Starts at the weekend.
It's the last season of the group stages , next year being replaced with a knockout where in the last 16 you need two wins to get to a QF but two losses will knock you out.
Kerry looked impressive in their late league surge, but again they are very reliant on two Cliffords.
Paul Geaney is having a renascence but that may not last
Galway were the opposite way, started off great in the league but then faded. Very reliant on Walsh for 2 pointers, he need to stay on form for the whole season to give Galway real chance.
Donegal are real contenders, had the calendar been different they would have certainly been in the league final yesterday.
It's Jimmy's second year of his second coming and we know what he can do.
Dublin are a mixed bag, so so league form but they still have good players and won't go down easily
Armagh will be missing Rian O'Neil and could suffer a hangover from last year.
The thing is all of the above could beat any one of the other on an given day, so it could be very open from Quarters onwards.
I don't know about Tyrone or Derry, again they are a team that might cause an upset in a quarter final.
Mayo are not contenders in the long term but again could cause a upset in a one off game.
Plenty of games on GAA+ so lots to complain about as well.
On the make up of the 16
Louth need to get to a Leinster final to be in even though they stayed just above the drop zone in Div 2
Below them Down won the TC in 2024 and are in along with Offaly and Kildare.
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