09-14-2019, 07:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-16-2019, 08:01 AM by goodvsevil1275.)
As promised I'm back again to talk more NFL and NSFL Comparison. I ended my last article with a quick NFL Week 1 Prediction, so let's start out by seeing how I did.
Bears over Packers
The opening game of the season and I'm already 0-1. Defense dominated this game for both teams. Not surprising for the Bears, but the fact that the Packers defense shut down the Bears offense says more about the Bears game plan and play calling than it does about the quality of the Packers defense in my opinion.
You might remember that I compared the Bears to the Butchers and Packers to the Hawks. Unlike this game the Butchers were able to beat the Hawks at home in Week 4. The teams did split their regular season games, so we'll see if that holds true in the NFL.
Ravens over Dolphins
Unsurprisingly this was a slaughter. The Dolphins are terrible. Lamar Jackson lit up the Dolphins secondary. Will he be able to do that once he plays a good defense. That is one of the bigger questions the NFL has after week 1.
I compared the Ravens to the Butchers and the Dolphins to the Solar Bears. These two teams would never play as one is NSFL and the other is DSFL, but if they do the result would be the same.
Falcons over Vikings
Another one I was wrong on. The Falcons did not look good against the Vikings defense. Their first round rookie offensive lineman is on injured reserve for the season and the defense didn't look any better than it did last year. Might be a long season for Falcons fans.
I equated this to Sabercats vs Outlaws. The Sabercats lost both their matchups to the Outlaws, which doesn't match up with my comparison at all. I think I had too much faith in the Falcons.
Bills over Jets
This was unsurprisingly a close game, but the Bills were able to score late to go ahead. The Jets lost wide receiver Quincy Enunwa for the season, but Jamison Crowder looked good. Bell looked great in his first NFL action since the 2017 season. Neither of these teams look good enough to challenge the Patriots in the division.
Copperheads vs Liberty. These teams play in Week 12 and currently have the same record. We'll see if this holds true or not.
Eagles over Washington Football Team
The Eagles surprisingly came out flat and Washington took an early lead, but the return of Desean Jackson to Philadelphia did not disappoint as Wentz threw two touchdowns to Jackson to help in the come from behind win.
The Wraiths beat the Yeti's in week 1, but lost in their 2nd matchup.
Panthers over Rams
Neither team looked very good in the first half, but both offenses opened up in the 2nd half. The Rams took advantage of a couple fumbles and kept the lead for most of the game. Christian McCaffrey lead the league in scrimmage yards in week 1 with over 200 yards total.
The Wraiths lost to the Otters in week 2. Clearly that wasn't a good comparison.
Chiefs over Jaguars
Mahomes didn't waste any time continuing where he left off last year with lots of passing touch downs and putting up lots of points. Sammy Watkins finally looks like the first round pick that never panned out in Buffalo. Nick Foles went out of the game early with a broken collar bone and Washington State quarter back Gardner Minshew took over and looked pretty good. The Chiefs defense is not very good, and that offense will have to continuously put up 30+ points a game to win.
The Outlaws haven't played the Yeti yet, but both teams records would point to the Outlaws winning that matchup.
Chargers over Colts
The Chargers had a big lead for most of the game as Keenan Allen and Austin Ekeler took over, but Jacoby Brissett and TY Hilton brought the Colts back along with some help from Marlon Mack. In the end Philip Rivers was able to drive down the field and quickly score a touch down on the first over time drive to seal the victory in a game that pitted two former NC State Wolfpack quarterbacks against each other. Speaking of former Wolfpack quarterbacks...
I forgot to compare the Chargers to a team, but I'll say they are the Butchers. The Hawks split with the Butchers which is pretty on point with this game going to over time.
Seahawks over Bengals
Russell Wilson was able to lead his team to victory over the Bengals, but the Bengals made the Seahawks secondary look terrible. This is not the secondary from a few years ago that would shutdown everyone. Chris Carson looked great running the ball for the Seahawks. John Ross finally came out and shined like many thought he would his rookie year. This Bengals team might win more games than I thought they would.
