2020 Bold NFL Predictions

posted by justincredible

Now that he’s not in NE I don’t care how well he does. He was autodrafted as my QB this year, so I hope he balls.

He might....has always used the “chip” well

posted by gut

I was shocked how much ratings fell for the opener.  Despite waiting anxiously for the season for months, I had 0 interest in the game and thought the bits I watched were boring.  Granted, I don't watch many games outside of the Steelers any more.

IMO, they've made it too tough to play defense in the NFL and it's hurting the product.

How much were they down by? I keep seeing more and more “you’ve lost a life long fan!” rants on Twitter and I always chalked them up as tools. But maybe there’s a lot of them and they’re sticking with it? 

As for Thursday’s game, I just don’t have any interest in watching beat downs. I’d rather watch a close game between two shitty teams than the Chiefs up 31-7 in the 4th quarter. 

posted by friendfromlowry

How much were they down by?

12-13%.  To be fair, not sure KC and HOU are the biggest draws.  Last year's opener was GB vs. Chicago, so apples to oranges.  But I expected a sports-starved country to watch anything.

It also went up against the NBAs biggest draw in the playoffs and the NHL playoffs. Plus every team in MLB (vs half the league eliminated) and the US Open tennis. 

A 20.3 rating vs 22.1 or whatever last year is 12% drop, but it’s also a massive, massive number (and before the OOH viewers factor in). It’s still higher than 1-2 of the openers going back 10 years.

posted by friendfromlowry

Is Jacksonville at 0-16 bold?

Jacksonville 1-0

posted by justincredible

The New York Jets will have a winning record.

I retract this prediction and will go with 0-16 instead.

posted by Laley23

It also went up against the NBAs biggest draw in the playoffs and the NHL playoffs. Plus every team in MLB (vs half the league eliminated) and the US Open tennis.

-12% might actually be a fairly strong number when you consider all that.

posted by Ironman92

Jacksonville 1-0

Your face is 1-0

posted by friendfromlowry

Your face is 1-0

Agree

posted by justincredible

I retract this prediction and will go with 0-16 instead.

I also retract my prediction and change it to 0-16.

posted by Al Bundy

The Steelers finish in last.

I was way off on this one. I thought that the Ben that we have seen the last month would be the Ben that we would see for the entire season.

Jacksonville will likely finish 1-15 so I wasn’t too far off. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

A high profile QB will miss 1-2 games as he pops positive for COVID. 

Good call. Lamar missed one, probably should have been two. 

posted by wildcats20

Dallas will make the Super Bowl. Then get blown out by the Chiefs. 

This is still happening. I can feel it in my bones 🤣🤣

posted by friendfromlowry

Jacksonville will likely finish 1-15 so I wasn’t too far off. 

They waited too long before reading OC

Ironman had some good pred

posted by Ironman92

Jags win 5 games

One of the old and future HOF QB’s has a surprisingly great year.

One of the perceived top 10 QB’s gets benched after 8 games

Bills make AFC Championship game.

Dalvin Cook MVP

Lol, wasn’t too bad

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Brady benched by mid season.

Lol

posted by justincredible

The New York Jets will have a winning record.

posted by sportchampps

The NFC East has the worst record a division has ever had.

This seems like great prediction