10 bold NFL predictions for 2004

[sully]

Give it a shot, but try not to copy predictions that others have already made:

1] The Panthers will not have a winning record.
2] The Titans will finish last in the AFC South.
3] The Dolphins will finish ahead of the Jets and Bills, but another season short of the playoffs will be the end of Dave Wannstedt.
4] The best team in the NFC will have no more than 11 wins.
5] LaDainian Tomlinson will not make it through the entire season healthy.
6] The Saints will win the NFC South.
7] Houston will have the best football team in Texas.
8] The Patriots may win more games than all the NFL teams in California combined.
9] Joey Harrington will open the season as the Lions starting QB, but he won't finish the season there.
10] Seattle will be the first team in the NFL to clinch a division title.

[dogmeatIB]

1] The Panthers will not have a winning record.

With that defense? I'm not directly disagreeing with you, but they've got a solid team on that side of the ball, if that O-line can gel, they should do well. IMO they're a coin toss team.


2] The Titans will finish last in the AFC South.

I disagree with this one, Fisher is too good of a coach to let his team slip that far. They still have a lot of talent on both sides of the ball.


3] The Dolphins will finish ahead of the Jets and Bills, but another season short of the playoffs will be the end of Dave Wannstedt.

Without Williams, without a passing game, and with all the shakeups on the defensive side of the ball you still have them better than the Bills and the Jets ... I'll have to think about that one ... I'm not overly impressed with either team.

4] The best team in the NFC will have no more than 11 wins.

I don't see that happening. All it'll take is for one team to come apart unexpectedly, and the other contender in that division should end up with 12, perhaps 13 wins. I think they wont do better than that, but IMO the team that wins homefield throughout is going to have 12 or 13 wins.


5] LaDainian Tomlinson will not make it through the entire season healthy.

I see him making it through more than I do Holmes or Taylor. But it isn't that unlikely, he's seen a lot of touches and a lot of hits, and with their lack of other real offensive power, he's likely to again.


6] The Saints will win the NFC South.

Here I disagree. They may have the talent, but they don't have the coaching. They've fallen apart and underachieved every year, I don't see that trend ending any time soon. If Carolina proves to be as bad as you think, I see the South being a rather ugly division.

7] Houston will have the best football team in Texas.

Have they really addressed their offensive line issues? If they finally have, then perhaps. I'm not sold on Dallas at all.

8] The Patriots may win more games than all the NFL teams in California combined.

<chuckle> A bit of a stretch, but the Raiders, 49ers, and Chargers do look pretty ugly. If the AFC East is as weak as you seem to think they are, the Pats should have a clean sweep there, that'd put them well on their way towards pulling this off.

9] Joey Harrington will open the season as the Lions starting QB, but he won't finish the season there.

Do you think they'll hold him responsible for the failings of an offense dominated by rookies? Rogers may be 2nd year, but he missed a huge chunk of last year, I still consider him a rookie.

10] Seattle will be the first team in the NFL to clinch a division title.

Depends, have their receivers recovered from the dropsies, and have they put together a viable defense ... if so, I agree. Though the Packers should clinch theirs pretty early, no real competition there. :p

[Purple Gorilla]

In no particular order.


1. The Jaguars will win a playoff game, most likely on the road.

2. The worst five teams (record wise) in football will include two former dynasties, the Cowboys and the 49er's.

3. Tampa Bay will finish below Minnesota in team defense.

4. Both the Lions and Bears will play revolving QB's this year, but will go into next season with "confidence" in Harrington and Grossman.

5. There will be 2, 2000 yard rushers this year as both Priest Holmes and Clinton Portis will top the 2 century mark.

6. The Cowboys could very well be the #1 in defense and dead last in offense this year.

7. The Eagles WON'T lose another NFC Championship game, because they won't make it there this year.

8. To the dismay of media types everywhere, Randy Moss will win the MVP award this season, after which he will become a media darling.

