This honestly aged pretty well and even the teams that you got wrong, the reasons you gave for the other team in the division to win it were pretty much spot on!
Nfc west: ✅ Nfc east: ❌ (cowboys) Nfc north: ✅ Nfc south: ❌ (Bucs) AFC west: ✅ AFC east: ✅ AFC north: ✅ AFC south: ❌ (Texans) All of the ones he got wrong were decided in week 18 btw.
"But betting on a team with a shaky offensive line, that's trying to protect a QB who will be 40 in December feels like a dicey proposition" (5:46) Oh, this aged so well
Dang this is is pretty accurate. San fran won, philly should have won if they didn’t have a late season collapse, the saints were 1 game behind, the lions won, the chiefs won, the ravens won + you were right about lamar having his best statistical season since 2019, the bills wom, and the jags had a late season collapse also along with the texans being actually good.
Well, granted, when you have to go to Jake Browning, even though he was good, he was NOWHERE near Joe Burrow, Post Calf injury and Pre Hand injury would have not go 8-9 or what ever they went
This was pretty much spot on obviously some of the teams doing worse were down to the major injuries this yr for certain teams, specially at QB position! (Burrow & Bengals, Giants & DJ, so on)
the lions are only a +1 point differential they're total frauds(I'm joking of course it just that the Point Diff is only brought up when the media wants to shit talk teams)
Yeah after the chiefs were missing all of their best players but mahomes and kadarius toney literally handed the lions 7 points lmfao. 😂 The vikings lost an injury prone running back who was on the downswing, an old receiver who was on the downswing and a horrible dc. In return we got a good young receiver and a dc that knows that the defense needs to be aggressive more than one play a game.
@@Charchar289 our oline is the issue right now and the buccs defense was solid yesterday. The vikings didn't play a single starter in the preseason which causes teams to start slower.
dude aside from the Jaguars easily taking the division you were spot-on. Sure, the Saints and Eagles didn't win, but you were right about it being extremely close. Intangibles like Joe Flacco coming back, the Bengals getting injured, and the Texans actually competing were too much for anyone to see. I give you a solid A- and await your next crystal ball viewing.
I'm curious what you think New England's ceiling's going to be. Bills have crazy expectations, Miami needs to pray Tua's healthy, and the Jets? Jets will find a way to Jets this season up, bringing in a QB that helped Green Bay get to a stunning 8-9 record last year.
Patriots have a super wide range of outcomes. As bad as last year was, they still went 8-9, and bringing in a real OC should mean they pick up at least 2 more wins. I’m projecting them at 10-7 which probably isn’t enough for the playoffs. But if the defense carries them, which it absolutely could, they could get there
@@benchwarmerbranpersonally I feel like the Pats are the healthiest starter wise and once the injuries hit in the east all that heighten hype going to die down and we can slide into that second spot
Whole AFC east is facing tougher schedule than last year so can't just start at 8-9 and add wins for improvement. I think the pats will be a better team than last year but be worse record wise
5:47 "But betting on a team with a shaky offensive line who are trying to protect a quarterback who will be 40 in December feels like a dicey proposition." Best take of the video.
It’s such a good day when this man uploads. Gotta say I’m so looking forward to busts anonymous. Been a day 1 supporter! Ok maybe not day one but day 100 at least
Ngl this is pretty good, the eagles, saints, and jaguars were the only ones that were wrong and they all finished second, and who thought that the Texans would beat the jags, CJ stroud is him
Coming here 3 months later I got 5/3 right first afc: north ravens, south Texans, west chief’s, east bills, nfc west 49er’s, north lions, east cowboys, south Bucs
As a Colts fan, I really hope you guys win the division because Titans fans are annoying as all hell. Carry on the mantle, but please let us break our curses too lmao
@@jasonblessing2951jaguars fans are more annoying. They come out of nowhere after getting 9 wins and winning a division against the most injured team in the league with josh dobbs at qb. Now they think Trevor Lawrence who isn’t even top 16 is going to compete for an mvp and a Super Bowl. It’s just ridiculous. The jaguars aren’t going anywhere.
These predictions aged great. Niners and Lions have already clinched, the Chiefs and Ravens are both very close to doing so, and the Jags and Eagles are favored right now. The Saints are probably toast, but the Bills are still alive for the division.
