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Houston TexansHouston Texans: 4 bold predictions for the 2021 NFL season

It’s finally time for some Houston Texans bold predictions! Everyone had to fight tooth and nail to determine who got the honor of writing about the Texans. This is a team that could win anywhere from zero games all the way up to four or five if things go well. Their franchise quarterback, Deshaun Watson, […]

New York GiantsNew York Giants: 4 bold predictions for the 2021 NFL season

The New York Giants are a weird team. They have a defense that should rank in the top half of the league with James Bradberry leading the group and they have some exciting offensive weapons. Those two things are good, but the quarterback and the offensive line might just be too much to overcome when […]

Chicago BearsThe Bears X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Justin Fields

This entire Chicago Bears offseason has basically been focused on two players, Justin Fields and Andy Dalton. Fans have been clamoring for Fields to start while the Bears consistently claim Andy Dalton is the guy for now. Whoever plays quarterback is obviously going to play a huge role in how far Chicago goes this season, […]

New York GiantsThe Giants X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Saquon Barkley

The New York Giants are in a weird situation entering this year. The offense consists of veteran weapons Kenny Golladay, Sterling Shepard, Kyle Rudolph, and Evan Engram as well as Kedarius Toney, Darius Slayton, and Saquon Barkley. The playmakers are there and the defense looks to be among the top 12-15 in the league with […]

Cleveland Browns4 bold Cleveland Browns predictions for the 2021 NFL season

The Cleveland Browns are finally out of the basement of the NFL and instead are near the top of the AFC right alongside the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, and others. Baker Mayfield looks to be the franchise quarterback they were hoping for, and they certainly can’t complain when it comes to offensive weapons. Nick […]

Detroit LionsThe Lions X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Jared Goff

It’s a new era for the Detroit Lions and their fans. After 12 straight seasons with Matthew Stafford as the quarterback and only three playoff games, the team finally decided to move on. The Stafford era will go down as a disappointment, but the rebuild is underway in Detroit and there may be some building […]

Denver BroncosThe Broncos X Factor For 2021 NFL Season And It's Not Teddy Bridgewater

The Denver Broncos might be set to to make a sneaky run to the postseason this year. They’ll have an offense led by quarterback Teddy Bridgewater that should be around league average. From watching Teddy lead the Vikings way back when, this is the type of team he can do well with. An offense that […]

Baltimore RavensThe Ravens X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Lamar Jackson

The Baltimore Ravens are entering the 2021 season looking to return to the playoffs for the fourth straight time. In the first three years of this run, Baltimore has won just one playoff game so the team has to be entering this season with higher expectations. The team is once again led by Lamar Jackson, […]

Cincinnati BengalsThe Bengals X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Joe Burrow

The Cincinnati Bengals are heading into year two with quarterback Joe Burrow, the former number one overall pick. Last season was not at all what anyone was hoping for as Burrow went down late in the campaign with a leg injury that abruptly ended his season. Burrow is looking for a return to form in […]

Tennessee TitansThe Titans X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Derrick Henry

The Tennessee Titans have made the NFL playoffs in three of the last four seasons, including one visit to the AFC Championship. None of these Titans teams are ever going to blow you away on paper, but once the season begins things just seem to click. Things really got going in 2019 after the Titans […]

Denver BroncosDenver Broncos: 4 bold predictions for the 2021 NFL season

The Denver Broncos are one of the most interesting teams in the AFC, if not the entire NFL entering this season. Teddy Bridgewater was named the starting quarterback for this season in a move that basically tells us the Drew Lock experiment is coming to a close. The former second-round pick lost his job to […]

Dallas CowboysDallas Cowboys: 4 bold predictions for the 2021 NFL season

The Dallas Cowboys are set to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to kick off the 2021 NFL regular season. It’s a matchup everyone is looking forward to, and one the Cowboys need to play well in. This Week 1 game can be a statement game for the Cowboys, showing that last season was a […]

Cleveland BrownsThe Browns X-Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Baker Mayfield

The Cleveland Browns are finally out of the NFL basement and are one of the best teams in the league. Last season was the breakout everyone in Cleveland had been waiting for. The team was built up with a solid defense, a solid offensive line, and a solid offense. Nothing was too flashy and everything […]

Washington CommandersThe Washington Football Team X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Terry McLaurin

The Washington Football Team is one of the most fascinating teams in the entire National Football League. They somehow snuck into the playoffs last season using a quarterback trio of Alex Smith, Dwayne Haskins, and Kyle Allen. Granted they were in a terrible division with the injury-stricken Cowboys, the Daniel Jones Giants, and the underperforming […]

Mini-EditorialsThe Falcons X Factor For 2021 NFL Season, And It's Not Matt Ryan

The Atlanta Falcons have been on a downward slide ever since the famous 28-3 disaster in the Super Bowl. They’ve kept largely the same offensive core around, but there is some major change heading into the 2021 season. When the NFL Draft began, many were unsure what path the Falcons were taking. Bring in the […]

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