9. Teams that will be sitting home come playoff time will be; Green Bay, St Loius, Carolina, and Baltimore.

10. No team will have a shutout this year.

[dogmeatIB]

1. New England wont make it to the AFC Championship game (while they will make it to the playoffs).

2. Clinton Portis will not have a successful year in Washington.

3. Minnesota still wont have a playoff calibre defense and will fail to make the playoffs again. Fans will call for Tice's head, but he'll be given one more year.

4. The NFC East will put only one team in the playoffs and that team will host a bye.

5. Vick will have another disappointing season and Atlanta will end up sub .500 again.

6. Jacksonville and Houston will challenge, but their lack of depth will lead to their falling short of the playoffs.

7. San Francisco will compete ...

...

... for the #1 overall draft pick in the 2005 draft.

8. Saint Louis will fight Seattle early on but then will fade down the stretch due to injuries.

9. Detroits' youngsters will drive their fans and opponents nuts. They'll be completely unpredictable putting up good games followed by horrible games. Detroit improves, but finishes 3rd in the North.

10. Green Bay will host the NFC Championship game.

[sully]

I think I might make this a contest of sorts. I won't give away cash prizes, mainly because I have no money (I'd say poor college student, but that's redundant :D).

However, at the end of the season, we should take a look back at our predictions, and the person who has the most right will get a boost in their user reputation.

I know it's not much, but it is something.

[Plummer29]

I will only do 1 cause its more bold(hopeful) than anyone elses.

1. 49ers will make the playoffs as a wild card team.
Barlow will carry the load!

[moochpuppy]

1. The Bears will finish at .500 or better
2. The Eagles will lose their 4th straight NFC Championship
3. The Seahawks make their 1st Superbowl
4. Brett Favre's streak of games started will come to an end
5. Joe Gibbs is NFC coach of the year
6. Kansas City finally wins a home playoff game
7. Peyton Manning is Superbowl XXXIX MVP
8. The Madden Curse continues.....Ray Lewis gets injured within the first four weeks and is lost for the season.
9. Jack Del Rio is AFC coach of the year.
10.The first coach to be fired is Butch Davis

[rotary]

Alright I'll ante up my $.02 worth.

10. Chris Berman will be insufferable 12 seconds into NFL Gameday.
9. Michael Irvin will make Deiion Sanders sound like Walter Cronkite.
8. Shannon Sharpe will be just as insipid as his brother, Sterling.
7. Pat Summerall will look for Tom Brookshire for analysis . . . and a martini.
6. ABC will lose Monday Night Football in the new television contracts.
5. Just once, Cris Carter will put on a rubber nose and glasses (minus eyebrows) & do a Groucho Marx imitation.
4. John Madden will be seen grazing . . .in the horse trailer.
3. Somebody will finally hit Boomer Esiason with that snowball.
2. Nobody will miss Eric Dickerson.
1. Al Michaels will reference over/unders earlier and earlier in the game.

Okay, nobody ever said anything about parameters. You guys handle the teams, I'll handle the media. :)

[The Greatest Poster Alive]

1) DA Bears....will Pull off the perfect season.....PERFECTLY BAD ...0-16!!!! you heard it here first bitches

2) the TEXANS will reach the playoff as a wildcard, and pull off upsets to reach the superbowl, where they will be effectively stomped by the Vikings

3) Randy Moss will break every single season Recieving record possible

4) Micheal Bennett Will Still Break 1500 yards this season..even after missing most of the opener

5) The Lions will have a better record than the packers

6) Denny Green Will get the cardinals to .500...i don't know how...but this guy can put together regular season wins like nobodies business

7) Favre will actually miss a game due to injury

8) The Colts will finish last in their Division

9) The patriots will not make the playoffs

10) The Falcons will still suck, even with vick

[menear]

1. Det finishes .500 on the road.

2. San Fran and Ari only win 1 game apiece.

3. K. Jones wins ROY.

4. Eli throws more INTS this year then TD'S.

5. Vick plays less then 13 games this year.

6. No running back runs for more then 1825 yrds.

7. 3 wr's (with the new rules) break the most catches in a season record.

8. 2 qb's break the record for TD's in a season.

9. Emmit Smith dont last the season and retires durning the year.

10. Seahawks disappoint and miss playoffs at 7-9.

11 (college football) 4 teams go undeafeated USC, Mich, WVU, Utah. Throws a wrench into the BSC which finally is changed to a playoff system of all the big bowl winners.

