The 2025 Season. Let’s run through all 32 NFL teams for what to look for this upcoming season, as provided by our resident Draft analyst, Wonder.
But first, a review of Wonder’s 2024 Predictions. If we are not verifying, we are not held accountable for what we say. Wonder went 13-8 last year. He was 4-5 in the AFC but killed it with a 9-3 record in the NFC. FYI he was Under for the Gmen, part of that nailing of the NFC. And he also forecast Jayden Daniels at OROY, so props to him. I ask you bluntly- where else do you get a record of what was said, when we said it, here, for you to verify?! Do me a favor and pass the word around about this blog. I don’t charge a dime, so the least you can do is tell others about it.
BUF 12.5 That is a good number.13-4 is rough w their schedule. 6-0 in their division. Big edge to play BAL, PHL and KC at home.
MIA 7.5 OVER. Totally mediocre team. Good offense, lost a lot of players on D. Soft schedule. Tyreek Hill should bounce back this year. 8-9 or 9-8. Really hard to go less than 7-10.
NYJ 6.5 OVER. 7-10 is the most likely result. Mediocre team whose worst attribute is the QB. Defense can be excellent. Aaron Glenn has built camaraderie in the locker room. The rookie TE Taylor can make a big difference for this team, keeping them on the field and winning some close games.
NE 8.5 UNDER. For sure. I love Mike Vrabel but a 0.500 team? C’mon.
BAL 11.5 OVER. So hungry. Driven. They want to win for Jackson and Harbaugh. Barring injury, it will be between them and BUF for the #1 seed.
CLE 5.5 UNDER. Decent defense. Might be able to run the ball a bit. They don’t have stars, they are starting a 40 year old QB who is a sitting duck.
PIT 8.5. Tomlin vs Rodgers. Can he somehow bring Rodgers into fold to be a winning QB?
CIN 9.5 OVER. Made a huge difference by signing Hendrickson. Good team. Offense is scary. Chris Brown might be the most underrated RB in the NFL. Can catch and run. OL is better than it has been. Everyone is happy. Problem- very top heavy with stars, cannot get injured, else f’d.
HOU 9.5 OVER. Tough schedule. Inside division can get 5 or 6 wins. Who is going to be their second WR with Dell hurt? Kirk? If OL can be better so that Stroud is not running for life every game, then great. Secondary is excellent. Pass rushers Will Anderson and Hunter are great. Top 5 Defense. They want to play for DeMeco Ryans.
JAX 7.5 Offense should be better. Defense is the question. Lawrence inconsistent.
IND 7.5 UNDER. There is no way they are winning 8 games. They have three players on their team (Nelson, Bruckner and stud Jonathan Taylor). That’s it.
TEN 6.5 UNDER. How?! Forget it. They aren’t winning 7 games, c’mon. Some decent players like Simmons but they have a rookie QB who I have not been really impressed with so far; he’ll have his growing pains. Defense ok, Offense not ok. Will need to win games 17-14 so I do not see it happening. Only help is statistical bell curve on turnovers.
KC 11.5 OVER. No question. Tough Schedule. Never betting against Mahomes and Reid until Mahomes gets older. They get to play tougher games at home. Defense is solid again. Only thing that matters is whether Simmons holds up at Left Tackle. If OL improves, look out.
LVR 6.5 UNDER. Tough division to play in. Plus crossing over to the NFC East. 2 really good players, Crosby and Bowers. That’s it. Mediocre OL, mediocre DL, bad Defense in general. Will their new RB help? WRs stink. If Geno gets rushed, he stinks.
DEN 9.5 OVER. OVER. OVER. OVER. The next great team in the AFC. I would not be shocked if they are fighting KC for the Division. Would not be shocked if they win 11 or 12 games. Up and coming. Bo Nix shocked the sh*t out of me. Those college starts helped him. Top 5, maybe Top 3 Defense. Home field advantage. Payton is a great coach. Good OL. Added at WR, Sutton underrated. Balanced. Easy to see how they win games. Easy over.
