2024 NFL predictions: Super Bowl 2025 picks, MVP, breakouts - ESPN

The Kansas City Chiefs were crowned the Super Bowl LVIII champions Sunday night, which means it is now officially the 2024 NFL offseason. We're only a few weeks away from free agency and a couple of months from the draft, and this spring is expected to bring a lot of movement.

Will the Bears return with Justin Fields at quarterback, or will they draft a QB at No. 1 overall in April? Will Baker Mayfield return to the Buccaneers or cash in somewhere else in free agency? Is Derrick Henry's time in Tennessee over? A lot can happen before the season starts in September.

We asked our NFL experts — Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Jeremy Fowler, Dan Graziano, Matt Miller, Eric Moody, Jordan Reid, Mike Tannenbaum, Lindsey Thiry, Seth Walder and Field Yates — to make picks for next year's Super Bowl matchup and 2024 MVP, along with potential breakout teams/players and one offseason move they would like to see.

Let's get into the questions, starting with whether the Chiefs will three-peat.

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Matt Bowen, NFL analyst: Packers over Bengals. A healthy quarterback Joe Burrow will put the Bengals back in the mix as one of the top teams in the AFC. It's the Packers, however, who win the Super Bowl because of quarterback Jordan Love's difference-making ability and a change in defensive philosophy under new coordinator Jeff Hafley.

Mike Clay, fantasy football writer: Lions over Texans. Why not have some fun with two rising teams for this pick? Detroit was one late-game collapse from a Super Bowl appearance and will return nearly its entire core (especially on offense) in 2024, though an improving NFC North will make things tough. Quarterback C.J. Stroud appears to be