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LOOK: Only Adam Rank picked the Broncos to beat Jets

Shout out to Adam Rank!

Each week, NFL.com and NFL Network experts release their picks for each game across the league.

Ahead of the Denver Broncos‘ game against the New York Jets on Sunday, nine of the ten experts picked the Jets to win at home. Only one — Adam Ranks — picked the Broncos to get an upset win in Week 4.

Following the team’s 10-9 victory on Sunday, Rank took to Twitter/X to remind Broncos Wire that he does, in fact, know ball:

https://twitter.com/adamrank/status/1840487982912127406

The Broncos responded to Rank’s prediction on their official Twitter/X page:

Last week, all 10 experts picked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat the Broncos and Denver won that game 26-7. Rank bucked the trend this week and he now has bragging rights following the Broncos’ upset victory.

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Tory Taylor shares just how much he wanted to get drafted by the Bears

In an interview on The Sick Podcast with Adam Rank, Taylor says it’s “literally a dream come true” to come to Chicago.

When the Chicago Bears selected Iowa punter Tory Taylor in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, he quickly made it clear that he was excited to join the team. Taylor had told reporters how his girlfriend is from Chicago and had joked about how cool it would be to get drafted there. It turns out the two were quite serious about wanting to land in the Windy City.

Taylor recently joined Adam Rank on The Sick Podcast to discuss his first couple of weeks as a Bear, and he revealed just how much he was hoping to get drafted by Chicago. He talks about how his girlfriend was counting down the picks in the fourth round before the phone finally rang.

It got to pick 119 or 120 and I saw the Illinois number on my phone and I was like ‘no effing way. Is this really happening?’ And it’s literally like a dream come true because I really, really wanted to come to Chicago, but I was like ‘oh man, are they really going to draft a punter? They only got four draft picks.’ It was really one of those things that was probably a bit of a stretch, but I really wanted to come to Chicago because, first and foremost, it’s the sports capital of America, it’s only three hours from Iowa City, and Chicago Bears fans are like absolutely nuts.

The new Bears punter also had an anecdote about one of his former roommates who rooted for the team and how he would live and die with every game, which further sold him on the franchise. Taylor, who is a native of Melbourne, Australia, came to the United States when he decided to commit to the University of Iowa. He became one of the best college punters during his four years as a Hawkeye and broke the record for most punting yards in a season with 4,479, averaging 48.2 yards per punt.

Taylor and the rest of the Bears rookies will take the first step of their professional careers during rookie minicamp, taking place May 10–11. It’s probably safe to say he’s looking forward to the experience and can’t wait to don the orange and navy.

Adam Rank is the only one who believed in the Broncos

Adam Rank correctly predicted the Broncos would beat the Chiefs, Bills and Vikings. Let’s keep this run going!

After starting the season with a 0-3 record, the Denver Broncos were viewed as a contender for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, and nobody expected Sean Payton’s team to make a playoff push.

Well, almost nobody.

Perhaps NFL.com’s Adam Rank knew something we didn’t.

After the Broncos limped to 2-5, Rank predicted Denver would upset the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17. The Broncos went on to beat KC 24-9.

The next week, Rank predicted a 24-23 Broncos win over the Buffalo Bills. Denver went on to win 24-22.

Last week, Rank predicted a 21-14 victory for the Broncos against the Minnesota Vikings. Denver went on to win 22-21.

Making the predictions even sweeter was the fact that Rank’s colleagues all picked the Broncos’ opponents to win during Denver’s recent winning streak.

Before anyone accuses Rank of being a simple homer, consider that he predicted the Broncos would go 2-14 in 2019 (they went 7-9 that year). He’s not a secret Broncos fan — he’s just an NFL.com analyst making game picks, and his Denver picks have been perfect over the last three weeks.

NFL Network analyst predicts Browns will finish with a 6-11 record

Do you agree with Adam Rank’s prediction?

The Cleveland Browns open up the regular season against the Cincinnati Bengals in 32 days and it’s time for everyone to make their record prediction. NFL Network’s Adam Rank had an interesting prediction for Cleveland going game by game he predicted the team to finish 6-11. This includes losses to bad teams like the Bears, Colts, Texans, and Broncos.

Last year the team was 7-10 with a backup quarterback and trying to change the offense towards the end of the year for Deshaun Watson. This was also with a defense that struggled and has been significantly upgraded both in talent and coaching. The team is facing a fourth-place schedule and has talent all over the roster, this prediction doesn’t make much sense at all.

The defense has added Jim Schwartz and finally given Myles Garrett significant help in the pass rush game. Za’Darius Smith and Ogbo Okoronkwo paired with Garrett will make one of the best if not the best trio of pass rushers in the NFL.

The team also added a ton of talent for Watson on the offensive side with Elijah Moore, Jordan Akins, and rookie Cedric Tillman that will change the passing game that lacked depth and explosiveness last year. Watson has looked night and day different already in training camp and yes it needs to translate onto the field but this team is not a 6-11 roster.

