The HFBoards NFL Predictions Contest

I figured that we could have a bit of a competition to see who can best correctly predict overall how the season will go this year.

What you must include the following predictions:
-Each of the 8 division winners, as well as the 4 wild card teams
-The Coach of the Year
-The Offensive MVP
-The Defensive MVP
-The Rookie of the Year
-The result of the NFC and AFC championships
-The Super Bowl championship

How this will be scored:

-Two points will be given for correctly predicting a division winner. If a team you predicted to win the divison gets a wild card spot, you recieve ONE point for that.
-Two points will be given for correctly predicting a wild card team. If a team you predicted to get a wild card spot wins their division, you recieve ONE point for that.

-Three points for having the Coach of the Year
-Three points for having the Offensive MVP
-Three points for having the Defensive MVP
-Three points for having the Rookie of the Year

-Two points for correctly predicting a team to be in their conference championship
-Two additional points for correctly predicting a team to win their conference
-Four additional points for correctly predicting the Super Bowl champion

So, the maximum amount of points one can recieve is 52 points.

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The deadline to post your predictions is September 8th. The standings will be updated immediately once the NFL awards for the season are given out, as well as at the end of the regular season, and then updated once more after the postseason ends.

Quick forewarning: If anyones predictions posts are edited at any point after the deadline, you will be automatically disqualified. No excuses whatsoever.

With all that said, here are my predictions, which you can use as an example:

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Broncos
WILD CARDS: Texans, Chiefs

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Saints
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Lions

AFC Championship: Colts over Broncos
NFC Championship: Eagles over Seahawks
Super Bowl Champion: Eagles

COACH: Andy Reid
OFFENSIVE MVP: Donovan McNabb
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Larry Fitzgerald

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Titans, Broncos

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Rams

AFC Championship: Patriots over Colts
NFC Championship: Seahawks over Eagles
Super Bowl Champion: Seahawks

COACH: Mike Holmgren
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Larry Fitzgerald

We could do that, but I think that should be seperate from this.

Alright here's my entry:

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Jets, Browns

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Saints

AFC Championship: Patriots over Colts
NFC Championship: Seahawks over Vikings
Super Bowl Champion: Patriots

COACH: Bill Bellichek
OFFENSIVE MVP: LaDanian Tomlinson
DEFENSIVE MVP: Brian Urlacher
ROOKIE: Kellen Winslow Jr.

My entry:

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Bengals
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Bills, Ravens

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Cowboys

AFC Championship: Colts over Ravens
NFC Championship: Eagles over Cowboys
Super Bowl Champion: Eagles

COACH: Marvin Lewis
OFFENSIVE MVP: Marvin Harrison (bonus prediction - he catches more than 150 passes with the new rules in place)
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Larry Fitzgerald

We could do that, but I think that should be seperate from this.

Yep, I didn't intend it to be linked to this. We could start it up on Monday or something, and take predictions for week 1 up until the New England-Indy game on Thursday.

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Broncos
WILD CARDS: Jets, Chiefs

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Redskins

AFC Championship: Colts over Patriots
NFC Championship: Vikings over Seahawks
Super Bowl Champion: Colts

COACH: Joe Gibbs
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Kevin Jones

AFC
EAST: Pats
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Jags, Jets

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Cowboys, Saints

AFC Championship: Colts over Cheifs
NFC Championship: Eagles over Vikings
Super Bowl Champion: Colts

COACH: Jack Del Rio
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Roy Williams

Nice idea, I'll get my entry in soon. I'll edit this post to do so.

You guys want to make picks on each game every week? We'll take what the point spread is and make our predictions, and see who has the best record at the end of the year.

We should, but no point spread.

AFC

East:Patriots
North:Ravens
South:Colts
West:Broncos
Wild Cards:Jaguars,Chiefs

NFC:

East:Eagles
North:Vikings
South:Falcons
West:Seahawks
Wild Cards:Redskins,Packers

AFC Champ:

Ravens over Colts

NFC Champ:

Packers over Eagles

SB:

Packers over Ravens

Coach:Joe Gibbs
O MVP: Peyton Manning
D MVP: Richard Seymour
Rookie:Kevin Jones

AFC
EAST: Patriots
WEST: Ravens
NORTH: Colts
SOUTH: Chiefs
Wild Cards: Jaguars, Bills

NFC
EAST: Eagles
WEST: Seahawks
NORTH: Packers
SOUTH: Panthers
Wild Cards: Cowboys, Vikings

AFC Championship: Colts over Chiefs
NFC Championship: Panthers over Eagles
Super Bowl: Panthers over Colts

COACH: Mike Holmgren, SEA
OFFENSIVE MVP: LaDainian Tomlinson, SD
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis, BAL
ROOKIE: Lee Evans, BUF

It really shocks me to see Tennessee get ruled out by so many of you...

