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NFL Predictions 2016: Projecting Teams with Most-Improved Win Totals
- Updated: July 25, 2016
Change is a fickle beast in the NFL, especially when it comes to win totals.
Take a brief glance at last year: Few predicted the Baltimore Ravens would fall to 5-11, the Andrew Luck-led Indianapolis Colts would land at .500, and teams such as the Washington Redskins and the Minnesota Vikings, the latter besting the Green Bay Packers, would win their respective divisions.
What does the NFL have in store in 2016? After an offseason of changes, new faces in new places and rookies altering lineups, it’s almost hard to say.
Careful analysis, though, will show a handful of teams ready to take a large uptick in the win category this season.
Jacksonville Jaguars
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This seems like taking the easy way out, sure. The Jacksonville Jaguars posted all of five wins last year, meaning a rather improved record wouldn’t be the most difficult thing to obtain.
But this is the Jaguars.
That may be a bit demeaning, but this is the franchise that hasn’t won more than five games in a season since 2010, when 8-8 was the finish. That was the best finish since 2007, when the team posted (this isn’t a lie, promise) 11 wins and won a playoff game.
Still, head coach Gus Bradley seems to have the team on the right track. The offense didn’t need much in the way of help this offseason. Blake Bortles (35 touchdowns, 18 interceptions last year) still has Allen Robinson and Allen Hurns to hit, and Chris Ivory arrived to take over the duties at starting tailback.
Defense is where the Jaguars grew the most. Jalen Ramsey, the No. 5 pick, starts right away and improves the secondary, while depth line pieces, such as Yannick Ngakoue and Sheldon Day, provide a boost. New arrival Tashaun Gipson will slide into a starter role at safety next to Jonathan Cyprien, while the front office also coughed up a huge price to land defensive lineman Malik Jackson, who will play with the returning-from-injury Dante Fowler Jr., the No. 3 pick last year.
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