The best and worst part about predicting every NFL team’s record by selecting winners and losers in every single game is that it’s fair. While many of you won’t care about this, there is a pang in my stomach when I get to the end of the grid every year and there is no way to squeeze out another victory or two for a team that is low on the totem pole, thus removing the target from my back and avoiding some shrapnel.
There are a lot of outlets that do record predictions but what I like about the way we do it here every summer is that it prevents the kind of ceremonious back-patting that happens too often during this time of year. It’s easy to consistently say, You know what team we’re not talking enough about … and then find something positive to say about an underperforming team, or a team that does not have high expectations. But the question we don’t ask enough is … well, at which team’s expense is this supposed “under-the-radar” pick coming?
