It's time to be very wrong. After six long months without the NFL , Week 1 is finally upon us. And like everyone else, I've had all summer to digest free agency and the draft , read all the preseason hype and form strong opinions about what will and won't happen in 2025. I have my 14 playoff teams and my Super Bowl pick ready.
I'm just getting there a little differently. As fellow analysts and fans make their playoff predictions over the summer, they're usually way more conservative than what plays out in reality, leaning heavily on the teams that made the playoffs the previous season . While there certainly are teams that are perennial visitors to the postseason, a lot of weird things can happen in a 17-game season. If you head to ESPN BET right now, though, 13 of the 14 te