Archive

Posts Tagged ‘NY Jets’

Odds To Win Super Bowl XLVI!

March 4th, 2011 No comments

A couple of weeks ago I gave you the odds to win the 2011 National Championship courtesy of Bodog.com. In today’s blog I will give you the Hilton’s updated NC odds plus the Hilton has just released their odds to win next year’s AFC/NFC championship plus Super Bowl XLVI.

If you are in Las Vegas at anytime in the next couple of months make sure to stay at the Hilton to get advanced odds on the 2011 college football season and advanced odds on the NFL.

Also make sure you are checking out my updated 2011 Draft Preview with a Top 10 position by position outlook and the top performers at each position during each drill at the combine.

Don’t forget to check out our Spring Central section to get 2011 schedules, coaching changes, who’s back/who’s not and all the NFL Draft early entrants. Read more…

Categories: nfl Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

NFL Championship Forecasts

January 23rd, 2011 No comments
NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
3 NFC FINALS
SATURDAY JANUARY 23rd
3:00 PM FOX

GREEN BAY (12-6) at CHICAGO (12-5)
Rushing
Passing
Points
TO’s
ST
A.O.R
GREEN BAY 78
245
25
1.6
#24
 98.8
CHICAGO
99
198
17
2.4
#4
 97.8
Despite 181 previous meetings this will be only the 2nd time the Packers and Bears face off in the playoffs (1941 the only other meeting). GB is 4-2 in the Aaron Rodgers era splitting the series TY. CHI won the 1st game 20-17 on MNF in the 1st meeting. GB self-destructed with 18 penalties as a fmbl on their final drive set up a 19 yd FG by CHI for the win. In the 2nd meeting just 3 weeks ago, CHI played its starters the full game despite having clinched the #2 seed as they wanted to keep GB out of the playoffs. GB won 10-3 as they played sluggishly for the 1st 3Q. On the 3rd and 4th plays of the 4Q, Rodgers had 21 and 46 yd passes to set up the game’s only TD. CHI punted on its next 2 drives and went 66/15pl before being int’d at the GB11 with :20 left. CHI is 5-3 at home TY (no GB) with basically even ydg (-1 ypg) with -2 TO’s with a 22-22 avg score due to the NE blowout. GB is 5-5 on the road TY outgaining foes by 51 ypg (0 TO’s) with a 21-15 avg score. Vs common foes CHI is 9-3 being outgained 322-298 (+4 TO’s) with a 22-19 avg score. CHI faced CAR once and SEA at home twice outside of common foes. GB went 9-4 with a 350-326 yd edge (+10 TO’s with a 26-15 avg score. Outside of common foes GB faced PHI and ATL twice on the road while hosting SF.
GB and NO are the only teams to finish in the top 10 on offense in each of the L5Y. Rodgers is an elite QB ranking 4th in pass yds, pass TD and QBR since he took over as the st’r in ‘08. TY he was 78 yds short of being the 1st QB to throw for 4,000 in each of his 1st 3 yrs. He has had to cope with the loss of RB Grant (brkn ankle in opener) and TE Finley (knee, 5th gm) who was a huge loss for 3rd down pkgs. As a result GB used its run gm to set up the play action and serve as an extra pass protector. GB has 5 plyrs in the top 100 for rec’s with Jennings finishing in the top 10 rec yds (1st time in career). Unlike LY, GB has enjoyed stability on the OL as they’ve had the same lineup for 14 str after Bulaga was installed at RT. LY Rodgers was sacked once every 11 att and TY it’s once every 14 TY. GB has capitalized on pts off takeaways 124) which has helped them make up for a beaten up front 7. After starting 1 gm LY, Raji has been a beast as he’s the only DL with 18 sts and his 6.5 reg ssn sks are the most by a NT S/’90. Despite a nagging hamstring inj Matthews is the 1st in GB hist with 10+ sks in his 1st 2Y. However, GB is very thin at the other OLB spot having started 4 diff plyrs. GB has had good health in the secondary (#1 pass D) with 3 of 4 st’rs together for all 18. This will be the 4th time in 5 yrs that GB’s ST’s have finished 24th or lower in my rankings with the return units (7.9 PR, 20.1 KR) being the main culprit TY. Read more…
Categories: nfl Tags: , , , , , , ,

Today’s Compass Bowl/NFL Wildcard Forecasts

January 8th, 2011 No comments
BBVA COMPASS BOWL
12:00 PM ESPN
Click on the bowl logo for MORE info!!!!

