Now that I have thoroughly analyzed the hypothetical college football season, I have decided to engage in a similar analysis for the National Football League. I have never made a set of pro football preseason predictions before, but given the uncertainty of the college season in 2020, I thought I would do some NFL analysis in case that is the only game in town this fall. Much like my college preview, I have gone through and analyzed every NFL team’s regular season and postseason, as well as selected my disappointment and surprise teams and upsets to watch out for.
Here are my predictions for this year’s NFC playoffs. Please read the NFC regular season predictions entry from two days ago to see how each team ended up with the seed they have below.
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Wildcard Playoffs (predicted winners in bold)
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| 2 | New Orleans (12-4) |
| 7 | Chicago (9-7) |
| 3 | Dallas (12-4) |
| 6 | Atlanta (9-7) |
| 4 | Green Bay (9-7) |
| 5 | Seattle (10-6) |
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Divisional Playoffs (predicted winners in bold)
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| 1 | San Francisco (13-3) |
| 5 | Seattle (10-6) |
| 2 | New Orleans (12-4) |
| 3 | Dallas (12-4) |
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Conference Championship Game (predicted winner in bold)
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| 2 | New Orleans (12-4) |
| 1 | San Francisco (13-3) |
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Super Bowl (predicted winner in bold)
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| 2 | New Orleans (12-4) |
| 1 | Kansas City (13-3) |
Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist 