2014 NFL Predictions

[RyanMcD29]

I guess I'll settle for what i got on the NFL Predictor

[HedleyLamarr]

Using that prediction widget:

AFC

East: 2.New England (11-5), New York (9-7), Miami (6-10), Buffalo (4-12)

North: 1.Cincinnati (12-4), 5.Baltimore (10-6), Pittsburgh (8-8), Cleveland (6-10)

South: 4.Indianapolis (9-7), Tennessee (8-8), Jacksonville (5-11), Houston (3-13)

West: 3.Denver (11-5), 6.Kansas City (10-6), San Diego (7-9), Oakland (4-12)

NFC

East: 1.Philadelphia (12-4), New York (7-9), Washington (7-9), Dallas (6-10)

North: 3.Green Bay (12-4), Detroit (9-7), Chicago (8-8), Minnesota (4-12)

South: 4.Atlanta (10-6), 6.New Orleans (10-6), Carolina (6-10), Tampa Bay (4-12)

West: 2.Seattle (12-4), 5.San Francisco (11-5), Arizona (10-6), St. Louis (5-11)

Playoffs

Indianapolis over Baltimore

Denver over Kansas City

San Francisco over Atlanta

Green Bay over New Orleans

Cincinnati over Indianapolis

Denver over New England

Philadelphia over San Francisco

Seattle over Green Bay

AFC: Cincinnati over Denver

NFC: Seattle over Philadelphia

Super Bowl: Seattle over Cincinnati

[pluggerplugger1]

I'm no football expert, but I know that Dallas ain't winning the NFC East.

If Dallas somehow does win, against all odds, I'll quote this.

Well, well, well...

[Rockstar Matt]

I'm no football expert, but I know that Dallas ain't winning the NFC East.

If Dallas somehow does win, against all odds, I'll quote this.

Well, well, well...

Can't say I expected that the Cowboys would be this good, but it's glorious to see them prove everyone wrong.

[NJTank]

So much for the 49ers winning Super Bowl 49

[Gothamite]

And so much for them winning it the following year in their own building. What a stupid firing.

[leopard88]

And so much for them winning it the following year in their own building. What a stupid firing.

You mean mutual parting of ways.

[Gothamite]

No, I mean when you have a good head coach it doesn't matter if he's a jerk. Or hard to get along with. Or seemingly gets all the credit. You keep him and you keep winning.

Ownership should have been looking for ways to keep him, not drive him away. It's an incredibly stupid firing.

[tBBP]

Yeah...I'm not buying the "mutual parting ways" thing, either.

[JayMac]

Yeah...I'm not buying the "mutual parting ways" thing, either.

If by making it difficult to succeed in his job to the point of resignation is mutual parting of ways, then they were correct in what they said.

[Gothamite]

The first great coach they've had in what - a couple decades? And they can't find a way to work with him. That's a failure of ownership.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

All I know about Jed York is what I've read in Wikipedia, and it's disheartening if you're a 49ers fan.

York began his working days as a financial analyst for Guggenheim Partners at their New York City offices but stayed for approximately a year.^[1] After quitting from his first job out of college, his parents brought Jed into their family owned team, the San Francisco 49ers, as the Director of Strategic Planning^[1] and later promoted their son to Vice President of Strategic Planning.^[3]

On December 28, 2008 Jed was appointed by his father to become president of the 49ers. While Jed is the operating head of the franchise, his mother, Denise is the principal owner and both of his parents, as co-chairmen, are responsible for providing resources and maintain their role of interacting with other owners and NFL executives.^[4]

Note that York is 34 years old and his qualifications to CEO of an NFL team seem to be having his last name, which is a pretty neat trick.

Another awesome quote from his Wiki:

After the controversial decision to fire head coach Jim Harbaugh, there was a large negative outcry from the media and the 49ers fan base. Commenting on York's ability to manage the critical relationship between the general manager and the head coach, Michael Rosenberg wrote in Sports Illustrated, "he failed completely."^[12] Rosenberg also described York's impact on the broader 49ers organization, noting that "York has created a culture that encourages selfishness, weakness and back-stabbing." Throughout the season, there were numerous leaks to the media from within the 49ers organization criticizing Coach Harbaugh. San Jose Mercury News columnist, Tim Kawakami noted "York and [General Manager, Trent] Baalke were the primary sources for the off-the-record disclosures that undercut Harbaugh’s tenure."^[13]

None of that is surprising. He's 34 and he's been given far more than he's accomplished. He doesn't appear to have any good sense, outside of lucking into the Harbaugh hire and thinking the team's following success had anything to do with his tweeting and press conferencing.

The 49ers looked like they were on the verge of a dynasty with Harbaugh -- they were super close against Baltimore and one play away from beating Seattle at home, with Kaepernick looking like a one-man team killer when he decided to turn it on. NFL teams are complex organizations and there are a lot of factors that contribute to a team's success of failure.

After a disappointing 19-3 loss to divisional rival Seattle Seahawks on November 27, 2014, York tweeted “Thank you 49ers faithful for coming out strong tonight. This performance wasn’t acceptable. I apologize for that.”^[8] This public statement sparked a media frenzy about York's intent behind the Tweet and whether he was specifically referring to Coach Jim Harbaugh's future, prompting Lowell Cohn, a columnist with the The Press Democrat, to declare: "Jed York is a coward."^[9] The negative reaction to York publicly criticizing his own team brought about several unfavorable comparisons to other NFL owners: The Seattle Times noted that Pete Carroll, the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, "When asked how he would feel if owner Paul Allen tweeted out after a defeat that the loss was unacceptable, Carroll smiled and said, “Our owner would never do that.”"^[10] Sports Illustrated wrote that "York tweets an apology to his fans even though his team is still in the playoff hunt, then you tell me if Patriots owner Robert Kraft or Giants owner John Mara would do that."^[11]

Pathetic.

[Gothamite]

Note that York is 34 years old and his qualifications to CEO of an NFL team seem to be having his last name, which is a pretty neat trick.

Welcome to the private sector in America.

[FiddySicks]

I don't know why this surprises anyone. This has been the way the 49ers have been run since DeBartolo had to skip town and gave the whole thing to his idiot brother in law. Jed's dad, John, was just as bad. He fired Mooch after an 11-5 record and a playoff win because he felt slighted by him because he offered to pay for a reward for the team that they had been given after every division title, which York was to cheap to fork out the dough for. He's also the same idiot who locked up the Gatorade fridge and tried to charge his players for them after practices. As the Deadspin article stated a few days ago, at BEST this team is f*****g stupid. At worst, they don't give a :censored: about any on field success and we're basically just using Harbaugh as a pawn to get their shiny new Stadium/Mall in the burbs so they can charge everyone 100 times more than they could at Candlestick.

Seriously. :censored: Jed York.