I didn't need Thursday night to know. I've been relieved that my Jets don't have to face the Lions this season. From where I sit on the East Coast, they look terrifying. They're also my backup team to root for, because both fan bases are for people who root for the underdog. But that defense you've got... damn. On draft night a lot of Jets fans were thirsty for Brian Branch too.
"we must have slipped into another timeline and im not responsible for that" yea we are currently in the "no aaron rodgers" timeline sooooo thanks for that :3
Damn. Ridder is just a 3rd round pick and nothing else, but Sam Howell has "high hopes" despite no one wanting him for 2 more rounds. The Falcon hate is real lol
NFC WEST -49ers (1-0) NFC East -Cowboys (1-1) NFC North-Lions (2-1) NFC South-Bucs(2-2) AFC West Chiefs(3-2) AFC East Bills (4-2) AFC North Ravens(5-2) AFC South Texans (5-3) 5-3 is not bad
With one week to go, there is still a chance this prediction is spot on. Have a feeling Eagles might be the only one who will fall (as they need a Dallas loss)
The same team hasn't won the NFC East in back2back years in 20 years and that won't change this year. Cowboys win East. Eagles will still be solid this year but that schedule is going to be rough.
You’re acting as if they don’t have almost the exact same schedule, except with the lions, panthers, and chargers instead of the Vikings, Bucs, and chiefs. Is that really a big difference?
@@Rogue_Centurion yeah but does the chiefs being better than the chargers outweigh the saints and lions being better than the bucs and viks respectively? If I had to choose 3 teams to go against and try and get a 2-1 record, I’m going with the group with the chiefs
Looking even more like you were smart to pick the Bills over the Jets, considering what happened in the days since this video leaves the Jets having to go back to Zach Wilson and likely watching their Super Bowl aspirations disappear before their eyes.
After week one, you should do a segment with Bill Belichek vs Howie Roseman dick swinging their 53 man roster moves since cut day, based on who wins the game. They remind me of Phil Jackson and Brown constantly trying to oe up each other with next level player rotations. Everybody in the League is like, "The Eagles are gong into week one with 4 receivers, no punter and no punt returner, 7 DT's and 7 Corners...Oh, yeah?, well Belicheck is dong even more shenanigans...."
This honestly aged pretty well and even the teams that you got wrong, the reasons you gave for the other team in the division to win it were pretty much spot on!
The thing about the trams were more off . Bengals
He should've known the NFC East hasn't had repeat winners since 04
@@texasfan541fax
"The Texans and Colts have bright futures, I'm just not expecting much in year 1" yes, very accurate indeed
Yeah I don't blame him for choosing the Jaguars and he was quite prescient even with the Ravens selection
Nfc west: ✅
Nfc east: ❌ (cowboys)
Nfc north: ✅
Nfc south: ❌ (Bucs)
AFC west: ✅
AFC east: ✅
AFC north: ✅
AFC south: ❌ (Texans)
All of the ones he got wrong were decided in week 18 btw.
Lol
thats honestly crazy he did so well on the predictions
"But betting on a team with a shaky offensive line, that's trying to protect a QB who will be 40 in December feels like a dicey proposition" (5:46)
Oh, this aged so well
They’re not predictions they’re spoilers
😂
spot on
Dang this is is pretty accurate. San fran won, philly should have won if they didn’t have a late season collapse, the saints were 1 game behind, the lions won, the chiefs won, the ravens won + you were right about lamar having his best statistical season since 2019, the bills wom, and the jags had a late season collapse also along with the texans being actually good.
He was almost spot on
I especially appreciated the prediction that the NFC South would once again be a dumpster fire that someone would have to win by default
I'm gonna carry the Texans to a 17-0 superbowl loss
Place your bet then, the payout would be astronomical
I’ll carry with you dw
Wait so Stroud and Will Anderson Jr win a super bowl as a rookie?
@@_jimmynno they lose 17-0
@@samuelmaxwell78 oh they at least have to win one game though
He is finally getting sponsorships! you 100% deserve it man!
