In 25 previous seasons of NFL predictions I have accurately forecast the Super Bowl winner twice: the 49ers in 1994 and the Packers in 2010. I ain't braggin'. That's an eight percent incidence of being right. That would put my odds of being right this time at roughly 12-to-1.
But being a glass-half-full guy I can tell you my chances this time are exponentially better than, for example, the 500-1 odds against someone being born with 11 fingers or toes. Also, I give myself a better shot than the Dolphins have of winning in Seattle Sunday. There's that law of averages thing, too.
So, unbroken and only slightly bowed, I give you my 2016 NFL divisional forecast. (Do not be fooled by others' lame attempts at this. Ours is the real lame attempt!)
Wild-card teams are indicated (by WC), and division picks are followed by my doomed Super Bowl prediction:
