NFL (2024 Season)

[Roadgeekteen]

Wow, the ending of that game between the Giants and Washington was something else...

Primetime games have been amazing this year besides Bears Rams.

[thspfc]

Predictions for every game on Sunday . . .

Steelers 26, Raiders 25
49ers 37, Eagles 30
Browns 34, Texans 26
Broncos 24, Jaguars 14
Saints 27, Panthers 6
Rams 42, Colts 24
Dolphins 28, Bills 27
Patriots 23, Jets 16
Bengals 25, Bears 21
Buccaneers 38, Falcons 33
Cardinals 45, Vikings 27
Seahawks 35, Titans 30
Chargers 32, Cowboys 26
Chiefs 31, Ravens 10

[webny99]

- AFC South is by far the worst division. the NFC East looks good in comparison.

The NFC East might not even be second-worst, because the NFC North might be worse than them too.

Come to think of it, while a lot of things got more muddled in week 1, the division hierarchy got even clearer:

1. NFC West
2. AFC North
3. AFC West
4. AFC East
5. NFC South
6. NFC East
7. NFC North
8. AFC South

[thspfc]

I think it's an overreaction to put the NFCE ahead of the NFCN. The Packers were the biggest disappointment in week 1, but I still believe that they're better than all the NFC East teams. I'd say that the Vikings and Bears are roughly on par with the two best NFCE teams (Cowboys and Football Team IMO) respectively, and then I think the Lions are the worst team of the eight, but not by a whole lot.

[ilpt4u]

Predictions for every game on Sunday . . .

Steelers 26, Raiders 25
49ers 37, Eagles 30
Browns 34, Texans 26
Broncos 24, Jaguars 14
Saints 27, Panthers 6
Rams 42, Colts 24
Dolphins 28, Bills 27
Patriots 23, Jets 16
Bengals 25, Bears 21
Buccaneers 38, Falcons 33
Cardinals 45, Vikings 27
Seahawks 35, Titans 30
Chargers 32, Cowboys 26
Chiefs 31, Ravens 10

I'm tempted to play a parlay card with those predictions, just to see how it plays out

Maybe 2 parlay cards. One for Spreads and one for Over/Unders

[webny99]

I think it's an overreaction to put the NFCE ahead of the NFCN. The Packers were the biggest disappointment in week 1, but I still believe that they're better than all the NFC East teams. I'd say that the Vikings and Bears are roughly on par with the two best NFCE teams (Cowboys and Football Team IMO) respectively, and then I think the Lions are the worst team of the eight, but not by a whole lot.

I guess we'll see. You didn't mention the Eagles, the only team from either division that won in Week 1, and looked almost as good as the Packers looked bad. Granted, it was the Falcons. But Eagles-49ers should be an interesting one.

[CoreySamson]

- AFC South is by far the worst division. the NFC East looks good in comparison.

The NFC East might not even be second-worst, because the NFC North might be worse than them too.

Come to think of it, while a lot of things got more muddled in week 1, the division hierarchy got even clearer:

1. NFC West
2. AFC North
3. AFC West
4. AFC East
5. NFC South
6. NFC East
7. NFC North
8. AFC South

But that's not accounting for the relative talent levels between the divisions. A more accurate hierarchy picture looks like this:
1. NFC West
2. AFC North
(small gap)
3. AFC West
4. AFC East
(big gap)
5. NFC South
(huge gap)
6. NFC East
7. NFC North
8. AFC South

There doesn't seem to be much parity between the divisions in the NFL this season.

[ilpt4u]

There doesn't seem to be much parity between the divisions in the NFL this season.

Hopefully a few Drafts and Offseasons will help equalize the 8 Divisions...but should it continue to have 1-3 Divisions top to bottom stellar and 1-3 Divisions top to bottom horrid, the NFL would have to consider realignment, to keep Competitive Balance

I think the NFC West has been unfair for the last few seasons, but if the AFC North and AFC West join them at the top, and then the competition level just drastically drops, that will be a big problem

Tommy Brady is keeping the NFC South up - when he does hang it up, the NFC South will drop pretty quickly, as well

[webny99]

The NFC South actually ranks third by average FiveThirtyEight ELO rating. That surprised me, but the Bucs bring the whole division way up.

Personally I kind of like the ebbs and flows of some divisions being tougher than others as long as there's relative balance between the conferences. Sure, the AFC looks considerably stronger right now (and has a lot more young QB's), but there's also consensus that the best overall division is in the NFC, so it's not that extreme.