All of that being said barring a major injury the odds of Rank being right are pretty low based on the talent on this roster.

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NFL Network predicts outcome of every Colts game in 2023

NFL Network’s Adam Rank predicted the outcome of every Colts game in 2023.

The Indianapolis Colts are hoping to turn the page into a new era with a first-year head coach and rookie quarterback coming off a four-win campaign in 2022.

While the Colts have one of the softest strengths of schedules entering the new season, the combination of a first-year head coach and rookie quarterback makes it difficult to pinpoint just where the team will land in terms of predicting how the season will unfold.

We gave our game-by-game predictions in a way-too-early fashion back in May when the schedule was released. Now, NFL Network’s Adam Rank did the same at the beginning of the month.

Here’s a look at how Rank sees each game shaking out for the Colts in 2023

NFL Network predicts outcome of every game on Vikings 2023 schedule

NFL Network’s Adam Rank predicted every game on the Minnesota Vikings’ 2023 schedule

After going 13-4 in the 2022 season, predictions are all over the place for 2023. The Detroit Lions are the current betting favorite to win the division but the Minnesota Vikings are in a position to repeat as division champions.

Expectations are high as the Vikings continue with their competitive rebuild, but the schedule isn’t favorable to the Vikings.

NFL Network’s Adam Rank predicted all 17 Vikings games and had them finishing four games–yes, four–behind the Chicago Bears. Here is how Rank predicted the Vikings’ 2023 season.

Adam Rank predicts Vikings finish 4th in division

Not only did Rank pick the Vikings to finish last in the NFC North, but he also pick the Bears to win 4 more games. Seems backwards, right?

Every offseason, many analysts predict the NFL schedule as a way to generate conversation during the doldrums of summer. NFL Network’s Adam Rank predicted the record of every team and has the Minnesota Vikings finishing 8-9, which tied for last in the division. The Green Bay Packers are also projected to finish 8-9 with the Detroit Lions at 9-8.

What might be the craziest prediction from Rank is that he has the Chicago Bears going 12-5 this season and winning the NFC North. Last season, Rank projected the Vikings to go 7-10 and they won six more games. On the flip side, he also had the Bears going 10-7 and they only won three games.

Predicting the rebuilding Bears to win four more games than the reigning division champion Vikings is a bold choice, but Rank has a history of overvaluing the Bears. He is likely doing the same this year, because they are not a better team on paper than the purple and gold.

NFL Network predicts Tampa Bay’s 2023 season

Check out their game-by-game predictions here:

It’s only June, but predictions for the 2023 NFL season have been underway for quite some time.

We gave our predictions for Bucs Wire earlier in the offseason, and now, NFL Network’s Adam Rank has given his predictions for Tampa Bay’s 2023 NFL season – and for every other team, in fact. Interestingly enough, his final record didn’t look too much different from ours.

Check out his game-by-game predictions below:

NFL.com’s Adam Rank predicts Broncos will go 12-5 this season

Adam Rank predicts the Broncos will finish 12-5 this season. We’ll take it!

The football conglomerate is aboard the Denver Broncos hype train.

Like with Broncos Wire’s win-loss predictions for next season, NFL.com’s Adam Rank pegs a 12-5 record for the Broncos next season as well.

The Broncos best Russell Wilson‘s former team, the Seattle Seahawks Week 1 and start 3-0, according to Rank. Then, the Broncos total a five-game winning streak starting Week 7 with a win against the New York Jets. The team’s streak breaks Week 13 against the Lamar Jackson-led Baltimore Ravens.

After a two-game losing streak to the Los Angeles Rams and the Kansas City Chiefs, respectively, the Broncos beat the Los Angeles Chargers to close out the season, according to Rank.

Perhaps the only curveball in the schedule prediction, Rank believes the Broncos can beat the Chiefs next season. We’ll see. Rank’s 12-5 prediction comes on the heels of coworker Willie McGinest predicting a 9-8 record for the Broncos. Check out Rank break down the Broncos’ schedule above.

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NFL Network predicts outcome of every Eagles game in 2022

NFL Network predicts the outcome of every Philadelphia Eagles game in 2022

The Eagles are on a break until the start of training camp in July, but that has stopped experts and prognosticators from predicting the team’s final record at the season’s end.

Philadelphia added Haason Reddick, James Bradberry, Kyzir White, Nakobe Dean, and Jordan Davis on defense while pulling off a draft night trade for former Titans star A.J. Brown, further increasing expectations.

We shared our way-too-early game-by-game predictions for the Eagles last week, and now, NFL Network’s Adam Rank is doing the same.

Here’s a look at how Rank sees each game shaking out for the Eagles in 2022, with his predictions for Philadelphia coming at the 2:09 mark of the video and lasting until the 4:17 mark.