The NFL season gets underway tonight with the “kickoff game” between the Patriots and Colts, before a full slate of games Sunday. I’ve been barely mentioned the preseason at all because not a single thing has happened that’s interested me, and once again I renew my annual objection to the awful “NFL Thursday Kickoff” tradition. Because after two months of preseason games on weeknights, we get another weeknight game that feels like the preseason. And this year, with everyone making feeble jokes about Janet Jackson, should be even worse.
Anyway, I predict the division winners in the NFC will be my Vikings, and the Eagles, Panthers, and Seahawks, with Washington and Detroit making it as wild cards; in the AFC I see the Patriots, Colts, Broncos, and Ravens winning the divisions, with the Bengals and Jets as wild cards. Super Bowl XXIX? Patriots over Eagles.
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 9, 2004 06:15 PMI am not a huge Chiefs fan, but I don't see any way they will not at least be a wild card team!
Posted by: Mike Silverman at September 10, 2004 04:53 PMThere defense was horrible last year, and they did nothing personnel-wise to fix it, other than bring back their failed head coach as defensive coordinator.
Cut me some slack Mike- I had the Cubs in NLCS!
Posted by: Stephen Silver at September 10, 2004 05:12 PMthat was also supposed to have been Super Bowl XXXVIII and Super Bowl XXXVI ...
Posted by: LilB at September 10, 2004 06:04 PMPats over Eagles - my prediction exactly!
Great minds, I guess.....
Posted by: zoey at September 10, 2004 09:01 PM