[orangeirwin]

I'll give it a shot...

- The Chargers will finish 2nd in the AFC West

- Curtis Martin carries the Jets to the playoffs running for 1400 yds and 12 TDs

- Houston wins the AFC South

- Marshall Faulk stays healty all season and wins MVP

- Detroit finishes 2nd in the NFC North

- Adam Vinatieri misses a FG that would send Pats to the Super Bowl

- Andre Johnson leads AFC in recieving Yds

- Dante Hall has 0 TDs

- Jerricho Cotchery becomes Pennington's new favorite target

- Eli wishes he had stayed a Charger after the Giants go 5-11 and he takes a beating

[GodofMike]

1 Bears win 2 games

2 The Cards will start John Navarre (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6961) in week 10.

3 Lions make the playoffs.

4 Randy Moss wins NFC MVP.

5 SD wins 4 games.

6 Daunte Culpepper (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=4659) has more Td'S than INT.

7 Brett Favre (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=1025) will miss one game.

8 Indy wins the Superbowl

9 Joey Harrington (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=5889) has a great year.

10 Kellen Winslow (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=6765) get's taken out by Ray Lewis.

[Ghostrider]

10] Randy Moss pulls out a game boy on a play that is not run for him.

9] After three scoreless games Bears fans still won't admit thier offense sucks.

8] Packers struggle to an 8-8 season

7] Arizona goes 0-8 on the road and now have lost 21 straight road games of thier own.

6] Ray Lewis whips Deions ass after he misses 10 tackles in one game

5] Kevin Jones will rush for 1452 yards

4] Favre retires at end of year.

3] KC wins AFC title game

2] Philly wins superbowl

1] Detroit wins "at Lambeau"

[dogmeatIB]

11 (college football) 4 teams go undeafeated USC, Mich, WVU, Utah. Throws a wrench into the BSC which finally is changed to a playoff system of all the big bowl winners.

Hmmm, even if it does mean Michigan doing well, that one might just be worth it ...

[STLCARDSFAN1]

i can't see how the phins can win division with no boston or ricky.

[StevieBDunkNOnU]

Well we do have a top 3 defense. We also got a replacement for Boston in Booker. Ricky was the only reason we scored points last year no doubt, but the defense also knew what we were gonna do. Our coaching staff did nothing to adjust and throw the ball more, and we ran the ball everytime last year. Now we will be throwing it more(AJ Feeley has really impressed during Pre-season), we got great passing weapons for him.

Now i dont know about winning the division, but remember last time the Pats tried for back-to-back, they went 9-7 the following year. So if they went 8-8, 9-7, or 10-6, losing 1 game to us, we could win the division. But thats why they play the games....

[batbatt]

1. kansas city will go 13-3 again and will finally win a home playoff game.
2. cincinnati will win their division.
3. peyton manning will break Marino's passing TD record.
4. after fumbling four times in one half, daunte culpepper will be benched and mike tice will tell randy moss to go in at quarterback and "just throw the damn ball."
5. seattle receivers will force announcers to use calculus to determine the number of dropped passes by the end of the season.
6. Washington will win the NFC east.
7. Only four teams from last years' playoffs--Seattle, New England, Green Bay, and Kansas City--will be back in the playoffs this year.
8. Mike Sherman will pick someone off the street to punt for the packers on the way to the stadium for the packers-vikings game.
9. All four teams in the NFC South finish at 8-8.
10. Peyton Manning also breaks Marino's single season passing yardage. Marino goes berserk and storms onto the field and pummels Manning, screaming, "laces OUT!" Mike Vanderjack is forced to separate the two.

[Care_Much]

1. Eagles will make the SB
2. Packers and Vikings both go to the playoffs
3. Washington makes it to the playoffs as a WC team
4. Sean Taylor gets DROY, and Kevin Jones gets ROY
5. Eli Manning starts by week 4.
6. Ravens make the SB (if Lewis plays 90% of the games... if not then the Pats)
7. McNabb will underthrow Owens and he won't blow up
8. Raiders finish 2nd in AFC West
9. Chargers get 2 top 5 picks in next year's draft
10. Bills come in 2nd in the AFC East.

