2026 Win predictions from DraftKings

[mrcompletely11]

10 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

If you weren't always predicting against the team, I might pay more heed to what you're saying. But man, I just refuse to step in the turds you're dropping. 

At some point, especially in the off season, you've got to give yourself a chance to hope. 

Hope isnt a plan.  Being realistic seems like a better way to navigate life.  

[Jay Roosevelt]

That honestly seems about right for a betting line.

[frankw]

Sounds about right for a team that had a bottom 5 passing offense and backed into the playoffs at 4-6.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

2 hours ago, strato said:

My thought on the division is it is weak. We could tiebreak a 7-10 season into a Division crown.  

NO is a dark horse IMO.  Not sure of how bad their roster is but I think that QB is cerebral and sound.  Seems like the kind of guy that can elevate the play around him and figure out how to make the chicken salad.

And I hate it.

[Khyber53]

3 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Hope isnt a plan.  Being realistic seems like a better way to navigate life.  

I'm a happy guy. 

[Basbear]

4 hours ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

NO is a dark horse IMO.  Not sure of how bad their roster is but I think that QB is cerebral and sound.  Seems like the kind of guy that can elevate the play around him and figure out how to make the chicken salad.

And I hate it.

Gun to my head, NO scares me the most......the upside of that team and the coaching staff(I feel the best in nfc south).

Plus they are getting a stud at 8, just no way around it. I just hope its not Love, if so.....DL needs to picked in alllll panther picks....They are likely getting a OSU stud and that hurts no matter what. please no love ....

[JawnyBlaze]

I’m not mad about 7.5, but TB at 8.5 and the other two teams tied with us is ludicrous. We should be at least a game higher than the rest of those scrubs. We won the division, we got better, TB and Atl got worse, NO is NO. 

[strato]

41 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I’m not mad about 7.5, but TB at 8.5 and the other two teams tied with us is ludicrous. We should be at least a game higher than the rest of those scrubs. We won the division, we got better, TB and Atl got worse, NO is NO. 

That should be the perception, I agree. 

[strato]

20 hours ago, Basbear said:

Gun to my head, NO scares me the most......the upside of that team and the coaching staff(I feel the best in nfc south).

Plus they are getting a stud at 8, just no way around it. I just hope its not Love, if so.....DL needs to picked in alllll panther picks....They are likely getting a OSU stud and that hurts no matter what. please no love ....

Yeah I think we are long term trouble there. Their QB came in and looked like an NFL QB right off the bat. 
Ours takes yearly baby steps towards that. 

Edited 6 hours ago by strato

[scratched]

I'd like someone to show me 8 wins or after looking the schedule. NO WAY POSSIBLE! And I hope I'm wrong, but we have a brutal schedule! Lions, Bears, Bengals, Seahawks, Broncos at Home non-conference. Vikings, Packers, Browns, Steelers, and Eagles away, non-conference. Find me 8 wins someone, give me some hope. 

[frankw]

17 minutes ago, scratched said:

I'd like someone to show me 8 wins or after looking the schedule. NO WAY POSSIBLE! And I hope I'm wrong, but we have a brutal schedule! Lions, Bears, Bengals, Seahawks, Broncos at Home non-conference. Vikings, Packers, Browns, Steelers, and Eagles away, non-conference. Find me 8 wins someone, give me some hope. 

This is the time of year we are usually supposed to be the most optimistic but you are dead on.

We're going to need a very stout run game if we want a chance because there's no way Bryce is going to be airing it out much against those opponents. We're definitely going to lean heavily on our defense too.

For clarity Bryce Young averages 180 passing YPG for his career and last season he averaged 188 passing YPG which was a career high (lol)

If you want to compare here is the list of starting QB's passing YPG numbers.

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/nfl-qb-passing-yards-per-game-leaders-2025-to-2026

Bryce didn't even crack the top 25 with the rookie of the year.

Edited 5 hours ago by frankw

[scratched]

24 minutes ago, frankw said:

This is the time of year we are usually supposed to be the most optimistic but you are dead on.

We're going to need a very stout run game if we want a chance because there's no way Bryce is going to be airing it out much against those opponents. We're definitely going to lean heavily on our defense too.

For clarity Bryce Young averages 180 passing YPG for his career and last season he averaged 188 passing YPG which was a career high (lol)

If you want to compare here is the list of starting QB's passing YPG numbers.

https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/nfl-qb-passing-yards-per-game-leaders-2025-to-2026

Bryce didn't even crack the top 25 with the rookie of the year.

I really want to be optimistic, LOL... But seriously... If we go .500 in conference play, we need 5 more wins to get to 8. And unfortunately, I just don't see it. 

[strato]

Division, not Conference.  We have 6 division games and then the NFC teams are conference games. Y’all making me dizzy.  

[frankw]

2 hours ago, strato said:

Division, not Conference.  We have 6 division games and then the NFC teams are conference games. Y’all making me dizzy.  

I have no idea who ya'll is I responded about the opponents.

There is no way we are getting past the likes of the Lions Bears Broncos Seahawks Packers Browns Steelers and Eagles without a godly running game because we certainly aren't going to pass all over them.

Maybe you should ask your buddy Dan Morgan to bring in some real QB competition pal.