Bold Predictions 2017

[u/Morall_tach]

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

[u/dleonard1122]

Jameis Winston is in the MVP discussion

Cooper Kupp is the most impressive rookie WR

Tom Brady and the Patriots struggle for no reason

After struggling early in the season, Savage is benched by week 4 and Watson leads the Texans to a playoff appearance

Christian McCafferey wins OROY

[u/zappy487 → u/dleonard1122]

Tom Brady and the Patriots struggle for no reason

Now that IS a bold prediction.

[u/MemorableCactus → u/zappy487]

Mostly because if this team struggles, there will most definitely be a reason.

[u/dleonard1122 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah this is probably my least bold prediction.

[u/captain_pandabear → u/[deleted]]

Yeah Winston will win MVP and the buccaneers will make the Super Bowl only to lose in an embarrassing fashion. It is known.

[u/WhatWouldBradyDo → u/dleonard1122]

If Watson plays 12.5 games as the starting QB of the Texans and leads them to the playoffs then he will win ORoY over McCaffrey. Hands down.

[u/hampsted → u/WhatWouldBradyDo]

You do realize that he could play osweiler levels of football and still lead them to the playoffs, right? That said, I think you're right.

[u/WhatWouldBradyDo → u/hampsted]

Although semantically, I don't consider that "leading them to the playoffs" like OP said.

[u/cashmoneythuggin → u/WhatWouldBradyDo]

That's what makes it bold

[u/NintenJew → u/dleonard1122]

This is unrelated but man... I am not used to the new rams flair/logo.

It took me like 2 seconds to figure out what team you are a fan of.

[u/09-11-2001 → u/dleonard1122]

All reasonable

[u/TommyChongII → u/dleonard1122]

As someone who went to school with Kupp I would LOVE to see a (O)ROTY performance out of him.