With how loaded the Ravens' 2025 roster is, it's no surprise that they're among the Super Bowl favorites. But how many reporters, commentators, and analysts believe Baltimore will wind up hoisting the Lombardi Trophy in February?
Quite a few.
Sixty-nine of 121 pundits across eight online outlets chose the Ravens to win the Super Bowl. The next closest team was the Buffalo Bills with 22 votes. That count includes The Athletic's 46 voters, 26 of whom predicted the Ravens to be crowned champions.
Here are the 75 other Super Bowl predictions:
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| Albert Breer, Sports Illustrated |
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So I have 12 of 14 playoff teams returning, and in the Super Bowl, I have one team that’s been in the playoffs in seven of the past eight years and in two conference title games in that span (the Bills), and another (the Rams) that’s been to two Super Bowl in that timeframe. With all that in mind, give me the Bills to win the whole thing. Again, they’ve been knocking on the door forever. When I was at their camp, things looked like they’ve really slowed down for Josh Allen, even more than before. So in Santa Clara, the Bills can exorcise the demons of the ’90s and the more recent past, and close venerable Highmark Stadium in style with Western New York’s first major-league sports championship. |
| Conor Orr, Sports Illustrated |
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As always, the AFC will come down to some combination of the Bills, Ravens and Chiefs, with my nod going to Buffalo this year for no other reason than I would be highly entertained to see the Bills in the Super Bowl. |
| Gilbert Manzano, Sports Illustrated |
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There’s been plenty of chatter about whether the Broncos’ Super Bowl hype is real. I don’t think they’ll get that far, but that defense should be the best in the league. They’ll make noise in the conference, even if Bo Nix doesn’t become a superstar as Sean Payton predicted. Still, the AFC will come down to the big three of the Bills, Ravens and Chiefs. Josh Allen will get his revenge against Kansas City, but it will be Lamar Jackson who makes his first Super Bowl appearance. |
| Matt Verderame, Sports Illustrated |
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While the Chiefs have legitimate company in the AFC with the Ravens and Bills, we’ve seen the story time and again. Baltimore needs to prove it won’t forget how to play football come January, while Buffalo has to finally beat Kansas City in the playoffs. So far, the Bills are 0–4 in the Josh Allen era against Patrick Mahomes in those spots, including a 2023 divisional round loss at home. |
| Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated |
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I like the Vikings. Kevin O’Connell is one of football’s brightest offensive minds. Minnesota’s roster is deep, balanced and absent an obvious concern—outside of the most obvious one. The bet here is that O’Connell will shape J.J. McCarthy’s debut do-over and Justin Jefferson will seize the NFL’s top wideout slot en route to a season few see coming. The Chiefs, because of their makeup, will upend the typical Super Bowl hangover. But the decimation that was in New Orleans—along with so many recent seasons with extra games, injuries, travel, etc.—will finally dent K.C. before another Super Bowl. The Chiefs will still extend the Bills’ misery against them in the playoffs, only to run into Lamar Jackson and another Ravens team primed to win a Super Bowl. This time, that’ll happen. The bet here isn’t too reliant on who Baltimore added or retained this offseason, although Derrick Henry and Ronnie Stanley extensions don’t hurt, nor does rookie edge rusher Mike Green. No, this is about a franchise that built around its quarterback, that advanced in postseasons and still failed, that kept getting up and reconfiguring around No. 8, and that, ultimately, will find the ultimate payoff in 2025. |
| Michael Rosenberg, Sports Illustrated |
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Fun fact: In each of their two championship seasons, the Ravens won one home playoff game. Now I have them winning none. I did not make this prediction because history repeats itself, but because once I unilaterally decided the Ravens would not win their division, I realized they might be better off not winning it. A shift from playoff favorite to underdog full of pluck would probably be good for them. |
| Andrew Brandt, Sports Illustrated |
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Speaking of regressing, I think the Chiefs are more than due. They won a lot of games last year that they should not have won, whether through Mahomes’s magic or some other fluke late in games. That will not happen this year. Of course, they will be a playoff team, but not a top playoff team. It is time for the Bills or the Ravens and, in flipping a coin, I went with the Ravens as the team that will be the next Super Bowl runner-up to the Eagles. |
| John Pluym, Sports Illustrated |
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I watched the Jim Kelly–Marv Levy Bills lose four consecutive Super Bowls. I even bet a significant amount of money on the Bills to beat the Cowboys in their first matchup in Pasadena. I won’t be betting on the Bills this time (I’m not much of a gambler unless it’s pull tabs), but they’re the best team in the league this year. Sorry, Chiefs fans. Patrick Mahomes is awesome, but the Super Bowl will finally elude the Chiefs after this season. As for Buffalo, everything is in place for this team to finally get it done and win the big one in Santa Clara. I have Josh Allen winning his second consecutive MVP, and James Cook will have an even bigger year than last. Yes, beating the Ravens and a hungry Lamar Jackson will be a massive challenge for Buffalo. But Jackson & Co. will have to wait another season for their Lombardi opportunity. |
