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MetSox17 · 12-31-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by scottyboy

i never said his fumbling wasn't a problem, I said it wouldn't affect his running. I'm pretty sure his rushing title backs me.

But if I did say he wouldn't fumble too much than oh noez, I'm wrong!!!

And I will wait til after the playoffs to bring back the NFLDC power rankings #6 thread... :rolls eyes:

Go ahead, just about everyone (including yourself) was off somewhere. I thought the Titans were trash and i didn't think the Cowboys were gonna be this bad. Oh well, i'm not the only one that had them in the top five. Just about everyone else did.

And i can't really point out anywhere else where you were wrong/right cause you don't contribute much of anything to any conversation around here anyhow. So you win by default.

scottyboy · 12-31-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MetSox17

Go ahead, just about everyone (including yourself) was off somewhere. I thought the Titans were trash and i didn't think the Cowboys were gonna be this bad. Oh well, i'm not the only one that had them in the top five. Just about everyone else did.

And i can't really point out anywhere else where you were wrong/right cause you don't contribute much of anything to any conversation around here anyhow. So you win by default.

ouch, I think I need some ice for that burn...

Bruce Banner · 12-31-2008, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MetSox17

And i can't really point out anywhere else where you were wrong/right cause you don't contribute much of anything to any conversation around here anyhow.

/wincing

Loggerhead · 12-31-2008, 06:59 PM

I thought the Cleveland Browns were flukes, that Pittsburgh would again win the AFC North, and that Jordyzzzzzzzz must be the son of Chuck Norris.

BlindSite · 12-31-2008, 09:07 PM

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Brett Favre will Flounder in New York
Brett Favre is coming out of a system tailor made to accentuate his strengths and hide his weaknesses. He had three talented receivers at the wide receiver position to throw to, a stable and young defense which helped to keep the team in the game and an offensive line with strong chemistry and solid youthful talent.

In New York every piece of his supporting cast is a step down from what it once was, he’ll be facing tougher opponents playing in the AFC and he’ll be adjusting to not only a new coaching staff and system but also to new receivers. All of this, without having the OTA’s, Mini-camps and Training camp to be acclimated to the team he has joined.

Brett Favre will do what he does best and that’s air it out, and it will lead to turnovers and a lost ball games for the Jets.

He wasn't terrible, but he wasn't at probowl form, so I guess this one is correct, he has floundered this season, bar a few moments of brilliance.

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Julius Peppers will have a career year
[homer prediction]
Peppers has switched to the right side this year in an effort to energize his play and make it more difficult for offensive units to target him with extra blockers. He will face opponents in seven games this year who’re either rookies or backups through the result of suspension or injury. Peppers is in a contract year and if he wants to be paid money placing him in the upper echelon of players in the NFL he needs to produce on the field. The defense’s success hinges on him being a dominant force in both areas of the game. This is the year he will rise to the challenge. He’s also my pick for defensive player of the year.

Yes

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Bill Cowher will return to football
As the head coach of the Cowboys. A lot of people might be surprised to see the coach of a division winning team fired, but the owner in Big D wants a ring and wants it pronto. He’s used every resource at his disposal to assemble one of the strongest units in the NFL and with the offseason additions it certainly looks to be one of the few teams that could knock the Patriots off their mantle as the NFL’s juggernaut. Wade Philips is a yes man, lame duck coach who though knowledgeable is never going to be a super bowl winning head man.

Bill Cowher will see the team, and have it sold to him, as a 34 defense with a strong running game, strong QB and excellent outside receivers. Exactly what any coach, with the ability, needs to win a super bowl. This team mirrors a lot of what the Steelers were in the 05 season and Cowher will see it as his chance to get another ring. Of course, the massive salary package Jones will throw his way, won’t hurt matters.

Open, but looks really unlikely. In other news, I was right on the money when it comes to Jason Garrett.

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The New Orleans Saints won’t win the NFC South
The entire of the NFC South has some form of issue with their team, the Panthers have questions on the defensive line, the Buccs have big questions on offense, the Falcons don’t have many answers, let alone questions but . New Orleans, though talented has more than the other teams in the race. New Orleans has still failed to build a strong running game, even with Reggie Bush. Duce McAllister may be back on the field, but those knees seem to be a strong breeze away from giving out. Mike McKenzie, Usama Young, and Randal *** are touchdown passes waiting to happen and though they acquired a new defensive end, and rookie defensive tackle and their defensive line still hasn’t proven anything.