“I’m not going to bet on the bengals to fall off…that would be stupid” that’s what we all thought
Well, granted, when you have to go to Jake Browning, even though he was good, he was NOWHERE near Joe Burrow, Post Calf injury and Pre Hand injury would have not go 8-9 or what ever they went
This was pretty much spot on obviously some of the teams doing worse were down to the major injuries this yr for certain teams, specially at QB position! (Burrow & Bengals, Giants & DJ, so on)
Giants were already terrible lmao
Hey man! Thank you for you videos! I love watching these, they always make me laugh so hard 😂 keep the good work up! Hope this helps!
Thank you! Really appreciate that 🙏
Bro pulls the funniest lines right out of his ass
This aged pretty well, but this also aged pretty badly
Lions is a W pick after week one
the lions are only a +1 point differential they're total frauds(I'm joking of course it just that the Point Diff is only brought up when the media wants to shit talk teams)
Yeah after the chiefs were missing all of their best players but mahomes and kadarius toney literally handed the lions 7 points lmfao. 😂 The vikings lost an injury prone running back who was on the downswing, an old receiver who was on the downswing and a horrible dc. In return we got a good young receiver and a dc that knows that the defense needs to be aggressive more than one play a game.
@@JarradBruessel32but u lost to the bucs buster
@@Charchar289 our oline is the issue right now and the buccs defense was solid yesterday. The vikings didn't play a single starter in the preseason which causes teams to start slower.
I could actually hear Jazzy Jeff screaming in that still as Uncle Phil threw him out the door. 😂
dude aside from the Jaguars easily taking the division you were spot-on. Sure, the Saints and Eagles didn't win, but you were right about it being extremely close. Intangibles like Joe Flacco coming back, the Bengals getting injured, and the Texans actually competing were too much for anyone to see. I give you a solid A- and await your next crystal ball viewing.
“It’s not like I’m predicting the bengals will fall off, that would be stupid” 💀💀💀💀
Hey BenchwarmerBran! Hope you are doing well, and thank you for delivering amazing content for us!
Sup Levi
@@jysports1 Yo wassup!
@@Levidawgs7744 nothing much, what’s up with u?
@@jysports1 not getting views
@@Levidawgs7744 yeah ik how it is
I'm curious what you think New England's ceiling's going to be. Bills have crazy expectations, Miami needs to pray Tua's healthy, and the Jets? Jets will find a way to Jets this season up, bringing in a QB that helped Green Bay get to a stunning 8-9 record last year.
Patriots have a super wide range of outcomes. As bad as last year was, they still went 8-9, and bringing in a real OC should mean they pick up at least 2 more wins. I’m projecting them at 10-7 which probably isn’t enough for the playoffs. But if the defense carries them, which it absolutely could, they could get there
@@benchwarmerbranexcited for Sunday?
@@benchwarmerbran So a record akin to 08, where even 11 wins wasn't enough for the playoffs.
@@benchwarmerbranpersonally I feel like the Pats are the healthiest starter wise and once the injuries hit in the east all that heighten hype going to die down and we can slide into that second spot
Whole AFC east is facing tougher schedule than last year so can't just start at 8-9 and add wins for improvement. I think the pats will be a better team than last year but be worse record wise
5:47 "But betting on a team with a shaky offensive line who are trying to protect a quarterback who will be 40 in December feels like a dicey proposition."
Best take of the video.
Your reasoning was fair. You presented the information well.
Damn, the only difference between this and my prediction is that the Bengals beat out the Ravens by one game. Solid list!
Hey bran. Your video yesterday was hilarious. The kirk cousins was spot on
Results:
49ers: ✅️
Eagles: ❌️
Lions: ✅️
Saints: ❌️
Chiefs: ✅️
Bills: ✅️
Ravens: ✅️
Jaguars: ❌️
What was incorrect:
-Cowboys > Eagles
-Buccaneers > Saints
-Texans > Jaguars
Dude this was awesome, definitely deserve more likes.
