Wednesday, September 6, 2023

So the experts weigh in...

 Just a quick look at some of the predictions others are making -- going through NFL.com (34 sets) and SI (10 sets) for

their "expert" opinions:

AFC East:   Buffalo 26, Jets 14, Miami 3, New England 1
AFC North:  Cincinnati 31, Baltimore 9, Pittsburgh 4
AFC South:  Jacksonville 40, Tennessee 4
AFC West:   Kansas City 41, LA Chargers 3

Wildcards:  LA Chargers 22
                   NY Jets 21
                   Buffalo 17  (Michael Rosenberg has the Bills missing the playoffs entirely)
                   Pittsburgh 17 (all save 2 think they will sneak in as the 7 seed)
                   Baltimore 16
                   Miami 14
                   Cincinnati 11  (Brooke Cerosimo does not believe the Bengals will make the playoffs)
                   Cleveland 5
                   Jacksonville 2  (Michael Baca & Gregg Rosenthal do not believe Jacksonville will make it)
                   Kansas City 3 (all 44 experts believe KC will be in the playoffs)
                   Tennessee 2

Not in playoffs in any selections:  Las Vegas, Denver, Indianapolis, Houston

NFC East:   Philadelphia 32, Dallas 12
NFC North:  Detroit 27, Green Bay 11, Minnesota 3, Chicago 2
NFC South:  New Orleans 25, Atlanta 17, Carolina 2
NFC West:   San Francisco 38, Seattle 6

Wildcards:  Dallas 29 (Claire Kuwanam, Brooke Cerosimo, and Ali Bhanpuri do not believe the Cowboys will make it)
                   Seattle 28
                   Detroit 14 (Keegan Abdoo, Grant Gordon, and Michelle Magdziuk agree with me that Detroit will not make the playoffs.)
                   Philadelphia 12 (all 44 experts believe Philly will make the playoffs)
                  NY Giants 9
                  Green Bay 8
                  Minnesota 6
                 New Orleans 5
                 San Francisco 5 (Matt Okada is the lone holdout that San Francisco will not make the playoffs)
                Atlanta 5
                Chicago 4
                LA Rams 4
               Washington 3

Not in playoffs in any selections:  Tampa Bay, Arizona

Interesting stat:  Only 31 of the 44 experts think Damar Hamlin will win Comeback Player of the Year.

So let's go to the Super Bowl and Conference...

Kansas City:  17 votes for the AFC, 12 to win the title
Philadelphia:  15 votes for the NFC, 10 to win the title
Cincinnati:  10 votes for the AFC, 8 to win the title
Buffalo:  8 votes for the AFC, 5 to win the title
San Francisco:  20 votes for the NFC, but only 4 to win the title
New York Jets:  All from the NFL.com experts:  4 votes for the AFC, 3 of them think they will beat the 49ers to win the title.
Dallas:  8 votes for the NFC, 1 to win the title.

The 44th NFC Championship vote went to the Seahawks.
Others for the AFC:  2 for the Dolphins, 2 for the Jaguars, 1 for the Chargers

No comments:

Post a Comment