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Projected wins for each team

Posted Aug. 26 at 02:27 AM

Now that I've seen all of the teams at least twice in exhibition games, I'm starting to get a feel for how I think they'll do this year.

As far as I can see, it looks like the Patriots and Steelers are the class of the AFC, with the Colts, Ravens and Chargers on the next tier.

On the NFC side, I've got the Packers, Vikings and Giants as the favorites. Not much separation between the other NFC contenders - Eagles, Falcons, Bears, Saints and Cardinals all have a good chance to finish over .500.

The numbers you see below are the ballpark win totals for each team. I looked at all 256 regular-season games and calculated the odds of each team winning in each of those games. When Carolina plays at Atlanta in week 2, for example, I gave the Falcons a 70 percent chance of winning that game - so that's .7 of a win for Atlanta and .3 of a win for the Panthers. I see the week 3 game of Indianapolis at Arizona as a 50-50 type game, so I went for a half win for each team for that one.

After looking at every game, I added up all of the wins for each team. Those numbers are shown below. Let me know where you think I’m way off.


PROJECTED WIN TOTALS FOR EACH TEAM
  Wins  
  11.9  New England
  11.2  Pittsburgh
  10.3  Indianapolis
  10.1  Green Bay
  10.1  Minnesota
  10.0  NY Giants
    9.8  Baltimore
    9.8  Philadelphia
    9.8  San Diego
    9.1  Atlanta
    9.1  Chicago
    9.1  Tennessee
    9.0  Dallas
    8.8  New Orleans
    8.6  Arizona
    8.2  Washington
    8.1  Carolina
    8.1  Houston
    8.0  Miami
    7.7  Seattle
    7.6  Cincinnati
    7.3  Buffalo
    7.1  San Francisco
    6.6  Jacksonville
    6.5  Oakland
    5.8  NY Jets
    5.7  Cleveland
    5.6  Denver
    5.0  Tampa Bay
    4.7  St. Louis
    4.5  Kansas City
    3.7  Detroit


TEAM-BY-TEAM BREAKDOWNS
Probability of victory for each team in all 16 of its regular season games.

