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The 2024 NFL regular season is nearing its conclusion, with the playoffs just around the corner. As the calendar turns, however, 2025 promises to deliver its fair share of storylines.
Here are five headlines destined to dominate the NFL landscape in the coming days, weeks and months:
Which NFC North contenders will show up for real?
No division has had more firepower this year. The Detroit Lions are a juggernaut darling. The Green Bay Packers are an 11-win team for the fourth time under Matt LaFleur. The Minnesota Vikings are quietly dominant, boasting an elite version of Sam Darnold. But who’s actually primed to make good on their promise? Detroit has the best offense when everything is clicking. The Vikings could swipe the NFC’s No. 1 seed with a Week 18 win. And the Packers still have maybe the most gifted quarterback.
With the exception of the Tom Brady-led New England Patriots, there’s been no team in recent memory with the kind of crunch-time inevitability of these Chiefs. Somehow, in another mostly sluggish year for Patrick Mahomes, they enter Week 18 with a 15-1 record and plenty of time to rest before their latest playoff bid. And Andy Reid’s offense might just be settling in. The AFC competition includes some MVP favorites in Baltimore and Buffalo, but the Chiefs have unmatched confidence in January.
Will the aging quarterbacks draw a market?
From Aaron Rodgers to Derek Carr to Kirk Cousins, a handful of established signal-callers endured serious hiccups and/or bruises throughout 2024, leading to lots of uncertainty for their generation moving forward. Barring a miraculous return to the New York Jets, or a final farewell to the game, Rodgers is set to hit the open market at age 41. Cousins, meanwhile, is all but guaranteed another free agency tour at 36. Certainly some clubs will inquire, but is there room for all of these vets to land unquestioned top gigs?
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Author : Cody Benjamin
Publish date : 2025-01-01 14:52:00
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