{"id":11979,"date":"2004-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-11T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=11979"},"modified":"2025-05-03T02:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:01:33","slug":"prognosticating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2004\/09\/11\/prognosticating\/","title":{"rendered":"Prognosticating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully you have come to realize that TheHogs.net staff can deliver daily articles, keen insight and unrivaled Redskins content.  But do they know NFL football?  We decided to test the staff&#8217;s prognosticating skills as some of them have offered up their predictions for the upcoming 2004 season.<\/p>\n<p>We will be checking in quarterly to see how their predictions are holding up.  Be sure to check back to see which TheHogs.net staff member knows their stuff when it comes to predicting the always unpredictable NFL.<\/p>\n<p>The records in bold print reflect the teams that each person feels will win that division.  Records with an asterisk (*) are teams that they feel will earn a Wild Card birth.  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