National Football League Preview

National Football League Preview

Jake Grippo and Nick Morell, Sports Writers

The 2017-2018 NFL season is about to get underway, but first let’s take a look of all the changes that happened and the predictions for this year. In the AFC the Oakland Raiders went deep in the free agency this year by calling Marshawn Lynch to come out of retirement and he did. The Patriots got trade happy this off season by acquiring wide receiver from the Saints Brandin Cooks and going to grab lock down corner from the Bills Stephone Gilmore. The Eagles landed Veteran wide receiver from the Bears Alshon Jeffery.

This off season was very exciting for all the NFL teams and then all the predictions came out. The NFL reporters projected in the AFC East that the Patriots will win the division with a 15-1 record. They predicted in the AFC West that the Oakland Raiders will win the division with a 11-5 record. In the AFC North they predict that the Steelers will come out on top of their division with a 13-3 record. In the AFC South the Titans are projected to be in first with a 10-6 record. Now for the NFC, in the NFC West the Dallas Cowboys are projected to win the division again with a 12-4 record. In the NFC West the Seattle Seahawks are projected to be 13-3 and win the division. In the NFC North the Detroit Lions are supposed to shock their division and win with a 11-5 record. Finally, in the NFC South the Atlanta Falcons are supposed to retain the division by winning it with at 11-5 record.

For the AFC playoffs this is the projected seeding:

1. Patriots (15-1), AFC East champions

2. Steelers (13-3), AFC North champions

3. Raiders (11-5), AFC West champions

4. Titans (10-6), AFC South champions

5. Broncos (10-6), AFC wild card

6. Ravens (9-7), AFC wild card

For the NFC playoffs this is the projected seeding:

1. Seahawks (13-3), NFC West champions

2. Cowboys (12-4), NFC East champions

3. Falcons (11-5), NFC South champions

4. Lions (11-5), NFC North champions

5. Packers (11-5), NFC wild card

6. Giants (10-6), NFC wild card

 

In the AFC Wild Card the Raiders are supposed to beat the Ravens and the Broncos over the Titans, For the Divisional round the Patriots are projected to beat the Broncos and the Steelers over the Raiders, and Finally for the AFC Championship they predict a rematch between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots with the Patriots winning and returning the the Super Bowl for the second year in a row.

In the NFC Wild Card game the Giants in a upset win over the Falcons and the Packers over the rival Lions, For the Divisional Round the Seahawks over the Giants and a rematch between the Packers and the Cowboys but thus time the Cowboys come out on top, and Fianlly for the NFC Championship the Seahawks return back to the Super Bowl beating the Cowboys and making it a 2014 rematch between the Patriots and the Seahawks and in the Super Bowl they project the Patriots win Back to Back titles with a 41-21 win.