2013 was a crazy ride for the NFL. We saw two games in which a Quarterback threw 7 touchdown passes(0 since 1969 before this year), we saw the Denver Broncos offense become the highest scoring team in the history of the league fueled by it record shattering QB Peyton Manning(55 TD's, 5477 yards in 2013), we saw teams records change drastically(Texans 12 wins in 2012, 2 in 2013), and most importantly we saw a league with good games all around and no one dominate team. The playoff race is wide open, but this is a recap of the 2013 season from my predictions that I made weekly on this blog. Let's see my top 5 best predictions for this past year.
5. Danny Amendola leaving the Saints @ Patriots game with an injury. I know it is an awful thing to predict someone would get injured in a game, but I had this odd feeling it would happen in that game. Oddly enough, it turns out I was correct as Amendola left the game in the 4th quarter after a nasty(but legal) hit.
4. Predicting 3 Vikings upsets. In the last 5 weeks of the season, I called every game the Minnesota Vikings played in correctly. That included 3 upsets of teams with better records. The first was their victory over the Chicago Bears in overtime. The second was their defeat of the Philadelphia Eagles who came in to the game scourging hot only to be cooled by the Minneapolis winter. Finally I called them to beat the Detroit Lions in week 16 by 1 point and that is exactly what they did.
3. My biggest upset pick of the year, Rams over Saints. I sometimes like to read comments on ESPN or NFL Network.com to see what other people were thinking about the upcoming games. No one, literally no one was picking this Rams upset. I even commented on a cocky Saints fans post about how they were going to win by at least 30 and he thought I was insane for picking Saint Louis. Even none of the "experts" on ESPN picked the Rams to win but it turns out they did. So, who do you think got the last laugh?(it was obviously me)
2. Calling the exact score for the Raiders @ Cowboys game. You would think that calling scores for over 200 games would lend itself to many instances like this but you're wrong. It is way harder than you think to get a score exactly right. But that particular Thanksgiving was different as I said I thought the Boys would win over the Raiders 31-24 and that is exactly what happened. Wasn't my only Thanksgiving day victory, as I called every game that day correctly.
1. Predicting Peyton Manning's 51st TD pass. I said before the Broncos @ Texans game that Manning was going to throw his 51st touchdown in the 4th quarter to Julius Thomas to break Tom Brady's record. That is indeed what happened. I couldn't believe my eyes when Peyton threw his way into the record book just the way I imagined it. It was a special moments and as Peyton being my favorite player, it really made me feel good.
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