John Frascella's Super Bowl Predictions: Can Mahomes and His Chiefs Return to Glory?

 

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I hope you've enjoyed Prediction Week here at John Frascella Sports! Quick summary of the lead-in to today's piece: 

My AFC Preseason Predictions: Headlined by the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Chargers and of course the Chiefs. 

My NFC Preseason Predictions: Headlined by the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Bucs and Los Angeles Rams. 

Now, let's jump right into my always controversial Super Bowl predictions... 

AFC PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

SEEDING IN ORDER

1. Buffalo Bills (AFC East Division Winner)

2. Kansas City Chiefs (AFC West Division Winner)

3. Cincinnati Bengals (AFC North Division Winner)

4. Indianapolis Colts (AFC South Division Winner)

5. Los Angeles Chargers

6. Las Vegas Raiders

7. Baltimore Ravens

OPENING ROUND

Baltimore Ravens (7) over Kansas City Chiefs (2)

Las Vegas Raiders (6) over Cincinnati Bengals (3)

Los Angeles Chargers (5) over Indianapolis Colts (4)

Three big upsets in the opening round of the playoffs! 

AFC SEMIFINALS

Buffalo Bills (1) over Baltimore Ravens (7)

Las Vegas Raiders (6) over Los Angeles Chargers (5)

The Raiders will make a surprising trip to the Conference Finals! 

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Buffalo Bills (1) over Las Vegas Raiders (6) by the score of 34-24. Las Vegas' magical run ends here. 

NFC PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS

SEEDING IN ORDER

1. Green Bay Packers (NFC North Division Winner)

2. Tampa Bay Bucs (NFC South Division Winner)

3. Los Angeles Rams (NFC West Division Winner)

4. Philadelphia Eagles (NFC East Division Winner)

5. San Francisco 49ers

6. Arizona Cardinals

7. Minnesota Vikings

OPENING ROUND

Tampa Bay Bucs (2) over Minnesota Vikings (7)

Los Angeles Rams (3) over Arizona Cardinals (6)

San Francisco 49ers (5) over Philadelphia Eagles (4)

Only one small upset in this Conference. Far less drama, overall. 

NFC SEMIFINALS

Green Bay Packers (1) over San Francisco 49ers (5)

Tampa Bay Bucs (2) over Los Angeles Rams (3)

Heading toward a big showdown between the two legendary quarterbacks! 

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Green Bay Packers (1) over Tampa Bay Bucs (2) by the score of 27-24. Rodgers gettin' it done without Davante. 

JOHN FRASCELLA'S SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS

Buffalo Bills over Green Bay Packers by the score of 35-28. A bit of a shootout in The Big Game! 

Super Bowl MVP: Josh Allen 

As far as predicting this far in the future, I think it simply all comes down to this: 

- Chiefs lost Tyreek Hill (top contender)

- Packers lost Davante Adams (top contender)

- Bucs lost Ryan Jensen (top contender)

- Stafford has tendinitis in his throwing elbow (Rams top contender) 

The Bills just look the "cleanest" right now. Best overall situation to win it all as of September 2, 2022. 

John Frascella is a published sports author who has been a Fantasy Football Analyst for 24 years. Follow him @LegendSports7 on Twitter for all things football.