The NFL season is 100 days away, which means we have precious little time remaining to speculate on the future once games actually get going Sept. 8, when the Rams host the Bills in the season opener. And, really, isn’t saying loudly what happen and then disappearing infinitely more enjoyable than just watching events unfold in real time? Here, somewhere between informed speculation and long-shotting, is our sweet spot.
To memorialize our final days of blind-take-having, we present to you a master list of bold predictions for the upcoming season, the size and heft of which you normally would need to seek at a wholesale retailer. We are all about bang for the buck here at The MMQB, so consider this a scorecard of sorts for the season ahead.
The NFL season is dense with various plots and story lines, both on and off the field. It is a tapestry of wonderful feats of athleticism, glimpses of pure schematic genius and a plethora of corporate greed and darkness. When combined, it creates the kind of reality show we are smart enough to know we should stop watching but continue to patronize.
Awaiting us is the unexplored and unknown. Here is our best guess as to what it contains:
1. The Bills will defeat the Packers in Super Bowl LVII
Buffalo is among the most well coached and complete teams in football. While there is an obvious concern with both of these teams losing their offensive coordinators in 2021 to the head coaching circuit (the Packers’ Nathaniel Hackett is in Denver, while Brian Daboll left the Bills to become the head coach of the Giants), both teams, assuming they stay healthy, went above and beyond this offseason solidifying remaining needs.
