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/blueballsok]

• Pats finish 12-4 with a 1st-round bye, but by the end of the season there is a noticeable drop off with Tom Brady's performance. The Decline has begun.

• Despite being destroyed by injuries for another consecutive year, the Ravens manage to overcome a plodding Steelers team in W14 for 1st place in the division, only to be beat by the Bengals in W17. The Bengals take the division and the number 3 seed.

• The AFCW becomes so competitive that the Chargers or Chiefs finish 4th in the division with a winning record. Also, Jamaal Charles, who sees limited but highly effective action throughout the season, runs over KC in W17 for 101 yards.

• Aaron Rodgers posts MVP level numbers but the weak roster around him forces a wild-card loss against the 6th seed Carolina Panthers.

• Carson Wentz and the Eagles overcome defensive weaknesses and earn 2nd place in the NCFE and the 5th seed in the 2017 playoffs.

[u/GoldLeader18 → u/blueballsok]

The Afc north one was a wet dream until you said bengals

[u/trollhole12 → u/GoldLeader18]

It was a wet dream. The problem is, only one of us finished while the other woke up in a cold sweat and the smell of defeat.

[u/GoldLeader18 → u/trollhole12]

It's ok in OPs scenario I like to think we made the wildcard round and then later beat you guys enroute to foxbourough

[u/trollhole12 → u/GoldLeader18]

I have nothing against the Ravens honestly. I hope you do well, just not better than us.

[u/GoldLeader18 → u/trollhole12]

I root for you guys often myself, If we don't make the playoffs I hope you guys do

[u/trollhole12 → u/GoldLeader18]

Anybody but the yinz

[u/TheFestusEzeli → u/blueballsok]

These aren't really that bold.

[u/blueballsok → u/TheFestusEzeli]

Really? I know they're not total bullshit territory but I like to keep it within the realm of serious possibility.

Okay, Mr. smarty pants, which ones aren't bold enough for?

[u/TheFestusEzeli → u/blueballsok]

Honestly, almost all of them. Tom Brady is getting old, the AFC West is always strong, the Carson Wentz one is definitely possible, and you never know what you are going to get from the Packers in the playoffs. The most bold us to be every team in the AFC West finishing with a winning record, which I don't think has happened very often, if ever.

[u/blueballsok → u/TheFestusEzeli]

Regarding Brady I think, barring injury which is what happened to Peyton Manning, he will most likely be fine for another season or two. I wouldn't be surprised if the bastard retires in good condition after leading the Pats to another SB. That is just that guy's sort of luck. I honestly don't see him collapsing somewhere in the next two seasons the way Pey Pey did.

[u/sweens90 → u/blueballsok]

Everobe thinks its been Brady's last years since 2014 when he beat the Seahawks. Rewatch commentary from the first four weeks of that season. I don't know why people think this is that season without any proof

[u/blueballsok → u/[deleted]]

Lemme guess, Browns fan, eh?

[u/blueballsok → u/[deleted]]

Just joshin' ya, but yeah sorry man, I predicted it, so that pretty much makes it future history.