September 11, 2009 - Patriots 2009 Season Predictions

I'm going to note the predictions for the 2009 NFL Season made by some national sports writers. 

After the season, we'll check back and see how the "professionals" fared.  (That is, we'll praise the writers who have correctly predicted that the Patriots will again be Super Bowl Champions, and make fun of those who weren't smart enough to do so.)

Mike Reiss, Boston Globe

Patriots go 12-4, win the AFC East
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/09/10/staff_predictions/

Christopher Gasper, Boston Globe

Patriots go 12-4, lose the Super Bowl to Philadelphia
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/09/10/staff_predictions/

Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe

Patriots go 12-4, lose the Super Bowl to New York
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/09/10/staff_predictions/

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN

Patriots win the Super Bowl over Minnesota
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=4439322&sportCat=nfl

Peter King, Sports Illustrated

Patriots go 13-3, win the Super Bowl over Chicago
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/09/01/main/index.html

Don Banks, SI.com

Patriots go 13-3, win the Super Bowl over Green Bay
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/09/03/2009.predictions/index.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/09/03/division/index.html

Peter Schrager, FoxSports.com

Patriots go 12-4, lose the AFC Championship Game to Pittsburgh
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/10009742/Top-10-bold-NFL-predictions-for-2009

Tom Curran, NBC Sports

Patriots win the Super Bowl over New York
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32611073/ns/sports-nfl/

John Banks, ESPN.com

Patriots win the AFC East
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/news/story?id=4424374

Jeffri Chadiha, ESPN.com

Patriots win the AFC East
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/news/story?id=4424374

John Clayton, ESPN.com

Patriots win the AFC East
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/news/story?id=4424374

Tim Graham, ESPN.com

Patriots win the AFC East
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/news/story?id=4424374

Jeremy Green, ESPN.com

Patriots win the AFC East
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/news/story?id=4424374

Paul Kuharsky, ESPN.com

Patriots win the Super Bowl over Atlanta
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/preview09/news/story?id=4424374