Tom Rock

1. The Jets and the Giants both in the playoffs at the same time. That’s only happened five times in their combined histories, the last time at the end of the 2006 season. After this baseball season, New York deserves it! 
 2. A fully healthy, fully happy, fully committed Odell Beckham Jr. playing for the Ravens. We haven’t seen that in a long time and even though he will be turning 31 and coming back from multiple knee surgeries, it’d be nice to get just a few more glimpses of his unique aerobatics on the football field. 
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 3. Someone breaking Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record of 22.5 which has now stood for… about 22.5&nbsp;years. Nick Bosa, Micah Parsons, Matthew Judon, Maxx Crosby, even Von Miller … let’s get this done! 
 4.&nbsp;Damar Hamlin playing in all 17 games. 
 5.&nbsp;Even more in-season trades. They used to be extremely rare in the sport but this new generation of general managers&nbsp;grew up playing fantasy football and has no problem swapping personnel. Christian McCaffrey, Kadarius Toney, Robert Quinn and T.J. Hockenson all switched teams mid-season last year and made impacts for playoff teams. 
 6. More scoring on special teams. Only 0.6% of NFL kickoffs (6 out of 1,013) and&nbsp;0.3%&nbsp;of punts (3 out of 952) were returned for touchdowns during the 2022 regular season. 
 7. An emergency third quarterback who comes into a game and leads his team to a comeback win. The NFL brought back the rule that allows teams to carry that third QB after last year’s 49ers debacle in the NFC Championship Game.&nbsp; 
 8. The fun gimmicks Kansas City will inevitably come up with on offense. It’ll be hard to top last year’s “snowglobe” formation, but if anyone can do so it’s Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes. 
 9. A 2,000-yard receiver. The NFL has never had one, but given the proliferation of passing in the league and the 17-game schedule these days it’s about time someone cracks the 2K&nbsp;barrier.&nbsp;The race is on between Justin Jefferon, Ja’Marr Chase, Tyreek Hill and others. 
 10. Jaguars WR Calvin Ridley besting all of the statistical over/under prop bets that the NFL-sanctioned gambling sites set for him a year after he was suspended by the same league for betting on sports. 
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1. The Jets and the Giants both in the playoffs at the same time. That’s only happened five times in their combined histories, the last time at the end of the 2006 season. After this baseball season, New York deserves it! 2. A fully healthy, fully happy, fully committed Odell Beckham Jr. playing for the Ravens. We haven’t seen that in a long time and even though he will be turning 31 and coming back from multiple knee surgeries, it’d be nice to get just a few more glimpses of his unique aerobatics on the football field. 3. Someone breaking Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record of 22.5 which has now stood for… about 22.5 years. Nick Bosa, Micah Parsons, Matthew Judon, Maxx Crosby, even Von Miller … let’s get this done! 4. Damar Hamlin playing in all 17 games. 5. Even more in-season trades. They used to be extremely rare in the sport but this new generation of general managers grew up playing fantasy football and has no problem swapping personnel. Christian McCaffrey, Kadarius Toney, Robert Quinn and T.J. Hockenson all switched teams mid-season last year and made impacts for playoff teams. 6. More scoring on special teams. Only 0.6% of NFL kickoffs (6 out of 1,013) and 0.3% of punts (3 out of 952) were returned for touchdowns during the 2022 regular season. 7. An emergency third quarterback who comes into a game and leads his team to a comeback win. The NFL brought back the rule that allows teams to carry that third QB after last year’s 49ers debacle in the NFC Championship Game. 8. The fun gimmicks Kansas City will inevitably come up with on offense. It’ll be hard to top last year’s “snowglobe” formation, but if anyone can do so it’s Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes. 9. A 2,000-yard receiver. The NFL has never had one, but given the proliferation of passing in the league and the 17-game schedule these days it’s about time someone cracks the 2K barrier. The race is on between Justin Jefferon, Ja’Marr Chase, Tyreek Hill and others. 10. Jaguars WR Calvin Ridley besting all of the statistical over/under prop bets that the NFL-sanctioned gambling sites set for him a year after he was suspended by the same league for betting on sports.

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