Mr. Predicto Evaluated

As we begin our way through the post-Super Bowl wasteland that is February, I thought I would take one last look at the past NFL season. Namely, how did I do in my preseason predictions? In the awards section, the only thing I nailed was Peyton Manning winning the MVP (which doesn't make me Nostradamus) and that Aaron Brooks was overrated (but does anyone actually rate him highly?). I was off on Herm Edwards being fired (though his offensive coordinator got canned) but I was egregiously off on Mark Brunell being underrated. Wow, talk about a player who just ran completely out of gas.

As for my playoff predictions, I predicted three of the NFC's playoff teams but just two in the AFC (I was a year too early on Houston and Cincinnati). However, my crowning achievement in prognostication was that I correctly predicted that the Eagles would beat Minnesota in the playoffs and go on to lose the Super Bowl:

"Philadelphia will take advantage of a rather weak NFC and again gain home-field advantage in the playoffs. The difference is that this year, McNabb has two decent weapons in Terrell Owens and a peaking Brian Westbrook. The Eagles will finally get over the hump and win the NFC title game after losing the previous three."

Not too shabby, eh? Now if only I hadn't put my faith in Mike Vanderjagt and the Colts.