This article takes inspiration – some might say blatantly steals ideas – from Bill in Bangkok’s new series, tracking the Washington Football Team’s prospects of making the playoffs. Like Bill, each week until the season ends, or the Football Team is eliminated from contention, I am going to project the outcomes of the WFT’s remaining schedule, and the rest of the NFL for that matter.
While Bill’s weekly WFT season projections spring from an indefatigable optimism about the Team’s direction, mine comes from a different place. In this series I will attempt to embrace the broad range of outcomes which are possible in a sport where games are often decided by unpredictable events, like a kicker pulling his hamstring, the starting center breaking his leg, or the backup QB exceeding expectations after taking over for the injured starter.