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THE NFL The release of the program means only one thing: it is time to start thinking about the final game.
I’m just kidding. Yes, we As soon as I gave our first glance to the Haishy of the regular season of 2025. But I am thinking about where everything leads: the post -station and the Super Bowl. It’s a bit like when you simulated the entire season on Madden to see who wins everything. This is what I wanted to look here.
So how does the NFL season of 2025 ends?
I thought about how the playoff ranking will be. And I projected each round, including the scores (because no detail is too precise) – up to the super bowl.
Let’s do this.
Playoff ranking
AFC ranking
- Baltimora Ravens
- Buffalo Bills
- Denver Broncos
- Indianapolis Colts
- Chargers of Los Angeles
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Cincinnati Bengals
Sure, mine Colts The choice is likely to add some brains. THE Houston Texani It did not seem a strong team in the film last year, but they climbed in the post -station due to the weak division. Indy has improved this offseason. Houston no. And if it is Daniel Jones or an improved Anthony Richardson At QB, the Colts should win multiple games-Eds were already 8-9 last season.
Elsewhere in the FC, the Pittsburgh Steelers 1) will have no quarterback or 2) have it Aaron RodgersWhich could be worse than having quarterback.
I seriously wanted to get the Raiders of Las Vegas in the mix, but I think Bengal‘The offensive talent will take them to that last place, because for once Cincinnati will win his first two games of the season (@ Cle, against Jac).
Some people like the Patriots To play the playoffs after a low season. But the downside, the New England has a huge amount of turnover around Drake MayeAn ascending but wrapped quarterback. The Offseason of the Patriots resembles much more Jaguars‘Offseason: new coach, huge class of free agents, strong votes. For this reason, I am hesitant in predicting a playoff place. Let’s see how before the new pieces of New England come together.
NFC ranking
- Commanders of Washington
- RAMS of Los Angeles
- Detroit Lions
- Carolina Panthers
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Minnesota vikings
- Dallas Cowboys
This conference is more complicated.
Where are the PackersFor example? The AFC North will be brutal. It will be the strongest division of the NFL and suspicious that this means that the four teams will make each other’s lunch. Only two of the teams will make the post -station this year. I like what Chicago Bears We did for their offensive line, but we saw reconstructions like this flop and/or falter. (Look at the Jets In recent years.) I don’t like what the packers have done this offseason, and I worried it Jordan LoveThe contract – which is officially eating in the support cast that the packages can afford – will have an impact on the team’s performance. It is not yet consistent enough as a game manager to overcome this weakened list.
Yes, I have the Panther In fourth place after taking home the NFC South title. Few were paying attention to the end of last year, but Bryce Young Put together a race of eight games that completely changed my perspective on him and the coach Dave Cannas. There could be something special in Brewing in Carolina. It won’t take long to win the NFC South. It could simply take an aligned coach and a to taste. But moreover, the panthers will also have a series of additions out of season, by WR Tetairoa McMillan A DT Tershawn Wharton safely Tre’von Moehrig. Carolina is linked for the fifth strength of the program, according to the records of last year. Things are aligning.
And Dallas. Where do the cowboys come from? In reality they have the fifth strength of the program. But if you look at their graphic designer from top to bottom, they have a talent absurdly. In 2024, they finished 7-10, even if Dak Prescott He played only eight games and in a division that put two teams in the NFC championship. Dallas seemed foolish in the titles in this low season, but this team is much more dangerous than we think.
Jolly round
HI: Crows, Commanders
Matchup AFC:
Invoices Above the Bengali, 29-28
Bronchos Above the garments, 13-10
Chargers Over Colts, 21-7
NFC matchup
Ram Above Cowboys24-17
Viking Above Lions28-10
Eagles Over Panthers, 31-17
There are two organizations that – for me – seem exhausted: Kansas City and Detroit.
The garments have just put their heart and soul in the three cake and brutally failed on the largest stage. And while I think there is a complex of a great brother Patrick Mahomes AND Travis Kelce out of season.
For Lions, they only seem to have a downward trend. Their two coordinators of 2024 are now head coaches (Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn). They seem to never solve their secondary problems. And now, without Johnson, I wonder if the superpotent offense could experience a certain vulnerability, in particular when they stand up at the championship level to stop the trendy and heavy crimes.
Divisional round
Matchup AFC:
Ravens Over Chargers, 31-17
Bills Over Broncos, 17-14
NFC matchup:
Commanders on Viking, 28-17
Rams Over Eagles, 24-20
The matchup between the crows and chargers would be fascinating. It would be another bowl of Harbaugh. But more important (at least for me) it would be the way this game influences the bequests of Lamar Jackson AND Justin Herbert – Both face constant criticisms for their lack of success in the post -station. It seems that Herbert will have to endure more than the treatment he has received. And Jackson will continue to graduate from it.
JJ McCarthyThe season might seem like a version of a man poor in what Jayden Daniels He did last year. McCarthy will return to an ACL injury, which can slow down a player in the first days. But Minnesota has the support cast to raise its young to taste. In the post -station, I think this offense will be rushed. But … not at the level of the commanders, whose offseason additions will help prevent a second year crisis for Daniels. He will re -emerge to the NFC championship match.
Championship round
AFC Championship: Bills Over Ravens, 42-35
NFC Championship: Rams Over Commanders, 33-21
I have a crazy thought here. And if both Josh Allen And are Sean Mcvay underestimated?
Yes, I know Allen has just won MVP. But I’m not sure that everyone has enveloped the head for what he did to bring the bills for irrelevance and six consecutive division titles. And what he did, in particular, to raise Buffalo’s offense last year. His inability to beat Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs has dampened his inheritance. But when you simply look at Allen at the game level per game, you could easily argue that it is the most complete quarterback of the game.
That’s why he went to Super Bowl. The Bills win the AFC championship in a revenge of their opening of the season against Ravens.
In the NFC, it is a similar story with Mcvay, who brought his team through some patches difficult for him and Matthew Stafford He won the Super Bowl. He had to reconstruct it – or at least renew – his list. There was a lot of turnover from the stars who helped the Rams win the last time. Aaron Donald, Cooper Kupp, Jalen Ramsey AND Bobby Wagner They are all disappeared. This seems to be the year in which that construction project ends. And in the NFC championship, everything seems picturesque in the Los Angeles roster as McVay could imagine.
Super Bowl
Bills Over Rams, 27-26
There was a game in fourth down that decided the loss of the Bills against the Chiefs in the AFC championship. You probably know that. It was Buffalo’s last offensive car. Allen did not seem to recognize a blitz masked from the right side. The blitzers hurried the passage and Allen was unable to complete the tight shot Dalton Kincaid. (Or, perhaps, Kincaid has dropped the passage.) The incomplete game costs the game.
How serious is it that the game burned in Allen’s mind? How much will motivate it?
My feeling is that it is a reminder of how perfect it will be to do it not only for a super bowl but through one – and with a victory. Because the preparation of a quarterback must be so intense and immense that it can see that Blitz arrives and brings the correct adjustment. In each game, including and above all to the third and fourth down in the fourth quarter.
Instead of further consolidating McVay and Stafford’s Sanes, this season will give Allen the platform to transform. It cannot be denied that it will be considered one of the most talented quarterback of its generation. But this Super Bowl could open conversations on its size.
Before joining Fox Sports as a journalist and editorialist of the NFL, Henry McKenna spent seven years to cover the Patriots for USA Today Sports Media Group and Boston Globe Media. Follow it on Twitter a @HENRYCMKENNA.
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