NFL Predictions for the Next Ten Years

2012
AFC                                                         NFC
1 New England Patriots 14-2                 1 San Francisco 49ers 13-3
2 Houston Texans 13-3                          2 Detroit Lions 12-4
3 Pittsburgh Steelers 11-5                     3 New York Giants 11-5
4 Oakland Raiders 10-6                        4 Atlanta Falcons 11-5
5 Baltimore Ravens 10-6                       5 Green Bay Packers 12-4
6 Miami Dolphins 9-7                            6 Dallas Cowboys 11-5
7 Kansas City Chiefs 9-7                       7 New Orleans Saints 11-5
8 San Diego Chargers 9-7                     8 Philadelphia Eagles 10-6
9 Buffalo Bills 8-8                                  9 Chicago Bears 9-7
10 New York Jets 7-9                           10 Washington Redskins 9-7
11 Tennessee Titans 7-9                       11 Arizona Cardinals 7-9
12 Denver Broncos 7-9                        12 Carolina Panthers 7-9
13 Cincinnati Bengals 6-10                 13 Seattle Seahawks 7-9
14 Indianapolis Colts 4-12                  14 St. Louis Rams 5-11
15 Cleveland Browns 4-12                 15 Minnesota Vikings 3-13
16 Jacksonville Jaguars 2-14             16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-14 


Wild Card Round

5)Green Bay over 4)Atlanta 30-24- Matt Ryan and the Falcons get over their demon, the Green Bay Packers; Aaron Rodgers has another great game as the Packers advance

Dez Bryant

6)Miami over 3)Pittsburgh 27-23- Matt Flynn leads the Dolphins back in the last five minutes and the stingy Dolphins defense makes one last stand to upset Pittsburgh
6)Dallas over 3)New York 23-20- Tony Romo stands tall with the Giants pass rush in his face, finding Dez Bryant for a touchdown with a minute and a half to play to complete a ten point come from behind win
5)Baltimore over 4)Oakland 27-14- The Ravens dominate all day, shutting down Darren McFadden to advance

Divisional Round

Aaron Rodgers

2)Houston over 5)Baltimore 21-17- In a rematch of last years divisional meeting, different setting, different result, Houston does just enough to scrape by Baltimore
5)Green Bay over 2)Detroit 34-27- Aaron Rodgers ruins a valiant Detroit effort, marching the Packers down the field to win the game with under a minute to play
1)New England over 6)Miami 24-23- The Dolphins give it all they got, but a few minor miscues send the Patriots moving on despite a poor performance from Tom Brady and the offense
1)San Francisco over 6)Dallas 31-14- San Francisco takes advantage of two Tony Romo interceptions to go back to the NFC Championship game


Conference Championships
5)Green Bay over 1)San Francisco 24-20- Green Bay's defense steps up, Aaron Rodgers and the Pack do just enough to head to New Orleans

1)New England over 2)Houston 26-23- The Patriots clamp down defensively and control the clock to defeat the Texans



Super Bowl XLVII, Super Dome, New Orleans
New England over Green Bay 34-31


Super Bowl MVP: Tom Brady

     Down 21-14 at halftime and 28-17 going into the fourth quarter, Tom Brady throws two touchdowns to Rob Gronkowski to put the Patriots up three, only to see Aaron Rodgers lead the Packers back to tie the game with a minute and a half left to play. But like he's done before, Tom Brady puts the Patriots in perfect position for Stephen Gostkowski to hit a 29 yard field goal with twenty seconds to play to give the Patriots their fourth Super Bowl ring in the Brady/Belichick era. 


MVP: Tom Brady, QB New England 
OPOY: Arian Foster, RB Houston
DPOY: Patrick Willis, LB San Francisco
OROY: Andrew Luck, QB Indianapolis
DROY: Mark Barron, S Denver
CPOY: Peyton Manning, QB Washington
COY: Jim Shwartz, Detroit


2013
AFC
1 Cincinnati Bengals 12-4
2 Houston Texans 12-4

Andy Dalton

3 San Diego Chargers 12-4
4 Miami Dolphins 11-5
5 Denver Broncos 10-6
6 New England Patriots 10-6
7 Pittsburgh Steelers 10-6
8 Tennessee Titans 9-7
9 New York Jets 9-7
10 Kansas City Chiefs 8-8
11 Buffalo Bills 8-8
12 Baltimore Ravens 7-9
13 Indianapolis Colts 7-9
14 Cleveland Browns 6-10
15 Jacksonville Jaguars 6-10
16 Oakland Raiders 5-11

