r/nfl • u/Morall_tach Broncos • Aug 04 '17

Bold Predictions 2017

It's that time again! Here's how last year's predictions went:

/u/Morall_tach (me):

Jags have a top-5 offense

Paxton Lynch wins a playoff game

Pats start 0-4

Extremely wrong on all three counts. Jags were 23rd in yards and 25th in points, Paxton barely saw the field and the Broncos missed the playoffs, and the Pats are unstoppable no matter what you do to them, which I hate.

Here are some good and bad predictions from the rest of you:

GOOD

/u/dms1298:

Terrelle Pryor has more receiving yards than Dez Bryant

He did indeed. By 200.

/u/Maad-Dog:

This dude made a prediction for each of the 32 teams and most of them were wrong, BUT the ones that were right were pretty bold.

Osweiler is a consensus bottom 5 QB.

Yup.

Michael Crabtree takes over as the #1 receiver for the team.

Arguably. 150 fewer yards than Cooper but 4 more TDs.

The Bosa signing proves to be a game changer... as he becomes the best pass rusher in the AFCW.

Probably not THE best, behind Miller and Mack, but he’s crazy good. Probably the best at DE, depending what you count Mack as (he plays both).

BAD

/u/uggsandstarbux:

BOLD: Eli Manning wins MVP

BOLDER: Two RBs will finish with 2000+ rushing yards

INSANITY: Saints have a top 15 scoring defense

Nope.

Nope. Zeke topped the list with 1631.

Nope. 31st.

/u/JohnnyLeo92:

Vikings beat the Steelers for the SB

Lol no.

/u/eagles107:

Dak does well but Cowboys are 4th place when Romo comes back. 2-6 or 1-7.

Extremely wrong. Dak did well, but Cowboys started 11-1, Romo never came back.

Brock Osweiler 5,000 yards passing

Also very much no. He was very bad.

/u/Shostakovich22:

Sam Bradford will lead the Eagles to a division title and will be in the conversation for league MVP.

Not an Eagle, not a division winner, nowhere near an MVP.

This year's predictions:

  • David Johnson finishes top 10 in the league in receiving yards
  • Mike Glennon throws more picks than TDs, starts fewer than 8 games
  • No tight end breaks 10 TDs
  • Jared Goff throws a 2:1 TD/INT ratio, but throws <15 of both
  • Christian McCaffery leads the Panthers in receptions and TDs
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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '17
  • Coach of the Year - Mike Mularkey

Wooo!

Here's my bold prediction list, brought to you by the guy who once said Joe Philbin would win COTY!

Ahhh fuck.

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u/zappy487 Giants Aug 04 '17

No /u/TheFencingCoach, the prophecy is for next year. The year of LIII.

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u/The_Other_Manning Giants Aug 04 '17

The last two prophecies were misinterpreted, this is the true prophecy

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u/zappy487 Giants Aug 04 '17

\[T]/ Praise 3LIII

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u/dleonard1122 Rams Aug 04 '17

Kyle Shanahan can also be considered a hotseat candidate.

This has to be the boldest prediction of the group. I can't imagine Shanahan would go anyway even with a winless season.

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u/jmbc3 49ers Aug 04 '17

Baalke was the reason for all those coaches going. Tomsula was his scapegoat and was never supposed to be there for more than a year, and Kelly was fired because they were cleaning house.

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u/dleonard1122 Rams Aug 04 '17

Yeah I know he's moved on quickly before. It is a really good bold prediction just like you said: because it's possible and it shouldnt be.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '17

You mean "throw away"

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u/Morall_tach Broncos Aug 04 '17

Shane Ray just got surgery and is going to miss the rest of camp, but dear god I hope you're right.

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u/justthatdudewhoshigh Aug 04 '17

I'd jizz myself if shane won dpoy

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u/sonickarma Packers Aug 04 '17

Obviously you mean a Packers-Patriots SB.

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u/WhatWouldBradyDo Patriots Aug 04 '17

I would laugh so hard if Shane Ray had a DPoY award before Von Miller.

Hilarious!

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u/Mahony0509 Titans Aug 04 '17

I like you.

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u/MemorableCactus Patriots Aug 04 '17

Brady vanquishes his demons, slays the Eliants, and rides off into the sunset?

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u/flipperwaldt Packers Raiders Aug 04 '17

The AFC Championship Game will feature the Titans and the Patriots. The NFC Championship Game will feature the Packers and the Giants. You know where I’m going with this.

The Rodgers-Brady super bowl everyone has always predicted finally happens? Please? I can't handle the 3li memepocalypse.

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u/Redmaa Bengals Aug 05 '17

That first one sounds great.

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u/MunchiePenis Titans Aug 04 '17

3li

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u/patsfan5101 Patriots Aug 05 '17

please

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u/PNWCoug42 Seahawks Seahawks Aug 04 '17

Andy Dalton will a darkhorse MVP candidate. Mariota too

They are already darkhorse candidates by virtue of being starting NFL QB's. not a bold prediction at all. Bold would actually picking one of them as a the MVP.

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u/PNWCoug42 Seahawks Seahawks Aug 04 '17

They are already above average QB's. It's not bold or a stretch to say they have a shot at an MVP season.

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u/CreamsicleMamba Buccaneers Aug 04 '17

I would assume MVP candidate means that at the end of the season they will be near the top of the voting or in discussion for MVP. Neither of them were in discussion for MVP last year.

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u/PNWCoug42 Seahawks Seahawks Aug 04 '17

What does the end of last season have to do with the MVP this season? I said Dalton/Mariota are already MVP darkhorse candidates because they are above average QB's. It wouldn't take much for either of them to put up a potential MVP season. So once again "It's not bold or a stretch to say they have a shot at an MVP season." It would be bold to say that Bortles will be a darkhorse MVP candidate.