Updated: Apr 16, 2008, 12:03 PM

Vote: Denver Broncos in 2008


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The 2008 NFL schedule is out! And that means it's time to start overanalyzing each team's schedule and making predictions for 2008. Sure, the NFL draft may not have arrived yet and training camps are months away, but that's not going to stop SportsNation from getting its picks in, right? But before you get to prognosticating, let's take a look back and see how SportsNation has fared in its quest to predict the Broncos' record in each of the past two years:

SportsNation Schedule Prediction History
2006
2007
SN Prediction:
14-2
14-2
Actual record:
9-7
7-9








Rocky Mountain Low
Denver fans expected their team to deliver a 2007 regular-season record that matched the accomplishments of the 1998 Super Bowl champion Broncos. But their 14-2 prediction became an impossibility by Week 5, when the Broncos lost to the Chargers 41-3, a defeat that dropped them to 2-3 on the season. Denver fans not only overestimated their team, but they underestimated the NFC North, predicting their team would go 4-0 against the Black and Blue division. Denver instead went 1-3, including a 44-7 drubbing in Detroit.
  • 1) Game 1: Monday, Sept. 8 at Oakland Raiders (10:15 p.m. ET, ESPN)
  • 2) Game 2: Sept. 14 vs. San Diego Chargers
  • 3) Game 3: Sept. 21 vs. New Orleans Saints
  • 4) Game 4: Sept. 28 at Kansas City Chiefs
  • 5) Game 5: Oct. 5 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • 6) Game 6: Oct. 12 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
  • 7) Game 7: Monday, Oct. 20 at New England Patriots (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
  • 8) Game 8: Nov. 2 vs. Miami Dolphins
  • 9) Game 9: Nov. 6 at Cleveland Browns
  • 10) Game 10: Nov. 16 at Atlanta Falcons
  • 11) Game 11: Nov. 23 vs. Oakland Raiders
  • 12) Game 12: Nov. 30 at New York Jets
  • 13) Game 13: Dec. 7 vs. Kansas City Chiefs
  • 14) Game 14: Dec. 14 at Carolina Panthers
  • 15) Game 15: Dec. 21 vs. Buffalo Bills
  • 16) Game 16: Dec. 28 at San Diego Chargers

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