleans 
3-Carolina
4-Tampa Bay

NFC WEST
1-Seattle
2-San Francisco
3-Arizona 
4-St. Louis


BUT, I wouldn't be surprised if .....
Arizona wins the NFC west.....
Any team wins the NFC south.....
Chicago jumps Green Bay....


So here we go...

AFC PLAYOFF TEAMS
New England
Cincinnati 
Denver
Indianapolis 
Baltimore - Wild Card
Miami - Wild Card


NFC PLAYOFF TEAMS
Atlanta
Seattle
Green Bay
Dallas 
New Orleans - Wild Card
San Francisco - Wild Card


It gets harder from here......any team in the WADE playoffs can go to the Super Bowl.....but with much thought, here are my thoughts.......trust me it was tough.....In the AFC I think it will be down to Cincinnati or Denver, but my gut tells me.........
In the NFC it is almost like a coin toss..the glamorous pick for many is Seattle, and they just might do it...
I'm not drinking the Dallas cactus juice or the West coast Peace train juice or eating the 49er bandwagon beans, but the NFC IS really up in the air......so with much thought (about ten minutes)......


SUPER BOWL MATCH UP

Cincinnati Bengals (my first thought was Denver, but i kept going back to the Bengals) VS.  Seattle Seahawks   


SUPER BOWL CHAMP

CINCINNATI BENGALS!!!!!!

There you go.