did i even get close?

Ahoy! With the end of the season, I thought about digging up my NFL preview to see how horribly wrong I got things. You can read my extensive rants here:

http://jleohalleyscomet.blogspot.com/2006/09/leos-2006-nfl-preview.html#links

...but I'll just keep it brief and do records.

Predicitions vs. Actual (in bold)

Denver 10 / 9
Kansas City 9 / 9
San Diego 8 / 14 (shouldn't have questioned rivers)
Oakland 4 / 2 (ha!)
Pittsburgh 10 / 8 (after what they went through, not that bad)
Cinncinatti 9 / 8
Baltimore 9 / 13 (but they were my dark horse, so i had faith in them)
Cleveland 6 / 4
Indianapolis 13 / 12 (losing faith)
Jacksonville 10 / 8
Tennesee 6 / 8 (vince young surprised me)
Houston 4 / 6
New England 12 / 12
Miami 11 / 6 (saban left too early)
Buffalo 7 / 7
N. Y. Jets 3 / 10 (whoops! Chadington is not dead... and they apparently have some sort of running game.... i think... honestly, i still can't really explain this)

Seattle 10 / 9
St. Louis 8 / 8
Arizona 7 / 5
San Francisco 5 / 7 (nomads on the right track)
Chicago 10 / 13 (bearbus)
Minnesota 8 / 6
Detroit 6 / 3 (how do they still have millen?)
Green Bay 5 / 8 (favre's last hurrah)
Carolina 12 / 8 (biggest disappointment)
Atlanta 9 / 7 (it's official: vick vascilates)
Tampa Bay 9 / 4 (was last year an aberration or did injuries kill them now?)
New Orleans 5 / 10 (best story of the year)
N. Y. Giants 11 / 8 (coughlin sucks)
Dallas 7 / 9 (romo stepped up)
Washington 8 / 5 (so much for that)

and finally.....

Philadelphia 10 / 10 (!!!!)

How the f**k did that happen? This has to be the strangest 10 win season in history... they lost to the Bucs and Titans and Jaguars, beat the Giants and Cowboys (twice), were dead with McNabb playing great, were unstoppable with Jeff Garcia... after the second quarter of the first Giants game, I thought they could win 13 games.... after McNabb got hurt, I thought they would win maybe 5 or 6... and they ended up exactly where I picked them.

Crazy.

I picked Colts over Panthers in the championship before the season. Now? I'm leaning towards Bears over Ravens in the ugliest, lowest scoring Super Bowl ever. Just watch...