The Butchers would never play the Coyotes, but if they did it wouldn't be as close as this game was.
Cowboys over Giants
Similar to the Ravens Dolphins game the Cowboys just man handled the Giants all game long. Dak was tossing dimes all over the field and Zeke didn't even need to do that much. The Cowboys defense also looked good against the Giants, which isn't saying much, but many Cowboys fans believe this is their year.
Second Line split with the Copperheads this season and beat them down in week 1. Not a good comparison.
Lions over Cardinals
The Lions looked like they had secured an easy win going into the 4th quarter, but then rookie quarter back Kyler Murray finally hit on some big passes, mostly to Larry Fitzgerald, and the Cardinals were able to tie the game up. Neither team scored in overtime, so we have our first tie of the year. I would like to take this moment to mention how much I hate the NFL overtime rules. Some people want the NFL to use the college football rules, which could be fun, but I don't think it needs to be that complicated. Just don't use a clock for anything other than as a way to determine when a tv timeout needs to happen. No more sudden death. Each team should have the ball the exact same amount of times, and if the score isn't tied at any point in the game when both teams have the same amount of possessions the team in the lead wins. Why is winning a coin toss so impactful to a game? Look at the Chargers Colts game. The Colts didn't even get a chance to go and score because the Chargers scored a touchdown on their first drive. Why is that fair? The same could have easily happened if the Colts had won the toss instead of the Chargers. The NFL really needs to fix this shit.
The Solar Bears and Yeti would never meet, but if they did I don't think they would tie.
49ers over Buccaneers
Neither team really looked that good, but Jameis Winston looked especially bad throwing a pick 6 late in the game that sealed the victory for the 49ers.
The Liberty and Copperheads haven't met yet, but it should be a close game.
Patriots over Steelers
The Patriots are going undefeated this year. That defense is so damn good, and Brady has weapons all over the place and an offensive line that keeps him upright. Not to mention they now add Antonio Brown (pending civil suit). On the other side the Steelers are hard to access. They didn't look good, but part of that has to do with their opponent.
The Wraiths and Sabercats meet this week and I don't think the result will be any different.
Saints over Texans
What a heart breaker for the Texans. Watson and co were down 6 with about 2 minutes left and quickly scored a touchdown to go up 1 with about 1:30 on the clock. Unfortunately, the Texans played awful defense and let Brees get the team in range for a long field goal attempt that Will Lutz hit as time expired to win the game.
The Wraiths lost to the Outlaws in their loan matchup. Not a good comparison.
Broncos over Raiders
The Raiders actually looked pretty good against the Broncos. Joe Flacco looked terrible. John Elway needs to fire himself and let someone else make the decisions as he is ruining the prime years of this talented defense.
The Coyotes lost to the Solar Bears in both matchups this season. Will the Raiders sweep the Broncos?
So after 1 week I'm 10-5-1 on predictions. Definitely should have been better. I totally forgot to put my Browns Titans prediction in my last post, but I had the Browns winning that game, so I tacked it on as another loss. All I have to say is the Browns looked bad.
Onto week 2. I'm doing this later than I was planning on due to being too busy, but the only game I missed predicting for week 2 is the Panthers Bucs Thursday night game. I can admit I thought the Panthers would win this game easily. Boy was I wrong. Cam Newton looks like a shell of his former self.
Bengals over 49ers
Chargers over Lions
Packers over Vikings
Titans over Colts
Patriots over Dolphins
Bills over Giants
Steelers over Seahawks
Cowboys over Redskins
Ravens over Cardinals
Texans over Jaguars
Chiefs over Raiders
Bears over Broncos
Saints over Rams
Eagles over Falcons
Browns over Jets (Sam Darnold out with mono makes this an easy pick)
That's all for this week. Hopefully My prediction percentage goes up as right now I'm only at 59% on the season, which isn't very good.
Bears over Packers
The opening game of the season and I'm already 0-1. Defense dominated this game for both teams. Not surprising for the Bears, but the fact that the Packers defense shut down the Bears offense says more about the Bears game plan and play calling than it does about the quality of the Packers defense in my opinion.