Arizona
  70%  vs. San Francisco
  50%  at Jacksonville
  50%  vs. Indianapolis
    bye
  65%  vs. Houston
  40%  at Seattle
  25%  at NY Giants
  65%  vs. Carolina
  40%  at Chicago
  70%  vs. Seattle
  55%  at St. Louis
  35%  at Tennessee
  50%  vs. Minnesota
  45%  at San Francisco
  65%  at Detroit
  85%  vs. St. Louis
  50%  vs. Green Bay
Atlanta
  65%  vs. Miami
  70%  vs. Carolina
  20%  at New England
    bye
  55%  at San Francisco
  65%  vs. Chicago
  45%  at Dallas
  45%  at New Orleans
  70%  vs. Washington
  40%  at Carolina
  35%  at NY Giants
  80%  vs. Tampa Bay
  60%  vs. Philadelphia
  65%  vs. New Orleans
  55%  at NY Jets
  75%  vs. Buffalo
  60%  at Tampa Bay
Baltimore
  95%  vs. Kansas City
  40%  at San Diego
  85%  vs. Cleveland
  25%  at New England
  80%  vs. Cincinnati
  40%  at Minnesota
    bye
  90%  vs. Denver
  55%  at Cincinnati
  60%  at Cleveland
  55%  vs. Indianapolis
  55%  vs. Pittsburgh
  45%  at Green Bay
  95%  vs. Detroit
  65%  vs. Chicago
  35%  at Pittsburgh
  60%  at Oakland
Buffalo
  10%  at New England
  70%  vs. Tampa Bay
  60%  vs. New Orleans
  30%  at Miami
  70%  vs. Cleveland
  45%  at NY Jets
  35%  at Carolina
  55%  vs. Houston
    bye
  20%  at Tennessee
  40%  at Jacksonville
  60%  vs. Miami
  65%  vs. NY Jets
  55%  at Kansas City
  35%  vs. New England
  25%  at Atlanta
  50%  vs. Indianapolis
Carolina
  55%  vs. Philadelphia
  30%  at Atlanta
  40%  at Dallas
    bye
  65%  vs. Washington
  55%  at Tampa Bay
  65%  vs. Buffalo
  35%  at Arizona
  40%  at New Orleans
  60%  vs. Atlanta
  65%  vs. Miami
  60%  at NY Jets
  80%  vs. Tampa Bay
  20%  at New England
  55%  vs. Minnesota
  25%  at NY Giants
  60%  vs. New Orleans
Chicago
  35%  at Green Bay
  45%  vs. Pittsburgh
  45%  at Seattle
  95%  vs. Detroit
    bye
  35%  at Atlanta
  55%  at Cincinnati
  90%  vs. Cleveland
  60%  vs. Arizona
  50%  at San Francisco
  55%  vs. Philadelphia
  40%  at Minnesota
  90%  vs. St. Louis
  55%  vs. Green Bay
  35%  at Baltimore
  55%  vs. Minnesota
  65%  at Detroit
Cincinnati
  60%  vs. Denver
  25%  at Green Bay
  45%  vs. Pittsburgh
  55%  at Cleveland
  20%  at Baltimore
  55%  vs. Houston
  45%  vs. Chicago
    bye
  45%  vs. Baltimore
  20%  at Pittsburgh
  45%  at Oakland
  75%  vs. Cleveland
  85%  vs. Detroit
  25%  at Minnesota
  20%  at San Diego
  85%  vs. Kansas City
  50%  at NY Jets
Cleveland
  35%  vs. Minnesota
  40%  at Denver
  15%  at Baltimore
  45%  vs. Cincinnati
  30%  at Buffalo
  5%  at Pittsburgh
  40%  vs. Green Bay
  10%  at Chicago
    bye
  40%  vs. Baltimore
  45%  at Detroit
  25%  at Cincinnati
  40%  vs. San Diego
  35%  vs. Pittsburgh
  45%  at Kansas City
  55%  vs. Oakland
  60%  vs. Jacksonville
Dallas
  60%  at Tampa Bay
  55%  vs. NY Giants
  60%  vs. Carolina
  55%  at Denver
  70%  at Kansas City
    bye
  55%  vs. Atlanta
  80%  vs. Seattle
  35%  at Philadelphia
  35%  at Green Bay
  75%  vs. Washington
  85%  vs. Oakland
  30%  at NY Giants
  60%  vs. San Diego
  40%  at New Orleans
  45%  at Washington
  55%  vs. Philadelphia
Denver
  40%  at Cincinnati
  60%  vs. Cleveland
  45%  at Oakland
  45%  vs. Dallas
  30%  vs. New England
  10%  at San Diego
    bye
  10%  at Baltimore
  30%  vs. Pittsburgh
  15%  at Washington
  40%  vs. San Diego
  40%  vs. NY Giants
  50%  at Kansas City
  15%  at Indianapolis
  55%  vs. Oakland
  10%  at Philadelphia
  65%  vs. Kansas City
Detroit
  5%  at New Orleans
  25%  vs. Minnesota
  35%  vs. Washington
  5%  at Chicago
  20%  vs. Pittsburgh
  5%  at Green Bay
    bye
  60%  vs. St. Louis
  15%  at Seattle
  5%  at Minnesota
  55%  vs. Cleveland
