2025 NFL predictions: Consultants decide Tremendous Bowl winner, MVP

The 2025 NFL season begins Thursday with the reigning Tremendous Bowl champion Eagles taking over the Cowboys. Will Philadelphia repeat, or is one other crew destined to win Tremendous Bowl LX at Levi’s Stadium?

We requested ESPN’s NFL analysts, writers, commentators, columnists and pundits to make their picks for the NFL season. Greater than 60 consultants weighed in with their predicted winners for AFC convention champion, NFC convention champion, Tremendous Bowl LX champion and regular-season MVP.

This is a breakdown of their picks. And take a look at all of our NFL season preview content material for extra information and evaluation forward of Week 1.

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AFC winner

Todd Archer, Cowboys reporter: Payments
Ben Child, Bengals reporter: Chiefs
Sarah Barshop, Rams reporter: Ravens
Michelle Beisner-Buck, NFL options reporter: Payments
Tedy Bruschi, NFL analyst: Chiefs
Joe Buck, commentator: Payments
Mike Chase, guidelines analyst: Payments
Wealthy Cimini, Jets reporter: Ravens
Ryan Clark, NFL analyst: Ravens
Kevin Clark, NFL analyst: Ravens
“Stanford Steve” Coughlin, commentator and betting analyst: Ravens
Courtney Cronin, Bears reporter: Payments
Jeff Darlington, nationwide NFL reporter: Chiefs
Turron Davenport, Titans reporter: Ravens
Rob Demovsky, Packers reporter: Ravens
Michael DiRocco, Jaguars reporter: Payments
Herm Edwards, NFL analyst: Payments
Jeremy Fowler, nationwide NFL reporter: Ravens
Katie George, sideline reporter: Ravens
Alaina Getzenberg, Payments reporter: Payments
Dan Graziano, nationwide NFL reporter: Payments
Mike Greenberg, host: Payments
Tim Hasselback, NFL analyst: Ravens
Andrew Hawkins, NFL analyst: Ravens
Brady Henderson, Seahawks reporter: Ravens
Jamison Hensley, Ravens reporter: Ravens
Stephen Holder, Colts reporter: Chiefs
Kalyn Kahler, nationwide NFL reporter: Payments
John Keim, Commanders reporter: Payments
Mina Kimes, NFL analyst: Ravens
Mel Kiper Jr., NFL draft analyst: Ravens
Jenna Laine, Buccaneers reporter: Payments
Marcel Louis-Jacques, Dolphins reporter: Ravens
Kimberley Martin, nationwide NFL reporter: Payments
Jason McCourty, NFL analyst: Ravens
Ryan McFadden, Raiders reporter: Ravens
Booger McFarland, NFL and school soccer analyst: Payments
Tim McManus, Eagles reporter: Ravens
Matt Miller, NFL draft analyst: Chiefs
David Newton, Panthers reporter: Payments
Dan Orlovsky, NFL analyst: Ravens
Daniel Oyefusi, Browns reporter: Chiefs
Sal Paolantonio, nationwide NFL reporter: Payments
Brooke Pryor, Steelers reporter: Ravens
Jordan Raanan, Giants reporter: Payments
Marc Raimondi, Falcons reporter: Ravens
Jordan Reid, NFL draft analyst: Chiefs
Mike Reiss, Patriots reporter: Payments
Kris Rhim, Chargers reporter: Ravens
Louis Riddick, NFL and school soccer analyst: Chiefs
Laura Rutledge, host and reporter: Ravens
Rex Ryan, NFL analyst: Ravens
Jeff Saturday, NFL analyst: Ravens
Adam Schefter, senior NFL insider: Ravens
Peter Schrager, NFL analyst: Payments
Kevin Seifert, Vikings reporter: Payments
Ben Solak, NFL analyst: Ravens
Marcus Spears, NFL analyst: Ravens
Mike Tannenbaum, NFL analyst: Chiefs
Nate Taylor, Chiefs reporter: Chiefs
Katherine Terrell, Saints reporter: Ravens
Lindsey Thiry, nationwide NFL reporter: Payments
Scott Van Pelt, commentator: Ravens
Nick Wagoner, 49ers reporter: Payments
Josh Weinfuss, Cardinals reporter: Payments
Eric Woodyard, Lions reporter: Ravens
Discipline Yates, NFL/NFL draft analyst: Ravens
Russell Yurk, guidelines analyst: Broncos

Totals: Baltimore Ravens (33), Buffalo Payments (24), Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (10), Denver Broncos (1)

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NFC winner

Archer: Packers
Child: Packers
Barshop: Packers
Beisner-Buck: Packers
Bruschi: Lions
Buck: Eagles
Chase: Lions
Cimini: Commanders
Ryan Clark: Packers
Kevin Clark: Packers
Coughlin: Rams
Cronin: Packers
Darlington: Lions
Davenport: Packers
Demovsky: Packers
DiRocco: Eagles
Edwards: Eagles
Fowler: Buccaneers
George: Eagles
Getzenberg: Lions
Graziano: Packers
Greenberg: Lions
Hasselback: Lions
Hawkins: Eagles
Henderson: Eagles
Hensley: Packers
Holder: Eagles
Kahler: Eagles
Keim: Packers
Kimes: Packers
Kiper: Packers
Laine: Buccaneers
Louis-Jacques: Payments
Martin: Eagles
McCourty: Packers
McFadden: Eagles
McFarland: Packers
McManus: Lions
Miller: Eagles
Newton: Packers
Orlovsky: Eagles
Oyefusi: 49ers
Paolantonio: Eagles
Pryor: Packers
Raanan: Vikings
Raimondi: Commanders
Reid: Eagles
Reiss: 49ers
Rhim: Eagles
Riddick: Buccaneers
Rutledge: Eagles
Ryan: Eagles
Saturday: Eagles
Schefter: Buccaneers
Schrager: Eagles
Seifert: Packers
Solak: Buccaneers
Spears: Eagles
Tannenbaum: Packers
Taylor: Packers
Terrell: Eagles
Thiry: Packers
Van Pelt: Eagles
Wagoner: Eagles
Weinfuss: Eagles
Woodyard: Lions
Yates: Eagles
Yurk: 49ers