| Mitch Goldich, Sports Illustrated |
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For the third time in four years, I’m picking the Ravens to win the Super Bowl. You can’t stop me, and clearly I can’t stop myself. I just think they are so obviously talented on both sides of the ball. They have a smart and stable organization that I trust. I watch them and just have to believe they will get one eventually in the Lamar Jackson era. Nothing that happened last season gives me a reason to feel otherwise, in fact I feel even more bullish after seeing their first season with Derrick Henry. Sorry if that comes off as really simplistic, but we’ve been watching the Chiefs, Bills and Ravens for years and what’s left to say about them besides that it’ll come down to who wins a close game in January? |
| Clare Brennan, Sports Illustrated |
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Over in the AFC, it’s shaping up to be the Ravens’ year. Baltimore used the offseason to fortify holes, including its special teams unit, signing Jake Hummel to a one-year deal in free agency. The Ravens’ ground game is nearly unstoppable with Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry leading the charge, and there don’t really seem to be any glaring deficiencies across the roster. The question remains whether the Ravens can step up when it matters and deliver during the postseason. A narrow loss to the Bills in last year’s divisional round may be enough motivation for Baltimore not to leave anything on the table. |
| Kyle Goon, The Baltimore Banner |
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I know. It never lines up this way. It’s never completely chalk. Weird, unexpected things happen. But, given how tightly the Ravens have constructed their roster, I see few glaring weaknesses: a little uncertainty at linebacker, so-so guards and a rookie kicker. The strengths are much more robust, as we saw from the best offense in football last year, and a defense that has restocked with the necessary talent. I’m a believer that this is the roster that will get it done. Frankly, to make the most of the Lamar Jackson era, this team needs to finish its business. It only gets harder after this season |
| Giana Han, The Baltimore Banner |
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I’m being cautiously optimistic, partly because this is a strong roster and partly because I can’t help but wonder: If not this year, when? The Ravens have far fewer obvious weaknesses in their starting lineup than they did heading into last year. 2024 still turned out to be a solid season, but some of the Ravens’ struggles came from unexpected places (the secondary), while my concerns about the offensive line didn’t come to fruition. With Zach Orr in his second season, the defense should get off to a smoother start. The biggest obstacles for this talented team could be chemistry and depth. With such a star-studded lineup, the drop-off to the backups is stark in places. Lamar Jackson has carried this team through a lot, though, and it’s only a matter of time before he drags the Ravens all the way to a Super Bowl title. |
| Chris Korman, The Baltimore Banner |
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As the editor of our sports section, I look at the lack of dissenting opinions in this article and ... well, chat, I do not feel great. Perhaps we’re a little too in lockstep over what to expect. However, as a keen observer of sports for as long as I can remember, I will offer one piece of hard-earned wisdom: Good teams with competent coaches tend to win games, and if they fail to do so because of fluky mistakes, they eventually overcome those things. (Truly deep thinking, I know.) Which is to say, there is no curse haunting the Ravens. They do not lack fortitude or leadership. They are not plagued by a lack of “big-time” players who know how to perform in the “clutch.” They need to win the right games, in order, and they are built to do so. |
| Paul Mancano, The Baltimore Banner |
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Try as I might, I can’t find another team in the NFL that boasts the Ravens’ blend of star power and depth. Including Patrick Ricard, the offense can start a lineup that’s combined for 27 Pro Bowl nods. The defense is equally talented, now helmed by a more experienced Zach Orr. On special teams, Tyler Loop is a question mark, but Justin Tucker was a liability for much of last season. Am I being a homer? Perhaps. But that’s never hurt me in the past. |
| Jonas Shaffer, The Baltimore Banner |
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This is Year 8 for Lamar Jackson in Baltimore. The Ravens have won four AFC North titles since he took over as starting quarterback. It’s about time they hang a banner for something else. “I look at Baltimore’s team,” NBC analyst Cris Collinsworth told me last week, “and what I’m most surprised about is that they haven’t won a championship in the last few years.” I think this is the year they break through. Just not all the way. The Ravens will cruise through the regular season, three-peat as division champions, get to the Super Bowl — and lose. Maybe that’s just the Stockholm 16 syndrome talking; it’s hard to imagine a world where we’ve been freed from the shackles of “Why the Ravens will never get it done in the playoffs” sports talk segments. An AFC championship sure would help, though. |
| Childs Walker, The Baltimore Banner |
