Ben Solak, a veteran NFL analyst, joins ESPN in 2024. He shares his insights and predictions for the upcoming NFL season, focusing on sleeper teams, playoff contenders, and key storylines.
Ben Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network. Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday and is looking forward to 2025. My resolutions for the coming year: Make sure I call my timeouts at the end of the fourth quarter in prime time with a potential game-winning kick in the cards.
Every Tuesday, I'll spin the previous week of NFL games forward, looking at what the biggest storylines mean and what comes next. We'll take a first look at the consequences of 'Monday Night Football,' break down a major trend or two and highlight some key individual players and plays. There will be film. There will be stats (a whole section of them). And there will be fun. This week, we look at the most dangerous sleeper teams in the playoff field (or potentially in the playoff field) and judge whether each can get hot and go on a run. Then we make three big postseason predictions -- including a Super Bowl pick -- and size up Every week, this column will kick off with one wide look at a key game, player or trend from the previous slate of NFL action. What does it mean for the rest of the season?in the NFC on Sunday, and the loser will fall into the 5-seed. The Ravens and Steelers still could flip-flop atop the AFC North. And the seventh spot in the AFC is up for grabs (most likely the Broncos but possibly the Dolphins or Bengals).Four big questions ahead of Week 18: Who's the team nobody wants to play in January? Does Burrow have a legit MVP case?; the Bengals did. That was a much different Cincinnati defense back then. There's a reason the Bengals need so much help to get into the playoffs this season; they're just not a very good team. Even if they're the only team left that knows what it feels like to knock out the Chiefs, I don't think they're equipped to stop Kansas City (or anyone in the AFC playoff picture) this time aroun
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