If you’re going to call your shot, you might as well go big.
That’s what Connor Orr has done at Sports Illustrated. It’s easy to make a bold prediction or two and see if they pan out, but going on the record with 100 of them is a different kind of endeavor. (The list celebrates 100 days until the start of the 2022 season.)
Sure, he picks a Super Bowl matchup (Bills over Packers) and tabs certain players to lead key categories (sacks: Joey Bosa; rushing: Najee Harris; QB rating: Matt Ryan). But he also gets into plenty of off-the-field plotlines, too.
As expected, the Cowboys figure into a handful of Orr’s 100 bold predictions. Only none of them are all that crazy. If even a few of his prognostications come to fruition, the season figures to be a bumpy ride for Cowboys Nation.
7. Sean Payton doesn’t make it a full season in the booth before jumping back into coaching
Sep 29, 2019; New Orleans, LA, USA; New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton, center, talks to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and head coach Jason Garrett before their game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
When Payton suddenly stepped down as head coach in New Orleans, it kick-started a wild flurry of speculation that he would be coming to Dallas. Even after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones confirmed that Mike McCarthy was staying put, many outside observers have been treating Payton’s ascension to the throne in Big D as a matter not of if, but when. Orr predicts Payton’s name will become part of the leaguewide conversation before Halloween, as foundering teams launch “epic and borderline public overture”s to woo him, even before the actual hiring widow opens. If Jones regards Payton as a stand-by candidate, he may have to compete early to land him.
16. The Eagles will win the NFC East
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