The schedule this year is undoubtedly easier on the team, but I don’t think that the addition of Jeremy Shockey, (the only real proven commodity added this offseason) will be enough to overcome the team’s glaring deficiencies.

Everyone wrote off tampa, atlanta (including me) and Carolina, but I wrote of NO from the start, and I was right.

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Derek Anderson will come crashing back to earth
In 2007 the Browns managed to beat the Bengals, Ravens, Dolphins, Rams, Seahawks, Texans, Jets, Bills, and the 49ers. The Seahawks are the only playoff team of the group and with the exception of the Texans and maybe the Bills, none of the other teams are expected to return there this year. Derek Anderson launched a lot of touchdowns but also showed a big propensity to turn the ball over, all the while not showing the certain moxie or accuracy of other gunslingers in the league like Romo or Favre. Anderson was a serviceable role player at a time when the waters of schedule were fairly calm and the supporting cast was finally healthy. This year the schedule will take a definite turn for the more difficult and they’re unlikely to fair as well as last year despite the team’s defensive improvements.

For the Browns organization and team, the best move they can make will be to play Quinn sooner rather than later and I believe that this year we’ll likely see Quinn take the start, whether it be through injury or otherwise and Anderson moved in the offseason in a trade.

Yes

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Drew Stanton Will Be Given a Shot
Drew Stanton wasn’t drafted to warm the bench forever and the Detroit franchise, as inept as it seems to be, needs to realize that for the organization to move forward they’ll eventually need to develop a QB. Despite Dan Orlovsky’s man love for starting incumbent Jon Kitna he isn’t the long term answer and the team’s subpar defensive and offensive lines means that despite the brilliant receiving corps the team isn’t built to be overly competitive in their division. I expect to see Stanton in the starting lineup sometime between weeks 8-16 after the playoff hopes of the team are extinguished. Whether or not he will thrive is another issue. I like Stanton as a prospect but I don’t see the team around him as being ready to adequately support a young signal caller to successful places.

Yes

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Ben Roethlisberger will be in the mix for the MVP award
Last year Roethlisberger was one of the NFL’s better quarterbacks, and he did so quietly escaping the notice of many members of the media due to the Moss and Brady show in New England. Though this year he is facing a tougher schedule he’ll be required to lift his game to new heights to make up for what I believe will be an unexpectedly weak running game. His receiving group has improved leaps and bounds with the continuing emergence of Heath Miller and Santonio Holmes not to mention the incumbent Hines Ward and new arrival, Limas Sweed. He definitely has the weapons to succeed in Tomlin’s offense and should he remain healthy the Steelers will win against tough opponents giving Roethlisberger more exposure, more spotlight and bankable stats.

Wrong.

All but one aint half bad.

I was right about Carolina being good enough to beat SD and Chicago sans Steve Smith and I was definitely right in my prediction that Carolina would get a playoff berth.

OzTitan · 12-31-2008, 10:48 PM

I can't remember predicting much if anything really, but I recall *not* predicting the Titans would finish 3rd or even 4th in the AFC South, unlike about 99.9% of people around here :P

Never understood why that was such a common belief.

The Unseen · 12-31-2008, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by OzTitan

I can't remember predicting much if anything really, but I recall *not* predicting the Titans would finish 3rd or even 4th in the AFC South, unlike about 99.9% of people around here :P

Never understood why that was such a common belief.

Because the Jags and the Colts were still gonna be teh r0x0rz. Turns out only the latter was true.

As for me...I forget really. I didn't make a truths thread as my personal epistemological beliefs forbid it.

GB12 · 12-31-2008, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BlindSite

All but one aint half bad.

More like 4 out of 7 ain't half bad...but close. Bill Cower probably isn't coming back this season and Drew Stanton didn't start a single game.

BlindSite · 12-31-2008, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by The Unseen

Because the Jags and the Colts were still gonna be teh r0x0rz. Turns out only the latter was true.

As for me...I forget really. I didn't make a truths thread as my personal epistemological beliefs forbid it.

Because when fans of a team know more than the average punter those fan's are automatically branded homers.

WMD · 01-01-2009, 02:37 AM

I need to start making predictions.. At this time of year, I wind up wishing I did.

WinslowBodden · 01-01-2009, 02:52 AM

I predicted the Browns would win the AFC North.