Eli Manning

NFC
1 New York Giants 13-3
2 Green Bay Packers 13-3
3 Atlanta Falcons 12-4
4 San Francisco 49ers 11-5
5 Detroit Lions 12-4 
6 Washington Redskins 11-5
7 New Orleans Saints 11-5
8 Philadelphia Eagles 10-6
9 St. Louis Rams 10-6
10 Carolina Panthers 9-7
11 Minnesota Vikings 8-8 
12 Dallas Cowboys 8-8
13 Chicago Bears 6-10
14 Arizona Cardinals 5-11
15 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-11
16 Seattle Seahawks 2-14


Wild Card Round

Calvin Johnson

3)San Diego over 6)New England 27-17- San Diego controls the clock with Ryan Mathews and Tom Brady and the Pats can't muster enough offense to defeat San Diego
6)Washington over 3)Atlanta 23-17- Peyton Manning and Roy Helu thrash the Falcons hopes of winning a playoff game yet again
4)Miami over 5)Denver 21-10- Tim Tebow can't muster enough magic to get past Cameron Wake and the Dolphins D
5)Detroit over 4)San Francisco 31-17- Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson and the Lions potent attack put the whipping on San Francisco


Divisional Round

Phillip Rivers

3)San Diego over 2)Houston 28-21- Phillip Rivers has a big day and the Chargers defense does just enough to hold down Arian Foster and the Texans
1)New York over 6)Washington 26-20- Peyton Manning and the 'Skins hang around, but too much Eli Manning and Victor Cruz send the Giants moving on
1)Cincinnati over 4)Miami 13-10 OT- In a battle of very solid defense, Andy Dalton makes one mistake less than Matt Flynn as the Bengals move on
2)Green Bay over 5)Detroit 35-13- Detroit doesn't handle the elements of Lambeau well and it gets ugly early


Conference Championships
3)San Diego over 1)Cincinnati 24-16- The Chargers don't make any mistakes and they force Andy Dalton into a few key turnovers, sending them to the Super Bowl

2)Green Bay over 1)New York 38-28- Green Bay scores just enough points to out race the Giants in a revenge game, sending them back to the Super Bowl



Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, New York City
Green Bay over San Diego 45-20

Super Bowl MVP: Clay Matthews

     Just a few too many mistakes by the Chargers give the Packers great field position throughout the game, resulting in the Packers putting a whipping on San Diego. Aaron Rodgers lit up San Diego by throwing three touchdowns, all to Greg Jennings. 

Jason Pierre-Paul

MVP: Eli Manning, QB New York
OPOY: Calvin Johnson, WR Detroit
DPOY: Jason Pierre-Paul, DE New York
OROY: Marcus Lattimore, RB New York
DROY: Tyrann Mathieu, CB Tennessee
COY: Marvin Lewis, Cincinnati 


2014
AFC
1 Tennessee Titans 14-2

Jake Locker

2 Cleveland Browns 11-5
3 New York Jets 9-7
4 Denver Broncos 8-8
5 Houston Texans 11-5
6 Cincinnati Bengals 11-5
7 Miami Dolphins 9-7
8 Indianapolis Colts 9-7
9 Pittsburgh Steelers 9-7
10 New England Patriots 9-7
11 Baltimore Ravens 8-8
12 Buffalo Bills 7-9
13 Kansas City Chiefs 6-10
14 Jacksonville Jaguars 6-10
15 San Diego Chargers 5-11
16 Oakland Raiders 3-13


NFC

Matthew Stafford

1 Detroit Lions 14-2
2 New York Giants 13-3
3 Atlanta Falcons 12-4
4 St. Louis Rams 10-6
5 Philadelphia Eagles 12-4
6 Minnesota Vikings 11-5
7 Carolina Panthers 9-7
8 San Francisco 49ers 9-7
9 Green Bay Packers 9-7
10 Dallas Cowboys 8-8
11 Washington Redskins 7-9
12 New Orleans Saints 6-10
13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-10
14 Arizona Cardinals 4-12
15 Chicago Bears 4-12
16 Seattle Seahawks 3-13


