Here it is, your annual opportunity to tell the PFT staff that we’re idiots who hate your favorite team.
These are our predictions for the 2015 NFL season, where we’ll tell you our picks for the six playoff seeds from each conference, how we see the playoffs playing out, and our pick for Super Bowl 50.
Will we get these picks right? Well, probably not. Last year at this time, no one on the PFT staff picked the Patriots to win the Super Bowl. But we did all pick the Patriots to win the AFC East and the Seahawks to win the NFC West, and we all correctly predicted the Broncos, Colts and Packers to win their divisions as well. So it’s not like we’re making these picks by throwing darts at a list of teams.
But if you think your picks are better than ours, well, that’s what the comments section is for. Any commenter who correctly predicts the winner of Super Bowl 50 gets to read PFT for free all through 2016.
Josh Alper
AFC
1. Patriots; 2. Colts; 3. Broncos; 4. Ravens; 5. Dolphins; 6. Chiefs.
Wild card: Dolphins over Ravens, Broncos over Chiefs.
Divisional round: Broncos over Colts, Patriots over Dolphins.
Conference championship: Patriots over Broncos.
NFC
1. Packers; 2. Seahawks; 3. Eagles; 4. Saints; 5. Cowboys; 6. Vikings.
Wild card: Eagles over Vikings, Cowboys over Saints.
Divisional round: Packers over Cowboys, Eagles over Seahawks.
Conference championship: Packers over Eagles.
Super Bowl: Packers over Patriots.
Curtis Crabtree
AFC
1. Colts; 2. Broncos; 3. Patriots; 4. Ravens; 5. Dolphins; 6. Steelers.
Wild card: Patriots over Steelers, Ravens over Dolphins.
Divisional round: Patriots over Broncos, Colts over Ravens.
Conference championship: Colts over Patriots.
NFC
1. Packers; 2. Seahawks; 3. Cowboys; 4. Falcons; 5. Eagles; 6. Vikings
Wild card: Cowboys over Vikings, Eagles over Falcons.
Divisional round: Seahawks over Cowboys, Packers over Eagles.
Conference championship: Packers over Seahawks.
Super Bowl: Packers over Colts.
Darin Gantt
AFC
1. Colts; 2. Ravens; 3. Patriots; 4. Broncos; 5. Dolphins; 6. Steelers.
Wild card: Patriots over Steelers, Dolphins over Broncos.
Divisional round: Dolphins over Colts, Ravens over Patriots.
Conference Championship: Ravens over Dolphins.
NFC
1. Packers; 2. Eagles; 3. Cardinals; 4. Falcons; 5. Seahawks; 6. Cowboys.
Wild card: Cardinals over Cowboys, Seahawks over Falcons.
Divisional round: Cardinals over Eagles, Packers over Seahawks.
Conference championship: Packers over Cardinals.
Super Bowl: Ravens over Packers.
Zac Jackson
AFC
1. Patriots; 2. Colts; 3. Chargers; 4. Steelers; 5; Broncos; 6. Texans
Wild card: Chargers over Texans; Steelers over Broncos.
Divisional round: Steelers over Patriots; Chargers over Colts.
Conference championship: Chargers over Steelers.
NFC
1. Packers; 2. Eagles; 3. Seahawks; 4. Falcons; 5. Cardinals; 6. Lions.
Wild card: Seahawks over Lions; Cardinals over Falcons.
Divisional round: Packers over Cardinals; Seahawks over Eagles.
Conference championship: Packers over Seahawks.
Super Bowl: Packers over Chargers.
Michael David Smith
AFC
1. Patriots; 2. Colts; 3. Broncos; 4. Ravens; 5. Steelers; 6. Chiefs.
Wild card: Broncos over Chiefs, Ravens over Steelers.
Divisional round: Ravens over Patriots, Broncos over Colts.
Conference championship: Broncos over Ravens.
NFC
1. Seahawks; 2. Packers; 3. Eagles; 4. Falcons; 5. Vikings; 6. Rams.
Wild card: Eagles over Rams, Vikings over Falcons.
Divisional round: Seahawks over Vikings, Eagles over Packers.
Conference championship: Seahawks over Eagles.
Super Bowl: Seahawks over Broncos.
Mike Florio
AFC
1. Patriots; 2. Colts; 3. Ravens; 4. Broncos; 5. Chiefs; 6. Steelers.
Wild card: Ravens over Steelers, Broncos over Chiefs.
Divisional round: Ravens over Colts; Patriots over Broncos.
Conference championship: Patriots over Ravens.
NFC
1. Packers; 2. Seahawks; 3. Cowboys; 4. Saints; 5. Vikings; 6. Eagles.
Wild card: Cowboys over Eagles; Vikings over Saints.
Divisional round: Seahawks over Cowboys; Packers over Vikings.
Conference championship: Packers over Seahawks.
Super Bowl: Patriots over Packers.