Wednesday, January 4, 2012

2011 NFL Season Win/Loss Projection Recap

For the most part, our division winners weren't too far off. We, like many others, figured that San Diego was still the class of the AFC West. We definitely did not give the Bengals a shot at beating all the crappy teams they faced this year. 9 wins versus teams out of the playoffs and 7 losses against teams in the playoffs. Guess that means they'll be one-and-done, eh?

The shocker was how far the Rams fell without their starting QB and, even more shocking, of course, was the Colts' fall from grace. I expected Peyton Manning back by week 5 when I made all my projections. That was a bad risk for my prognostications and for my fantasy football drafts. Ugh.

We had no business missing as badly as we did on Minnesota though. We knew it would be a tough year for projections and that was the one fact we did get right!

East Bill Ron Final East Bill Ron Final
New England 12 10 13
NY Giants 9 7 9
NY Jets 10 11 8
Dallas 9 9 8
Miami 6 8 6
Philly 11 9 8
Buffalo 6 5 6
Wash 5 8 5
North
North
Baltimore 12 11 12
GB 12 10 15
Pittsburgh 12 9 12
Detroit 7 8 10
Cincy 4 3 9
Chicago 8 7 8
Cleveland 5 8 4
Minny 7 9 3
South
South
Houston 10 10 10
NO 11 9 13
Tenn 6 7 9
Atlanta 11 11 10
Jax 5 4 5
Carolina 3 5 6
Indy 9 7 2
TB 8 7 4
West
West
Denver 7 6 8
SF 8 9 13
San Diego 12 11 8
Arizona 7 7 8
Oakland 7 8 8
Seattle 5 6 7
KC 6 5 7 St. Louis 8 8 2

Pre-season playoff predictions:                               
                               
AFC Division winners: New England, Baltimore, Houston, San Diego                               
AFC Wildcards: Pittsburgh, New York Jets                               
AFC Championship game: Baltimore over New England                               
                               
NFC Division winners: Philly, Green Bay, Atlanta, St. Louis                               
NFC Wildcards: New Orleans, New York Giants                               
NFC Championship game: Atlanta over Philadelphia                               
                               
Super Bowl Champs: Baltimore