Mocking the Draft: AFC Regular Season Predictions
by MaPatsFan
on May 29, 2008 9:17 PM EDT
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Matt Miller over at SBNation's Mocking the Draft says the New England Patriots are a 13-3 regular season team . That I'm not surprised at. I figured NE would be a 13-3 or 14-2 team. There's too much going on defense-wise for me to have a good feeling about another historic run. So as not to sound like a ridiculous homer, 13-3 is a season most teams beg for. In fact, 26 teams wouldn't mind a 13-3 record .
I am honestly having a hard time disputing Matt Miller's predictions:
Wk Matchup
1 Kansas City Chiefs W
2 at New York Jets W
3 Miami Dolphins W
4 Bye
5 at San Francisco 49ers W
6 at San Diego Chargers L
7 Denver Broncos W
8 St. Louis Rams W
9 at Indianapolis Colts L
10 Buffalo Bills W
11 New York Jets W
12 at Miami Dolphins W
13 Pittsburgh Steelers W
14 at Seattle Seahawks* L
15 at Oakland Raiders W
16 Arizona Cardinals W
17 at Buffalo Bills W
Total 13W-3L
Chargers? Good team and it's the second game in a back-to-back west coast swing. Indy is Indy; that game is always a tossup in my mind and they're healthy this year. The Seahawks are the only question for me. At 10-6 for 2007, they don't sit in the top 5 for ANY NFL stat. Could they have done well in the draft? Did they make all the right moves? Something to consider. I just don't see it.
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I suppose
if someone was trying to make the record of 13-3 work, those were as good of choices as any. However, you could well win any and every game you play. I doubt you will, last year was very special. However, if the team stays ticked at the league, I could see a sequel. You definitely have the talent. Who really knows what games will be dropped, but those seem like adaquate guesses I suppose.
by coltsfanawalt on May 29, 2008 10:06 PM EDT 0 recs
Oh,
and how annoying are these spam posts! Of course you will probably remove it, then I’ll look like a delusional lunatic pointing out what isn’t there. Come to think of it, that would be normal for me =}
by coltsfanawalt on
May 29, 2008 10:09 PM EDT
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Yes, annoying and deleted
Since I may be the only other blogger who so the offending post, the rest will be left with my word that you are neither delusional nor a lunatic. ;-)
by MaPatsFan on
May 29, 2008 10:36 PM EDT
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It sounds reasonable to me
It’s obvious why one might think either the Chargers or the Colts would beat the Pats - they’re both great teams, they’re both going to be at home, and of the two, the one that I’d ordinarily pick the Pats to win without having to think much about it (the Chargers), it’s the second straight away game in California. In fact, with a schedule like this - three trips to California and one to Washington State?!?—I wouldn’t be surprised if the Pats drop another game or two just as a random fatigue effect.
I could also see the Pats losing to Buffalo in week 17. That’s a very underrated team that is going to be a lot better this year if they can stay healthy. By week 17, the Pats should have already clinched a first round bye, while the Bills could well be playing for a wild card.
by RSNexile on May 29, 2008 10:34 PM EDT 0 recs
There will (almost always) be an upset in there somewhere
That’s why I don’t like the simple win-loss going down the record approach. I’m working on mine for the upcoming season with a method that allows a bit more flexibility. Here’s what I got from it last season.
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by shake n bake on May 30, 2008 12:03 AM EDT 0 recs
Put me down in the ridiculous homer category
Ok, while I’ll concede a Patriots loss or maaaaayyyybeeeee 2, I certainly don’t see 3 and especially not one to the Chargers. Seattle was the surprising concession, but sometimes teams do lose when they don’t expect it, to a team they don’t expect to lose to. As they say, that’s why they play the game.
A loss to the Colts? Rationally, arguably, it could go either way, but my money has to go on the Patriots every time. Can’t help it.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on May 30, 2008 8:53 AM EDT 0 recs
Decent predictions...
Just a thought (I saw this on Mile High Report), but the Pats are 1-5 against Denver in all their matchups. For whatever reason, this particular game may not be as straightforward as it seems.
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by Squeaky on May 30, 2008 1:47 PM EDT 0 recs
Why do the Colts have a hard time vs. the Chargers?
Some teams just have another team’s number for whatever reason. Of course for some people, including obnoxious conspiracy theorists, there always has to be something MORE. What good is a same-old story about teams that match up well against each other, when you can rile readers with something much more sinister?
Denver Post columnist Mike Klis takes the latter route, insisting that it all has to do with…wait for it…spygate. He reasons that The Broncos’ secretive nature, and their success against the Pats, can’t be a coincidence.
No team comes close to Broncos coach Mike Shanahan in guarding its practices and game plans. Many teams were identified as victims, but not the Broncos. The Pats are 1-5 against the Broncos since the start of the 2001 season. If the Pats are going to beat the Broncos on Oct. 20, they’ll have to beat them fair and square.
Give me a break! Whether Klis knows it or not, he’s just proving the point that the tapes didn’t matter all that much and could never guarantee a single win. As much as I’m not a fan of all the west-coast trips on the Pats schedule this year, I’m looking forward to Oct. 20 and beating the Broncos “fair and square.”
Keep the faith!
by Marima on
May 30, 2008 2:44 PM EDT
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WRONG
trust me, it’s always the teams you least expect, you all know that what’s wrong with you..lol.. 1 loss maybe 2 this year, you will see will come out of the divisional teams!!!
mela…
by melagrano on May 30, 2008 9:05 PM EDT 0 recs
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