 We've now seen five weeks of the NFL season, and it's time for me to update my predictions for how I think each division will shake by the end of the year. There have been some teams thus far that have vastly exceeded initial expectations, while there are others who have looked much worse than anticipated.
Surprisingly, my predictions I made in the preseason still hold up pretty well in my opinion, especially for the NFC. While I do, of course, take into account how each team has fared in their first five contests, I also am still looking at each team with more of a longer-term viewpoint to determine whether or not some teams will either continue their early season trends or shift one way or the other. In general, however, if it's close, I'll stay with my initial picks for now rather than jump to alternate conclusions too early. Let's go ahead and take a look at my predictions for where each team will finish in their division standings and playoff picture over the next 13 weeks. *Spoiler Alert* x - clinch division y - clinch wildcard
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 In the past few days leading up to the start of the 2022 NFL regular season, I've given out my official preseason rankings as well as my predictions for how each division will shake out by the end of the year. If you want to check out either of those articles, you can do that here:
Preseason Rankings Final Standings & Playoff Teams Predictions Today, I'll be discussing my projections for a few other notable season-ending accolades that should be even tougher to nail down than the predictions I've made so far. Here are the topics on which I'll be providing my best estimations in this article:
Let's go ahead and dive right in.  It's time for one of my favorite activities of the NFL preseason - predicting where each team will finish in the standings when the regular season wraps up. It's always a tough task, as you never really know how a team will perform on the field regardless of how they look on paper. Injuries, suspensions, and other off-the-field issues can also play a role, but I'm going to do my best to nail these standings and playoff picture despite all the potential for parity.
I did a decent job with my predictions at the start of 2021, but there were certainly some teams I completely whiffed on. Here's a brief summary of the accuracy of my projections I made a year ago:
Let's go ahead and improve upon those numbers in 2022. Keep reading if you want to see exactly how the league will shake out come January. *Spoiler Alert* x - clinch division y - clinch wildcard  We're less than a week from the NFL's opening day, and now that the preseason has concluded, I figured it's an excellent time for my first official power rankings for the 2022 season. The first rankings list is always the toughest, as you're required to do a lot of speculation as to how you think teams will perform once the pads are on and the games matter. But regardless, I'll do my best to deliver the most accurate and informative power ranking prediction on the internet.
The rankings lists I make are a representation of how good I think each team is in relation to the rest of the league at this current moment. I'll track the progression of my rankings throughout the season by updating this list every four weeks, so that we get a reasonable amount of action to watch and assess in between each list. I compiled a season guidebook for each of the 32 teams in the league where I laid out everything you need to know about each team in one article. You can find those in the "NFL" section of the website, and while some of my predictions given in those have changed slightly over the last few weeks, those guidebooks will serve as a general guide for how I've ranked the following teams. Let's go ahead and dive into the breakdown of the league as we enter Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season. 1. Los Angeles Rams (12-5 last season)  There's nothing quite like nighttime football under the lights, which typically happens three times per week during the NFL season. Everyone loves checking their team's schedule to see when and who they'll be playing in primetime. Lucky for you, I've compiled all of that information in this article to give you easy access to see when your favorite team (or any other team, for that matter) will be playing in the primetime throughout the 2022 season.
A few points of note regarding the primetime schedule before we get into all the matchups:
Okay, here we go with the schedule. Week 1 Thursday, Sep. 8: Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Sep. 11: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys Monday, Sep. 12: Denver Broncos at Seattle Seahawks  While the summer season brings much enjoyment to the average person, for an NFL fan, it represents a desolate wasteland where Sundays just aren't quite as vibrant as in the autumn months. However, with each passing day, we inch closer to the beginning of the 2023 NFL season, which officially kicks off on September 8 this year.
Whether you've had your favorite team's tweet notifications turned on all summer or if you've decided to tune out all football news entirely, you'll be able to learn everything you need to know about your team going into the 2022-23 season right here. In today's article, I'll be discussing the Seattle Seahawks.  While the summer season brings much enjoyment to the average person, for an NFL fan, it represents a desolate wasteland where Sundays just aren't quite as vibrant as in the autumn months. However, with each passing day, we inch closer to the beginning of the 2023 NFL season, which officially kicks off on September 8 this year.
Whether you've had your favorite team's tweet notifications turned on all summer or if you've decided to tune out all football news entirely, you'll be able to learn everything you need to know about your team going into the 2022-23 season right here. In today's article, I'll be discussing the Los Angeles Rams.  While the summer season brings much enjoyment to the average person, for an NFL fan, it represents a desolate wasteland where Sundays just aren't quite as vibrant as in the autumn months. However, with each passing day, we inch closer to the beginning of the 2023 NFL season, which officially kicks off on September 8 this year.
Whether you've had your favorite team's tweet notifications turned on all summer or if you've decided to tune out all football news entirely, you'll be able to learn everything you need to know about your team going into the 2022-23 season right here. In today's article, I'll be discussing the San Francisco 49ers.  While the summer season brings much enjoyment to the average person, for an NFL fan, it represents a desolate wasteland where Sundays just aren't quite as vibrant as in the autumn months. However, with each passing day, we inch closer to the beginning of the 2023 NFL season, which officially kicks off on September 8 this year.
Whether you've had your favorite team's tweet notifications turned on all summer or if you've decided to tune out all football news entirely, you'll be able to learn everything you need to know about your team going into the 2022-23 season right here. In today's article, I'll be discussing the Arizona Cardinals.  While the summer season brings much enjoyment to the average person, for an NFL fan, it represents a desolate wasteland where Sundays just aren't quite as vibrant as in the autumn months. However, with each passing day, we inch closer to the beginning of the 2023 NFL season, which officially kicks off on September 8 this year.
Whether you've had your favorite team's tweet notifications turned on all summer or if you've decided to tune out all football news entirely, you'll be able to learn everything you need to know about your team going into the 2022-23 season right here. In today's article, I'll be discussing the New Orleans Saints. |
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