2012 NFL Predictions

Who had the Giants winning the Super Bowl last year?  Not many, I went Jets over Packers. So it’s time for another round of picks sure to be wrong.

AFC

AFC East – New England Patriots

AFC North – Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South – Houston Texans

AFC West – San Diego Chargers

AFC WC – Baltimore Ravens

AFC WC – Cincinnati Bengals

NFC

NFC East – New York Giants

NFC North – Green Bay Packers

NFC South – Atlanta Falcons

NFC West – San Francisco 49ers

NFC WC – Chicago Bears

NFC WC – Detroit Lions

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Baltimore over Houston

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP

Green Bay over Chicago

SUPER BOWL

Baltimore over Green Bay

2011 NFL Predictions

Well the lockout is over, and its time to throw my picks up on here again.  Last year I had the Packers in the Super Bowl, losing to the Colts....got 1/2 of the Big Game right.  Let's see if this year I can get them both.

AFC East - New England Patriots

AFC North - Pittsburgh Steelers

AFC South - Houston Texans

AFC West - San Diego Chargers
AFC WC - New York Jets

AFC WC - Baltimore Ravens

 

NFC East - Philadelphia Eagles

NFC North - Green Bay Packers

NFC South - New Orleans Saints

NFC West - St. Louis Rams

NFC WC - Atlanta Falcons

NFC WC - Detroit Lions

 

AFC Championship

New York Jets over New England Patriots

NFC Championship

Green Bay Packers over Philadelphia Eagles

SUPER BOWL

New York Jets over Green Bay Packers

Best and Worst – SUPER BOWL EDITION

BEST – Going to start with the hour or so that the kids and I were out playing in the snow.  It was fun to get out there with them and see them do snow angels and throw the snow around and dig snow volcanoes as Addy put it.  The Hawks won at Indiana!  First time the Hawks have had back to back Big Ten wins since 2007!  Hawks were down 58-48, then went on a 16-5 run to end the game.  Big win for Fran and the boys.


 The Super Bowl, it was a good game which I’m thankful for.  Remember when the game was all blowouts and over at halftime?  The past 4-5 years we’ve had classics!  Please NFL see what is going on and don’t lock out!  Favorite commercials – Faith Hill’s flower commercial, the Darth Vader VW Kid, and the NFL fans with all the TV shows.

WORST – Going back to playing in the snow, I was playing with Brady and then I look over my shoulder and see Addy sitting there pouting.  I go to ask her what’s wrong and she said “you like Brady more than me”  Really a kid says that and how am I not supposed to feel bad?  Really?  I was just playing with her and now went to play with Brady and she dropped that on me.  OUCH.

Super Bowl Thoughts

The best team on Sunday won.  With 3 turnovers, that's a huge hole to dig out of and try to win.  That being said before the 3rd, I thought Pittsburgh was going to go down and score before Mendanhall fumbled.  Heck when the Steelers and Big Ben got the ball back down 6 I had visions of Super Bowl 43 and thought that they would March down the field and get title #7.  Then the yellow hanky came out on the kick return.  The Steelers had plenty of penalties that killed drives Sunday and that penalty on the return was probably the biggest.  Good chance I think you can see both teams making deep runs again next year.  Congrats to the Packers, hard to hate them being a Bears fan, respect them.   I'm calling it right now, the Thursday night opener in 2011 on NBC will be Chicago at Green Bay.   I miss football already.  

Super Bowl Prediction

Who will add to their banner?

Well I was hoping for a different match up in Dallas, really wanted my Bears there, and it would have been fun to have them vs my brothers Steelers, but the Packers won, I picked them there in the preseason to get beat by the Colts.  My brother picked the Steelers over the Packers back in September, and while I didn't agree with him then, I'm going to agree with him now.


It's nothing against Green Bay.  I thought that Clay Matthews was the best defender in the NFL this year and Aaron Rodgers, despite what Colin Cowherd thinks, is a top 3-5 QB in the NFL.  It's just that I think Pittsburgh Defense plays big enough in big games and Big Ben will make the plays to help the Steelers to their 7th Super Bowl Championship.  They are the gold standard in the NFL when it comes to how an organization should be run.


My pick: Pittsburgh 27 - Green Bay 24

NFC Championship Game

Bears vs. Packers

Lomarbdi, Starr, Nitschke, Lambeau, Hutson, Favre vs. Halas, Butkus, Sayers, Ditka, Payton, and Singletary.

Cheese heads vs Super Fans.

The winner gets the Halas Trophy and the chance to play for the Lombardi Trophy.

Who you got?  Post your predictions as comments.

My pick: Bears 20 / Packers 17

The Rivalry now has a BIG Prize!

The oldest rivalry in the NFL is going to get a little bit more history added to it, this time the winner gets the NFC  Championship and ticket to Dallas and Super Bowl 45.

This feels a lot to me like 2006 when the Bears played host to the New Orleans Saints.  Brees and the Saints were the hot team in the NFC, then beating the Eagles down before coming to Chicago.  Everyone in the media picked the Saints to win and go on to then Miami and Super Bowl 41.  The game still had to be played though, and the Bears won and hoisted their 2nd George S. Halas trophy.         Now the Packers and the Saints are 2 different teams.  The Packers to win will have to go on the road for a 3rd time.  Aaron Rodgers is playing like a QB possesed and with a chip on his shoulder, maybe the comments by ESPN's Colin Cowherd helped.  I see now why Lovie played all his starters in week 17, to get the Packers out of the tournament.  Anyway it should be a hell of a game.  Like the other 2 have been so far this season.

Before the year started I picked the Packers to the Super Bowl, when the playoffs started I rebooted and picked the Bears, so either way I'm sitting pretty good.  But Go Bears!

Some fun stat tid bits.

• This is the 182 meeting between the 2 rivals, 2nd only in the playoffs.  (Bears won the 1st playoff meeting on Dec 14, 1941.  )
• Bears lead the series 92-83-6
• This is Lovie's 2nd NFC Championship Game.  Ditka coached the Bears to 3, winning 1 and losing 2.
• The Bears have won 3 straight home playoff games. (06-Seattle, 06-New Orleans, 10-Seattle)

For more here's 5 early questions from former Hawkeye Matt Bowen at National Football Post.com.