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Just how good will the New Orleans Saints be this season? Sure, things look great on paper — they’ve built a roster stocked with talent, developed by a coaching staff that’s stuck together and won a lot of games for several years now. The team has won 13 matchups in each of their last two years, the first time that’s ever happened in franchise history.
Sure, the rest of the NFL is waiting to test them. Tom Brady is living it up in Tampa Bay. The Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons are in various stages of collapsing-and-rebuilding. And the greater scope of the conference includes an also-ran in last year’s Super Bowl (the San Francisco 49ers), a couple of proud teams embarrassed by quiet finishes to the season (the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, and Dallas Cowboys), and always-mercurial title contenders like the Seattle Seahawks and Philadelphia Eagles. And that’s not even the half of it, when you consider the goings-on in the AFC.
But if the latest predictions from Nate Davis over at USA TODAY Sports hold true, Saints fans will have plenty to cheer for in 2020. Davis is calling for the Saints to defeat Lamar Jackson, the reigning league MVP, and his Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl LV following a victorious 12-4 regular season performance. The 49ers are the only team in the NFC to finish with 12 or more wins, while the Ravens (13-3) and Patrick Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs (12-4) are runaway favorites to contend in the rival conference.
You can follow this link for Davis’ comprehensive thoughts on the state of the NFL before things stall out over a long summer, or check the graphic embedded below for his win-loss predictions on every team:
Here's how @ByNateDavis sees the upcoming NFL season playing out. https://t.co/05IsoLQX5R pic.twitter.com/qlxaGJ8ACN
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) May 14, 2020
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