{"id":345684,"date":"2025-09-06T06:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345684\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T06:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:47:24","slug":"super-bowl-mvp-division-winners-and-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345684\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl MVP, division winners and playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s September, which means football season<\/a> is officially back.<\/p>\n

The 49ers\u2019 last campaign<\/a> didn\u2019t go as planned. Now they\u2019re looking to bounce back from a 6-11 season<\/a> after signing Brock Purdy<\/a> to an offseason extension.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the NFC, the Eagles are coming off a dominant Super Bowl victory<\/a> over the Chiefs, denying Kansas City a three-peat.<\/p>\n

We asked our coverage team of Cam Inman, Jerry McDonald and Dieter Kurtenbach what they think will happen this fall and winter in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what each saw in his crystal ball:<\/p>\n

Cam Inman<\/p>\n

AFC West: Kansas City ChiefsAFC North: Baltimore RavensAFC South: Jacksonville JaguarsAFC East: Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

Wild cards: Los Angeles Chargers, Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots<\/p>\n

Wild-card round<\/p>\n

Ravens d. Patriots<\/p>\n

Bengals d. Chiefs<\/p>\n

Chargers d. Jaguars<\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Ravens d. Bengals<\/p>\n

Bills d. Chargers<\/p>\n

AFC Championship<\/p>\n

Bills d. Ravens<\/p>\n

NFC West: San Francisco 49ersNFC North: Minnesota VikingsNFC South: Atlanta FalconsNFC East: Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

Wild cards: Los Angeles Rams, Washington Commanders, Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n

Wild-card round<\/p>\n

49ers d. Packers<\/p>\n

Rams d. Vikings<\/p>\n

Commanders d. Falcons<\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Commanders d. Eagles<\/p>\n

49ers d. Rams<\/p>\n

NFC Championship<\/p>\n

Commanders d. 49ers<\/p>\n

Super Bowl<\/p>\n

Bills 33, Commanders 24<\/p>\n

MVP: Josh Allen (Buffalo)<\/p>\n

Jerry McDonald<\/p>\n

AFC West: Kansas City ChiefsAFC North: Baltimore RavensAFC South: Houston TexansAFC East: Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

Wild cards: Cincinnati Bengals, Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots<\/p>\n

Wild card round<\/p>\n

Chiefs d. Raiders<\/p>\n

Bengals d. Texans<\/p>\n

Bills d. Patriots<\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Ravens d. Chiefs<\/p>\n

Bills d. Bengals<\/p>\n

AFC Championship<\/p>\n

Bills d. Ravens<\/p>\n

NFC West: San Francisco 49ersNFC North: Detroit LionsNFC South: Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC East: Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

Wild cards: Los Angeles Rams, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

Wild card round<\/p>\n

49ers d. Bears<\/p>\n

Rams d. Packers<\/p>\n

Lions d. Buccaneers<\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Eagles d. Lions<\/p>\n

49ers d. Rams<\/p>\n

NFC Championship<\/p>\n

49ers d. Eagles<\/p>\n

Super Bowl<\/p>\n

Bills 30, 49ers 27<\/p>\n

MVP: Josh Allen (Buffalo)<\/p>\n

Dieter Kurtenbach<\/p>\n

AFC West: Kansas City ChiefsAFC North: Baltimore RavensAFC South: Tennessee TitansAFC East: Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

Wild cards: Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Wild-card round<\/p>\n

Chiefs d. Texans<\/p>\n

Broncos d. Titans<\/p>\n

Chargers d. Dolphins<\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Ravens d. Chargers<\/p>\n

Broncos d. Ravens<\/p>\n

AFC Championship<\/p>\n

Chiefs d. Broncos<\/p>\n

NFC West: Seattle SeahawksNFC North: Minnesota VikingsNFC South: Tampa Bay BuccaneersNFC East: Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

Wild cards: Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n

Wild-card round<\/p>\n

Vikings d. Falcons<\/p>\n

Buccaneers d. Bears<\/p>\n

Packers d. Seahawks<\/p>\n

Divisional round<\/p>\n

Packers d. Eagles<\/p>\n

Vikings d. Buccaneers<\/p>\n

NFC Championship<\/p>\n

Packers d. Vikings<\/p>\n

Super Bowl<\/p>\n

Chiefs 36, Packers 21<\/p>\n

MVP: Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Originally Published: September 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s September, which means football season is officially back. The 49ers\u2019 last campaign didn\u2019t go as planned. Now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[1926,1443,7,1921,929,6,84,252,7910,1929,1930,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-345684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-inside-sports","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-playoffs","15":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","16":"tag-santa-clara","17":"tag-santa-clara-county","18":"tag-south-bay","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}