  25%  vs. Green Bay
  15%  at Cincinnati
  5%  at Baltimore
  35%  vs. Arizona
  20%  at San Francisco
  35%  vs. Chicago
Green Bay
  65%  vs. Chicago
  75%  vs. Cincinnati
  75%  at St. Louis
  40%  at Minnesota
    bye
  95%  vs. Detroit
  60%  at Cleveland
  60%  vs. Minnesota
  55%  at Tampa Bay
  65%  vs. Dallas
  80%  vs. San Francisco
  75%  at Detroit
  55%  vs. Baltimore
  45%  at Chicago
  30%  at Pittsburgh
  85%  vs. Seattle
  50%  at Arizona
Houston
  70%  vs. NY Jets
  25%  at Tennessee
  75%  vs. Jacksonville
  70%  vs. Oakland
  35%  at Arizona
  45%  at Cincinnati
  70%  vs. San Francisco
  45%  at Buffalo
  25%  at Indianapolis
    bye
  55%  vs. Tennessee
  50%  vs. Indianapolis
  45%  at Jacksonville
  70%  vs. Seattle
  55%  at St. Louis
  35%  at Miami
  35%  vs. New England
Indianapolis
  85%  vs. Jacksonville
  45%  at Miami
  50%  at Arizona
  85%  vs. Seattle
  45%  at Tennessee
    bye
  70%  at St. Louis
  85%  vs. San Francisco
  75%  vs. Houston
  55%  vs. New England
  45%  at Baltimore
  50%  at Houston
  60%  vs. Tennessee
  85%  vs. Denver
  60%  at Jacksonville
  85%  vs. NY Jets
  50%  at Buffalo
Jacksonville
  15%  at Indianapolis
  50%  vs. Arizona
  25%  at Houston
  45%  vs. Tennessee
  15%  at Seattle
  80%  vs. St. Louis
    bye
  20%  at Tennessee
  80%  vs. Kansas City
  45%  at NY Jets
  60%  vs. Buffalo
  25%  at San Francisco
  55%  vs. Houston
  50%  vs. Miami
  40%  vs. Indianapolis
  10%  at New England
  40%  at Cleveland
Kansas City
  5%  at Baltimore
  45%  vs. Oakland
  5%  at Philadelphia
  25%  vs. NY Giants
  30%  vs. Dallas
  15%  at Washington
  30%  vs. San Diego
    bye
  20%  at Jacksonville
  30%  at Oakland
  25%  vs. Pittsburgh
  15%  at San Diego
  50%  vs. Denver
  45%  vs. Buffalo
  55%  vs. Cleveland
  15%  at Cincinnati
  35%  at Denver
Miami
  35%  at Atlanta
  55%  vs. Indianapolis
  40%  at San Diego
  70%  vs. Buffalo
  75%  vs. NY Jets
    bye
  60%  vs. New Orleans
  55%  at NY Jets
  20%  at New England
  80%  vs. Tampa Bay
  35%  at Carolina
  40%  at Buffalo
  40%  vs. New England
  50%  at Jacksonville
  40%  at Tennessee
  65%  vs. Houston
  40%  vs. Pittsburgh
Minnesota
  65%  at Cleveland
  75%  at Detroit
  85%  vs. San Francisco
  60%  vs. Green Bay
  75%  at St. Louis
  60%  vs. Baltimore
  35%  at Pittsburgh
  40%  at Green Bay
    bye
  95%  vs. Detroit
  85%  vs. Seattle
  60%  vs. Chicago
  50%  at Arizona
  75%  vs. Cincinnati
  45%  at Carolina
  45%  at Chicago
  60%  vs. NY Giants
New England
  90%  vs. Buffalo
  80%  at NY Jets
  80%  vs. Atlanta
  75%  vs. Baltimore
  70%  at Denver
  75%  vs. Tennessee
  75%  at Tampa Bay
    bye
  80%  vs. Miami
  45%  at Indianapolis
  90%  vs. NY Jets
  65%  at New Orleans
  60%  at Miami
  80%  vs. Carolina
  65%  at Buffalo
  90%  vs. Jacksonville
  65%  at Houston
New Orleans
  95%  vs. Detroit
  40%  at Philadelphia
  40%  at Buffalo
  80%  vs. NY Jets
    bye
  55%  vs. NY Giants
  40%  at Miami
  55%  vs. Atlanta
  60%  vs. Carolina
  65%  at St. Louis
  55%  at Tampa Bay
  35%  vs. New England
  40%  at Washington
  35%  at Atlanta
  60%  vs. Dallas
  85%  vs. Tampa Bay
  40%  at Carolina
NY Giants
  80%  vs. Washington
  45%  at Dallas
  60%  at Tampa Bay
  75%  at Kansas City
  85%  vs. Oakland
  45%  at New Orleans
  75%  vs. Arizona
  35%  at Philadelphia
  70%  vs. San Diego
    bye
  65%  vs. Atlanta
  60%  at Denver
  70%  vs. Dallas
  65%  vs. Philadelphia
  50%  at Washington
  75%  vs. Carolina
  40%  at Minnesota
NY Jets
  30%  at Houston
  20%  vs. New England
  45%  vs. Tennessee
  20%  at New Orleans
  25%  at Miami
