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ESPN "Panel of Experts" Pick Chiefs to win SB
With the NFL's 100th season upon us, we had a panel of experts from ESPN's NFL Nation give us their predictions for the year and checked them against Football Power Index's prognostications.
PANEL PREDICTS ... Forty-five writers and editors from ESPN's NFL Nation weighed in with their predictions for the 2019 season. And they foresee another TD-packed Year of Mahomes. AFC division champs: Patriots, Steelers, Colts, Chiefs Wild cards: Chargers, Texans AFC Championship: Chiefs over Chargers NFC division champs: Eagles, Bears, Saints, Rams Wild cards: Falcons, Packers NFC Championship: Saints over Eagles Super Bowl winner: Chiefs MVP: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs Offensive player of the year: Mahomes Defensive player of the year: Aaron Donald, Rams Rookie of the year: Kyler Murray, Cardinals FPI PROJECTS ... Football Power Index is right there with the experts, giving last season's semifinalists a major leg up on the pack. AFC West Kansas City Chiefs (Projected wins: 10.4 | Overall FPI rank: 1 | Offense rank: 1 | Defense rank 15) Los Angeles Chargers (Projected wins: 8.8 | Overall FPI rank: 6 | Offense rank: 6 | Defense rank 9) Denver Broncos (Projected wins: 7.0 | Overall FPI rank: 22 | Offense rank: 28 | Defense rank 2) Oakland Raiders (Projected wins: 6.5 | Overall FPI rank: 23 | Offense rank: 21 | Defense rank 27) AFC East New England Patriots (Projected wins: 10.4 | Overall FPI rank: 4 | Offense rank: 4 | Defense rank 12) New York Jets (Projected wins: 7.2 | Overall FPI rank: 26 | Offense rank: 26 | Defense rank 22) Buffalo Bills (Projected wins: 6.7 | Overall FPI rank: 27 | Offense rank: 31 | Defense rank 11) Miami Dolphins (Projected wins: 5.6 | Overall FPI rank: 32 | Offense rank: 32 | Defense rank 28) AFC North Cleveland Browns (Projected wins: 8.8 | Overall FPI rank: 15 | Offense rank: 17 | Defense rank 7) Baltimore Ravens (Projected wins: 8.5 | Overall FPI rank: 16 | Offense rank: 23 | Defense rank 4) Pittsburgh Steelers (Projected wins: 8.5 | Overall FPI rank: 17 | Offense rank: 8 | Defense rank 25) Cincinnati Bengals (Projected wins: 6.0 | Overall FPI rank: 29 | Offense rank: 27 | Defense rank 31) AFC South Indianapolis Colts (Projected wins: 9.1 | Overall FPI rank: 5 | Offense rank: 10 | Defense rank 6) Houston Texans (Projected wins: 8.6 | Overall FPI rank: 8 | Offense rank: 12 | Defense rank 8) Tennessee Titans (Projected wins: 8.0 | Overall FPI rank: 13 | Offense rank: 16 | Defense rank 10) Jacksonville Jaguars (Projected wins: 7.5 | Overall FPI rank: 18 | Offense rank: 25 | Defense rank 1) NFC East Philadelphia Eagles (Projected wins: 9.3 | Overall FPI rank: 10 | Offense rank: 9 | Defense rank 19) Dallas Cowboys (Projected wins: 8.3 | Overall FPI rank: 19 | Offense rank: 14 | Defense rank 16) New York Giants (Projected wins: 6.3 | Overall FPI rank: 24 | Offense rank: 24 | Defense rank 32) Washington Redskins (Projected wins: 6.2 | Overall FPI rank: 28 | Offense rank: 29 | Defense rank 26) NFC North Chicago Bears (Projected wins: 9.1 | Overall FPI rank: 7 | Offense rank: 13 | Defense rank 3) Green Bay Packers (Projected wins: 8.6 | Overall FPI rank: 12 | Offense rank: 5 | Defense rank 20) Minnesota Vikings (Projected wins: 8.5 | Overall FPI rank: 11 | Offense rank: 20 | Defense rank 5) Detroit Lions (Projected wins: 7.0 | Overall FPI rank: 24 | Offense rank: 22 | Defense rank 30) NFC South New Orleans Saints (Projected wins: 10.1 | Overall FPI rank: 2 | Offense rank: 2 | Defense rank 23) Atlanta Falcons (Projected wins: 8.4 | Overall FPI rank: 9 | Offense rank: 7 | Defense rank 17) Carolina Panthers (Projected wins: 7.7 | Overall FPI rank: 20 | Offense rank: 15 | Defense rank 18) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Projected wins: 6.4 | Overall FPI rank: 25 | Offense rank: 19 | Defense rank 29) NFC West Los Angeles Rams (Projected wins: 10.0 | Overall FPI rank: 3 | Offense rank: 3 | Defense rank 13) Seattle Seahawks (Projected wins: 8.3 | Overall FPI rank: 14 | Offense rank: 11 | Defense rank 14) San Francisco 49ers (Projected wins: 7.7 | Overall FPI rank: 21 | Offense rank: 18 | Defense rank 21) Arizona Cardinals (Projected wins: 5.5 | Overall FPI rank: 31 | Offense rank: 30 | Defense rank 24) Super Bowl chances (make, win): Chiefs (27.80%, 16.00%) Saints (26.45%, 15.74%) Patriots (23.12%, 12.06%) Rams (21.87%, 11.49%) Colts (10.73%, 5.55%) Eagles (9.80%, 4.36%) Bears (9.55%, 4.48%) Chargers (7.68%, 3.76%) Texans (6.74%, 3.32%) Packers (5.91%, 2.62%) FPI is a forward-looking measure of team strength based on the expected points added from offense, defense and special teams. Using preseason FPI as of July 29, ESPN Stats & Information has projected each team's strength of schedule rank as well as its chances to win each game on its schedule. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27348060/2019-nfl-predictions |
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Any historical data available to see how this metric has done in the past?
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Irrelevant. The generational greatness of Mahomes defies history and analysis.
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Super Bowl winner: Chiefs
MVP: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs Offensive player of the year: Mahomes Sounds good to me! |
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Chargers projected 8.8 wins seems low
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Where are the Asians to dress up this thread?
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Mother ****ers gonna make me drive to Miami to be outside the stadium for the victory
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Ok.
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ESPN experts? This is a death knell for us this year.
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"We're both part of the same hypocrisy, Senator, but never think it applies to my family." "Fredo. You are my brother, and I love you. But never take sides against the Family again. Ever." 2019 Adopt a Chief - Travis Kelce #87 Last edited by BlackHelicopters; 08-16-2019 at 03:19 PM.. |
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Absolutely wrong. ESPN picked NE to win last year's SB. So this is just icing on the Chiefs' Super Bowl cake.
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Chiefs are everyone’s pick to make the Super Bowl.
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These are always interesting to revisit.
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