Totals: Philadelphia Eagles (26), Inexperienced Bay Packers (22), Detroit Lions (8), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5), San Francisco 49ers (3), Washington Commanders (2), Minnesota Vikings (1), Los Angeles Rams (1)

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Tremendous Bowl LX champion

Archer: Payments
Child: Chiefs
Barshop: Ravens
Beisner-Buck: Payments
Bruschi: Lions
Buck: Payments
Chase: Payments
Cimini: Ravens
Ryan Clark: Ravens
Kevin Clark: Ravens
Coughlin: Ravens
Cronin: Payments
Darlington: Chiefs
Davenport: Ravens
Demovsky: Packers
DiRocco: Payments
Edwards: Eagles
Fowler: Ravens
George: Eagles
Getzenberg: Payments
Graziano: Payments
Greenberg: Lions
Hasselback: Ravens
Hawkins: Ravens
Henderson: Ravens
Hensley: Ravens
Holder: Chiefs
Kahler: Payments
Keim: Payments
Kimes: Ravens
Kiper: Ravens
Laine: Buccaneers
Louis-Jacques: Ravens
Martin: Payments
McCourty: Ravens
McFadden: Ravens
McFarland: Packers
McManus: Ravens
Miller: Chiefs
Newton: Payments
Orlovsky: Ravens
Oyefusi: Chiefs
Paolantonio: Eagles
Pryor: Ravens
Raanan: Payments
Raimondi: Ravens
Reid: Eagles
Reiss: Payments
Rhim: Eagles
Riddick: Chiefs
Rutledge: Ravens
Ryan: Ravens
Saturday: Ravens
Schefter: Ravens
Schrager: Payments
Seifert: Payments
Solak: Ravens
Spears: Ravens
Tannenbaum: Chiefs
Taylor: Packers
Terrell: Ravens
Thiry: Payments
Van Pelt: Ravens
Wagoner: Payments
Weinfuss: Payments
Woodyard: Lions
Yates: Ravens
Yurk: Broncos

Totals: Baltimore Ravens (30), Buffalo Payments (19), Kansas Metropolis Chiefs (8), Philadelphia Eagles (5), Detroit Lions (3), Denver Broncos (1), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1), Inexperienced Bay Packers (1)

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Common-season MVP winner

Archer: Josh Allen
Child: Lamar Jackson
Barshop: Joe Burrow
Beisner-Buck: Josh Allen
Bruschi: Joe Burrow
Buck: Joe Burrow
Chase: Joe Burrow
Cimini: Jayden Daniels
Kevin Clark: Patrick Mahomes
Ryan Clark: Joe Burrow
Coughlin: Jahmyr Gibbs
Cronin: Jordan Love
Darlington: Patrick Mahomes
Davenport: Lamar Jackson
Demovsky: Jayden Daniels
DiRocco: Joe Burrow
Edwards: Josh Allen
Fowler: Joe Burrow
George: Lamar Jackson
Getzenberg: Patrick Mahomes
Graziano: Patrick Mahomes
Greenberg: Joe Burrow
Hasselback: Lamar Jackson
Hawkins: Jalen Hurts
Henderson: Joe Burrow
Hensley: Lamar Jackson
Holder: Lamar Jackson
Kahler: Joe Burrow
Keim: Jayden Daniels
Kimes: Lamar Jackson
Kiper: Lamar Jackson
Laine: Jayden Daniels
Louis-Jacques: Lamar Jackson
Martin: Joe Burrow
McCourty: Jalen Hurts
McFadden: Joe Burrow
McFarland: Jayden Daniels
McManus: Lamar Jackson
Miller: Lamar Jackson
Newton: Josh Allen
Orlovsky: Jordan Love
Oyefusi: Josh Allen
Paolantonio: Joe Burrow
Pryor: Lamar Jackson
Raanan: Justin Jefferson
Raimondi: Lamar Jackson
Reid: Lamar Jackson
Reiss: Joe Burrow
Rhim: Joe Burrow
Riddick: Patrick Mahomes
Rutledge: Lamar Jackson
Ryan: Joe Burrow
Saturday: Joe Burrow
Schefter: Lamar Jackson
Schrager: Joe Burrow
Seifert: Josh Allen
Solak: Joe Burrow
Spears: Lamar Jackson
Tannenbaum: Joe Burrow
Taylor: Patrick Mahomes
Terrell: Lamar Jackson
Thiry: Josh Allen
Van Pelt: Lamar Jackson
Wagoner: Joe Burrow
Weinfuss: Jalen Hurts
Woodyard: Lamar Jackson
Yates: Lamar Jackson
Yurk: Josh Allen

Totals: Lamar Jackson (22), Joe Burrow (20), Josh Allen (8), Patrick Mahomes (6), Jayden Daniels (5), Jalen Hurts (3), Jordan Love (2), Jahmyr Gibbs (1), Justin Jefferson (1)