Projected Forecast for 2018-2019 season (1 Viewer)

[Yogibear]

As we get ready to start for Week 1, it's time for me to look into my crystal ball and give everyone my projected finishes for each team, which teams will make the playoffs, and, of course, who will win Super Bowl LIII: (*-Wild Card)

NFC East

1. Eagles (11-5)

2. Giants (8-8)

3. Cowboys (8-8)

4. Redskins (5-11)

NFC North

1. Packers (11-5)

2. Vikings (11-5)*

3. Lions (10-6)

4. Bears (7-9)

NFC South

1. Falcons (12-4)

2. Saints (11-5)*

3. Panthers (7-9)

4. Buccaneers (5-11)

NFC West

1. Rams (10-6)

2. 49ers (9-7)

3. Seahawks (7-9)

4. Cardinals (4-12)

AFC East

1. Patriots (12-4)

2. Jets (9-7)*

3. Dolphins (7-9)

4. Bills (4-12)

AFC North

1. Steelers (11-5)

2. Ravens (7-9)

3. Browns (4-12)

4. Bengals (4-12)

AFC South

1. Jaguars (10-6)

2. Texans (9-7)*

3. Titans (8-8)

4. Colts (5-11)

AFC West

1. Chargers (10-6)

2. Broncos (8-8)

3. Chiefs (7-9)

4. Raiders (5-11)

Wild-Card Playoffs

NFC: Rams over Vikings; Eagles over Saints

AFC: Jaguars over Texans; Chargers over Jets

Divisional Playoffs

NFC: Packers over Eagles; Falcons over Rams

AFC: Steelers over Chargers; Patriots over Jaguars

Conference Championships

NFC: Falcons over Packers

AFC: Patriots over Steelers

Super Bowl LIII

Falcons 27, Patriots 24

 

[Worm]

Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl.

 

[kutta]

I know I’m a homer, but I don’t get why everyone thinks the Cardinals will be so bad. Most are predicting them to have the worst record in the league.

Yes, they have a new QB and a new coach. But without DJ last year, and playing with their third string QB, they still went 8-8. They have a tough division, but they are healthy and that D will be legit this year. I don’t expect them to make the playoffs, but 8-8 seems pretty reachable again.

 

[Yogibear]

Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl.

Let's just say this time around will be different.  And why do I say that?  Because the Super Bowl is in their home stadium.  I know what everyone's going to say about no team ever even playing the Super Bowl in their home stadium.  But, this year I truly and strongly believe that the Falcons are going to make history by not only becoming the 1st team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium, but also win a Super Bowl in their home stadium.  Calvin Ridley will be the difference.

 

[Yogibear]

I was looking up something on Wikipedia relating to teams playing a Super Bowl in its home stadium.  Now, throughout all of history, no team has ever played the Super Bowl in their own stadium.  BUT, there have been two occasions where a team has played a Super Bowl in its own market.  In Super Bowl XIV, the Los Angeles Rams lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-19 in the Rose Bowl; however, the Rams played their home games that year at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.  Then, 5 years later, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Miami Dolphins 38-16 in Super Bowl XIX.  The 49ers, that season, played their home games that year at Candlestick Park, while winning the Super Bowl at Stanford Stadium.  But, this is a different time and era now.  We almost got the chance to see the Minnesota Vikings play a Super Bowl in their home stadium last year.  I strongly believe that this year, the curse of one team playing the Super Bowl in its home stadium will not only be broken, but destroyed.

FALCONS 27, PATRIOTS 24