Soccer is again.
Simply previous to the NFL season kicking off, golf influencer Paige Spiranac made her picks for the 2023 NFL season.
In a video posted Thursday, simply hours earlier than the Lions snuck previous the Chiefs in Kansas Metropolis, Spiranac recorded a video of herself and made a prediction Jets followers will love.
Spiranac shockingly picked the New York Jets to symbolize the AFC Convention within the Tremendous Bowl, one thing each long-suffering Jet fan hopes come true. The Jets final appeared within the huge sport in 1969, in Tremendous Bowl III, when Joe Namath led the crew to an upset victory over Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts.
However this yr, Spiranac picked the Jets to match up in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers within the Tremendous Bowl. The 49ers positive seemed like a Tremendous Bowl-caliber crew as they dismantled her favourite crew—the Pittsburgh Steelers—Sunday.
She isn’t blindly making picks both. The golf influencer works with PointsBet breaking down {golfing} predictions, however for those who comply with her content material, that she is an avid soccer fan as nicely.
Earlier than making her Tremendous Bowl LVIII prediction, nevertheless, Spiranac revealed who would win every division.
Within the AFC East, she picked the Jets, as she believes Aaron Rodgers will convey ‘Gang Inexperienced’ again to prominence.
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“I feel they will reside as much as the hype,” Spiranac mentioned in her video.
She then picked the Cincinnati Bengals to win the AFC North, the Jacksonville Jaguars to win the AFC South, and the defending Tremendous Bowl champions, the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, to win the AFC West.
Within the NFC, Spiranac picked the Philadelphia Eagles to repeat as NFC East champions. If the Eagles win the NFC East this yr, they would be the first crew to repeat as NFC East champion since 2004.
Spiranac is excessive on the Detroit Lions too, as she picked Dan Campbell’s crew to win the NFC North. Ought to Detroit go on to take action, it could be the primary divisional title for the Lions since 1993, when Barry Sanders led the crew to the postseason.
Elsewhere within the NFC, Spiranc picked the Panthers to win the South and the 49ers to win the West, unsurprising contemplating she picked San Francisco to make it to Las Vegas.
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