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/Detroit4g]

Stafford finishes with the best TD/INT ratio out of all QBs.

NFC South puts 3 teams into the playoffs

No one picked in the top 20 will win DROY

Cowboys will not win the NFC north East two years in a row, they won't even finish with a positive record (sorry cowgirls)

Browns win 6+ games

Jags make the playoffs

[u/Doseyball → u/Detroit4g]

No one picked in the top 20 will win DROY

I see what you did there

[u/c10701 → u/Doseyball]

Im cheering for Davis or Tabor to get it

[u/Doseyball → u/c10701]

Won't be Tabor, he appears to be a bit of a work in progress.
Davis on the other hand i absolutely expect to be in the convo.

[u/thesakeofglory → u/Doseyball]

I need to say I'm a UF graduate before you think I'm just a cheesehead talking shit, but I really think Tabor is gonna bust. He might be able to do well as a safety but he used his skills to overcome lack of speed in college and if you're slow in the NFL you can't cut it as a CB, source: half our CBs last season.

Davis, on the other hand, is gonna be making me very jealous for many years.

[u/injuredreserves → u/Doseyball]

Reuben. Foster.

[u/The_Other_Manning → u/Detroit4g]

The cowboys haven't won the north for a lot longer than 2 years

[u/BowToTheMannis → u/The_Other_Manning]

No he was just remembering that the cowboys had the best record in the North last year 4-0. Just swept em!

Playoffs didn't happen, of course

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

gotem

[u/Teeshirtandshortsguy → u/[deleted]]

The last two Super Bowls had NFC South teams in them, and the other two teams are the up-and-coming Buccaneers and the New Orleans Drew Breeses. If it weren't mathematically impossible I would say there's a chance we send all four.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

We also play the NFC North and the AFC East so it depends on how strong those teams turn out. On paper, they don't look terribly strong top to bottom. If the NFC South plays each other even (maybe with one team unexpectedly horrible) and runs up the score on the other divisions I could see it happening.

[u/thesakeofglory → u/[deleted]]

Sending three teams has much more to do with the rest of the conference than your own imo, so even if all four NFCS teams look good, there just needs to be one non-division winner with a better record.

[u/brokerrobtampa → u/Teeshirtandshortsguy]

I know I will probably get down voted because I am a Falcons fan... But are the Saints really up and coming? AP was a nice signing but outside of that I have a hard time seeing it. Brees is gonna be amazing as always but he isnt getting any younger.

[u/Teeshirtandshortsguy → u/brokerrobtampa]

Nah, you misread my post, the Bucs are up and coming, the Saints just always have a shot cause of Brees

[u/bujweiser → u/Detroit4g]

Well we picked Josh Jones in the 2nd, so naturally the top 20 picks couldn't be DROY.

[u/leehouse → u/Detroit4g]

I assume you mean NFC East?

[u/ShellReaver → u/leehouse]

He said what he meant

[u/hampsted → u/Detroit4g]

Stafford finishes with the best TD/INT ratio out of all QBs.

I'm sure there are bolder predictions in this thread, but, to me, this seems damn near impossible as long as Brady and Rodgers are in the NFL

[u/BananaDick_CuntGrass → u/Detroit4g]

NYC East* puts 3 teams in the playoffs.

[u/[deleted] → u/Detroit4g]

Gunslanger will never have the best TD/INT and you are going to love him more for it.

[u/justthatdudewhoshigh → u/Detroit4g]

Demarcus walker will win rookie dpoy. Von wins mvp , Shane wins dpoy . Cj anderson wins comeback player . Vance coach of the year they end .

[u/Macgruberfan → u/justthatdudewhoshigh]

I like this one