Tom Rock's Super Bowl predictions . . . for the next 10 NFL seasons!
From left: Jayden Daniels, Dan Campbell, Matthew Stafford, Aaron Rodgers and Andy Reid.
Prediction markets being all the rage these days, we thought it would be fun to look ahead and try to guess who will win not just this season’s Super Bowl but each of the next 10.
Obviously, there is no way of knowing how the league will unfold during the course of the next decade, but chances are the same elements that drive teams to championships now — a quarterback, a head coach and a defense — will be the keys moving forward.
With that in mind, we tried to envision which franchises are in the best position to win in the relative short term and which ones may have a chance a little further down the road. Here, then, are the matchups and results we came up with:
SUPER BOWL LXI: Rams over Texans
The pairing of the reigning MVP in Matthew Stafford with the reigning Defensive Player of the Year in Myles Garrett in the offseason proves to be an unstoppable combination as the Super Bowl returns to Los Angeles and Los Angeles returns to the winner’s circle — just like in 2022. Throw in a cameo from Aaron Donald and a touchdown catch for Davante Adams, and this is a storybook for everyone involved.
SUPER BOWL LXII: Bills over Eagles
Josh Allen and Joe Brady finally bring a Lombardi Trophy to the patient people of Western New York and spark a nationwide shortage of folding tables in the process. Beloved former coach Marv Levy, 102, leads the parade through downtown Buffalo despite temperatures in the single digits. Jalen Hurts, benched at halftime of the game not by Nick Sirianni but by Big Dom himself, will never play another snap for the Eagles.
SUPER BOWL LXIII: Kansas City over 49ers
In his last game as a coach, Andy Reid, the NFL’s recently crowned all-time leader in wins, goes out on top to complete a Hall of Fame career. Patrick Mahomes, surrounded by an entirely new crop of offensive weapons, returns to the top of the mountain for the fourth time to match the number of wins Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw posted; only Tom Brady stands ahead of him. Kyle Shanahan uses the wrong in-game A.I. model when deciding whether or not to attempt a two-point conversion in the fourth quarter, solidifying himself as the worst strategizer in Super Bowl history.
SUPER BOWL LXIV: Lions over Ravens
Jared Goff spends the entire week leading up to the game trying to convince teammates, reporters and anyone else who will listen that this is not his Super Bowl debut and he did, in fact, play in one as a member of the Rams. Mellowed by age and insistent that he no longer cares who wins or loses, Lions coach Dan Campbell captures a title for Motown but shrugs it off as “not a big deal.”
SUPER BOWL LXV: Packers over Broncos
With the semi-bionic legs he was fitted with finally approved for game use by the NFLPA, Aaron Rodgers is lured from retirement after Jordan Love’s season-ending Achilles injury in the playoffs. Rodgers becomes the first player to win a Super Bowl while simultaneously appearing on a live podcast about it and, naturally, other topics. The Green Bay tradition of naming streets in the town after title-winning coaches continues with the christening of Nathaniel Hackett Boulevard.
SUPER BOWL LXVI: Texans over Bears
Having moved overseas but retained their name, the London Texans become the first Euro-based team to win a Super Bowl. C.J. Stroud accounts for no touchdowns but is named the game’s MVP simply for going the entire contest without throwing an interception. The Bears' Cam Little kicks a Super Bowl-record 82-yard field goal in the loss.
SUPER BOWL LXVII: Bears over Chargers
Hammond, Indiana, has never seen a party like this one. The new home of the Bears after more than a century in Chicago welcomes home their conquering heroes with a scintillating parade in which all 79,000 of its residents march the route while the actual players and coaches stand on the sidewalks and watch.
SUPER BOWL LXVIII: Commanders over Jets
Jets coach Davis Webb and quarterback Arch Manning light New York on fire with excitement as the first team from the city to reach a championship stage since the back-to-back Knicks titles in 2026 and ‘27. Unfortunately, a Lombardi Trophy is not meant to be as Jayden Daniels fulfills his destiny for his coach, the person who wanted to trade for him when he entered the league in the 2024 draft, Brian Daboll.
SUPER BOWL LXIX: Bengals over Cowboys
Joe Burrow, now with Dallas, makes it back to the Super Bowl, only to lose to his former team, which learned from his tenure in Cincinnati and now fields the most dominant defense in NFL history. Just two years after doing away with the quarterback position altogether and investing solely in punters, edge rushers and cornerbacks, the Bengals’ unorthodox strategy pays off with a 4-0 victory for a Super Bowl Scorigami.
SUPER BOWL LXX: Patriots over Seahawks
The 24-game regular-season schedule and three added rounds of playoff action have finally pushed the Super Bowl’s date into April, which is fine because it is a lovely time to be in Paris to experience the first international iteration of the game anyway. Drake Maye, who threw five touchdown passes against Madrid in the Western Hemisphere Final, atones for his clunker against Seattle a decade earlier. The Seahawks nearly win with a touchdown on the final play of the game but the robotic officials throw a penalty flag for offensive blocking. The call is upheld by Commissioner McAfee.
Tom Rock began covering sports for Newsday in 1996 and became its NFL columnist in 2022. He previously was Newsday's Giants beat writer beginning in 2008.
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