[nakedmatt]

Look, Sean Salisbury babies!

[Purple Gorilla]

I decided to sticky this so it didn't get lost.

[GodofMike]

11 (college football) 4 teams go undeafeated USC, Mich, WVU, Utah. Throws a wrench into the BSC which finally is changed to a playoff system of all the big bowl winners.

U of M will lose to MSU so they won't go undeafeated.

[orangeirwin]

1. Eagles will make the SB
2. Packers and Vikings both go to the playoffs
3. Washington makes it to the playoffs as a WC team
4. Sean Taylor gets DROY, and Kevin Jones gets ROY
5. Eli Manning starts by week 4.
6. Ravens make the SB (if Lewis plays 90% of the games... if not then the Pats)
7. McNabb will underthrow Owens and he won't blow up
8. Raiders finish 2nd in AFC West
9. Chargers get 2 top 5 picks in next year's draft
10. Bills come in 2nd in the AFC East.
These were supposed to be BOLD predictions... the biggest stretch in your predictions is the Raiders finishing 2nd.

[mqelgq]

1.Miami will win their division and beat the seahawks in the SB....
2.New England will NOT make the playoffs.
3.Payton Manning will choke again.. this time against the dolphins in the afc title game
4.the redskins will go 7-9
5.the bengals will make the playoffs.
6.the raiders will finish below .500
7.this season will have the most overtime games in the history of the league
8. the vikings will make it to the nfc title game
9. the giants will win the nfc east.
10. ray lewis stays healthy for the entire season and ends the madden curse...

[GunnstheQueen]

1. Indy will wish they spent some of that Manning money on a defense.
2. KC will find out that Gunther doesn't play defense and wish they'd spent some money in free agency for the defense.
3. Priest will not last the season.
4. Oakland will finally realize that Al's the problem. (Yeah right)
5. Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Cleveland, Arizona and Houston will improve their records.
6. Tennessee will forget all about Eddie George.
7. Green Bay will not make the playoffs.
8. Minnesota will run away with their division.
9. By the end of the season Owens will be dawging McNabb and Reid.
10. Ditto Keyshawn, insert the entire Cowboy organization.
11. Denver's defense will be tops in the league but the offense will be so bad, they miss the playoffs.
12. Jake Plummer is MVP and Quentin Griffin has people talking about the second coming of Barry.
13. I will be discovered to have schizophrenia.

[Ghostrider]

U of M will lose to MSU so they won't go undeafeated.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....SORRY, I JUST CAN'T STOP LAUGHING.

[moochpuppy]

3 Lions make the playoffs.


There is a difference between bold and stupid. :p

[GodofMike]

There is a difference between bold and stupid. :p
Lions will make the playoffs is bold not stupid.

[BF4MVP]

are u forgetting of the packers and vikings, and writing both of them off immediately? Thats real bold, i'd say....

[Purple Gorilla]

11. Denver's defense will be tops in the league but the offense will be so bad, they miss the playoffs.
12. Jake Plummer is MVP and Quentin Griffin has people talking about the second coming of Barry. How on earth does a team have the worst offense...yet have the MVP be a member of that offense and another member make people think of one of the greatest RB's ever?

[dogmeatIB]

11. Purple Gorilla gets the mange and they have to shave him. His hair grows back green and gold, utterly embarassed he continues to keep himself shaved and takes to wearing a full body toupe.

Take a second ... let the mental pictures form.

OK, you are now cleared to laugh. :D

[StevieBDunkNOnU]

How on earth does a team have the worst offense...yet have the MVP be a member of that offense and another member make people think of one of the greatest RB's ever?

Thats what im saying. That makes no sense what so ever. I cant wait to hear his response.

[GunnstheQueen]

How on earth does a team have the worst offense...yet have the MVP be a member of that offense and another member make people think of one of the greatest RB's ever?
Uh, did you read the next prediction, about schizophrenia.

