So how bad did I screw up, Part Two. The NFC screwups...

NFC East:

• Washington:  Predicted 8-8, Went 8-7-1.
• Philadelphia:  Predicted 5-11, Went 7-9.

And now two BIG ouches...

• Giants:  Predicted 8-8.  Went 11-5.

What happened:  A Giants defense that can pressure Dak Prescott, and it seems the league at least wants to have Odell Beckham in the public crosshairs.

• Cowboys:  Predicted 5-11.  Went 13-3 for the #1 seed.

I should've almost predicted the Donald Trump presidency off of this alone.  Looking at how white-bread the Cowboys are and all that stuff, they would make the perfect team to cover up all the drug suspensions and the Ezekiel Elliott domestic violence stuff and push them (and their cheerleaders, so Donald Trump can grab them in the pussy when the Cowboys make the trip to the White House) to the Lombardi Trophy.  Barring a large-scale revelation, and I believe Brian Tuohy has said this too, Dallas is winning this Super Bowl.

The Drug Boys are back.

NFC North:

• Green Bay:  Predicted 11-5.  Went 10-6.

But Aaron Rodgers was still nuts to predict running the table at 4-6.

• Minnesota:  Predicted 13-3 (but said if the league wasn't going to push Peterson, 8-8 was more likely -- I did say that, and you can check my post).  Went 8-8.

Same thing skewered both halves of my Super Bowl pick.  One major injury to the one pushed player on the team.

• Detroit:  Predicted 5-11.  Went 9-7.

League is pushing their quarterback a bit, and, with the Peterson injury, looked for a while they would be the team to at least win the division.

• Chicago:  Predicted 4-12.  Went 3-13.

NFC South:

• Atlanta:  Predicted 10-6 and the division.  Went 11-5.
• Tampa Bay:  Predicted 7-9, due to Winston.  Went 9-7

... even more blatantly due to Winston.

• New Orleans:  Predicted 7-9, went 7-9.
• Carolina:  Predicted 8-8 went 6-10.

And I think a lot of that was due to the deliberate attempts to injure Cam Newton over the course of the year.

NFC West:

• Seattle:  Predicted 13-3.  Went 10-5-1.

Real interesting season for the Hawks.  It's clear this was almost all on the defense, and they did get an openly-rigged win over the Pats in Foxboro.  But, still, five losses and a tie...  Enough to win the division and all, but we will have to see when Seattle visits Atlanta.

• Arizona:  Predicted 12-4.  Went 7-8-1.

Regressed back to the mean quite a bit, and a lot of those "bizarre results" out in the desert did not materialize.

• Los Angeles:  Predicted 8-8 with help.  Went 4-12, with a lot of help.

One of the worst teams in recent football memory is what happened with these guys.  It's one thing to basically suck that bad, it's another to know that they're not that good in any respect.

• San Francisco:  I actually predicted as close to 0-16 as one would dare.  They went 2-14.

NFC playoff predictions:

Seattle
Minnesota
Atlanta
Giants
Green Bay
Arizona

Actual:

Dallas
Atlanta
Seattle
Green Bay
Giants
Detroit

AFC Predictions:

Houston
Cincinnati
Denver
New England
Baltimore
Pittsburgh

Actual:

New England
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Oakland
Miami