Written by Sam DeCoste
Right after the Super Bowl ends, all of us want to predict how teams can finish the next season. By the end of the regular season, each team's opponents are known. We know who, and we know where. But we don't know when.
We also don't know other team's bye weeks, when a team plays in primetime, or how many consecutive road games are being played. There are so many factors that contribute to the outcome of a team's season and its record, most of which depend on the schedule. But we have to wait until late April each year for the league to release it. But the wait has ended.
The 2017 NFL regular season schedule was released on Thursday. Each of the 256 regular season games has been put to paper and released to the league. Now pundits like me can predict each team's record at the end of the season based on the schedule.
So based on what we know in late April, before the draft, here are my predictions for each NFL team's win-loss record.
Italic - playoff berth
y - division winner
z - first round bye
* - home field advantage
AFC
AFC East
*New England 14-2
Buffalo 9-7
Miami 5-11
New York Jets 2-14
AFC North
y - Pittsburgh 11-5
Baltimore 11-5
Cincinnati 7-9
Cleveland 3-13
AFC South
y - Houston 9-7
Tennessee 9-7
Indianapolis 5-11
Jacksonville 5-11
AFC West
z - Oakland 12-4
Denver 11-5
Kansas City 10-6
Los Angeles Chargers 5-11
NFC
NFC East
y - Philadelphia 11-5
New York Giants 10-6
Dallas 9-7
Washington 4-12
NFC North
y - Green Bay 11-5
Minnesota 8-8
Detroit 5-11
Chicago 1-15
NFC South
z - Atlanta 12-4
Tampa Bay 9-7
Carolina 9-7
New Orleans 8-8
NFC West
*Seattle 12-4
Arizona 11-5
San Francisco 4-12
Los Angeles Rams 3-13
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