[menear]

your joking right mike please say that this was for a laugh cause i find it very amusing. LMAO

U of M will lose to MSU so they won't go undeafeated.

[GodofMike]

your joking right mike please say that this was for a laugh cause i find it very amusing. LMAO
No MSU will win U of M will lose to MSU. BTW thats a Bold prediction.

[menear]

espically after the dubacule they had last week (MSU)

[StevieBDunkNOnU]

Uh, did you read the next prediction, about schizophrenia.

i get it now. but i have no idea really how to say that word or what it means....

My bad

[KingCole]

1. lions roadloss record stops with win @<hidden> chi in week1
2. bears finish last in north with 4-12 record
3. pats win superbowl and officialy become a "dynasty"
4. eagles lose in ncf championship game AGAIN
5. carolina fails to make playoffs
6. draft picks #1 and #2 go to same division (49ers/cards)
7. vikes take nfc north crown away from packers
8. c. rogers is mentioned in same breath has moss/harrison/holt at seasons end
9. dave wandstadt (sp?) is fired by seasons end
10. texans take 2nd in thier didvision and miss wild card by tiebreakers

[Care_Much]

Take a look at half the other predictions... thus I did it similarly. Bold, hmm.

1. Raiders take 2nd in division (as I said)
2. Texans take 2nd in division (maybe bold?)
3. Q. Griffen has 1100+ yards rushing.
4. Bills make it into 2nd round of playoffs.
5. KC is a top 10 defense.
6. Pats have 3rd defense... in their division.
..... I'm done for now.

[BigDVike]

1. Ricky Williams shaves his head and becomes a born again christian, and returns to the NFL, next year.

2. Terrell Owens has killed team chemistry by week 5 and Andy Reid develops permanent migrane.

3. Miami does not make playoffs and Wandstadt is fired.

4. Quentin Griffin gets injured/replace by week 3 and Tatum Bell does well enough to get Offensive ROY.

5. Not really a stretch, but Moss ties/breaks WR TD record for single season.

6. Pats gets eliminated in first playoff game.

7. Bears have one 100 yard rusher in a game for whole season.

8. Washington and Gibbs miss playoffs with 7-9 record.

9. Julius Jones gets <650 yards all season.

10. NFC North teams are represented in both divisional playoffs

[SBLAKERFAN]

1. Bettis ends up with 10 TD's on 30 carries and 20 yards.
2. Steelers win the afc north.
3. Pats lose in the first round of playoffs due to a game winning FG.
4. Faulk goes down and Jackson replaces him and becomes oroy
5. Indy vs. Philly SB
6. Oakland finishes DEAD last in the nfl with two wins.
7. Warner decides he will grow out a mullet to match his wife.
8. Peyton wins MVP
9. Did I mention that Oakland will end up with the worst record.
10. Pats will tie most consecutive games won(17) then lose the next three.

[DBroncos4life]

Q will out rush Portis.

Oh and Kc will not make the playoffs. They don't have a D and everyone know is.

[Domino427]

W/o looking at the other posts, here are my 10.

1)Eli Manning will have a horrible rookie season. Next Ryan Leaf/Tim Couch?
2)The Lions will make the playoffs.
3)Drew Brees will have a good season, but maybe too late to stay in SD.
4)Dallas goes 4-12.
5)The Patriots don't make the Super Bowl...don't even win their division.
6)That award goes to the Jets.
7)The 49ers, Chargers, and Cardinals won't be the worst NFL team. That award goes to the Buffalo Bills.
8)Ken Dorsey takes over the 49ers QB job and holds the job for years to come.
9)Brian Westbrook, LJ Smith, and Michael Lewis go to the Pro-Bowl.
10)The Eagles win the Super Bowl (okay not bold, but still my predicition!)

[PnkPanther]

number 9 and ten will not happen....

[manny]

I will only do 1 cause its more bold(hopeful) than anyone elses.

1. 49ers will make the playoffs as a wild card team.
Barlow will carry the load!
better get on it in a hurry as they are 0-2 now.

[Silky Johnson]

1) The Lions will finish .500 on the season.

2) Roy Williams will win ROY.

3) Kevin Jones will gain 1,000 yards rushing.

