Josh Allen reacts after hearing the Guardian has picked the Bills to win the Super Bowl. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP
As we headed into the 2023 NFL season, Taylor dominated the headlines. Colts running back Jonathan Taylor was holding out for a contract extension, to build his own generational wealth and alter the running back market as we know it. By season’s end, the most notable Taylor in the NFL was a global icon showcasing her gaga phase with Travis Kelce during Chiefs games. You never know which road the NFL will take from year-to-year but it’s never boring.
On-field outcomes have become a little easier to predict in the era of Patrick Mahomes. After three Super Bowls wins in five years, it’s now safe to say that anyone betting against Mahomes is a fool. Yet when we glance at our Guardian NFL picks from last September, it turns out some of us writers were a little off, not only in doubting Mahomes’s ability to overcome his lack of a supporting cast but on many of our predictions across the board. Then again, one of us got the lineup for the Super Bowl spot on. Let’s, squeamishly, take a look (you can read the full predictions here) at how we saw the season playing out.
Best team that won’t make the playoffs
What we said before the season: We liked the New York Jets’ new look offense but concerns about Aaron Rodgers’ “decreased mobility” and whether “he’ll have a positive impact on team culture” correctly kept us from stamping their ticket to the postseason. Let’s not talk about our prediction that “Todd Monken’s offensive overhaul is possibly too big” at the Baltimore Ravens.
What actually happened: Rodgers’s mobility definitely decreased: he played exactly 94 seconds as a Jet before tearing his achilles, and the team proceeded to record their eighth-straight losing season. The Ravens reigned supreme, at least in the regular season, and reached the AFC Championship Game.
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What we said before the season: Among our…
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Author : The Guardian
Publish date : 2024-02-16 09:00:39
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