2025 NFL Season Predictions Are Here!

Alright, I’m going to skip the pre-amble and dive right in: football season is here, and it’s time for me to be very wrong about trying to forecast the future. But it’s fun to try, right?

Division winners and playoff predictions below, with 16-game records (if you know about my yearly old-school schedule, then it shouldn’t shock you that I’m picking based on that, and to heck with that pesky, additional, 17th game). And just for fun, I even threw a tie in there!

*-Denotes Wild Card team

AFC East

1. Buffalo Bills (11-5)

2. Miami Dolphins (7-9)

3. New England Patriots (7-9)

4. New York Jets (5-11)

AFC North

1. Baltimore Ravens (12-4)

2. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6)*

3. Cincinnati Bengals (9-7)*

4. Cleveland Browns (5-11)

AFC South

1. Houston Texans (9-7)

2. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-10)

3. Tennessee Titans (5-10-1)

4. Indianapolis Colts (4-11-1)

AFC West

1. Kansas City Chiefs (10-6)

2. Los Angeles Chargers (10-6)*

3. Denver Broncos (8-8)

4. Las Vegas Raiders (8-8)

NFC East

1. Philadelphia Eagles (13-3)

2. Washington Commanders (9-7)*

3. Dallas Cowboys (8-8)

4. New York Giants (3-13)

NFC North

1. Green Bay Packers (11-5)

2. Detroit Lions (9-7)*

3. Chicago Bears (8-8)

4. Minnesota Vikings (5-11)

NFC South

1. Atlanta Falcons (9-7)

2. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-8)

3. Carolina Panthers (6-10)

4. New Orleans Saints (2-14)

NFC West

1. Los Angeles Rams (12-4)

2. San Francisco 49ers (11-5)*

3. Seattle Seahawks (8-8)

4. Arizona Cardinals (6-10)

PLAYOFFS

AFC:

WC: Bills def. Bengals, Chiefs def. Chargers, Steelers def. Texans

Div: Chiefs def. Bills, Ravens def. Steelers

Champ: Ravens def. Chiefs

NFC

WC: Rams def. Lions, 49ers def. Falcons, Commanders def. Packers

Div: Rams def. 49ers, Eagles def. Commanders

Champ: Rams def. Eagles

Super Bowl LX:

Rams over Ravens