Buffalo, N.Y. (WGR 550) - Every year, it happens. The NFL season seems so far away for so long. Then, like a Josh Allen fastball, it’s suddenly right in front of your face in a hurry.
This year, it came even faster for Buffalo Bills fans since their team is playing in the NFL’s opening Thursday Night game for the first time in franchise history.
A big reason the Bills were chosen for the game against the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams is because they are not only Super Bowl contenders themselves, but even the betting-line favorites in Las Vegas.
But with a loaded AFC, it’s going to be a grind. Nothing will be easy, nor settled, until the end.
So how does it end?
I’ve got a feeling... (If you don’t know the rest, just click here)
Here are my 2022 season predictions:
Division Winners:
AFC East: Buffalo Bills
AFC North: Baltimore Ravens
AFC South: Indianapolis Colts
AFC West: Los Angeles Chargers
AFC Wild Card Teams:
Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos
NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles
NFC North: Green Bay Packers
NFC South: New Orleans Saints
NFC West: Los Angeles Rams
NFC Wild Card Teams:
Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
AFC Championship Game:
- Bills over Chargers
NFC Championship Game:
- Rams over Packers
Super Bowl LVII:
- Bills over Rams
Maybe I should have learned my lesson, or maybe I was just a year too early, but I’m doing it again. I’m going back to the same Super Bowl pick I had a year ago, when I was right on one team, but 13 seconds and an AFC Championship Game away from the other.
The Super Bowl LVI we should have had is the Super Bowl LVII we’ll get. But this time, it won’t be played in one team’s home stadium. It’ll be in the Arizona desert where the Bills - and Western New York’s - championship drought will finally end.
Award Winners:
NFL MVP: Justin Herbert - QB - Los Angeles Chargers
Offensive Player of the Year: Jonathan Taylor - RB - Indianapolis Colts
Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Donald - DT - Los Angeles Rams
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Chris Olave - WR - New Orleans Saints
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Kyle Hamilton - S - Baltimore Ravens
Coach of the Year: Kevin O’Connell - Minnesota Vikings
Comeback Player of Year: Saquon Barkley - RB - New York Giants
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