NFL 2013 SEASON

[Midwest Spy]

Let's start with the Conference that matters (to me, Duchess and many others here, at least).

NFC Predictions.

East- Dallas, Washington, NY Giants, Philadelphia
South- Atlanta, Carolina*, New Orleans, Tampa Bay
North- Detroit, Green Bay*, Minnesota, Chicago
West- San Francisco, St.Louis, Seattle, Arizona

*-Denotes Wild Card berth

Notes- (East) I think Dallas breaks through this year. I love RGIII, but I don't feel he'll be the same player as last year. The Giants are having issues with their O-Line and Philly needs another year before they're relevant.

(South) Atlanta is stacked once again. Carolina makes some noise and gets 1 of the Wild Card berths. The Saints, even with the return of their coach, miss the post-season. Tampa improved their defense, and if they played in the AFC, they'd probably make the playoffs.

(North) Surprise, surprise! The year of the Lion. They go from worst to first in the North. Pack slips to second, but still grabs a Wild Card slot. Vikes end up 8-8, but never really threaten to make the post-season. Da Bears are disappointing.

(West) San Fran is the real deal. I forsee a 13-3 campaign. St.Louis makes great strides, but at 9-7, they just miss out on a playoff spot. The Seahawks turn out to be the busts of 2013. Arizona is pretty miserable.


NFC Playoffs:

Wild Card Round:

Carolina at Dallas. Romo gets over the hump and wins a post-season game and they move on to play the Falcons.

Green Bay at Detroit. Detroit silences the doubters and shuts down Rodgers.


Divisional Round:

Dallas at Atlanta. Big 'D' shines on the road and beats the Falcons (doesn't everybody in the playoffs?).

Detroit at San Francisco. Niners are too deep and Kaepernick is too good. Niners advance.


NFC Championship:

Dallas at San Francisco. Dream game. Romo is reminding Cowboy fans of Staubach and Aikman, but, in a thriller, Niners get back to the Super Bowl.