With Super Bowl LVI in the rear view and the Los Angeles Rams the new NFL champions, it’s time to look ahead to the 2022 season. Who who will be under center for the first snaps of the regular season? Our hosts, for the second year in a row, attempt to make those predictions.
Now, it’s easy to find experts who make predictions like this, so we throwing in a little wrinkle by assigning confidence points to each QB-team pairing, 1 to 32 (more points means more confidence).
A perfect score is 528. Last year, Eric had the best performance as he correctly matched 23 starting QBs with their Week 1 teams and scored 464 points. Cory finished second, matching 22 quarterbacks and scoring 460 points. Evan had a rough performance with 20 correct predictions and jut 439 points.
Best predictions:
Eric – Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons: 21 points (Cory put 7 points on Justin Fields and Evan put 12 on Fields)
Cory – Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks: 30 points (Evan put 19 points on Wilson and Eric put 18 points on him)
Evan – Jameis Winston, New Orleans Saints: 20 points (Cory put 9 points on Winston and Eric put 8 points on him)
Biggest misses:
Eric – Drew Lock, Denver Broncos: 17 points
Cory – Teddy Bridgewater, Carolina Panthers: 17 points
Evan – Deshaun Watson, San Francisco 49ers: 14 points
Team | Eric | Cory | Evan |
BUF Bills | Josh Allen (32) | Josh Allen (32) | Josh Allen (30) |
MIA Dolphins | Tua Tagovailoa (14) | Tua Tagovailoa (10) | Tua Tagovailoa (11) |
NY Jets |
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NE Patriots | Mac Jones (20) | Mac Jones (18) | Mac Jones (25) |
CIN Bengals | Joe Burrow (27) | Joe Burrow (20) | Joe Burrow (29) |
CLE Browns |
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BAL Ravens | Lamar Jackson (28) | Lamar Jackson (25) | Lamar Jackson (28) |
PIT Steelers |
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IND Colts |
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JAC Jaguars | Trevor Lawrence (25) | Trevor Lawrence (17) | Trevor Lawrence (26) |
HOU Texans | Davis Mills (9) | Davis Mills (8) | Davis Mills (5) |
TEN Titans | Ryan Tannehill (15) | Ryan Tannehill (23) | Ryan Tannehill (20) |
DEN Broncos |
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LA Chargers | Justin Herbert (26) | Justin Herbert (29) | Justin Herbert (31) |
KC Chiefs | Patrick Mahomes (31) | Patrick Mahomes (30) | Patrick Mahomes (32) |
LV Raiders | Derek Carr (16) | Derek Carr (27) | Derek Carr (13) |
DAL Cowboys | Dak Prescott (29) | Dak Prescott (31) | Dak Prescott (27) |
PHI Eagles | Jalen Hurts (13) | Jalen Hurts (12) | Jalen Hurts (8) |
WAS Commanders |
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NY Giants | Daniel Jones (23) | Daniel Jones (9) | Daniel Jones (18) |
CHI Bears | Justin Fields (18) | Justin Fields (16) | Justin Fields (21) |
DET Lions | Jared Goff (17) | Jared Goff (26) | Jared Goff (15) |
GB Packers |
| Aaron Rodgers (7) | Aaron Rodgers (9) |
MIN Vikings | Kirk Cousins (24) | Kirk Cousins (22) | Kirk Cousins (16) |
TB Buccaneers |
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ATL Falcons |
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CAR Panthers |
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NO Saints | Jameis Winston (6) | Jameis Winston (24) | Jameis Winston (6) |
ARI Cardinals | Kyler Murray (12) | Kyler Murray (21) | Kyler Murray (23) |
SF 49ers | Trey Lance (11) | Trey Lance (6) | Trey Lance (12) |
LA Rams | Matthew Stafford (30) | Matthew Stafford (28) | Matthew Stafford (17) |
SEA Seahawks |
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-The Sportsballers