NFL NFC Playoff Predictions 2019

Our Sports Editor makes his predictions for the NFC Champions. Who will go to the “Big Dance”?

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Tony Salamah, Sports Editor

Football season is officially in full effect! Some teams are already looking ahead to the playoffs, while some teams are already packing it in for next year. Some teams who we thought would be guaranteed “ins” are looking a little shaky, and some teams who we had no expectations for are looking like dark horses.

Let’s start off with the NFC, the better conference out of the two. The Los Angeles Rams, from the NFC West, are looking like they are going to lock up the top spot of the conference rather quickly. Their new additions on defense in Marcus Peters, Aqib Talib, and Ndamukong Suh, are proving to be great adds and their offense with Todd Gurley and Brandin Cooks is looking unstoppable.

From the NFC East, the Eagles are looking like they’ll take the division again, but not by much. That division has the Cowboys, the Giants, and the Redskins. No team is a pushover, and they all look like they could make some noise as a wild card team.

From the NFC North: The Vikings seem like the division will be theirs for the taking if they can get it together. They simply have too much talent on their team to not win the North. Yes, Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers, and Chicago has Khalil Mack, but, that’s about it.

The South may be the hardest one to predict. Every team has a shot right now. Three teams are tied for first place, the Bucs, the Saints, and the Panthers. The Falcons are one win behind, and quite a few people have them getting to the big game. But I would have to take the Saints winning the division just because of the star power they have on offense. Drew Brees and Michael Thomas are looking like an unstoppable pair, and the Tandem of Alvin Kamara, and Mark Ingram, will be just as dominant as ever.

To recap from the West we have the Rams, from the East we have the Eagles, from the North we have the Vikings, and from the South we have the Saints. My two wild card teams will be the Panthers, and the Packers. Carolina has Cam Newton and Christian McCaffery to hold their offense together, and right now it’s working quite well. And Green Bay, well, Green Bay has Aaron Rodgers, that’s about all they have, but that’s more than enough for anybody.