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The Ravens’ last Super Bowl win was the culmination of a five-year cycle of development and disappointment for a core of great players. We’ve reached a similar juncture with this version of the team, which was clearly good enough to win it all in 2023 and 2024, only to come up small in mistake-filled playoff losses. The 2025 Ravens don’t have an obvious weakness, with the league’s most explosive offense balanced by a defense that found itself down the stretch last season and features All-Pro talent at every level. One thing the Ravens can’t count on is another year of sublime health, but they’re so stocked with stars at most positions that only a significant injury to Lamar Jackson would devastate their chances. With Jackson in his prime, it’s not as if any window is closing, but the current roster is about to get prohibitively expensive, so this might be the most talented team the two-time MVP ever pilots. The Ravens will have to avoid the January mishaps that have doomed them against the Chiefs and Bills, and it would be foolish to call that a 100% proposition. But they’re as primed as a contender can be. Why not 2025? |
| Jarrett Bell, USA Today Sports |
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| Nick Brinkerhoff, USA Today Sports |
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| Chris Bumbaca, USA Today Sports |
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| Nate Davis, USA Today Sports |
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| Tyler Dragon, USA Today Sports |
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| Mike Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA Today Sports |
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| Keegan Abdoo, NFL.com |
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Lamar Jackson has his long-awaited postseason breakthrough, pushing the Ravens out to an early lead and holding on through the end of the game. |
| Michael Baca, NFL.com |
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At long last, Lamar Jackson lifts the Ravens past the AFC's other perennial contenders, and the Eagles walk into a buzzsaw in their effort to repeat as champions. |
| Mike Band, NFL.com |
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Lamar Jackson and the talented Ravens shed their postseason underachiever label, topping Josh Allen at home in the AFC Championship Game before outlasting the defending champs in an I-95 showdown. |
| Judy Battista, NFL.com |
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Finally, Lamar Jackson and what might be the league's most complete roster get their Super Bowl. |
| Ali Bhanpuri, NFL.com |
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My annual Packers jinx! (You’re welcome, fellow Bears fans.) Green Bay unquestionably acquired a true franchise-altering piece, but the Ravens still boast the league's most valuable one. It’s finally Lamar’s time. |
| Tom Blair, NFL.com |
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Lamar v. Baker for all the marbles lives up to the hype I'll build in my own heart, producing a thrilling reminder of the AFC North rivalry that should have been. |
| David Carr, NFL.com |
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A healthy Christian McCaffrey turns in one of his finest seasons, while Robert Saleh brings discipline and stability back to San Francisco's defense. But the story of the year belongs to Baltimore. The Ravens prove to be the league's bully this year, riding another MVP season from Lamar Jackson and a defense transformed by the emergence of rookie Malaki Starks. Baltimore wins a 30-27 thriller. |
| Brooke Cersosimo, NFL.com |
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A healthy 49ers team gets back to the Super Bowl for the third time in the Kyle Shanahan era. Standing in the way, however, is the best roster in the NFL and Lamar Jackson, who puts together a campaign for the ages and delivers on his draft night promise seven years ago: "They're gonna get a Super Bowl out of me. Believe that." |
| Gennaro Filice, NFL.com |
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The Lions hit the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history but fall victim to a dual-threat superhero for the second straight postseason. Lamar Jackson caps his third MVP campaign with his first ring. |
| Dante Koplowitz-Fleming, NFL.com |
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The best roster in the NFL lives up to its potential as Lamar Jackson wins Super Bowl MVP and the Ravens knock off the defending champions. |
| Dan Parr, NFL.com |
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It feels like the right time for Lamar Jackson and Co. to shake the ghosts of playoffs past. In an old-school slugfest, the Ravens outlast the Eagles, ending Philly’s hopes for back-to-back titles. |
| Kevin Patra, NFL.com |
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Lamar Jackson, snubbed for another MVP, outduels Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen before besting the defending champs to hoist his first Lombardi. |
| Gregg Rosenthal, NFL.com |
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The two No. 1 seeds face off in a scorefest that ends with a Lamar Jackson pop pass to Charlie Kolar with 27 seconds left. |
| Marc Ross, NFL.com |
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One year after their dominant 2024 campaign was derailed by injuries in the postseason, the Lions finally make it to the Super Bowl. However, the Ravens have the most talented roster in the NFL and are led on the biggest stage by Lamar Jackson, who silences his doubters. |
| Nick Shook, NFL.com |
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Two teams that have finished painfully short of the mountaintop reach the biggest stage, where Lamar Jackson silences his critics once and for all by taking down Detroit and bringing home a Lombardi Trophy. |
| Lance Zierlein, NFL.com |
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Lamar Jackson finally gets all the way over the playoff hump and stars in a thrilling, last-second Super Bowl win over the Eagles. |
| Jeffri Chadiha, NFL.com |
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The Lions finally reach the Super Bowl, but Josh Allen overwhelms them with a masterful performance. |
| Eric Edholm, NFL.com |
