Is Simone Biles the Taylor Swift of This NFL Season?

After a brilliant performance at the Paris Olympics, Simone Biles has once again ascended to the pinnacle of the gymnastics world and stepped back into the media spotlight. This evokes memories of Taylor Swift’s position last summer, as her Eras tour gained momentum and her romance with Travis Kelce started to blossom. With Simone Biles now being recognized as the proud “NFL wife” of Chicago Bears’ Jonathan Owens, one might wonder whether she is poised to be the Taylor Swift of this NFL season.

Much like Swift at the start of last season, Simone Biles is at the zenith of her career, coming off an awe-inspiring comeback and a phenomenal Paris Olympics medal haul, earned at the uncommon gymnast age of 27. Biles clinched three more gold medals and one silver at the Summer Games, paralleling Taylor Swift’s meteoric rise in the pop music scene the previous summer.

Similar to Swift, Biles plans to cheer for her significant other at his games this season, just as Owens supported her, cheering from the stands with her family during her Olympic campaign. With Biles’ popularity soaring to unprecedented heights, will NFL cameras fixate on her this season as they did with Swift last year?

The viewing experience could become must-see TV for Biles’ devoted fans, just as it was for Swifties. The public seems to be deeply invested in the love stories of both couples—Biles and Owens much like Swift and Kelce. Their love story doesn’t feature a podcast narrative about a failed attempt to pass along a bracelet at a concert, leading to romance, but Biles and Owens have their own charming beginning.

Jonathan Owens recalls how Biles slid into his DMs on a dating app in March 2020, a time when he didn’t even know who she was, and she appreciated that! The two began spending time together in the Houston area, organizing dog play dates while getting to know each other. They became Instagram official later that year, with Owens quickly realizing why Simone is considered the GOAT of gymnastics. He supported her through her mental health challenges during the Tokyo Olympics, and she backed him in his NFL career. They got engaged in February 2022, and then tied the knot in a Texas courthouse in 2023, leading up to their dream destination wedding in Mexico.

Owens received a few days off from Chicago Bears training camp this summer to support Biles at the Paris Olympics, and he made the most of it. Cheering loudly alongside his in-laws, he enjoyed Paris to the fullest before heading back to Chicago, even more popular than before.

Are Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens the new Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce of this NFL season? Or will the NFL focus more on the field in 2024? That remains to be seen. However, if Owens manages a pick-six this season, NFL broadcasters might want to turn their cameras toward Biles, just in case she celebrates with a backflip in the box.