KENTUCKY (6-6) VS PITTSBURGH (7-5)
Rushing
Passing
Points
TO’s
ST
A.O.R
KENTUCKY 139
235
25
2.4
-
 98.9
PITTSBURGH
186
185
30
1.8
••
 101.5
First meeting between these two schools and the main headlines here deal with off the field issues for both teams. UK was hoping for a better (warmer) bowl trip but is making a 5th str bowl trip and is 3-1. Pitt is making their 3rd str bowl trip winning LY’s Car Care over NC, 19-17. UK HC Phillips becomes UK’s first HC to take his tm to a bowl in his 1st yr of coaching. Wannstedt was forced to step down at Pitt but orig said he would coach here only to change his mind and DC Phil Bennett will be the head man here. Pitt did hire Mike Haywood as their new HC only to fire him 3 weeks later after a domestic violence arrest and currently Bennett is the interim. Both teams defeated Louisville with UK having a 466-317 yd edge in a 23-16 win and Pitt having a 255-185 yd edge in a 20-3 win. UK fans travel well especially when the bowl is within driving distance (5.5 hrs) while Pitt fans are not known as good travellers, so this should be a predominantly blue crowd. Read more…
Categories: Bowl Projections, College Bowl Notes, College Football Forecasts, College Football Picks, NFL Picks Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

2010 NFL Toughest Schedules

August 13th, 2010 2 comments

As you know I’ve always spent about 90% of my time on college football but I am very excited about our NFL Magazine. I have the same desire to mirror my success of being college footballs “most accurate” magazine by becoming the most accurate NFL Magazine as well. In this years magazine (which is now available) I project each of the division races with records. I want to share just how much work and research goes into making these forecasts.

I’ve posted several articles on my blog including: repeating as a division champ and slipping and sliding can help you analyze a teams fortunes. These are just part of the research I do annually to make my predictions. The schedule is of course an important part of analyzing the upcoming season. Read more…

Categories: nfl Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Week 16 NFL Picks

December 27th, 2009 No comments

Here are my selections for this week’s NFL Action:

Seattle at Green Bay

TEAM RUSHING PASSING POINTS TO’S ST
SEATTLE 89 213 16 3 #18
GREEN BAY 147 310 35 0 #3

Including playoffs this is the 4th straight season with a meeting between the teams. In their last meeting Green Bay went into Seattle and beat them 27-17. Green Bay had a 313-177 yard edge vs a very depleted Seattle team that started its #3 quarterback due to injuries. Seattle had a 17-3 lead when the Packers scored 24 unanswered points then allowed a garbage TD late in the 4th quarter. Green Bay QB Rodgers had 208 yards (70%) with 2 TD’s. Green Bay’s #2 rush defense which is allowing 89 yards per game (3.9 ypc) at home this year vs weak Seattle rush attack. Rodgers has averaged 269 yards per game (66%) with a 13-3 ratio at home this year and has only been sacked 6 times in the last four games prior to Pittsburgh. Seattle’s #16 pass rush has been balanced this year pulling in 12 sacks on the road but are allowing 290 yards per game (71%) with a 15-4 ratio on the road. Seattle has been outgained by 138 yards per game in the 4 games prior to Tampa Bay as their defense wears down & defenses have figured out how to expose the offensive line. Green Bay has lots to play for as they want the #5 seed, have a road trip to Arizona on deck & Seattle simply doesn’t travel well with their only road win this year being vs a St Louis team that started Boller.

PHIL’S FORECAST: GREEN BAY 27 Seattle 10

Read more…

Categories: NFL Picks Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,