Using playoffpredictors.com, I predicted the 2019 NFL season. Here are the results.

The NFL preseason begins today, 30 NFL teams running out their backups and rookies to prepare for the season and solidify their depth charts. Make or break games for players trying to make a roster, trying to start and trying to prove themselves to their coaches.

As the name suggests, the preseason is merely a preview to the seventeen week dogfight that is the NFL; a truly unpredictable dogfight. Truly unpredictable is merely a suggestion for idiots like me who decide to try anyway. So here we go NFC, here’s how I believe your season will play out.

NFC North:

Chicago Bears (11-5)

Green Bay Packers (10-6)

Minnesota Vikings (9-7)

Detroit Lions (7-9)

What a division. In full honesty any team could win this division but I pick the Bears to take it. Despite my view of Trubisky as an average QB, that defense is simply too good. I don’t think they miss the playoffs under any circumstance. Alternatively, you have a team that can’t afford to miss the playoffs again. The Packers haven’t made the playoffs since 2016, and need to now to avoid wasting Aaron Rodgers’ prime. Matt LeFleur has to be the change they need.

The Vikings and Lions both have the potential to make a wild card on paper, but in reality? Kirk Cousins can’t win an important game which they’ll have many of this season, and the Lions are… the Lions. Watch these teams over the season but as of now I cant choose them to make the playoffs.

NFC South:

New Orleans Saints (12-4)

Atlanta Falcons (10-6)

Carolina Panthers (7-9)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-13)

Drew Brees is fourty??? I really couldn’t tell at all. They won thirteen games last year and they brought nearly the same team back. Losing more than four games for this team simply isn’t an option, they couldn’t do it if they tried. @FreezingColdTakes put this one in the bank, it’ll stay there.

This division also has two teams with a lot to prove. The Falcons have to shake their disappointment of a season with their injured players back fully healthy, and the Panthers have to recover from missing the playoffs after a 6-2 start. Unfortunately Cam Newton doesn’t seem to be that old beast he once was anymore, and Christian McCaffery can’t do everything- again anyway.

The Buccaneers have Jameis Winston, moving on.

But for real, this is Jameis’ last chance with the Buccaneers, and i doubt he takes it. Losing DeSean Jackson is a big blow for them, and now Mike Evans is gonna have all the attention on him. This mediocre defense with this below average offense is gonna bottom out and hopefully result in a new QB taken in 2020.

NFC East:

Dallas Cowboys (11-5)

Philadelphia Eagles (9-7)

Washington Redskins (3-13)

New York Giants (2-14)

Two of the worst teams in the league reside here in the NFC East. The Redskins and the Giants both have rookie quarterbacks that as of now, aren’t rumored to start. With Eli Manning and Case Keenum throwing to a net receiving core of no one, they will both be teams missing the playoffs once again.

The Cowboys seem poised to rest easy on top of the NFC East again, assuming Ezekiel Elliott puts pen to paper on a new contract by at least week four. Dak’s stats were much better the second half of last season with Amari Cooper joining the squad, going 7-2 as a team with Amari. While they won’t look like the greatest team in the league, this defense gives them the ability to beat anyone and that makes them dangerous come playoff time.

The Eagles; Super Bowl LII champions. They will never let us forget. One thing we won’t forget is that they had Nick Foles to back up the injury prone Carson Wentz, and in the probable event that he gets hurt, they will have to start Nate Sudfeld. One underrated loss of this team was losing Jay Ajayi last year and makes this team very different from their SB winning squad. Carson Wentz had a 5-6 record in the regular season last year and there’s no reason for me to believe the eagles do any better than scraping a winning record.

NFC West:

Los Angeles Rams (10-6)

Seattle Seahawks (8-8)

San Francisco 49ers (7-9)

Arizona Cardinals (4-12)

The NFC West is a storyline filled division. Can the Rams make it back to the Super Bowl after a total meltdown last year? Does Russell Wilson deserve the contract he was payed this offseason? Will Jimmy Garoppolo be able to carry this 49er team to relevance? Was Kyler worth the first round pick? All questions we should be able to answer this season.

The first topic of importance is the team in Los Angeles. After suffering an embarrassing defeat in Super Bowl LIII they need to avoid complacence. Losing Ndamukong Suh and Lamarcus Joyner won’t be easy on that defense, but it’ll hold up and they’ll win this division.

The Seahawks and the 49ers are both teams that wouldn’t be a shock to sneak into the playoffs, but they would need a really good run to get there. Garoppolo is 6-2 as a starter and as an extended starter he should be able to tow the line as an 8-8 team, but just fall short. Wilson and the Seahawks should see a slight decline, and losing Doug Baldwin and Frank Clark won’t help them at all. They will survive as a team, albeit falling short of another playoff berth.

What does that mean for the Playoffs?

If we’ve been keeping score at home, we should be able to see a general picture of how these NFC playoffs should look.

Bye Teams: New Orleans Saints & Chicago Bears

An offensive superpower versus an defensive monster, and both will punch their tickets to the divisional round via regular season record. Both will have something to prove after the ‘double-doink’ finish for the bears and the Nickell Robey-Coleman finish the other way. Both want to avenge their grievances and push for the super bowl, and if Trubisky can step up, and if the Saints defense holds up, both are poised to do just that.

Division Winners: Dallas Cowboys & Los Angeles Rams

Two of the more exciting teams in the NFL, even if no one likes them. The Dallas Cowboys are one of the youngest teams in the league and if everyone plays to their fullest they can challenge the best teams in this league. Despite that, their regular season performances for the last two years haven’t been much to write home about and I can’t see them picking up a bye.

A Rams team that lost key pieces is gearing up to try to make another super bowl run under Sean McVay. Jared Goff began to trail off toward the end of last season but i fully expect a return to form for him. This team will have a rocky regular season, but should be expected to be dangerous come playoff time.

Wild Card: Atlanta Falcons & Green Bay Packers

A return to the playoffs after absences last year should be on the cards for these teams. The Falcons had an injury riddled season and became the disappointment of the NFL, they’re looking to rectify that. We all know how dangerous Matt Ryan is in that offense, but that defense holding up will be the key to any success this team has in January.

The Packers have been out of the playoffs since making the NFC Championship against the Falcons in 2016. They need a return and soon, Aaron Rodgers isn’t getting any younger. This is the season to make it happen. Rodgers is healthy, they made key additions to the defense through the draft and free agency, and most importantly; they’ve hired a new coach. The departure of McCarthy should usher in a new era for this team and hopefully a less drama filled one. No matter how this team may look on paper, Aaron Rodgers will always be dangerous in the playoffs and you have to look out for them.

Playoffs?

Watch out for my playoff predictions coming in the next week, after my offseason studs and duds list.