Wild Card Round

Matt Ryan

4)St. Louis over 5)Philadelphia 24-7- The Rams defense led by Chris Long and James Laurinatis shut down Michael Vick and LaSean McCoy, sending the Rams to the next round
6)Cincinnati over 3)New York 20-17- With only a forty-two seconds to play, Andy Dalton leads the Bengals down the field and finds A.J. Green in the corner of the endzone with nine seconds to play
3)Atlanta over 6)Minnesota 27-24- Two big time performances by Matt Ryan and Christian Ponder, with Ryan coming out a on top
5)Houston over 4)Denver 20-9- Tim Tebow could only muster field goals, which doesn't do the trick against Houston

Divisional Round

Chris Johnson

3)Atlanta over 2)New York 34-16- Turnovers and miscues plague the Giants as Matt Ryan and the Falcons finally breakthrough
1)Tennessee over 6)Cincinnati 38-24- Chris Johnson runs all over the Bengals defense to send Tennessee to the AFC Championship
5)Houston over 2)Cleveland 23-13- Houston's stellar defense led by Brian Cushing shut down Robert Griffin III as Houston advances
1)Detroit over 4)St. Louis 41-6- The Rams had no answer for stopping Ndamukong Suh and the Lions pass rush

Conference Championship
1)Detroit over 3)Atlanta 27-21- The Lions do just enough to slow down the tandem of Roddy White and Julio Jones, sending the Lions to their first Super Bowl

5)Houston over 1)Tennessee 21-17- Andre Johnson catches two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to lead Houston to their first Super Bowl


Super Bowl IL, University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix
Houston over Detroit 29-27

Super Bowl MVP: Arian Foster

     The Houston defense picks off Matthew Stafford two times to jump out to the 20-0 lead at halftime. But back comes Detroit, who trim the lead to 20-17 heading into the fourth quarter. Two turnovers in the fourth quarter by Detroit set up two of three Houston field goals to put them up 26-20 with five minutes to play. But Matthew Stafford finds Titus Young for a 52 yard touchdown to put them up one with a little over four minutes to play. But Arian Foster, who picked up 162 yards on the ground puts the Texans in great position for Neil Rackers to nail the 23 yard field goal as time expires to give the Texans their first Super Bowl title. 

Cam Newton

MVP: Robert Griffin III, QB Cleveland
OPOY: Cam Newton, QB Carolina
DPOY: Ndamukong Suh, DT Detroit
COY: Mike Munchak, Tennessee


2015
AFC
1 New York Jets 14-2 
2 Indianapolis Colts 14-2

Mark Sanchez

3 Kansas City Chiefs 10-6
4 Cleveland Browns 10-6
5 Houston Texans 11-5
6 Buffalo Bills 10-6
7 New England Patriots 10-6 
8 Tennessee Titans 9-7
9 Baltimore Ravens 9-7 
10 Cincinnati Bengals 8-8
11 Jacksonville Jaguars 7-9
12 Denver Broncos 7-9
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 6-10
14 Miami Dolphins 5-11
15 San Diego Chargers 4-12
16 Oakland Raiders 4-12


NFC
1 Detroit Lions 14-2

Matthew Stafford

2 New York Giants 12-4
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11-5
4 Arizona Cardinals 10-6
5 Green Bay Packers 12-4
6 Carolina Panthers 11-5
7 Chicago Bears 9-7
8 Dallas Cowboys 9-7
9 San Francisco 49ers 8-8
10 Philadelphia Eagles 7-9
11 St. Louis Rams 6-10
12 Atlanta Falcons 6-10
13 Minnesota Vikings 6-10
14 Washington Redskins 6-10
15 Seattle Seahawks 5-11
16 New Orleans Saints 4-12


Wild Card Round

Cam Newton

3)Kansas City over 6)Buffalo 24-20- Eric Berry and the Chiefs defense create two interceptions off of Landry Jones to spark the Chiefs win
6)Carolina over 3)Tampa Bay 34-20- Cam Newton's playoff debut is a great one, throwing for four touchdowns to defeat Tampa Bay
4)Cleveland over 5)Houston 17-7- The Browns defense steps up in snowy Cleveland to defeat the defending champion Texans
5)Green Bay over 4)Arizona 49-10- Aaron Rodgers throws five touchdowns to humiliate Arizona

