Bold Predictions for 2005

Everyone is posting their predictions for who will be in the Super Bowl and who will make playoffs and win divisions. I believe this is a bit foolish, so I will wait with that until there have been a couple of games actually played.

Having said that, I do have a few predictions for the upcoming season.

• Randy Moss will find out how much Daunte Culpepper meant to his career.
• Michael Vick will be over-hyped to 1,000th degree and fail to score 20 TDs. Again.
• The Colts will win a bunch of games (weakest schedule in league, my opinion), win their division, gain home-field advantage in playoffs, and choke. Again. Defense wins Championships!
• Oakland fans will learn that Kerry Collins is no Daunte Culpepper. Moss will struggle. And the Raiders will finish no higher than 3rd in West.
• The Patriots have a legit chance at a 3-peat, but I think they will come up a bit short.
• The Vikings will make it to the NFC Championship. It will be close in the 4th quarter. Mike Tice will then mismanage the clock, fail to challenge a play, or fail to go for a 4th-and-short in their opponents' territory, and the Vikings will lose.
• The Ravens will knock Pittsburgh out of the top spot, and possibly the Patriots out of the playoffs.
• The Cowboys are going to have a great season. But no SB.
• The Broncos will rush for 2,200 yards and not have a 1,100 yard rusher. Three good backs, one football, figure it out.
• Paul Maguire will say something stupid in the broadcast booth. Every week!
• The Cardinals will win the West.
• It will be discovered that Terrell Owens has a not-so-rare brain disease. He will be officially declared "STUPID".
• The Saints will play well, helping to revive the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans. The Saints/Cardinals playoff game will feature a salute to the people of New Orleans. Go Saints!
• The BCS will manage to hose at least one college football program. Again!!! Hundreds of ridiculous people claiming to be football fans will rush to the BCS' defense screaming "We don't need a playoff, just tweak the formula!!"
• Shannon Sharpe will use his position on television to tear down someone who has helped him in his career. He's such a classy guy!
• Everybody predicting a Colts Super Bowl victory this year will be banished from football punditry for life. Never has a team with a crappy defense won a Super Bowl. Never!