2017 Season Predictions

Unscripted NFL Predictions 2017

Get your Asian Zing and Honey BBQ sauces ready Buffalo Wild Wings, because football's back and I'm hungry! While my traditional Sunday meal is a near certainty each week, how the NFL season will unfold is a lot more of a guessing game. But that's not going to stop me from pretending I know enough to predict the champs we'll see come SuperBowl 52!!

(In addition to my Season/SuperBowl Predictions, you can also view my 2017 Offseason Power Rankings here.)

AFC Division Champs

New England Patriots (1st seed) -- Pittsburgh Steelers (2nd seed)

Kansas City Chiefs (3rd seed) -- Houston Texans (4th seed)

Wild Cards: Oakland Raiders (5th seed) -- Tennessee Titans (6th seed)

NFC Division Champs

Green Bay Packers (1st seed) -- Seattle Seahawks (2nd seed)

New York Giants (3rd seed) -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4th seed)

Wild Cards: Atlanta Falcons (5th seed) -- Philadelphia Eagles (6th seed)

2017 Offseason Power Rankings

Unscripted NFL Power Rankings
2017 Offseason

Previous Power Rankings:

Post-Super Bowl

Offseason Note: These rankings are based on an evaluation of teams as they exist now, in light of SuperBowl 51, free agency, and the draft. They are not a projection of who will win the next SuperBowl, or even who the best teams will be in Week 1. Instead, these rankings reflect current standings in the offseason or, in other words, who would win if the teams played today.

On the bubble:

16. Ravens, 15. Titans, 14. Buccaneers

13. Lions, 12. Cardinals, 11. Texans

The Top 10:

My Top 10 Movies of 2016

Unscripted Movie Reviews

2016 was a fun year at the movie theater, with a variety of engaging films filling up the Top 10; and really making for a solid Top 25. So let's get to it, with some quick housecleaning to do...

A Blast from the Past: Check out the following links for my Top 10 Movies of previous years: 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009

10 Potential Listbusters (some films I didn't see, but heard were good): Elle, Everybody Wants Some, Fences, Green Room, The Handmaiden, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Jackie, The Little Prince, Silence, The Wailing

15 Honorable Mentions: Arrival, Captain America: Civil War, The Conjuring 2, Hush, The Jungle Book, Kubo & the Two Strings, Loving, Operation Chromite, Pete's Dragon, Queen of Katwe, The Shallows, Southside with You, Star Trek Beyond, Train to Busan, Zootopia

And now onto the feature presentation...

My Top 10 Movies of 2016: