The 2023 NFL season is officially over, which means it’s time to look ahead to next season.
We don’t have a clear picture of what each team’s roster will look like when the 2024-25 season kicks off in September, with April’s upcoming draft and free agency still to come before then, but Colin Cowherd already has an inkling of which teams are poised to break out in 2024 like the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions did this past season.
He made some bold predictions for next season’s playoff picture on Friday’s edition of “The Herd.” Cowherd has six teams making the playoffs in 2024 that missed out in 2023, including a shocking NFC East winner and a just-as-surprising would-be contender in the AFC missing the playoffs entirely.
Check out his full way-too-early predictions below:
AFC
Division winners: Buffalo Bills (East), Cincinnati Bengals (North), Indianapolis Colts (South), Kansas City Chiefs (West)
Wild-card teams: Baltimore Ravens, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers
Cowherd’s thoughts: “Houston doesn’t make it — [you’re saying], ‘What?’ Now they have to play with expectations. Their schedule is significantly harder. And oh, by the way, Anthony Richardson and Trevor Lawrence are both healthy again. I don’t think Houston bottoms out but [instead] has a sophomore slump. Remember, per season over the last decade, six new teams make the playoffs, so I went through it and ended up with six. Look at the Texans’ opponents, there [are] some tough ones. Cowboys on the road, Chiefs on the road, Packers — who I think are excellent — on the road. Home games, well, good luck. The Lions are really good, Ravens are really good, Bills and Dolphins score a lot of points. That’s a tough schedule for the Texans and they are still in a rebuild. I like Houston, I just think they pull back by a game or two.”
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