LAC 9.5 UNDER. Losing Slater is gigantic. I like their team in general. Have a WR problem. An injury away. Secondary is pretty good. LBer mediocre. DL mediocre. They move Alt to LT, then your RT stinks. Affects their ability to run the ball, which is what Harbaugh wants to do. Can lose all 4 to KC and DEN.
DAL 7.5 UNDER. Team dissension. Parsons thing will negatively affect the psyche of the team. No running game. Every game will depend on Prescott throwing to Cee Dee Lamb.
PHL 11.5 OVER. Not close, best team in football. They don’t give away games. Continuity on Defense (some older players retired) is about the only blemish. But just loaded.
NYG 5.5 OVER. Will now win at least 1 and maybe both games vs DAL. Ridiculous schedule. Best they do is 1-3 vs North, 2-4 vs Division. I like their team, you cannot bet Under because you need 5-12, and that is the floor. Can easily go 6-11. Maybe 7-10. If they play decently, Wilson will stay as their QB. They can be in a lot of games because of their Defense.
WAS 9.5 OVER. They will win games. Daniels has room to get A LOT better. Signing McLaurin makes them happy. Defense will be better this year. The pressure on the other team’s offense is always going to be there, because WASH will score a sh*tload of points. Can easily go 4-0 vs DAL and NYG. DL and Defensive Secondary is a weakness. Daniels is the intangible on this team.
DET 10.5 OVER. And I do not need to look at the schedule. What did they lose? Ragnow and Zeitler. That is the only thing that worries me. Hutchinson is back. Gibbs and St. Brown, loaded.
GB 10.5. Micah Parsons helps. Time for Love to step up. Enough with future accolades. Now is now.
MIN 9.5 OVER. I think McCarthy is going to have question marks. Yet we forget how good they were. Jefferson is the best WR in football. McCarthy will not have to do a lot, but he will do what the coach tells him to do.
CHI 8.5 UNDER. Up and coming team but their schedule is going to kill them. OL has gotten better. Caleb Williams will be better. So they win 6-7-8 games.
TB 9.5 OVER. They start at worst 5-1 and might be 6-0 in Division. Good OL, good Defense. I really like Bucky Irving out of Backfield. Mayfield, Godwin, Evans.
NO 4.5 UNDER. How are they going to win any games? Kamara, Olave, and that is it. They can’t win 5 games. The line should be 3.5. I consider 4-13 an extremely good coaching job.
ATL 8.5. The only thing that matters is how Penix plays. Does he become an NFL QB, if yes, over, if no, under. Offense ‘should’ be better.
CAR 6.5. UNDER. I was impressed with what Young did at the end of last year. That does not mean that they win a lot of games.
SF 10.5 OVER. They have the easiest schedule in the history of football since this new 17 game alignment. The only reason they are considered a favorite is the following: The Rams play the Ravens, Lions and the Eagles while the 49ers play the Giants, Bears and the Browns. IF SF doesn’t pick up at least 2 of those 3 games, they don’t win the division. Everyone is overestimating how much better they will be with their injured players returning. They have lost players on defense. Trent Williams is a year older. McCaffrey is another injury older. The only reason they are in it is because of their schedule. Their last 6 games of the season: at AZ, CAR, at CLE, TEN, at IND, CHI. 6 creampuff games.
LAR 9.5 OVER. They play the AFC South and NFC South and they play HOU at home. The Rams Defense was good last year. Fiske and Verse are phenomenal. What a draft. So Defense is going to be even better. Added Devante Adams. Because of the soft schedule, they have a way to be the #1 seed.
SEA 8.5 OVER. A Sam Darnold question. I do not know. Easy schedule. I like their coach. All the teams in the NFC West have a shot at the playoffs because of the schedule.
AZ 8.5 OVER. Decent team, like Seahawks. Defensively have gotten a lot better. Murray has gotten a lot better in terms of managing a football game. Harrison rates to better this year as a WR. Connor is a good RB. Trey Benson is also good. No joke.