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The 2016 - 2017 NFL Season Playoff Bracket by Playoff Predictors allows you to make your to make your NFL Playoffs post season predictions.
Feb 6, 2017 · See our 2017 NFL predictions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. P. Week 1 Games. Win probabilities Elo point spreads. Team-By-Team Forecast. Forecast from. How this...
NFL Nation reporters predict the 2016 regular-season records for every team. Each prediction was made independent of the predictions of their colleagues. Check out the full schedule...
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Feb 4, 2018 · FiveThirtyEight's 2017 NFL forecast uses an Elo-based model to calculate each team's chances of advancing to the playoffs and winning the Super Bowl. UPDATED Feb. 4, 2018 at 10:21 PM 2017...
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Yes, I have the Bengals and the Cardinals in the Super Bowl, two teams that have never won a Super Bowl before. I also have the Raiders, Jaguars and Buccaneers making the playoffs, because some people just like to watch the world burn. But in reality, I operated under two assumptions: 1. Since the league adopted the 12-team format in 1990, about fi...
MVP: Carson Palmer, QB, Arizona Cardinals Offensive Player of the Year: Odell Beckham Jr., WR, New York Giants Defensive Player of the Year: Von Miller, Edge, Denver Broncos Offensive Rookie of the Year: Ezekiel Elliot, RB, Dallas Cowboys Defensive Rookie of the Year: Jalen Ramsey, DB, Jacksonville Jaguars Coach of the Year: Bruce Arians, Arizona C...
As much as it worries me to risk anything on Carson Palmer and his 66.9 postseason passer rating (Arizona beat Green Bay in spite of him), the Cardinals have arguably the most complete team in the NFL, with a ton of experience on both sides of the ball. They can throw all over the field—and they could even before second-year running back David John...
The Cardinals are the deepest team in football, and they got deeper this off-season, most notably by trading for pass rusher Chandler Jones from the Patriots. Dwight Freeney had eight sacks in 11 games last season with Arizona; Jones could easily double that. What don’t the Cardinals have? They have receivers (Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd, John ...
A Super Bowl XLIX rematch, with the same outcome. Among the toughest calls here was not the Patriots to go all the way—they were one win away from the Super Bowl last season—but giving them the AFC's No. 1 seed. Doing so assumes that they a) weather the storm while Tom Brady is out, and b) roll once he's back in the lineup. Beyond that, for as much...
While it was overshadowed by Aaron Rodgers’s struggles last year, the Green Bay defense had one of its better seasons under defensive coordinator Dom Capers in 2015, finishing in the top 10 in DVOA and ranking sixth in pass defense specifically. At all three levels, the Packers could be better this year. Mike Daniels and first-rounder Kenny Clark c...
My regular season picks are admittedly safe and boring, in what looks like a pretty top-heavy league. After consecutive Super Bowl appearances, the Seahawks were last year’s certified Team Nobody Wants To Face In the Playoffs, before surviving a strange game against Minnesota and getting buried by a disastrous half in Carolina. With their defense a...
My playoff bracket is full of familiar teams. All but two were in the playoffs last year. In the NFC, the Cardinals are stacked top to bottom—it is not improbable that they finish with the season with the NFL’s top quarterback, receiving corps, running back, cornerback and safety. The Packers should be explosive with Jordy Nelson’s return, the Seah...
Bruce Arians is nothing short of an offensive genius, and his masterfully orchestrated attack, coupled with the Cardinals’ improved defense—looking at you, Chandler Jones—will help Arizona cruise to the top seed in the NFC. However, Carson Palmer’s playoff demons will come back and haunt him; this season, it will be the Packers that force the Cardi...
Yes, Jordy Nelson will be “full bore” for the Packers’ opener, as coach Mike McCarthy put it. Other reasons for optimism in Titletown: Eddie Lacy is south of 250 pounds, showing plenty of his old burst. Nagged by injuries in ’15, Randall Cobb is his crafty, elusive, playmaking self. In a display of uncharacteristic free agency extravagance, spendth...
Sep 5, 2016 · To pop some champagne for the 2016 regular season, here are a few storylines I predict will emerge over the next 17 weeks. 1. A big reality check on quarterbacks is coming.
Jun 30, 2017 · Matt Verderame reveals his initial 2016 NFL power rankings and record predictions.The 2016 NFL season is upon us. Come Sept. 8, the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos will take the...