You might remember that I compared the Bears to the Butchers and Packers to the Hawks. Unlike this game the Butchers were able to beat the Hawks at home in Week 4. The teams did split their regular season games, so we'll see if that holds true in the NFL.
Ravens over Dolphins
Unsurprisingly this was a slaughter. The Dolphins are terrible. Lamar Jackson lit up the Dolphins secondary. Will he be able to do that once he plays a good defense. That is one of the bigger questions the NFL has after week 1.
I compared the Ravens to the Butchers and the Dolphins to the Solar Bears. These two teams would never play as one is NSFL and the other is DSFL, but if they do the result would be the same.
Falcons over Vikings
Another one I was wrong on. The Falcons did not look good against the Vikings defense. Their first round rookie offensive lineman is on injured reserve for the season and the defense didn't look any better than it did last year. Might be a long season for Falcons fans.
I equated this to Sabercats vs Outlaws. The Sabercats lost both their matchups to the Outlaws, which doesn't match up with my comparison at all. I think I had too much faith in the Falcons.
Bills over Jets
This was unsurprisingly a close game, but the Bills were able to score late to go ahead. The Jets lost wide receiver Quincy Enunwa for the season, but Jamison Crowder looked good. Bell looked great in his first NFL action since the 2017 season. Neither of these teams look good enough to challenge the Patriots in the division.
Copperheads vs Liberty. These teams play in Week 12 and currently have the same record. We'll see if this holds true or not.
Eagles over Washington Football Team
The Eagles surprisingly came out flat and Washington took an early lead, but the return of Desean Jackson to Philadelphia did not disappoint as Wentz threw two touchdowns to Jackson to help in the come from behind win.
The Wraiths beat the Yeti's in week 1, but lost in their 2nd matchup.
Panthers over Rams
Neither team looked very good in the first half, but both offenses opened up in the 2nd half. The Rams took advantage of a couple fumbles and kept the lead for most of the game. Christian McCaffrey lead the league in scrimmage yards in week 1 with over 200 yards total.
The Wraiths lost to the Otters in week 2. Clearly that wasn't a good comparison.
Chiefs over Jaguars
Mahomes didn't waste any time continuing where he left off last year with lots of passing touch downs and putting up lots of points. Sammy Watkins finally looks like the first round pick that never panned out in Buffalo. Nick Foles went out of the game early with a broken collar bone and Washington State quarter back Gardner Minshew took over and looked pretty good. The Chiefs defense is not very good, and that offense will have to continuously put up 30+ points a game to win.
The Outlaws haven't played the Yeti yet, but both teams records would point to the Outlaws winning that matchup.
Chargers over Colts
The Chargers had a big lead for most of the game as Keenan Allen and Austin Ekeler took over, but Jacoby Brissett and TY Hilton brought the Colts back along with some help from Marlon Mack. In the end Philip Rivers was able to drive down the field and quickly score a touch down on the first over time drive to seal the victory in a game that pitted two former NC State Wolfpack quarterbacks against each other. Speaking of former Wolfpack quarterbacks...
I forgot to compare the Chargers to a team, but I'll say they are the Butchers. The Hawks split with the Butchers which is pretty on point with this game going to over time.
Seahawks over Bengals
Russell Wilson was able to lead his team to victory over the Bengals, but the Bengals made the Seahawks secondary look terrible. This is not the secondary from a few years ago that would shutdown everyone. Chris Carson looked great running the ball for the Seahawks. John Ross finally came out and shined like many thought he would his rookie year. This Bengals team might win more games than I thought they would.
The Butchers would never play the Coyotes, but if they did it wouldn't be as close as this game was.
Cowboys over Giants
Similar to the Ravens Dolphins game the Cowboys just man handled the Giants all game long. Dak was tossing dimes all over the field and Zeke didn't even need to do that much. The Cowboys defense also looked good against the Giants, which isn't saying much, but many Cowboys fans believe this is their year.
Second Line split with the Copperheads this season and beat them down in week 1. Not a good comparison.