Divisional

Victor Cruz

2)Indianapolis over 3)Kansas City 28-13- Andrew Luck has a very efficient playoff debut to send Indy to the AFC Championship
6)Carolina over 1)Detroit 41-38 OT- Cam Newton and Matthew Stafford turn in one of the greatest duels in NFL history, but the Panthers edge the Lions to send the Lions home disappointed once again
2)New York over 5)Green Bay 30-20- Jason Pierre-Paul and the Giants pass rush dominate the Packers up front as Victor Cruz and the Giants salsa dance their way to the NFC Championship
1)New York over 4)Cleveland 28-21- Marcus Lattimore pounds his way for 150 yards in his playoff debut to send Robert Griffin III and the Browns home

Conference Championship 
2)Indianapolis over 1)New York 17-14- The Colts do just enough to contain Marcus Lattimore and the Jets to head to Miami

2)New York over 6)Carolina 34-13- Cam Newton can't dial up his A game as the Giants defense proves to be too much for Carolina


Super Bowl L, Sun Life Stadium, Miami
New York over Indianapolis 24-17

Super Bowl MVP: Hakeem Nicks

     The Giants were in control throughout, holding Andrew Luck and the Colts to only 3 first half points to lead 17-3. The Colts wouldn't give up, cutting the lead to 7 two times, but Eli Manning and the Giants do not make any mistakes. Prince Amukamara seals the game with an interception of Andrew Luck to give the Giants their third Super Bowl in the Eli Manning/Tom Coughlin era. 


MVP: Aaron Rodgers, QB Green Bay
OPOY: Cam Newton, QB Carolina
DPOY: Eric Berry, S Kansas City
COY: Rex Ryan, New York 


2016
AFC
1 Indianapolis Colts 13-3
2 Baltimore Ravens 12-4
3 Kansas City Chiefs 12-4
4 Buffalo Bills 11-5
5 New York Jets 10-6 

Andrew Luck

6 Cincinnati Bengals 10-6
7 St. Louis Rams 9-7- *Jacksonville Jagurs become Los Angeles Jaguars, move to NFC West
8 Tennessee Titans 8-8
9 Denver Broncos 8-8
10 Pittsburgh Steelers 7-9
11 New England Patriots 7-9
12 Oakland Raiders 6-10
13 Houston Texans 6-10
14 Cleveland Browns 5-11
15 San Diego Chargers 3-13
16 Miami Dolphins 3-13


NFC
1 Carolina Panthers 15-1
2 Green Bay Packers 13-3

Cam Newton

3 Los Angeles Jaguars 12-4- *Jacksonville Jaguars become Los Angeles Jaguars 
4 Philadelphia Eagles 11-5
5 Detroit Lions 12-4
6 New York Giants 11-5
7 Atlanta Falcons 11-5
8 Dallas Cowboys 11-5
9 San Francisco 49ers 10-6
10 Chicago Bears 10-6
11 New Orleans Saints 9-7 
12 Seattle Seahawks 8-8
13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-10
14 Minnesota Vikings 3-13
15 Washington Redskins 2-14
16 Arizona Cardinals 1-15


Wild Card Round
4)Buffalo over 5)New York 20-14- Marcell Dareus sacks and forces a fumble on Mark Sanchez during the Jets final drive in the red zone to give the Bills their first playoff win in over a decade

Marcell Dareus 

3)Los Angeles over 6)New York 40-17- Matt Barkley powered the offense and Courtney Upshaw powered the defense, forcing four Eli Manning interceptions to send the defending champs home
5)Detroit over 4)Philadelphia 14-10- Defense dominated the game and Detroit's was superior, shutting down LaSean McCoy and the normally explosive Philly offense
6)Cincinnati over 3)Kansas City 28-3- Kansas City could not move the ball as Cincinnati had no problems moving on to the divisional round