  55%  vs. Buffalo
  40%  at Oakland
  45%  vs. Miami
    bye
  55%  vs. Jacksonville
  10%  at New England
  40%  vs. Carolina
  35%  at Buffalo
  45%  at Tampa Bay
  45%  vs. Atlanta
  15%  at Indianapolis
  50%  vs. Cincinnati
Oakland
  40%  vs. San Diego
  55%  at Kansas City
  55%  vs. Denver
  30%  at Houston
  15%  at NY Giants
  40%  vs. Philadelphia
  60%  vs. NY Jets
  20%  at San Diego
    bye
  70%  vs. Kansas City
  55%  vs. Cincinnati
  15%  at Dallas
  10%  at Pittsburgh
  50%  vs. Washington
  45%  at Denver
  45%  at Cleveland
  40%  vs. Baltimore
Philadelphia
  45%  at Carolina
  60%  vs. New Orleans
  95%  vs. Kansas City
    bye
  90%  vs. Tampa Bay
  60%  at Oakland
  50%  at Washington
  65%  vs. NY Giants
  65%  vs. Dallas
  40%  at San Diego
  45%  at Chicago
  75%  vs. Washington
  40%  at Atlanta
  35%  at NY Giants
  80%  vs. San Francisco
  90%  vs. Denver
  45%  at Dallas
Pittsburgh
  75%  vs. Tennessee
  55%  at Chicago
  55%  at Cincinnati
  75%  vs. San Diego
  80%  at Detroit
  95%  vs. Cleveland
  65%  vs. Minnesota
    bye
  70%  at Denver
  80%  vs. Cincinnati
  75%  at Kansas City
  45%  at Baltimore
  90%  vs. Oakland
  65%  at Cleveland
  70%  vs. Green Bay
  65%  vs. Baltimore
  60%  at Miami
San Diego
  60%  at Oakland
  60%  vs. Baltimore
  60%  vs. Miami
  25%  at Pittsburgh
    bye
  90%  vs. Denver
  70%  at Kansas City
  80%  vs. Oakland
  30%  at NY Giants
  60%  vs. Philadelphia
  60%  at Denver
  85%  vs. Kansas City
  60%  at Cleveland
  40%  at Dallas
  80%  vs. Cincinnati
  40%  at Tennessee
  80%  vs. Washington
San Francisco
  30%  at Arizona
  70%  vs. Seattle
  15%  at Minnesota
  80%  vs. St. Louis
  45%  vs. Atlanta
    bye
  30%  at Houston
  15%  at Indianapolis
  45%  vs. Tennessee
  50%  vs. Chicago
  20%  at Green Bay
  75%  vs. Jacksonville
  30%  at Seattle
  55%  vs. Arizona
  20%  at Philadelphia
  80%  vs. Detroit
  45%  at St. Louis
Seattle
  85%  vs. St. Louis
  30%  at San Francisco
  55%  vs. Chicago
  15%  at Indianapolis
  85%  vs. Jacksonville
  60%  vs. Arizona
    bye
  20%  at Dallas
  85%  vs. Detroit
  30%  at Arizona
  15%  at Minnesota
  45%  at St. Louis
  70%  vs. San Francisco
  30%  at Houston
  75%  vs. Tampa Bay
  15%  at Green Bay
  55%  vs. Tennessee
St. Louis
  15%  at Seattle
  20%  at Washington
  25%  vs. Green Bay
  20%  at San Francisco
  25%  vs. Minnesota
  20%  at Jacksonville
  30%  vs. Indianapolis
  40%  at Detroit
    bye
  35%  vs. New Orleans
  45%  vs. Arizona
  55%  vs. Seattle
  10%  at Chicago
  15%  at Tennessee
  45%  vs. Houston
  15%  at Arizona
  55%  vs. San Francisco
Tampa Bay
  40%  vs. Dallas
  30%  at Buffalo
  40%  vs. NY Giants
  20%  at Washington
  10%  at Philadelphia
  45%  vs. Carolina
  25%  vs. New England
    bye
  45%  vs. Green Bay
  20%  at Miami
  45%  vs. New Orleans
  20%  at Atlanta
  20%  at Carolina
  55%  vs. NY Jets
  25%  at Seattle
  15%  at New Orleans
  40%  vs. Atlanta
Tennessee
  25%  at Pittsburgh
  75%  vs. Houston
  55%  at NY Jets
  55%  at Jacksonville
  55%  vs. Indianapolis
  25%  at New England
    bye
  80%  vs. Jacksonville
  55%  at San Francisco
  80%  vs. Buffalo
  45%  at Houston
  65%  vs. Arizona
  40%  at Indianapolis
  85%  vs. St. Louis
  60%  vs. Miami
  60%  vs. San Diego
  45%  at Seattle
Washington
  20%  at NY Giants
  80%  vs. St. Louis
  65%  at Detroit
  80%  vs. Tampa Bay
  35%  at Carolina
  85%  vs. Kansas City
  50%  vs. Philadelphia
    bye
  30%  at Atlanta
  85%  vs. Denver
  25%  at Dallas
  25%  at Philadelphia
  60%  vs. New Orleans
  50%  at Oakland
  50%  vs. NY Giants
  55%  vs. Dallas
  20%  at San Diego