[snowc]

Predictions for every game on Sunday . . .

Steelers 26, Raiders 25
49ers 37, Eagles 30
Browns 34, Texans 26
Broncos 24, Jaguars 14
Saints 27, Panthers 6
Rams 42, Colts 24
Dolphins 28, Bills 27
Patriots 23, Jets 16
Bengals 25, Bears 21
Buccaneers 38, Falcons 33
Cardinals 45, Vikings 27
Seahawks 35, Titans 30
Chargers 32, Cowboys 26
Chiefs 31, Ravens 10

Welp, there goes my panthers and bills.

[thspfc]

Predictions for every game on Sunday . . .

Steelers 26, Raiders 25
49ers 37, Eagles 30
Browns 34, Texans 26
Broncos 24, Jaguars 14
Saints 27, Panthers 6
Rams 42, Colts 24
Dolphins 28, Bills 27
Patriots 23, Jets 16
Bengals 25, Bears 21
Buccaneers 38, Falcons 33
Cardinals 45, Vikings 27
Seahawks 35, Titans 30
Chargers 32, Cowboys 26
Chiefs 31, Ravens 10

Welp, there goes my panthers and bills.

If anything this is good news for them because I went 6/14 last week.

[snowc]

Predictions for every game on Sunday . . .

Steelers 26, Raiders 25
49ers 37, Eagles 30
Browns 34, Texans 26
Broncos 24, Jaguars 14
Saints 27, Panthers 6
Rams 42, Colts 24
Dolphins 28, Bills 27
Patriots 23, Jets 16
Bengals 25, Bears 21
Buccaneers 38, Falcons 33
Cardinals 45, Vikings 27
Seahawks 35, Titans 30
Chargers 32, Cowboys 26
Chiefs 31, Ravens 10

Welp, there goes my panthers and bills.

If anything this is good news for them because I went 6/14 last week.

Got the TV on, Bills vs Dolphins playing in a half hour. Let see if Bills the Dolphins!

[snowc]

Diggs got another TD for the Bills - 13-0 Bills!

[snowc]

Bills back from HT

[snowc]

Buffalo is delayed due to lightning!

lightning at mia stadium by Bryce Monaghan, on Flickr

[Roadgeekteen]

Patriots won but red zone offense still needs some work

[thspfc]

Big W for the Cowboys! For the first time in what feels like forever, Dak didn't have to carry the team to the win, instead it was Pollard and Zeke with a combined 180 yards rushing that led the way.

[webny99]

Some great games in the late window today! AFC West is shaping up to be a great division, starting to think there may be 3 playoff teams from that division.

[Roadgeekteen]

Vikings pulled a Viking

[thspfc]

I can guarantee that tomorrow, at least one very well-known talking head will claim that the Chiefs are going to finish last in their division this season. Even with the Chiefs currently being tied for last in the AFCW, I'd say they are still a 99.9% lock to win the division.

The people who are hyped on the Broncos are the same people who have spent the last two weeks laughing at the two teams that the Broncos have beat.

I'll believe it's a legitimate Raiders team when I see them playing at this same level come December.

Don't really have an opinion on the Chargers, they're pretty average. Played against two average teams, won one, lost one, both were close.

[thspfc]

Broncos 24, Jaguars 14

So close!

Saints 27, Panthers 6

Almost the right score, but wrong winner.

Rams 42, Colts 24

Got the Colts' point total right.

Dolphins 28, Bills 27

*Shoves in nearest cabinet*

Seahawks 35, Titans 30

Somewhat close, wrong winner though.

I'm probably going to do this every week, and if I get even one game exactly right I will be satisfied.

[KCRoadFan]

Saints 27, Panthers 6
Dolphins 28, Bills 27
Chiefs 31, Ravens 10

Those were way off...

[Roadgeekteen]

Wow what a snf game!

[kurumi]

With 2 games in the bag, we have enough to show the average (16-game) season record for each of the four regions.

(afc combined scores, then nfc)
east: 3-5 + 3-5 == 6-10
north: 4-4 + 1-7 == 5-11
south: 2-6 + 5-3 == 7-9
west: 6-2 + 7-1 == 13-3

[jgb191]

the NFL would have to consider realignment

Agreed!  Here's how it should be to make geographical sense:

AFC East:  Baltimore, Buffalo, NY Jets (rename it to 'Newark'), and New England (rename it to 'Boston')
AFC North:  Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh
AFC South:  Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Tennessee (rename it to 'Nashville')
AFC West:  Stay the same except return the Chargers back to San Diego.