Divisional Round

Titus Young

1)Indianapolis over 6)Cincinnati 30-27 OT- Andrew Luck led the Colts back to tie the game with a touchdown and two point conversion with no time left to send the game to overtime; Andy Dalton was fantastic, but had his first overtime pass intercepted to set up the game winning field goal
2)Green Bay over 3)Los Angeles 31-13- Matt Barkley couldn't handle the cold Green Bay night, sending the Packers to the NFC Championship once again
2)Baltimore over 4)Buffalo 23-17 OT- In a back and fourth game, on the opening kickoff in overtime, the Ravens take it back 103 yards to advance to the AFC Championship
5)Detroit over 1)Carolina 33-32- Down 32-14 with 8 minutes to go, the Lions came roaring back with the help of two Cam Newton interceptions to shock the Panthers

Conference Championships
2)Green Bay over 5)Detroit 28-23- The Lions are stopped by the Packers once again by the hand of Aaron Rodgers, who throws three touchdowns and rushes for another to lead the Packers back to the Super Bowl

2)Baltimore over 1)Indianapolis 24-23- Up 23-17 with a minute and forty seconds left, all Indianapolis had to do was hit a 38 yard field goal to seal the game; but Baltimore got just enough of a block to alter the kick and keep the game alive, where a minute and a half later, Joe Flacco found Ray Rice from 27 yards out to send the Ravens to the Super Bowl in shocking fashion


Super Bowl LI, Farmers Field, Los Angeles
Green Bay over Baltimore 27-10

Super Bowl MVP: LaMichael James

A.J. Green

     Baltimore could not muster enough offense to hang with Aaron Rodgers. LaMichael James led the attack with 380 all purpose yards, including 120 rushing yards and a receiving touchdown. 


MVP: Andrew Luck, QB Indianapolis
OPOY: A.J. Green, WR Cincinnati
DPOY: Von Miller, LB Denver
COY: Jim Harbaugh, Baltimore


2017
*Change in Playoff Format, Division Winners make playoffs, not guaranteed home playoff game
AFC
1 Indianapolis Colts 12-4
2 Tennessee Titans 12-4
3 San Diego Chargers 11-5
4 Buffalo Bills 11-5
5 Cleveland Browns 10-6
6 Cincinnati Bengals 8-8


NFC
1 Los Angeles Jaguars 13-3
2 Detroit Lions 12-4
3 Atlanta Falcons 11-5
4 Green Bay Packers 10-6
5 Dallas Cowboys 10-6
6 Chicago Bears 10-6


Wild Card Round
3)Atlanta over 6)Chicago 23-16
3)San Diego over 6)Cincinnati 24-19
5)Cleveland over 4)Buffalo 31-24
4)Green Bay over 5)Dallas 27-17


Divisional Round
2)Tennessee over 3)San Diego 17-0
1)Los Angeles over 4)Green Bay 20-17
2)Detroit over 3)Atlanta 17-9
5)Cleveland over 1)Indianapolis 28-20


Conference Championships
5)Cleveland over 2)Tennessee 20-14
2)Detroit over 1)Los Angeles 34-24

Super Bowl XLVII, Super Dome, New Orleans

New England over Green Bay 34-31

Super Bowl MVP: Tom Brady

Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, New York City

Green Bay over San Diego 45-20

Super Bowl MVP: Clay Matthews

Super Bowl IL, University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix

Houston over Detroit 29-27

Super Bowl MVP: Arian Foster

Super Bowl L, Sun Life Stadium, Miami

New York over Indianapolis 24-17

Super Bowl MVP: Hakeem Nicks

Super Bowl LI, Farmers Field, Los Angeles

Green Bay over Baltimore 27-10

Super Bowl MVP: LaMichael James

Super Bowl LII, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa Bay 
Detroit Lions over Cleveland Browns 35-20

Super Bowl MVP: Ndamukong Suh


2018
Super Bowl LIII, Cowboys Stadium, Dallas 
Los Angeles Jaguars over Indianapolis Colts 38-34

Super Bowl MVP: Matt Barkley


2019
Super Bowl LIV, 49ers Stadium, Santa Clara
San Francisco 49ers over Buffalo Bills 21-13



2020
Super Bowl LV, Soldier Field, Chicago
Indianapolis Colts over Los Angeles Jaguars 28-16


2021
Super Bowl LVI, Chargers Stadium, San Diego
Washington Redskins over Pittsburgh Steelers 27-24