Go BOLD - 2020 NFL Bold Predictions

[smuvtalker]

NFL Wide: 

1)Tom Brady throws for 4,000+ yards and 30 TD's, and Tampa Bay makes the playoffs as a wild card (Saints win division)

 

2)Steelers return to top of AFC North, advance to AFC title game but lose (to Buffalo), Big Ben decides to come back and play again next year

3)New Orleans vs Buffalo in the Super Bowl

 

Bills Specific:

 

1)Josh Allen throws for 4,200 yards and 28 TD's by air, rushes for 9 more.  Completion percentage is 62%

2)Bills send 8 players to pro-bowl: Allen, Knox, Morse, Diggs, White, Edmunds, Oliver, and Roberts

3)The Buffalo Bills bring home the Lombardi Trophy...

 

 

Edited August 17, 2020 by smuvtalker

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

27 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

Buffalo Bills Fans double in size and 3 long time TSW posters enter the Witness Protection Program.

There oughta be a law?

Edited August 18, 2020 by Ridgewaycynic2013

[ColoradoBills]

9 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

There oughta be a law?

 

"Mayhap it is, mayhap it ain't."

 

[Locomark]

NFL

-Tom Brady hits his career mark for interceptions. 

 

-Season gets halted and restarted again.They change the playoff format because of it and we get a Bye. 

 

-The AFC North division winner is decided by a tiebreaker. 

 

-The Super Bowl will be played by two teams that haven’t been in it in the last 5 years. 

 

-1 major contender loses their starting QB for the year and is relegated to an also ran status.

 

Bills and AFC East

-Josh Allen has 3850 yards passing. 

-Tua gets 3 weeks of playing time but the Phins bench him when he goes 0-3 and they are still in the hunt for playoffs. 

-The Jets go 2-14

-Bills go 5-1 in division with the only loss being to Miami. Yes we beat the Pats twice in emphatic style. 

- Jordan Poyer leads the team with 6 picks. 

- We have 4 players with 7+ sacks.

- Josh Norman scores 2 TDS. 

- Brown and Diggs both get 1000 yards. 

- Diggs gets as many jet sweeps as McKenzie.

-The Pats block 5 kicks this year. 

-The Bills score a 50 burger this year. 

 

[4merper4mer]

Bills:

 

Rugby guy makes the team

Special teams guy from Pittsburgh turns a game around for us with a big play leading to a win

Gabriel Davis finds a way to contribute more than most expect

Kroft has a decent year

 

 

Non Bills:

 

Washington ends their season still having no name

Lions finish .500 or better

The Eagles stink

Gase ups the ante on Darnold by contracting Mono, Covid AND Herpes all in one year.

Edited August 18, 2020 by 4merper4mer

[Doc Brown]

Josh Allen finally throws it out of the stadium..........but it's on a slant to Diggs.

[Dopey]

7 hours ago, Logic said:

I have stated numerous times that I have a hard time envisioning the NFL season lasting much past week 4 or 5 before being suspended or cancelled.

For the sake of fun, though, I shall ignore that sentiment here and proceed as if an entire season will take place.


NFL wide

• The Jets will have the worst record in the AFC East and Adam Gase will be fired by season's end
• The Dolphins will win 9 or more games.
• Cam Newton will start the majority of games at QB for the Patriots, who will miss the playoffs
• Lamar Jackson will regress significantly, the Ravens will struggle to make the playoffs
• Ryan Tannehill will fall back down to earth, the Titans will finish with a losing record
• Patrick Mahomes will win league MVP, the Chiefs will repeat as Super Bowl Champions
• Clyde Edwards-Helaire will finish the season as RB1 in fantasy football
• After Dwayne Haskins struggles early on, Alex Smith will replace him as starter for Washington and will win Comeback Player of the Year
• Tom Brady will have an excellent year for the Bucs, who will make the playoffs. In 2021, he will fall off a cliff skills-wise, Manning style, and retire after the season
• After another frustrating playoff exit for the Saints, Drew Brees will retire

 

Bills specific

• Zach Moss finish with more touchdowns than Devin Singletary, but Singletary will have more yards from scrimmage
• Josh Norman will win the CB2 job, keep it all year, and return to elite form
• Josh Allen will produce 35 total touchdowns and receive his first Pro Bowl nod
• Vosean Joseph will fill in for Milano for a few games due to injury and will show so well that the Bills think twice about re-signing Milano
• Dawson Knox will be a breakout star on offense
• Dane Jackson will prove to be an absolute steal of a 7th rounder and will wind up playing significant minutes at CB
• The Buffalo Bills will win the AFC East for the first time since 1995 !!!

I'm with you on Dane Jackson.

[frostbitmic]

NFL

1. Brady and Gronk both catch Covid-19 before the season starts and end up never playing a down for the Bucs.

2. Everybody continues to call the Washington team the Redskins so Snyder renames them the Redskins.

3. Bob Kraft doesn't get busted getting a hand in Florida.

 

Bills

1. Patrick DiMarco scores 3 TD's on the season

2. Tre' White doesn't give up a goal or a TD all season

3. Bills win the Super Bowl over the Panthers

[Sherlock Holmes]

McBeane works out a trade that brings Christian McCaffrey to Buffalo

 

JJ Watt talks his brother TJ (Joey Bosa does the same with Nick) into holding out until he gets his way and signs with Buffalo.