Lions over Cardinals
The Lions looked like they had secured an easy win going into the 4th quarter, but then rookie quarter back Kyler Murray finally hit on some big passes, mostly to Larry Fitzgerald, and the Cardinals were able to tie the game up. Neither team scored in overtime, so we have our first tie of the year. I would like to take this moment to mention how much I hate the NFL overtime rules. Some people want the NFL to use the college football rules, which could be fun, but I don't think it needs to be that complicated. Just don't use a clock for anything other than as a way to determine when a tv timeout needs to happen. No more sudden death. Each team should have the ball the exact same amount of times, and if the score isn't tied at any point in the game when both teams have the same amount of possessions the team in the lead wins. Why is winning a coin toss so impactful to a game? Look at the Chargers Colts game. The Colts didn't even get a chance to go and score because the Chargers scored a touchdown on their first drive. Why is that fair? The same could have easily happened if the Colts had won the toss instead of the Chargers. The NFL really needs to fix this shit.
The Solar Bears and Yeti would never meet, but if they did I don't think they would tie.
49ers over Buccaneers
Neither team really looked that good, but Jameis Winston looked especially bad throwing a pick 6 late in the game that sealed the victory for the 49ers.
The Liberty and Copperheads haven't met yet, but it should be a close game.
Patriots over Steelers
The Patriots are going undefeated this year. That defense is so damn good, and Brady has weapons all over the place and an offensive line that keeps him upright. Not to mention they now add Antonio Brown (pending civil suit). On the other side the Steelers are hard to access. They didn't look good, but part of that has to do with their opponent.
The Wraiths and Sabercats meet this week and I don't think the result will be any different.
Saints over Texans
What a heart breaker for the Texans. Watson and co were down 6 with about 2 minutes left and quickly scored a touchdown to go up 1 with about 1:30 on the clock. Unfortunately, the Texans played awful defense and let Brees get the team in range for a long field goal attempt that Will Lutz hit as time expired to win the game.
The Wraiths lost to the Outlaws in their loan matchup. Not a good comparison.
Broncos over Raiders
The Raiders actually looked pretty good against the Broncos. Joe Flacco looked terrible. John Elway needs to fire himself and let someone else make the decisions as he is ruining the prime years of this talented defense.
The Coyotes lost to the Solar Bears in both matchups this season. Will the Raiders sweep the Broncos?
So after 1 week I'm 10-5-1 on predictions. Definitely should have been better. I totally forgot to put my Browns Titans prediction in my last post, but I had the Browns winning that game, so I tacked it on as another loss. All I have to say is the Browns looked bad.
Onto week 2. I'm doing this later than I was planning on due to being too busy, but the only game I missed predicting for week 2 is the Panthers Bucs Thursday night game. I can admit I thought the Panthers would win this game easily. Boy was I wrong. Cam Newton looks like a shell of his former self.
Bengals over 49ers
Chargers over Lions
Packers over Vikings
Titans over Colts
Patriots over Dolphins
Bills over Giants
Steelers over Seahawks
Cowboys over Redskins
Ravens over Cardinals
Texans over Jaguars
Chiefs over Raiders
Bears over Broncos
Saints over Rams
Eagles over Falcons
Browns over Jets (Sam Darnold out with mono makes this an easy pick)
That's all for this week. Hopefully My prediction percentage goes up as right now I'm only at 59% on the season, which isn't very good.
[OPTION]Height: 6'1"
[OPTION]Weight: 195 lbs.
[OPTION]Birthplace: Raleigh, NC
[OPTION]Number: 22
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[OPTION]Career Stats
[OPTION]G || Tck || TFL || FF/FR || Sck || Int || PD || TD
[OPTION]141 || 597 || 1 || 5/1 || 6 || 30 || 163 || 3
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[OPTION]Playoff Stats
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[OPTION]Awards
[OPTION]S26 Defensive Player of the Year, S26 CB of the Year,
[OPTION]S23 Defensive Breakout Player, S23 Defensive Performance
[OPTION]Pro Bowls: S22, S26
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