Every September, thirty-two NFL teams emerge from months of preparation and step into the uncertainty of a new season — and with them, the analysts whose job it is to make sense of the landscape before the first game is played. CBS Sports analyst Joe Musso offered that kind of informed orientation as the 2026 campaign approached, helping fans understand not just who would play, but why it matters and what to watch for. In a sport where fortunes shift quickly and early impressions carry lasting weight, the season preview is less a prediction than a compass — a way of entering the long journey o