Excited for the 2021–2022 NFL Season.
By Sonny Hammoud
As the title says, I am looking forward to this upcoming season of NFL football. While I find the NFC conference to be underwhelming for the most part due to majority of the teams rebuilding, I do find the NFC West to be a nice division to look out for as there are some nice quality teams that will battle over a playoff spot. 2 of the teams that come to my mind here are the LA Rams and the Seattle Seahawks. Due to the addition of Matthew Stafford, I think the Rams will have the better edge and win the NFC West over the Seahawks. As for the AFC side, this is where most of my excitement comes from. Last year saw many great AFC highlights such as the rise of the Buffalo Bills and the Cleveland Browns. I am interested to see how the Browns can perform this season and I would like for them to improve even further by winning their division over the Steelers this time in what could be Big Ben’s final season. I especially would love to see the Buffalo Bills go even farther and this time, be able to appear in the Super Bowl or even win their first Super Bowl in franchise history. This will be a tough task due to the strength of the competition in the AFC. Notable opponents involve the Miami Dolphins who had a good 10–6 season last year despite missing the playoffs, the Baltimore Ravens as Lamar Jackson will want to make his case for his first Super Bowl, the Tennessee Titans who can range from wildcard to very good, the Kansas City Chiefs who are the sheer favorites of the NFL due to the amount of talent assembled on the team, and the Indianapolis Colts who will be fascinating to see how they adjust from Philip Rivers to Carson Wentz at quarterback. Even though I find 3 of the 4 divisions in the NFC conference to be predictable, I am thrilled to see how the AFC turns out as there have been a lot of improvements from teams and I feel it is the more exciting conference to look out for due to the sheer number of quality teams that will be competing for playoff spots among one another.