Readers' Comments

Posted by RAY SCHMITT | Aug. 27 at 01:41 AM

Re Chicago: You have this team projected for nine wins but yet they are favored in very few games according to your percentages projections. Appears to be a contradiction. Having seen two Bear practices, I agree with your nine win projection. In fact, they may be a surprise team this year.

Posted by ANDY RICHARDSON | Aug. 27 at 03:44 AM

You're a lot higher on Miami than I would have anticipated. You give them the edge at home against Indianapolis (55-45) and New Orleans (60-40), plus better shots of winning at San Diego and Pittsburgh than I'd have figured. Then there's the Jets, who your percentages suggest will start 1-7, getting swept by Miami and losing at Oakland, too. Maybe it's my East Coast bias, but I see the Jets as more of a .500 type team and a little bit better this year, rookie QB and all, than Miami.

Posted by BEN HOGEVOLL | Aug. 27 at 04:49 AM

Your to low on Bal,I think they will win 12 games including a split with pit and go to the superbowl.They have the best def in football and Flacco has really improved.

Posted by Travis George | Aug. 27 at 09:29 AM

One thing that jumps out is 60% for SD vs. Oak?? No way. That should be like 75% minimum.

Posted by IAN ALLAN | Aug. 27 at 10:02 AM

I could be wrong on San Diego at Oakland in week 1. I just remember the Chargers being lucky to win at that venue last year. Division games can be tricky. A bad Kansas City team won at San Diego two years ago and really should have beaten the Chargers at Arrowhead last season. That was the thinking there (although I had similar thoughts with the Raiders and Broncos on an opening MNF game last year and Denver just flat-out rolled them). Miami has impressed me in both of their preseason games, particularly on defense; we'll see what they look like in their game tonight.

Posted by PAUL HEVIER | Aug. 30 at 12:07 AM

Rodgers is the real deal this year. He's as on fire as any QB I've seen. Now that the controversy is now in Minny and 100% of the fans are in support he seems to be a more confident QB. The team all around looks great. Capers a great addition for the D. And check the sched it starts out as easy as any in the league. Don't forget the Pack lost a lot of close games last year. Everything is pointing at a turn around season.

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Fantasy Baseball Index, our 116-page fantasy draft annual, includes six separate one-page cheat sheets for 4x4 and 5x5 leagues -- AL-only, NL-only and combined -- Rotisserie dollar values, stat projections, depth charts, expanded coverage of minor league prospects, three-year stats, expert opinions, strategy, team-by-team analysis and more.

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