NFL Midseason Predictions (NFC)

Okay here we go with the NFC.

NFC East: Giants (12-4). The top three teams in this division, Cowboys excluded, all have a chance to win it since they all still play each other at least once before the season is over - the Giants and Eagles still have both of their games. I think there will be a tie for 2nd between the Eagles and Redskins and the Cowboys will finish in last even though they will probably have a winning record.

NFC North: I see a three-way tie for first at 9-7. I sized up all the matchups and it keeps coming up that way. Of course that is contingent upon the Vikes beating both the Pack and the Bears at home. Going through the tiebreakers, the head to heads would be 1-1 for all three, 4- 2 divsion record for all three, and 8-6 record against common opponents for all three. It would then come down to conference record, which I predict the Vikes to be on top of at 7-5, where the Pack and Bears would be 6-6 (Vikes 2-2 against the AFC, Bears and Pack 3-1). Did you get all of that? Of course the Vikes will let me down, probably as early as this weekend. In reality they are actually better off missing the playoffs again since then they could turn the page on the BChill era.

NFC South: Panthers (12-4). This is another divsion where all four teams could potentially have winning records or at least all four teams could have eight wins. These strong division are cancelled out by divisions like the....

NFC West: Arizona (9-7), in reality they really only need to win about one more game to capture the division since they are currently 5-3.

Wild Cards: There will be a three-way tie at 11-5 between the Eagles, Redskins, and the Bucs. The tiebreakers are too complicating to figure out without spending half a day on it and I have a wife, a kid, and a job so I will just say the Eagles and Bucs because I don't like the Redskins.

We'll see how I do, hopefully I get at least three teams right in each conference. Arizona and Tennessee are locks so I'm off to a good start.