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MichaelJordanEberle (sabf) · 01-01-2009, 03:05 AM

When we were 8-5 and 3 games up I predicted us to make it, even though before the season I thought Denver was screwed. then my preseason prediction was proven correct.

steelersfan43 · 01-01-2009, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by WinslowBodden

I predicted the Browns would win the AFC North.

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lol what sig bet did you lose do hineswardjr?

themaninblack · 01-01-2009, 02:00 PM

Well, I did say that the Bengals defense would not be like the ones of the past and would improve this season. They finished 12th in total defense so I was definitely right on that one.

BlindSite · 01-01-2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GB12

More like 4 out of 7 ain't half bad...but close. Bill Cower probably isn't coming back this season and Drew Stanton didn't start a single game.

Stanton was given playing time in second halves and a few quarters and was shown to be so average Culpepper who's been sitting at home playing madden was a better option.

He was given a shot, a marginal, small, not really fair shot, but a shot all the same and that's what the crux of the prediction was.

While I did say I expect to see him in the starting line up it and it didn't happen it doesn't make the prediction that he'd be given a shot at running the team would fail.

The Cowher one isn't decided until the coaching carousel has finished spinning, as I said its unlikely he returns and that will probably be wrong too, but to the sadness of Cowboys homers everywhere I was dead right in my lack of faith in Jason Garrett and Wade Philips and I don't think anyone can argue they coached well this season.

Only 1 wrong and only 1 open (probably wrong) is pretty damn good, for how lambasted I was when I posted my predictions.

Gay Ork Wang · 01-01-2009, 04:04 PM

u think that this year is peppers career season?

Chucky · 01-01-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BlindSite

Stanton was given playing time in second halves and a few quarters and was shown to be so average Culpepper who's been sitting at home playing madden was a better option.

He was given a shot, a marginal, small, not really fair shot, but a shot all the same and that's what the crux of the prediction was.

While I did say I expect to see him in the starting line up it and it didn't happen it doesn't make the prediction that he'd be given a shot at running the team would fail.

Only 1 wrong and only 1 open (probably wrong) is pretty damn good, for how lambasted I was when I posted my predictions.

When you give such a general ******* title, how could you possibly be wrong, if stanton would have played 1 quarter you would have been considered wrong. If you are doing predictions that way it is just stupid and pointless.

Gay Ork Wang · 01-01-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Chucky

When you give such a general ******* title, how could you possibly be wrong, if stanton would have played 1 quarter you would have been considered wrong. If you are doing predictions that way it is just stupid and pointless.

ill say that that one player will play football next year!

Chucky · 01-01-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

ill say that that one player will play football next year!

Also, I will predict a player will flounder, he will then make the pro-bowl, and be considered right !!!!!!!

CashmoneyDrew · 01-01-2009, 04:11 PM

Some people in here need to really man up on missing some of their "truths".

Gay Ork Wang · 01-01-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by VoodooMonkey

1 guy in here need to really man up on missing some of their "truths".

fixed it for you

CashmoneyDrew · 01-01-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

fixed it for you

There's two that I remember.

Chucky · 01-01-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by VoodooMonkey

Blindsite needs to really man up on missing some of his "truths".

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Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

fixed it for you

Fixed that for you.

Gay Ork Wang · 01-01-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Go_Eagles77

I said DeSean Jackson had a chance to be the rookie WR with the biggest impact, while he may not be the best (Eddie Royal), he's definitely is up there. Then after I said that, I was bombarded by other teams fans saying I was a huge homer, mostly by bears fans that said Earl Bennett was going to be the best rookie WR, and they claimed they weren't being homers becasue Bennett was the "most pro ready". I can't find the thread but I just think it's funny now.

Earl Bennett didnt have a single drop this season!!!!

BlindSite · 01-01-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by *** Ork Wang

u think that this year is peppers career season?

I'd love to see you argue that he didn't...

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Originally Posted by Chucky

When you give such a general ******* title, how could you possibly be wrong, if stanton would have played 1 quarter you would have been considered wrong. If you are doing predictions that way it is just stupid and pointless.

Why personally attack me?

You just said I'm not wrong and singled out one prediction. I made seven. Pick one of those and try to say I'm wrong. Stanton got a shot, if you can't see that by, the ease of the fact that, ITS UNDENIABLE THAT IT FREAKING HAPPENED. Then you're just attacking me for the sake of attacking me.