100 Things to Look Forward to During the 2019 NFL Season
By The Big Lead
The 100th season of the National Football League will begin in precisely 100 days. To celebrate, The Big Lead has put together 100 storylines, players, and other things we’re excited about as the season opener draws near. Here’s what we’re going to keep an eye on as the new season begins.
— Fantasy football mock drafts
–Odell Beckham Jr. in a Browns uniform
–Packers tribute to Bart Starr
–The first pass interference challenge
–TD celebrations from Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, and Baker Mayfield
–Carson Wentz staying healthy
–Kliff Kingsbury and Kyler Murray’s immense success or gigantic failure in Arizona
–Giants fans calling for Daniel Jones in the third quarter of Week 1
–The first OT game decided on the first possession and people debating if each team should get a possession
–The Patriots offense without Rob Gronkowski
–Health of the Bosa Brothers
–Who will take the title of best tight end without Gronk in play?
–Josh Rosen vs. Ryan Fitzpatrick
–Will Nick Foles become mortal outside the realm of Philadelphia?
–Le'Veon Bell’s play after sitting out all of last year
–Pittsburgh’s offense without Bell or Antonio Brown
–Everything that’s happening with the Raiders
–If T.J. Hockenson is more like Eric Ebron or Gronk-Lite
–Can D.K. Metcalf run more than go routes and slants?
–Jimmy Garoppolo coming off an ACL tear
–Aaron Donald destroying everything in his path, again
–Will N'Keal Harry be another WR bust for Belichick?
–The development of Sam Darnold and Josh Allen
–Andrew Luck and Deshaun Watson dueling for the AFC South title
–Zac Taylor as Marvin Lewis’ successor
–Can Bruce Arians resuscitate Jameis Winston’s career?
–Bradley Chubb and Von Miller working under Vic Fangio
–Can the Saints rebound after a second consecutive heart-breaking playoff loss?
— Learning what a catch is, again
–Ryan Shazier taking more steps in his recovery
–Matt LeFleur’s new offense with Aaron Rodgers
–A full season of Lamar Jackson as the Ravens’ quarterback
–Aaron Rodgers playing all 16 games (and maybe more in the playoffs)
–Patrick Mahomes’ first no-look pass
–Ezekiel Elliott getting fed
–Kirk Cousins living up to expectations
–A new kicker for the Chicago Bears
— Actual fantasy football drafts
–Julio Jones scoring more touchdowns
–Cam Newton’s shoulder being healthy
–Can Jared Goff rebound from his Super Bowl disaster?
–Russell Wilson getting some help around him on the Seahawks offense
–Alex Smith walking on the field with the Redskins or being shown standing in a box
–The Raiders on Hard Knocks (hopefully)
–Adam Gase’s crazy eyes during a press conference
–Frank Gore getting 522 rushing yards to pass Barry Sanders for third on the all-time list
— Matt Nagy’s weird offensive sets
–Gisele telling us more stories about Tom Brady
–Joe Flacco throwing in the thin air of Denver
— First 2020 mock draft
— Bill Belichick press conferences
–Philip Rivers being mentioned in the same breath as Dan Marino RE: Best QB to never win a title
–Marcus Mariota trying to prove he can rebound from an injury again
–Khalil Mack playing against the Raiders in London
–Dwayne Haskins starting for the Redskins
–David Johnson and Kyler Murray running the spread option
–Tom Brady throwing for 1,436 yards to pass Peyton Manning for second all-time.
–Drew Brees throwing for 20 touchdowns to pass Peyton Manning for first of all time
— The Patriots winning the AFC East for the 11th straight season
–Eli Manning being benched
–JuJu Smith-Schuster and Antonio Brown on social media
–Saints vs Rams rematch in Week 2
— How the new Monday Night Football booth feels
— Seeing if there’s an article written about the 1972 Dolphins
— A September longform article breaking new ground on the Patriots dysfunction
— Kyler Murray’s real height being revealed
— Hazing your worst fantasy football friends
— Hilarious Frank Caliendo bits during pregame
— Chris Berman doing highlights occasionally
— Any bad gambling beat
— The one team that was supposed to be good but is actually very bad
— Finding out if Josh Allen will be a more productive runner or thrower
— Watching Bills Mafia break new restrictions.
— Le’Veon Bell revenge game against the Steelers
— DeAndre Hopkins circus catches
— The T.Y. celebration from T.Y. Hilton
— Saquon Barkley leaping over entire defenses
— Peyton Manning commercials
— Players beefing with Skip Bayless on Twitter
— Tony Romo predicting every play
— Troy Aikman and Joe Buck calling the Super Bowl
— First episode of Pardon My Take during football season
— Surprise team winning their division
— New York Giants radio discussion
— You Got Mossed
— Jon Gruden shenanigans
— The first day of NFL Redzone
— Jason Witten not being on Monday Night Football
— Jason Witten being back on the Cowboys
— Jason Garrett clapping
— Dave Gettleman press conferences
— Hue Jackson jokes
— Debates about penalties
— Jacked-up Christian McCaffery
— More shirtless pictures of D.K. Metcalf next to Pete Carroll
— Football and turkey on Thanksgiving
— Todd Gurley knee updates
— Another Colin Kaepernick Nike commercial
— Steve Smith rants on NFL Network
— Rob Gronkowski unretirement rumors