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AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Titans
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Colts, Broncos

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Packers
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Vikings, Rams

AFC Championship: Patriots over Titans
NFC Championship: Seahawks over Eagles
Super Bowl Champion: Patriots

COACH: Holmgren
OFFENSIVE MVP: Shaun Alexander
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Kevin Jones

NFC
EAST: Eagles
WEST: Packers
NORTH: Panthers
SOUTH: Seahawks

You might wanna fix that. ;)

You might wanna fix that. ;)
LOL, thanks... :D

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Jets, Broncos

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Carolina
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Redskins

AFC Championship: Colts over Patriots
NFC Championship: Seahawks over Vikings
Super Bowl Champion: Colts

COACH: Joe Gibbs
OFFENSIVE MVP: Randy Moss
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Kevin Jones

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Titans, Broncos

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Rams, Cowboys

AFC Championship: Colts over Patriots
NFC Championship: Eagles over Cowboys
Super Bowl Champion: Colts

COACH: Mike Holmgren
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Kellen Winslow Jr.

I'm in.

AFC
East: Patriots
West: Chiefs
North: Ravens
South: Colts
Wildcard: Broncos, Jets(it can happen)

NFC
East: Eagles
West: Rams
South: Falcons(my upset pick, boo yah!)
North: Vikings
Wildcard: Cowboys, Seahawks

-The Coach of the Year : Andy Reid
-The Offensive MVP : Michael Vick
-The Defensive MVP : I'm going to go with a strange pick(one that is not Ray Lewis) and say
-The Rookie of the Year : Larry Fitzgerald
-The result of the NFC and AFC championships: Chiefs over Patriots(the evil empire is taken down), and Rams over Seahawks.
-The Super Bowl championship: Chiefs over Rams.

AFC
East: Patriots
West: Chiefs
North: Ravens
South: Colts
WC: Browns, Jets

NFC
East: Eagles
West: Seahawks
North: Vikings
South: Panthers
WC: Packers, Jaguars

AFC championship: Ravens over Patriot's
NFC championship: Eagles over Seahawks
Super bowl: Ravens

Coach o' year: Mike Holmgren
Offensive MVP: Daunte Culpepper
Defensive MVP: Adam Archuleta
Rookie o' year: Michael Clayton

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Bills, Bengals

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Packers
SOUTH: Falcons
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Rams, Carolina

AFC Championship: Patriots over Cheifs
NFC Championship: Eagles over Falcons
Super Bowl Champion: Eagles

COACH: Andy Reid
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Sean Taylor

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Steelers
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Bills, Ravens

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Packers
SOUTH: Bucs
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Vikings, Falcons

AFC Championship: Colts over Patriots
NFC Championship: Eagles over Seahawks
Super Bowl Champion: Colts

Coach: Mike Holmgren
Offensive MVP: Peyton Manning
Defensive MVP: Jamie Sharper
Rookie: Roy Williams

Monster_bertuzzi, you forgot your AFC/NFC championship predictions, as well as your Super Bowl pick.

Thanks for the heads up Steve, all has been edited.

No problem....I wanna make sure we get as much competition going on as possible. ;)

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Titans
WEST: Broncos
WILD CARDS: Colts , Chiefs

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Falcons

AFC Championship: Titans over Broncos
NFC Championship: Seahawks over Eagles
Super Bowl Champion: Seahawks

COACH: Jack Del Rio
OFFENSIVE MVP: LaDianian Tomlinson
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Sean Taylor

Only about 24 hours left for anyone to change any of their predictions or add theirs.

