Yogi's Projected Playoff Forecast (1 Viewer)

[Yogibear]

Now that the regular season is over, I thought I might enlighten everyone on my playoff forecast for the 2024-25 NFL postseason:

AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Texans 23, Chargers 19

AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Ravens 25, Steelers 22

AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Bills 24, Broncos 23

NFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Eagles 24, Packers 22

NFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Buccaneers 26, Commanders 25

NFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Rams 24, Vikings 21

AFC Divisional Playoff Game
Bills 31, Ravens 25 (OT)

NFC Divisional Playoff Game
Eagles 24, Buccaneers 23

NFC Divisional Playoff Game
Lions 28, Rams 20

AFC Divisional Playoff Game
Chiefs 21, Texans 20

NFC Championship Game
Lions 25, Eagles 23

AFC Championship Game
Chiefs 25, Bills 21

Super Bowl LIX
Lions 26, Chiefs 20

 

[BlackCrowes]

The scores are remarkably similar

 

[TheWinz]

The scores are remarkably similar

Agreed. 11 out of 13 games where both teams score in the 20's? And the only scores not in the 20's are 19 and 31?

 

[The General]

I'll go:

Wild Card:
Texans
Ravens
Bills

Vikings
Commanders
Eagles

Divisional:
KC
Bills

Lions
Eagles

Conf Champs:
Bills
Eagles

Super Bowl:
Bills

 

[Scoresman]

Multiple threads always seem to happen with these in particular.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

AFC Divisional Playoff Game
Bills 31, Ravens 25 (OT)

If the Ravens are losing, shouldn't there be a 17 there somewhere? Or it every five years is the exception in the Lamar era?

 

[Riffraff]

AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Texans 23, Chargers 19

AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Ravens 25, Steelers 22

AFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Bills 24, Broncos 23

NFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Eagles 24, Packers 22

NFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Buccaneers 26, Commanders 25

NFC Wild Card Playoff Game
Rams 24, Vikings 21

Biggest margin of victory is 4 points?
Where's the 41-7 blowout that usually occurs?

All 6 home teams win?
How rare would that be?

 

[Soulfly3]

Texans likely gonna get clapped.
Bills steamroll the Broncs.
Ravens probably pump pit too

 

[Anarchy99]

The home team wins every game? Has that ever happened?

 

[Anarchy99]

The home team wins every game? Has that ever happened?

In the salary cap era (which started in 1994), here are the number of road victories each post season across those 30 years. Starting with last year and going backwards . . .

3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 5, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 5, 2, 6, 4, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2

That works out to an average of 3.5 road wins per year with a high of 6 (twice) and a low of 2 (9 times . . . all of them when there were 10 games not 12).

 

[wlwiles]

Wild Card:
Eagles over Packers
Commanders over Bucs
Vikes over Rams

Bills stomp Broncos
Ravens over Steelers
Chargers over Texans


Divisional:
Lions over Commanders
Eagles over Vikings

Chiefs over Chargers
Ravens over Bills


Conf. Championships:
Lions over Eagles
Ravens over Chiefs

Super Bowl:
Ravens over Lions