2026 NFL season predictions: Division winners, playoff teams and Super Bowl pick revealed

Predicting what is about to happen in the 2026 NFL season is impossible, the pseudo-experts will tell you. The league is too volatile, injuries happen and sometimes players surprise us by playing well or poorly.

Hogwash.

This is easy. And let me prove it to you:

I predict the Super Bowl favorite Los Angeles Rams, practically every expert's preseason pick to win the NFC West, are going to struggle early in the season. They definitely aren't going to dominate the San Francisco 49ers in the opener.