Annual cruddy NFL predictions

First off: Check out my photos of recent Morrison County area sports here!  

 

Next, let us check out how I did a year ago: 

Round 1: 
NFC
  Philadelphia (WC) at Green Bay
  Atlanta  (WC) at Seattle
 AFC
  Baltimore (WC) at Cleveland
  LA Chargers (WC) at Houston
 Divisional Round: 
AFC
 LA Chargers at New England 
  Cleveland at Kansas City 
NFC
  Philadelphia at New Orleans
  Seattle at Dallas
Conference Championships: 
NFC
  Dallas at New Orleans
AFC 
  LA Chargers at Kansas City
Super Bowl: 
  Kansas City vs. New Orleans

Champ: Kansas City (40-33) MVP: Patrick Mahomes

Holy Baloney Batman!!! I not only predicted the correct champ, but the MVP as well (undeserved, but that's another issue). I also had 5-out of-6 NFC teams correct (Vikings, Packers, Eagles, Seattle and Saints), though not quite in the right order. The AFC was less solid with 3-out-of-6 (Ravens, Pats, Chiefs).  I overhyped Dallas and Cleveland a bit last year, but man, what a great year. I had 8-out-of-12 playoff teams right, that's 2/3! And that Championship team to boot. I still can't believe it. 

Riding off that 2019-20 performance, I'll share my 2020 picks: 

Wild Card: 

AFC: 7. Miami at 2. Chiefs

6. Browns at 3. Tennessee

5. Broncos at 4. Buffalo 

NFC: 7. Tampa Bay at 2. Seattle

6. 49ers at 3. Saints 

5. Cardinals at 4. Vikings 

Division Round: 

AFC: 6. Browns at 1. Ravens 

5. Broncos at 2. Chiefs 

NFC: 6. 49ers at 1. Cowboys 

4. Vikings at 2. Seattle  

Conference Championships: 

AFC: 2. Chiefs over 1. Ravens 

NFC: 2. Seattle over 1. Dallas 

Superbowl 55: KC Chiefs over Seattle 

MVP: Mahomes  

 

Interesting notes from my predictions include: Tampa Bay goes 11-5 with Tom Brady in his first year after leaving the Patriots. Two 12-4 teams are wild cards. The New England Patriots (12-4 in 2019) go 3-13 in 2020. Also of note, Joe Burrow leads Bengals to 7-9 record, an improvement of five games.