4) Joey Harrington cements himself as the QB of the future.

5) The Eagles will make the NFC Championship game again.

6) Butch Davis, Mike Martz, Dennis Erickson, and Mike Tice will all be fired.

7) The Houston Texans will have the #1 overall pick in the 2005 draft.

8) The Jacksonville Jaguars are for real and will make the playoffs.

9) The Packers will win the NFC North.

10) Donovan McNabb will win the MVP.

[manny]

In no particular order.

10. No team will have a shutout this year.
PG is down to 9 predictions outstanding after San Francisco got blanked.

[manny]

I will only do 1 cause its more bold(hopeful) than anyone elses.

1. 49ers will make the playoffs as a wild card team.
Barlow will carry the load!
this one will take a miracle to happen.

[manny]

1) DA Bears....will Pull off the perfect season.....PERFECTLY BAD ...0-16!!!! you heard it here first bitches


10) The Falcons will still suck, even with vick

1. Wrong already

10. They are 3-0, so you aren't looking good here either.

[manny]

1. lions roadloss record stops with win @<hidden> chi in week1


Here is one prediction that was right

[RDGiant]

1. Culpepper breaks the QB rating record for a season.
2. Thomas Jones gains 1,500 yds rushing for the Bears.
3. Randy Moss makes opposing DB's look silly all season long.
4. Brett Favre dosent miss a game. (True Iron Man)
5. Minnesota misses the playoffs again. (No run defense)
6. Jets win the Super Bowl.
7. Jags make the playoffs.
8. San Fran picks first in next years draft.
9. Brett Favre retires after the season.
10. Patriots miss the playoffs. (Pretty bold prediction huh?)

[manny]

Give it a shot, but try not to copy predictions that others have already made:

1] The Panthers will not have a winning record.
2] The Titans will finish last in the AFC South.
3] The Dolphins will finish ahead of the Jets and Bills, but another season short of the playoffs will be the end of Dave Wannstedt.
4] The best team in the NFC will have no more than 11 wins.
5] LaDainian Tomlinson will not make it through the entire season healthy.
6] The Saints will win the NFC South.
7] Houston will have the best football team in Texas.
8] The Patriots may win more games than all the NFL teams in California combined.
9] Joey Harrington will open the season as the Lions starting QB, but he won't finish the season there.
10] Seattle will be the first team in the NFL to clinch a division title.


Looking good with this prediction as the Panthers are 1-7.
Half way through, this prediction is true.
Ain’t looking good here with the Jets at 6-2, the Bills at 3-5, and the Dolphins at 1-8.
not looking good here either with the Eagles with 7 wins already.
He has at least 17 carries per game so far.
Halfway through, the Saints trail the Falcons by three games.
Dallas 3-5; Houston 4-4
California Teams 10 wins – New England 7 wins.
Harrington is still in there at this point.
With a one game lead, that prediction isn’t looking good at this point. The Falcons have a three game lead halfway through.

[Night Hawk]

You dudes are about as accurate as those tabloid yearly predictions. Didn't use to work for Miss Cleo did you?

[northof60]

8] The Patriots may win more games than all the NFL teams in California combined
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Thank the FB GODS for San Diego! lol!

Go Raiders!!!!!

P.S. sully, your predicts were a little off, but good nonetheless.:)

[moochpuppy]

1. The Bears will finish at .500 or better
2. The Eagles will lose their 4th straight NFC Championship
3. The Seahawks make their 1st Superbowl
4. Brett Favre's streak of games started will come to an end
5. Joe Gibbs is NFC coach of the year
6. Kansas City finally wins a home playoff game
7. Peyton Manning is Superbowl XXXIX MVP
8. The Madden Curse continues.....Ray Lewis gets injured within the first four weeks and is lost for the season.
9. Jack Del Rio is AFC coach of the year.
10.The first coach to be fired is Butch Davis
1. Still have a shot
2. Could still happen
3. Not looking good
4. Well, one of his streaks ended this season
5. NOT
6. DOH!
7. Good chance
8. Nope, but he is having a down year
9. If they make the playoffs he could be
10. OOOOHHH, so close