It’s Labor Day weekend, when the team holds a much higher record and positive statements at incalculable heights, energizing their fan base.
Some of them would probably be on the right track.
Others dream. Of course, when you haven’t lost a game yet, why not?
Here are recipes for a tasty or non-edible season for one of the 32 teams.
AFC WEST
KANSAS CITY – A repeat of everything from 2019, with a stiffer defense, OR the dreaded “We’ve already won” syndrome.
DENVER – The Orange Crush and all the new speed in the attack make the Broncos great, or John Elway’s draft resurfaces.
CHARGERS OF LOS ANGELES – Justin Herbert’s sixth overall selection is his QB franchise, or leaving Philip Rivers is more traumatic than being second-class citizens in Los Angeles.
LAS VEGAS – A Gorgeous New Home is just the tonic for raiders, or they miss the Black Hole so much that they can’t get anything smart for Jon Gruden.
NFC WEST
SAN FRANCISCO – Like KC, a 2019 replay, but with a firm D at the Q4 Super Bowl, or the concern that has a tendency to hit name game losers is rampant.
SEATTLE – Russell Wilson, however, gains some popularity as Most Valuable Player and the Legion Boom is reincarnating with Jamal Adams, or the Seahawks can’t run the ball or rush to the pin.
ARIZONA – DeAndre Hopkins is the best for the Cardinals offensive as the defense intensifies, or the Cardinals still can’t stop other people from losing a lot of gunfire.
LOS ANGELES RAMS – Sean McVay can beat his war games despite having a less talented list, or all the beginnings bring DOWN LA into the basement.
AFC NORTH
BALTIMORE – Lamar Jackson is back as the league’s Most Valuable Player unanimously and carries those performances in the playoffs, or Jackson’s game is built for the playoffs.
PITTSBURGH – The metal curtain has dominated again, O Ben Roethlisberger is a shell of the QB Hall of Fame earlier in his career.
CLEVELAND – Discord and dissension disappear from new coach Kevin Stefanski, or no adjustments and the Browns are back with a serious performance.
CINCINNATI – Joe Burrow brings winning tactics to the Bayou and catches, O, uh, Same Old Bungles.
NFC NORTH
MINNESOTA – Dalvin Cook stays healthy and dominates a forged O line, O Everson Griffen, Stefon Diggs and other exits cannot be overcome.
GREEN BAY – Last season’s 13-3 record and narrow wins are representative of those Packers, O A-Rod is so excited to recruit a quarterback who needs to get out.
DETROIT – Matt Patricia shows that his defensive genius did not remain in Foxborough, or helps keep appearing.
CHICAG0: Discover that Mitchell Trubisky’s draft before Mahomes is not a mistake, or notices that it is a failure of the length of a franchise.
AFC SOUTH
HOUSTON – JJ Watt stays healthy and breaks offenses while at its peak, or The Hopkins industry in Arizona is a fiasco for Texas.
TENNESSEE – Derrick Henry runs about 2,000 yards and a lot of touchdowns and the defense solidifies, or Ryan Tannehill returns as a replacement and the D fights.
INDIANAPOLIS – All the skill accumulated in recent years is the merger of coach Frank Reich, or the Colts have overestimated what Rivers left behind.
JACKSONVILLE – We are looking for a basement exit; You can’t locate him, or the Jaguars are even worse than you think.
NFC SOUTH
NEW ORLEANS – Drew Brees and Michael Thomas are unstoppable and, as the defense gets even better, 41-year-old OR Brees is too old to be heroic any longer.
TAMPA BAY – Tom Brady is, well, Tom Brady, and guides the Buccaneers to the top, O Brady, 43, is also more heroic.
ATLANTA – What he clicked in 2016 does it again, saving the jobs of coach Dan Quinn and manager Thomas Dimitroff, or the Falcons continue to sink into darkness.
CAROLINE – Matt Rhule is a lead contractor and turns an unproven young organization into a winner, or the Panthers are nfc’s least talented team.
AFC ES
NEW ENGLAND – Bill Belichick was actually the genius behind the Patriots dynasty, or it was Brady who had the magic touch, not the coach.
BUFFALO – The Bills are someone else with whom to win the division, or Buffalo fails again, this time in a weakened area.
MIAMI – Tua Time is early and it’s a show, OR first-round recruiter Tua Tagovailoa is still injured.
NEW YORK JETS – An organization of un nameless receivers and advocates has gained notoriety, or Adam Gase is QB coach Sam Darnold, or vice versa.
NFC IS
DALLAS – New coach Mike McCarthy has the touch Dak Prescott and Zeke Elliott need, or owner Jerry Jones starts with Jimmy Johnson’s phone number.
FILADELFIA – Carson Wentz is betting a full season and playoffs, which triggered an offensive resurgence, O Wentz can’t stay in the area and the Eagles’ courage is not enough.
NEW YORK GIANTS – Someone takes over the missing game creators of a defense, thus easiing the burden of attack, or that D is a Meadowlands disaster.
WASHINGTON – Ron Rivera will not only replace the culture, but also the effects on the field, or no adjustments for the team without (for now) any names.
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