 

AJ Klein stubs his toe so McBeane trades for Leighton Vander Esch.

 

Josh Allen becomes the best QB in football and wins MVP both league and Super Bowl.

 

Bass breaks the record for longest FG.

 

Josh Allen has a 90+ yard TD run.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jeff1954]

Jadeveon Clowney finally signs one year “prove it” deal for under $10 million

Gronk is injured in first few games and doesn’t play again

Agree with a lot of other people that Mariota replaces Carr in Vegas by midseason

 

Bills start three quarterbacks during the season

Zack Moss takes over as RB1 because of injury to Motor and doesn’t hand it back

Brandon Beane recognised CEO of the Year.

[Paulus]

Bills win the SuperBowl. 

[Midwest1981]

I'll think a little more about Bills-specific prognostications but here are four relative to the NFL.  Let me preface my predictions by saying I'm surprised to see the extent of the doubt (know there's some residual anti-Brady bias) about the Buccaneers, considering how DC Todd Bowles elevated that defense in last year's second half and how much talent is on that roster but just wasn't highlighted or realized because of a QB whose turnovers negated it.  And that's the other thing- Jameis had a whopping 35 (35!) total turnovers last year, obviously including 30 picks.  It's likely, based on Brady's stats (even recent stats) that Tampa Bay has TWENTY-FIVE fewer turnovers from the position this year.  

 

Imagine what a difference that would make for any roster, especially one this good on both sides of the ball.  Without further adieu...

 

1) Tampa Bay and New Orleans BOTH win 12+ games, despite being in the same division.  They tie the SB Champion Seahawks & 49ers in 2013 for most regular season wins by two teams in the same division (25).

 

2) Three NFC West teams make the Playoffs- and the media "darling" Cardinals aren't one of them.  The left-for-dead Rams, who were in the Super Bowl just 19 months ago and still have top-heavy talent (young OL a year older too), plus McVay, overcome an 0-3 start to get the final spot.

 

3) Not AS bold but semi-bold because they'll wrack up losses simply by playing each other:  three AFC North teams make the Playoffs as well in the Ravens, Steelers, & Browns.

 

4) The Cowboys advance to their first NFC Championship Game in 25 years (1995), if not go further.  Despite losing McCoy yesterday, they're too talented to not be on a shortlist of NFC contenders, joining the Bucs, Saints, and 49ers, and play an easier schedule.

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by Midwest1981

[GunnerBill]

4 minutes ago, Midwest1981 said:

I'll think a little more about Bills-specific prognostications but here are four relative to the NFL.  Let me preface my predictions by saying I'm surprised to see the extent of the doubt (know there's some residual anti-Brady bias) about the Buccaneers, considering how DC Todd Bowles elevated that defense in last year's second half and how much talent is on that roster but just wasn't highlighted or realized because of a QB whose turnovers negated it.  And that's the other thing- Jameis had a whopping 35 (35!) total turnovers last year, obviously including 30 picks.  It's likely, based on Brady's stats (even recent stats) that Tampa Bay has TWENTY-FIVE fewer turnovers from the position this year.  

 

Imagine what a difference that would make for any roster, especially one this good on both sides of the ball.  Without further adieu...

 

1) Tampa Bay and New Orleans BOTH win 12+ games, despite being in the same division.  They tie the SB Champion Seahawks & 49ers in 2013 for most regular season wins by two teams in the same division (25).

 

2) Three NFC West teams make the Playoffs- and the media "darling" Cardinals aren't one of them.  The left-for-dead Rams, who were in the Super Bowl just 19 months ago and still have top-heavy talent (young OL a year older too), plus McVay, overcome an 0-3 start to get the final spot.

 

3) Not AS bold but semi-bold because they'll wrack up losses simply by playing each other:  three AFC North teams make the Playoffs as well in the Ravens, Steelers, & Browns.

 

4) The Cowboys advance to their first NFC Championship Game in 25 years (1995), if not go further.  Despite losing McCoy yesterday, they're too talented to not be on a shortlist of NFC contenders, joining the Bucs, Saints, and 49ers, and play an easier schedule.

 

 

Like it. On 2) I agree three NFC West teams.... but I think the Cardinals are in and the Seahawks are out. Listen, Russ is great, he really is and their 1-2 punch at wide receiver is impressive. On defense while they are no spring chickens they still have Wagner and Wright at linbacker but then after those three areas..... what else is good about their roster? I have already said it but I will repeat it here... their two lines are as a combination the weakest collection of trenches talent in the whole NFL as I see it.

[Stank_Nasty]

Last year my bold bills prediction was the defense finally gets some attention nation wide because the bills start winning games and garner 4 pro bowl nods on that side of the ball. They sorta got their due but the individual attention still wasn’t there. 
 

so I’m bringing that prediction again this year. Oliver, edmunds, white and a safety all make INITIAL pro bowl team. I’ll take it a step further and say we have 2 all pros(1st or 2nd team) their as well. 
 

