They actually do A HUNDRED in this Daily Cover.
Let's dissect the reality from the fiction.
1) The Bills might make the Super Bowl. The Packers won't. If Tom Brady isn't taken out at the knees or whatever, it's his to lose -- why else would he come back without that level of a guarantee to be shipped off to be paid $400 million or whatever it is to be Fox' lead announcer? The Packers are a DISTANT third, if not fourth (Bucs, Rams, Cowboys) in the NFC -- and that's with an Aaron Rodgers who's in full Favre Sabotage Mode. The Bills might, but they'll lose if they do, regardless of opponent.
2) Hopefully, the DeShaun Watson situation will eventually put the entire sport of football on trial, at all levels. This guy has probably left a trail of broken and literally bloody women all over the damn place. He will almost certainly be banned at least the first half-dozen games -- I would not be surprised if at least a season, with revisiting. And he's nowhere near the only one.
3) I think the reason SI thinks the NFL will "learn" from player commentators is to set the table for Tom Brady.
5) They have the Ravens "12 or more" wins. Only if the one relevant player on the team returns and stays healthy. (Which they believe he will have an MVP-caliber season in 19).)
12) They have the Rams clinching the NFC West a month to go in the season. If that's the case, the NFC Championship is, at most, a three-team race with the Cowboys struggling to keep up. The North is needing some time to resurge, the East and South outside Tampa and Dallas are abject jokes. If you want another way to put that #12 -- there's going to be a lot of shit football being played this season, because the number of even GOOD teams in this NFL right now might stand at about two or three.
14) This may take the sails out of the entire NFL, quite literally. The NFL IS flat-footed and unprepared for the midterms, a midterms which may not only take the country to the Right, but to the White -- something the NFL can hardly afford, since it has been forced by player demographics to get in bed with BLM and the like. I've always felt that, if Trump and his get back in power, the NBA is out of business and the NFL might not be far behind. And that discounts the possibility someone actually succeeds in a "Black Sunday" scenario, targeting Black players. The cherry on top: Even the USFL, with fanless games except for the hometown Birmingham team, has shown people don't want inferior football at any time.
16) If the Eagles win the NFC East, 9-8 wins the division.
18) SI believes the Gruden lawsuit will sting the NFL, but the Flores lawsuit might do more later. The thing is, I think eventually the two will be tied, and the junction point might well be found in the Snyder e-mails.
27) They're thinking Taylor Swift will headline the SB Halftime Show (which now needs a new sponsor) with Stevie Nicks being a surprise on the stage. Makes sense, when you think of it, if Swift would actually agree to be part of the demographic whipsaw which might well be in play by that point in time. (See 14) .)
30) < 35 TD for Tom Brady in a run-heavy Bucs team? No wonder you don't think the Bucs will win the NFC, and then you have to ask why Brady came back in the first place?
53) And you actually believe he's coming back in 2023 (and possibly NOT in Tampa!), with $400 million in his pocket to go to the booth when he retires...
65) I agree, and I think a lot of people are fully condemning any athlete who makes their health, mental OR physical, or any value more than the fans' entertainment. And I see a number of Black athletes getting the full Simone Biles treatment when they do walk.
72) I don't think it's the tax havens the NFL owners need to worry about -- SI is claiming they won't get the votes to expel Dan Snyder due to it boomeranging back on them. I think it's actually an offshoot of what I said in 2). The entire sport of football needs to be put on trial, and no one -- especially these owners -- wants that to happen, lest we learn "the awful truth". And the fact that I do believe it's in those Daniel Snyder e-mails somewhere cannot be underestimated. Between that and the Flores lawsuit especially, the NFL has some testy times ahead even if the White Right does not come up and demand their literal pound of flesh, starting after the midterms.
95) I do agree the NFL Pro Bowl will be scrapped and the Skills Competition which has come up before it will, in fact, take it's place.
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