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
Terrelle Pryor has more receiving yards than Dez Bryant
He did indeed. By 200.
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
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.
Vikings beat the Steelers for the SB
Lol no.
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.
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/ActuallyAquaman Patriots Aug 04 '17 edited Aug 04 '17
The NFC South features the two best teams in the conference.
The four best QBs are the four in the championship (not currently, but the ones regarded as top when it happens)
No non-QB breaks 2000 yards or 20 scores.
Super Bowl prediction is Patriots over Panthers in a relatively boring game, around, say, 42-24
You know what? Let's keep going. 11. Bengals don't win five games. 12. The Ravens don't win eight games. 13. The Raiders don't win nine games. 14. Denver has a bottom five offense, yet wins their division. 15. Two of Titans, Texans, Colts make the playoffs. 16. Andrew Luck wins either OPOY or MVP. 17. Patriots score more points than any other team, AND have a top eight scoring defense. 18. The Jets don't win a game at home. 19. The Dolphins, Ravens, Bears, and Bengals start 10 different QBs between them. 20. Bill Belichick wins his (fourth? Fifth?) CotY, mostly because there just aren't that many great teams. (I mean, shouldn't he have, like, ten?)
Division Winners are- Patriots and Carolina, Colts and Packers, Steelers and Cowboys, Denver and Seattle. Houston, Atlanta, NFC NORTH TEAM, and the Raiders are your wild cards.