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Two terrific offenses collide at Levi’s Stadium, as western New York invades the Bay Area. Josh Allen outplays Baker Mayfield to deliver Buffalo its first Super Bowl ring. |
| Michael F. Florio, NFL.com |
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Jayden Daniels has a magical season that comes up just short against Josh Allen and the Bills, who loaded up on defense this offseason. |
| Matt Okada, NFL.com |
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The Rams return to the Super Bowl but fall to the Bills in an epic duel between Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen, finally allowing Buffalo to hoist its first Lombardi. |
| Chad Reuter, NFL.com |
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The Bills finally get a Lombardi Trophy, beating their rival Kansas City in the AFC Championship Game before taking down the reigning Super Bowl champs. |
| Jeremy Bergman, NFL.com |
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Patrick Mahomes' road warriors go from first-time wild cards to Lombardi lifters. Travis Kelce scores twice, retires on the dais and walks off into the sunset/sports media industrial complex with his fiancée on his arm. |
| Grant Gordon, NFL.com |
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Nope, the Chiefs aren’t done yet. Patrick Mahomes rekindles his deep-flight ways to lead Kansas City to the big game against the Rams, who are buoyed by a tough-as-shoe-leather Matthew Stafford, whose bad back doesn’t hinder his great arm. In the finale, the Chiefs rally for a nail-biting triumph, winning 26-24. |
| Anthony Holzman-Escareno, NFL.com |
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Patrick Mahomes is chasing only Tom Brady, and he gets one step closer. He already has more playoff wins (17) than Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert combined (15). This run pushes him further ahead of his quarterbacking contemporaries. |
| Christian Gonzales, NFL.com |
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Joe Burrow gets another opportunity in the Super Bowl, leading the Bengals to their first Lombardi Trophy by knocking off the defending champion Eagles. |
| Adam Rank, NFL.com |
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Sean Payton completes the turnaround of the Broncos by claiming the franchise's first Super Bowl since Von Miller led the team to a Lombardi in Super Bowl 50. Once again, it's the defense that carries the day -- but with much better support from Bo Nix than Peyton Manning supplied to Denver 10 years prior. |
| Bobby Kownack, NFL.com |
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Bart Starr (1961 NFL Championship), Brett Favre (Super Bowl XXXI) and Aaron Rodgers (Super Bowl XLV) first won it all in their sixth year in the league, during their age-27 seasons. Jordan Love, entering Year 6 and set to turn 27 in November, fulfills his destiny -- with an assist from Micah Parsons -- by breaking Baltimore’s heart. |
| Maurice Jones-Drew, NFL.com |
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In a rematch of Super Bowl LVI, the Rams' defensive line is once again too much for Cincinnati to handle, terrorizing Joe Burrow late in the game, à la Aaron Donald four years earlier, to clinch the title. |
| Jack Andrade, NFL.com |
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The Eagles feel like the 2014 Seahawks -- a potential dynasty built on a dominant run game and a nasty young defense. This time, there’s no Tom Brady (or Malcolm Butler) to deny the Super Bowl repeat, though the Broncos will make a leap behind their own elite defense and one of the league’s best head coach-QB partnerships. |
| Charles Robinson, Yahoo Sports |
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| Jay Busbee, Yahoo Sports |
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| Jori Epstein, Yahoo Sports |
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| Andrew Siciliano, Yahoo Sports |
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| Matt Harmon, Yahoo Sports |
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| Nate Tice, Yahoo Sports |
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| Charles McDonald, Yahoo Sports |
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| Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports |
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| Steven Ruiz, The Ringer |
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I’m tempted to jump on the Packers bandwagon after the Parsons trade, but there’s still a significant gap between the Eagles and every other team in the NFC. The roster is too talented, the coaching staff is too good, and the floor is too high to pick against the reigning champs in that conference. But I’m going with my AFC pick to win the Super Bowl. I might be headed for the Fell for It Again Award, but I’ll take the Ravens to win it all. |
| Cody Benjamin, CBS Sports |
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| John Breech, CBS Sports |
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| Bryan DeArdo, CBS Sports |
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| Jared Dubin, CBS Sports |
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| Josh Edwards, CBS Sports |
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| Emory Hunt, CBS Sports |
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| Jeff Kerr, CBS Sports |
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| Katie Mox, CBS Sports |
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| Zach Pereles, CBS Sports |
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| Garrett Podell, CBS Sports |
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| Pete Prisco, CBS Sports |
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| Mike Renner, CBS Sports |
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| Kevin Steimle, CBS Sports |
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| Tyler Sullivan, CBS Sports |
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