NFL prediction.... WFT sneaks into the playoffs at 9-7 on the back of AP’s 1,100 yds and 8-10 td. 

Edited August 18, 2020 by Stank_Nasty

[Rochesterfan]

13 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

Buffalo Bills Fans double in size and 3 long time TSW posters enter the Witness Protection Program.

 

Are you saying that due to all of the winning - Bills fans eat to much and each individual Fan doubles in size.  That will suck for the flaming tables and sitting in the stands, but make for some epic tailgating.

 

LOL ?

[Midwest1981]

3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Like it. On 2) I agree three NFC West teams.... but I think the Cardinals are in and the Seahawks are out. Listen, Russ is great, he really is and their 1-2 punch at wide receiver is impressive. On defense while they are no spring chickens they still have Wagner and Wright at linbacker but then after those three areas..... what else is good about their roster? I have already said it but I will repeat it here... their two lines are as a combination the weakest collection of trenches talent in the whole NFL as I see it.

I'm a bit more bullish on the Seahawks than you are, albeit with reservations because clearly their ceiling is capped if Pete Carroll and Brian Schottenheimer keep running an unimaginative and antiquated run, run, pass offense like their QB is a first or second-year starter instead of an MVP candidate.  Wilson can't bail them out late as much this year as he's had to do in recent years and he has to be allowed to use his weapons (Lockett, DK, not-done-yet Olsen, returning Disley, etc.) before they're down 10 in the 4th quarter. 
 

But while I agree on the deficiencies on both Seattle's offensive and defensive lines, Wilson hasn't had a good- even serviceable- offensive line since very early in his career and has learned to live with it (hasn't caught up to him... yet) and I'm actually pretty high on the Seahawks' secondary.  Both Shaq Griffin & Quinton Dunbar were top-12 at PFF and then in addition to trading for Dunbar also of course traded for Jamal Adams after trading for Quandre Diggs at the trading deadline last year, which amounted to a steal.  With Wagner, still solid Wright, and recent high picks the last two drafts (Brooks & Barton) I actually like their linebackers (and depth) & back-7 in general.  If PFF is right, which posits that anymore it's actually coverage rather than pass rush that produces a more stifling pass defense, Seattle's defense might be better than you expect.

 

We’ll see, though. Something to keep in mind is that Wilson’s never won less than 9 games and has only missed the Playoffs once (happened the same year in 2017). Maybe it changes this year, though, especially if Wilson has to be asked to put on his late-game cape all season.

Edited August 18, 2020 by Midwest1981

[BuffaloBillies]

Bold Predictions

[GunnerBill]

1 minute ago, Midwest1981 said:

I'm a bit more bullish on the Seahawks than you are, albeit with reservations because clearly their ceiling is capped if Pete Carroll and Brian Schottenheimer keep running an unimaginative and antiquated run, run, pass offense like their QB is a first or second-year starter instead of an MVP candidate.  Wilson can't bail them out late as much this year as he's had to do in recent years and he has to be allowed to use his weapons (Lockett, DK, not-done-yet Olsen, returning Disley, etc.) before they're down 10 in the 4th quarter.  But while I agree on the deficiencies on both Seattle's offensive and defensive lines, Wilson hasn't had a good- even serviceable- offensive line since very early in his career and has learned to live with it (hasn't caught up to him... yet) and I'm actually pretty high on the Seahawks' secondary.  Both Shaq Griffin & Quinton Dunbar were top-12 at PFF and then in addition to trading for Dunbar also of course traded for Jamal Adams after trading for Quandre Diggs at the trading deadline last year, which amounted to a steal.  With Wagner, still solid Wright, and recent high picks the last two drafts (Brooks & Barton) I actually like their linebackers & back-7 in general.  If PFF is right, which posits that anymore it's actually coverage rather than pass rush that produces a more stifling pass defense, Seattle's defense might be better than you expect.

 

Adams helps, and yea, some of those other secondary guys are good players (though not stars) and believe me I am very much in the building from the back is becoming the more sustainable approach on defense in 2020. I think Seattle will be a game either side of .500. I don't think they are going to suck, Russ is too good for that. But they are so bad up front. I just can't envisage a team in the playoffs who is going to struggle to win any game in the trenches. That for my money is why they have increasingly relied on Russ to bail them out.... it might even be too much for him this year.

[Don Otreply]

League wide: TB confidence is shattered after a massive hit that concusses him, he becomes Trent Edwards MKII. No playoffs, Retirement at the end of the season. 
 

Big Ben’s injuries haunt him, he is a shell of his former self, rides his team to a 8-8 record, no postseason. 
 

Bold on the Bills: 12-4 on the season, win the AFCE out right, beat KC for the AFC title, and dominate the super bowl, both Brown and Diggs go over 1000 yards each, with 6 & 9 TDs respectively. Josh goes for 4500 yards passing, with a 65% completion percentage. 
 

Go Bills!!!
 

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 2020 by Don Otreply

[Nextmanup]

20 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said:

Whole thing gets shut down by november.

I was going to write something along these lines.

 

I'll predict the season will absolutely NOT go as planned.