"The Ravens
- Fewer Injuries"
... yeah this totally aged well
It’s such a good day when this man uploads. Gotta say I’m so looking forward to busts anonymous. Been a day 1 supporter! Ok maybe not day one but day 100 at least
As of week twelve this is very good.(Other than the bills winning afc east)
Fr
Bills ended up winning :0
Ngl this is pretty good, the eagles, saints, and jaguars were the only ones that were wrong and they all finished second, and who thought that the Texans would beat the jags, CJ stroud is him
Bro thank you for the underrated Commanders. We are so underrated
The Jets prediction was spot on
Coming here 3 months later I got 5/3 right first afc: north ravens, south Texans, west chief’s, east bills, nfc west 49er’s, north lions, east cowboys, south Bucs
You should work with Brandon Perna with his coffee company benchwarmer brew, it would be perfect
Let’s goooooooo
More longform bran content please. 🤞
As a life long jags fan im happy to see people have confidence in us! Hope we fix the turnovers from last year and play lights out all season!
As a Colts fan, I really hope you guys win the division because Titans fans are annoying as all hell. Carry on the mantle, but please let us break our curses too lmao
It's more faith that the rest of that division is hot garbage, but the jags are solid!
@@jasonblessing2951jaguars fans are more annoying.
They come out of nowhere after getting 9 wins and winning a division against the most injured team in the league with josh dobbs at qb.
Now they think Trevor Lawrence who isn’t even top 16 is going to compete for an mvp and a Super Bowl.
It’s just ridiculous. The jaguars aren’t going anywhere.
I only started watching the NFL 2 years ago, i picked the jags because they were closest, and yea im excited
@@yom0msfatkeep crying 🫵🏻🤓 jags own your poverty team
These were actually really good predictions
One of my favorite TH-camrs
0:07 well-placed WWE reference = automatic like
He got sponsored by TH-cam? Damn there's nowhere to go but up from here now 💯
Ur my favorite nfl TH-camr and I’ve been checking your channel every day for long-form videos
I agree except I still got the bengals winning the north by a tiebreaker, great predi- I mean spolilers
We need more long form bran content
Fr
These predictions aged great. Niners and Lions have already clinched, the Chiefs and Ravens are both very close to doing so, and the Jags and Eagles are favored right now. The Saints are probably toast, but the Bills are still alive for the division.
This comment in regards to the eagles however, did not age as well 😅
@@freakinnuclearfantasy2511 Neither did the Jags. 😅
I’m glad the niners hooked you up! Been watching you, and that’s my team.
As of yesterday, I really am a Lions supporter (besides the 2 weeks they play the Bears)
I didn't need Thursday night to know. I've been relieved that my Jets don't have to face the Lions this season. From where I sit on the East Coast, they look terrifying. They're also my backup team to root for, because both fan bases are for people who root for the underdog. But that defense you've got... damn. On draft night a lot of Jets fans were thirsty for Brian Branch too.
First love the vids! I was at the game too! I saw you down on the field!
Love you man welcome back
Opening youtube and seeing you uploaded again. Way to start the weekend
Dude, ur the best! Great pacing/editing/writing, u da man.
Looking at this heading into week 6 seems pretty legit
"we must have slipped into another timeline and im not responsible for that" yea we are currently in the "no aaron rodgers" timeline sooooo thanks for that :3
I love these longer videos. Massive W
You should go back and make a video talking about moments that shocked you about this NFL season and reference this video.
“I don’t expect the bengals to fall off”
Meanwhile the entirety of the bengals team being in absolute shambles, Joe burrow being out for the season:
As a niners fan I’m glad we we’re also able to get another amazing kicker in jake moody
That 49ers offense was wild. Boss at wr hits different
Me watching this after the Broncos beat the Chiefs
Bran i would just like to say keep up the good work.
W takes as always. Man knows his stuff
What’s up bran your insanely awesome man love your content
Damn. Ridder is just a 3rd round pick and nothing else, but Sam Howell has "high hopes" despite no one wanting him for 2 more rounds. The Falcon hate is real lol
Crazy you projected Texans to not only win Division but beat chiefs in AFC Championship
As he said, spoilers not predictions
Thats a lot of accurate predictions
Keep the long form videos coming!
Bro was spot on even when he missed except for “the bengals aren’t falling off”
You see, he just forgot about the Flacco divergence in the timeline...
Revisiting on wildcard sunday right now...
Look at you reppin my squad. Good choice getting the Kittle jersey!
Damn going good until NFC south. Bucs still leading thus far
I suppose no one really saw the dolphins coming
Can’t bet against this man! Love your content!
