10 Things That Will Happen in the NFL in 2010: Don't Be Shocked!

Football will soon be upon us, and as I was brainstorming on the way to work, I thought of some things that always happen, season after season.

Let me share some of these strange thoughts.

No. 1

Dallas will start off the season with many headlines, turmoil, and questions.

Next, they will win the first seven out of nine games to start the season, but then with no explanation regress until they barely make the playoffs. After that, a win in the playoffs, and by the second round, it becomes next year for the Cowboys.

No. 2

Brett Farve will have an agreement with the Vikings' coach and will play in 2010, following successful ankle surgery. He ALREADY signed a two year contract, so he has to report if he wants that dough.

There will still be drama, speculation, trade rumors, and locker room stories until the second week of pre-season when everyone suddenly has the revelation Farve is coming back.

No. 3

The Cleveland Browns will be the worst team in football and will be out of the playoffs by October.

No. 4

The Super Bowl Winner will not have a bad season and miss the playoffs, i.e. no more jinx. New Orleans with Drew Brees will win that division and could possibly repeat as champs.

Hey, in New Orleans, when it rains, it pours. Atlanta is just not there, and Carolina is going through some changes. Tampa Bay will not be any good for two to three more years due to mismanagement, poor drafting, and inexperience at the head coaching position.

The playoffs are a certainty for the Saints.

No. 5

During the season, an official will make a mistake. They make mistakes all the time, but for some reason this one will stand out as the worst call in the history of professional sports.

People will demand the referee or line judge or somebody is fired. One team's season is certainly ruined because of this call, and the media will go on, and on, and on, and on.

No. 6

Peyton Manning will break some more records, but now they are mostly his records he is breaking. Eventually Peyton Manning will have more touchdowns, more passes thrown, most yards gained, most points scored, and more everything than anyone else.

No. 7

The NFC West will remain the weakest division in the NFL. Two teams will battle it out, probably the 49ers and the Seahawks, while two teams will suck—this season, Arizona and of course, the Rams.

No. 8

An announcer will say perhaps the dumbest, crudest, racially insensitive remark that could have possibly been said. The ACLU will want him removed from his job, and he will have to go to sensitivity training classes or perhaps anger management.

No. 9

One team will lose a quarterback right away and not appear to have thought about this at all. All of a sudden JaMarcus Russell has a job again.

No. 10

The season will start up full of hope for many teams, then they all lose and New Orleans plays Indianapolis for the Super Bowl. This will be Peyton's time to cement his legacy as the greatest quarterback to ever sling the pigskin.

Then the Saints will win the Super Bowl again.  All is well in Joe Montana land.