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Titans, Broncos

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Rams

AFC Championship: Patriots over Ravens
NFC Championship: Eagles over Vikings
Super Bowl Champion: Patriots

COACH: Bill Belichick
OFFENSIVE MVP: Ladainian Tomlinson
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Larry Fitzgerald

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Titans, Bengals

NFC
EAST: Eagles
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Rams, Falcons

AFC Championship: Chiefs over Pats
NFC Championship: Seahawks over Vikings
Super Bowl Champion: Chiefs

COACH: Mike Holmgren
OFFENSIVE MVP: Matt Hasselbeck
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Taylor

AFC
EAST: Patriots
NORTH: Ravens
SOUTH: Colts
WEST: Chiefs
WILD CARDS: Jets, Steelers

NFC
EAST: Cowboys
NORTH: Vikings
SOUTH: Panthers
WEST: Seahawks
WILD CARDS: Packers, Saints

AFC Championship: Colts over Jets
NFC Championship: Vikings over Seahawks
Super Bowl Champion: Vikings

COACH: Bill Parcells
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning
DEFENSIVE MVP: Julius Peppers
ROOKIE: Winslow II

Monster_bertuzzi, you forgot your AFC/NFC championship predictions, as well as your Super Bowl pick.

and the jags aren't in the NFC ;)

Bumping this for the first time to allow people to see how their predictions are going with the playoff picture starting to slowly come into focus.

Big props to Chris_Dub for predicting the Steelers to win their division, and um....everyone can point and laugh at DanMcGillis03 for predicting the Cowboys to win the NFC East and the Eagles not making the playoffs.

AFC
EAST: Pats- looking good
NORTH: Ravens- ouch, probable wildcard
SOUTH: Colts- probably will happen
WEST: Chiefs- ouch
WILD CARDS: Jags-possible, Jets-probable

NFC
EAST: Eagles- looking good
NORTH: Vikings- i think the packers are gunna pull it out
SOUTH: Panthers- ouch
WEST: Seahawks- possible
WILD CARDS: Cowboys, Saints... double disaster

AFC Championship: Colts over Cheifs
NFC Championship: Eagles over Vikings
Super Bowl Champion: Colts

COACH: Jack Del Rio- possible
OFFENSIVE MVP: Peyton Manning- nailed it
DEFENSIVE MVP: Ray Lewis
ROOKIE: Roy Williams

Oh well, I've got the individual game predicitions to brag about :)

Not gunna make new predicitons, but I see Green Bay getting to the NFC championship, and BEATING the Eagles.

Green Bay to represent NFC in the bowl.

Here are the standings so far, taking into account just division and wild-card predictions....which make up a little less than half of the total points.

1. 19bruins19: 15 points
Steadfast/Zednik: 15
MontrealCruiser_83: 15
chris_dub: 15
5. Tuggy: 14
Alexander the Great: 14
walknucklers: 14
8. JCD: 13
OneSpeedOnly: 13
Hercules Rockefeller: 13

11. ObeySteve: 12
eSabre: 12
loveshack2: 12
monster_bertuzzi: 12
PredsFan77: 12
16. Fire Sather: 11
ChubarovRocks: 11
Dan McGillis 03: 11
19. s3por2d: 10


MontrealCruiser_83 and ATG put up the most points for one conference with an amazing 10 points for the NFC.

Recap of the scoring system for this part:

-Two points will be given for correctly predicting a division winner. If a team you predicted to win the divison gets a wild card spot, you recieve ONE point for that.
-Two points will be given for correctly predicting a wild card team. If a team you predicted to get a wild card spot wins their division, you recieve ONE point for that.

Yuck, I have Holmgren as coach of the year and Seattle winning the Super Bowl. Making more of a bold prediction like that was stupid. :lol

I think Chris_Dub has the best chance of winning at this exact point in time. He's tied for the lead for the standings, has the Offensive MVP right and has a decent shot of getting both Super Bowl teams right.

This thing is still wide open, though.

I'm in.

AFC
East: Patriots
West: Chiefs
North: Ravens
South: Colts
Wildcard: Broncos, Jets(it can happen)

NFC
East: Eagles
West: Rams
South: Falcons(my upset pick, boo yah!)
North: Vikings
Wildcard: Cowboys, Seahawks

-The Coach of the Year : Andy Reid
-The Offensive MVP : Michael Vick
-The Defensive MVP : I'm going to go with a strange pick(one that is not Ray Lewis) and say
-The Rookie of the Year : Larry Fitzgerald
-The result of the NFC and AFC championships: Chiefs over Patriots(the evil empire is taken down), and Rams over Seahawks.
-The Super Bowl championship: Chiefs over Rams.
Wow, got 6/12 spots right, mixed up with Rams and Seahawks.

:lol I forgot to predict a defensive player of the year.

Yikes, my predictions were awful.

Clayton has a good chance at being rookie of the year though. :yo: