10 bold predictions for the 2020 NFL season

MIAMI, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 02: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks on prior to Super Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – DECEMBER 23: Wide receiver Adam Thielen #19 of the Minnesota Vikings warms up before the game against the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 23, 2019, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

What are 10 bold predictions for the 2020 NFL season?

Bold: \ ˈbōld \ — showing or requiring a fearless daring spirit.

Did anybody not residing in The Volunteer State foresee Ryan Tannehill, a reserve quarterback, guiding the Tennessee Titans to the AFC Championship in 2019? No. That would have been a bold prediction. Especially after the team started the season with a 2-4 record.

The makeshift 2020 NFL season kicks off in less than four weeks. Oddsmakers prognosticate that the Kansas City Chiefs will again meet the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl. That will not happen either.

The last time the league saw the redux of a previous-year Super Bowl matchup was 1993 season when the Dallas Cowboys thrashed the Buffalo Bills for a second time. The hard salary cap in the NFL creates consistent parity, and Super Bowl rematches are hence seldom (or even nonexistent nowadays).

What you have scheduled in your head for NFL happenings is not going to occur, at least not in totality. The product is too riddled with injuries to proceed according to a script. Optimistically-speaking, the league is graced by the unanticipated emergence of playmakers, typically youthful ones.

Just as sure as you burn the roof of your mouth with you eat pizza rolls, the predictions of talking heads will go off the rails amid the 2020 season.

So, here is a bold and unexpected forecast of NFL events for 2020.

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