I agree on everything except the Ravens although I would love to see it. But like you said it will be close
More long form content please 🙏
5 weeks into the predictions, I mean spoilers and he’s not doing too bad percentage wise.
I THINK THEY UPDATED THE SCRIPT
Solid job. I always enjoy your videos.
Glad your a pats fan. You from New England? Framingham Ma let’s go Pats!!!
hey thanks for doing the tsc draft order video i will sub now
Yes sir someone acknowledging Paul heyman you love to see it
Bran is back!🏈
I bet against the Chiefs and won $400
NICE!
BenchwarmerBrian and pierson unlikely crossover
NFC WEST -49ers (1-0)
NFC East -Cowboys (1-1)
NFC North-Lions (2-1)
NFC South-Bucs(2-2)
AFC West Chiefs(3-2)
AFC East Bills (4-2)
AFC North Ravens(5-2)
AFC South Texans (5-3)
5-3 is not bad
Except for the jets, chargers, and browns predictions, these predictions are really close as of week 15
With one week to go, there is still a chance this prediction is spot on. Have a feeling Eagles might be the only one who will fall (as they need a Dallas loss)
Yeah no buddy Dallas won the division the eagles are trash frauds
Those are some pretty good predictions.
The same team hasn't won the NFC East in back2back years in 20 years and that won't change this year. Cowboys win East. Eagles will still be solid this year but that schedule is going to be rough.
You’re acting as if they don’t have almost the exact same schedule, except with the lions, panthers, and chargers instead of the Vikings, Bucs, and chiefs. Is that really a big difference?
@@Noctem_pasayes because the Chiefs are better than those teams
Don’t matter how tough their schedule is they are the 2nd best team in the nfl lol and I guarantee u the eagles will start off 6-0
@@Rogue_Centurion yeah but does the chiefs being better than the chargers outweigh the saints and lions being better than the bucs and viks respectively? If I had to choose 3 teams to go against and try and get a 2-1 record, I’m going with the group with the chiefs
@@Keee215 damn that’s disrespectful asf to have their first loss be to the dolphins right after the jets
Starting a petition to rename the jets to the New York Disappointments
Love the heyman reference
5/8, not bad
7:50 Titans going down in flames could not be mor appropriate for their logo rn
Afc North Benchwarmerbran selects the Ravens because fewer injuries.
Ravens- 4 major starters go down with injury week 1…
I’d pick the Bengals over the Ravens but other than that I agree with everything :)
Looking even more like you were smart to pick the Bills over the Jets, considering what happened in the days since this video leaves the Jets having to go back to Zach Wilson and likely watching their Super Bowl aspirations disappear before their eyes.
Fins up baby
Bro I already no it’s going to be a banger
Yo your content amazing dude keep it up!
If my jets come out n win Monday night we def going to play offs 😂😂
After week one, you should do a segment with Bill Belichek vs Howie Roseman dick swinging their 53 man roster moves since cut day, based on who wins the game. They remind me of Phil Jackson and Brown constantly trying to oe up each other with next level player rotations. Everybody in the League is like, "The Eagles are gong into week one with 4 receivers, no punter and no punt returner, 7 DT's and 7 Corners...Oh, yeah?, well Belicheck is dong even more shenanigans...."
Bill Belichick*
Love your video
Fav TH-camescb
You need the “future telling device!” Never go wrong! You may get detention tho!
Cardinals announcing Dobbs as starter shows they want to tank
Clearly not. 😂
Aged well
Falcons have the easiest schedule and had a great offense in my opinion falcons got the division. Also we had an amazing offseason.
Everyone in the South has an easy schedule. They play almost all the same teams + each other
@@benchwarmerbran honestly fair enough I j think we have the advantage but it might be biased
Idk man. I've heard a lot of people saying ridder isn't the guy.
@@citruz141 I mean he didn’t have the best game but if u wanna go there u could say neither is joe burrow after week 1
@prodbyjoey15 there's a huge difference between burrow having a one off bad game and ridder's performance. Burrow has proven himself many times.
Hearing him say the Jags and Bengals were contenders is hilarious because Burrow got injured twice and Lawrence played like shit lmao