4. The Ravens are playing with a rookie QB and rookie RB, yet still winning! Their defense is brutal and keeping them in every game. Sound familiar, year 2000? I was wrong about this team. They ARE legit. (God, that was tough to say.)
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They haven't beaten anyone good yet, they beat the Bungles, the Clowns twice, Miami and the Raiders, the teams they are suppose to beat(No offense.
The lost to the Steelers, the Titans and Colts, just better teams. They do have a very good defense, and I hate Lewis, but their offense isn't that good.
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Here we are at the half way point of this very unpredictable season.
My predictions for the second half:
*Pittsburgh will run away and hide in the North and secure HFA throughout the playoffs by beating the Titans in Tennessee.
* Both the AFC West and NFC West will have division winners at 8-8 (San Diego and Arizona).
* Three divisions (AFC East , NFC East and South) will have ALL teams at least 8-8. The AFC East and NFC East will have ALL teams over .500.
*All the wildcards will come from the East of both conferences.
The AFC East is playing some cupcakes down the stretch and every team will finish either 11-5 or 10-6, and Miami will make the playoffs!
Here's the AFC East teams out of division schedules the rest of the way:
Miami: (HOME): Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland
(AWAY): St. Louis, Kansas City
Buffalo: (HOME): Cleveland, San Francisco
(AWAY): Kansas City, Denver (always tough to play there)
NY Jets: (HOME): St. Louis, Denver
(AWAY): Tennessee (tough game), San Francisco, Seattle
New England: (HOME): Pittsburgh (tough game), Arizona (sorry Sabres, not so tough)
(AWAY): Seattle, Oakland
My AFC East Predictions:
1. New England (11-5)
2. NY Jets (11-5) WILDCARD
3. Miami (10-6) WILDCARD
4. Buffalo (10-6) (Sorry Sabres, but they get beat out on a tiebreaker
AFC North
1. Pittsburgh (12-4)
2. Baltimore (7-9) (I realize that means only 2 more wins the rest of the way, but their schedule is brutal)
3. Cleveland (6-10)
4. Cincinnati (3-13)
AFC South
1. Tennessee (11-5) (Back to Earth a little bit with a 3-5 second half)
2. Indianapolis (9-7) (AFC East teams cupcake schedules will keep them out of playoffs)
3. Jacksonville (8-8)
4. Houston (7-9)
AFC West
1. San Diego (8-8)
2. Denver (7-9) (They were exposed sooner than I thought they would be)
3. Oakland (5-11)
4. Kansas City (2-12)
NFC East
1. NY Giants (12-4)
2. Philadelphia (11-5) WILDCARD
3. Washington (11-5) WILDCARD
4. Dallas (9-7)
NFC North
1. Minnesota (10-6)
2. Chicago (9-7)
3. Green Bay (9-7)
4. Detroit (2-14)
NFC South
1. Carolina (11-5)
2. Tampa Bay (10-6)
3. New Orleans (9-7)
4. Atlanta (8-8)
NFC West
1. Arizona (8-8)
2. Seattle (4-12)
3. St. Louis (4-12)
4. San francisco (3-13)
The good news is they're playing Jacksonville. The Jags were the cure for Cincinnati's winless season. Could they lose to the Lions as well? For all the talk about how much the Cowboys are underachieving, how about Jacksonville? These guys are completley laying down. The only difference is that the Cowboys are America's Team and nobody, including the people in Jacksonville, cares about the Jaguars, even when they're winning.
Here we are at the half way point of this very unpredictable season.
My predictions for the second half:
*Pittsburgh will run away and hide in the North and secure HFA throughout the playoffs by beating the Titans in Tennessee.
* Both the AFC West and NFC West will have division winners at 8-8 (San Diego and Arizona).
* Three divisions (AFC East , NFC East and South) will have ALL teams at least 8-8. The AFC East and NFC East will have ALL teams over .500.
*All the wildcards will come from the East of both conferences.
The AFC East is playing some cupcakes down the stretch and every team will finish either 11-5 or 10-6, and Miami will make the playoffs!
Here's the AFC East teams out of division schedules the rest of the way:
Miami: (HOME): Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland
(AWAY): St. Louis, Kansas City
Buffalo: (HOME): Cleveland, San Francisco
(AWAY): Kansas City, Denver (always tough to play there)
NY Jets: (HOME): St. Louis, Denver
(AWAY): Tennessee (tough game), San Francisco, Seattle
New England: (HOME): Pittsburgh (tough game), Arizona (sorry Sabres, not so tough)
(AWAY): Seattle, Oakland
My AFC East Predictions:
1. New England (11-5)
2. NY Jets (11-5) WILDCARD
3. Miami (10-6) WILDCARD
4. Buffalo (10-6) (Sorry Sabres, but they get beat out on a tiebreaker
AFC North
1. Pittsburgh (12-4)
2. Baltimore (7-9) (I realize that means only 2 more wins the rest of the way, but their schedule is brutal)
3. Cleveland (6-10)
4. Cincinnati (3-13)
AFC South
1. Tennessee (11-5) (Back to Earth a little bit with a 3-5 second half)
2. Indianapolis (9-7) (AFC East teams cupcake schedules will keep them out of playoffs)
3. Jacksonville (8-8)
4. Houston (7-9)
AFC West
1. San Diego (8-8)
2. Denver (7-9) (They were exposed sooner than I thought they would be)
3. Oakland (5-11)
4. Kansas City (2-12)
NFC East
1. NY Giants (12-4)
2. Washington (11-5) WILDCARD
3. Philadelphia (11-5) WILDCARD
4. Dallas (9-7)
NFC North
1. Minnesota (10-6)
2. Chicago (9-7)
3. Green Bay (9-7)
4. Detroit (2-14)
NFC South
1. Carolina (11-5)
2. Tampa Bay (10-6)
3. New Orleans (9-7)
4. Atlanta (8-8)
NFC West
1. Arizona (8-8)
2. Seattle (4-12)
3. St. Louis (4-12)
4. San Francisco (3-13)
You really do have a dislike for Coach Cowher don't you.
