Go BOLD - 2022 NFL Bold Predictions

[Virgil]

10 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I refuse to play such a dangerous jinx game.  You guys pretty much have learned nothing from the last 30 years of bad juju.

Exactly, hence my prediction and weekly predictions 

[eball]

57 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I don't think any of the NFL wide ones are all that bold... maybe the Titans... I think they are a possible wildcard team but could certainly see them missing it. The Giants roster sucks, the Cardinals are old, and the 49ers don't seem to have a Quarterback. 

 

The Bills ones are bolder. 

 

I dunno, I'm taking three teams who made the playoffs a season ago and dropping them out.  The Giants one isn't so bold now that I think about it.

 

[C.Biscuit97]

2 hours ago, 716er said:

Browns over the Lions in the Superbowl

 

Jacoby Brissett NFL MVP

You missed spelled Josh Rosen and the board completely melts down. 

[YoloinOhio]

2 hours ago, Dopey said:

Pats will make the playoffs.

Now that’s BOLD. Those guys are 🚮

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Bills go 20-0

 

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Edited July 22, 2022 by SlimShady'sSpaceForce

[Rocky Landing]

I was wondering when this thread was going to come around!

 

League:

Chiefs miss the playoffs.

Sammy Watkins has a career year in Green Bay.

Colts take the AFCS.

Raiders take the AFCW.

 

Division:

Patriots* finish third in the AFCE.

Wilson is benched for a spell.

Tyreek Hill has several sideline tantrums.

Blake Bortles takes over at QB by mid-season for the Fish.

 

Bills:

Crowder has a career year.

Bills sweep the Pats* and Jets, but split with the Dolphins.

Bills once again carry seven WRs with Austin making the 53.

Bills carry ten O-linesmen, still cut Ford.

[Rocky Landing]

3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Regular readers will recall I like to do this thread about this time every year, as we enter camp, let's have some BOLD predictions for 2022. I always do eight in total, 4 NFL wide and 4 Bills specific. My best year I nailed 5 of the 8. Last year I am going to give myself 1 and a half - I correctly predicted Carson Wentz would lose his job as the Colts Quarterback (which he might not have done during the season but they traded him as soon as possible thereafter) and I had Matt Milano to go to the pro-bowl and garner all pro votes. Well he did not go to the pro-bowl but he did garner 1 vote for AP all pro. 

 

So here we go for 2022:

 

NFL wide

• The Cincinnati Bengals will MISS the playoffs
• The New York Jets will finish 2nd in the AFC East
• Christian Watson will have more yards and more touchdowns than Davante Adams
• Justin Herbert will win the MVP but the Chargers will be 1 and done in the playoffs

 

Bills specific

• Kaiir Elam to equal Jairus Byrd's team rookie interception record with 9
• James Cook to lead Bills running backs in combined touchdowns (rushing and receiving)
• Dawson Knox to be voted as an all-pro (at least 2nd team all pro honours)
• The Buffalo Bills to lead the league in sacks

 

There are mine, flame away and add your own!

Whoa there, fella! There's bold, and then there's BOLD! In order for the Jets to come in second in the division:

• The Pats* would have to be significantly worse than last year,
• Tua would have to prove himself the flop than many suspect he is,
• McDaniel would have to flame out as a HC,
• Saleh would have to be the real deal at HC,
• And the Jets would have to take a significant step forward with their improved roster.

All of which is... quite plausible.

 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2022 by Rocky Landing

[HappyDays]

NFL:

- The Chargers will be the only AFC West team to make the playoffs. 3 AFC North teams will make it.

-Patriots end up with a top 5 pick in the 2023 draft.

-The Panthers with Baker Mayfield make it to the NFC Championship Game and Matt Rhule's job is saved

 

Bills:

-James Cook wins OROY

-Tavon Austin leads the NFL in punt return yards

-Oliver leads the team in sacks

-Basham has more snaps than Epenesa and Lawson combined

[dollars 2 donuts]

 

 

During a much ballyhooed press conference Josh Allen comes out as touchdown fluid.  Meaning he is comfortable being referred to, and perceived as, throwing them, rushing them and catching them.  

 

He also would like to go by his preferred TD pronouns: Pzz, Ruzz and Catzz

 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2022 by dollars 2 donuts

[Rocky Landing]

2 hours ago, otagoyellow said:

• Bills will win the first 8 games. 
• Allen will break his non-throwing arm in Week 10. 
• Miami will win the AFCE. 
• Keenum will help the Bills limp into the playoffs. 
• Allen returns for playoffs and sends Bills to the SB. 

 

What're you writing an after school special...?

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Von Miller, 14 sacks and 2 TDS.

[Don Otreply]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I refuse to play such a dangerous jinx game.  You guys pretty much have learned nothing from the last 30 years of bad juju.

Who is this JuJu guy, and how did it come about that he is bad? I’m thinking he is just misunderstood is all, 

[Freddie's Dead]

Bills will *****in' destroy Marcia once and for all in SB LVII, Theismanning him into retirement.

[BillsfaninSB]

5 hours ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I refuse to play such a dangerous jinx game.  You guys pretty much have learned nothing from the last 30 years of bad juju.

I have learned.   Stay far away from any kind of Bills team predictions. 
 

Except this.  Bills will not have a red helmet game this year. 
 

 

Edited July 22, 2022 by BillsfaninSB

[Gen2]

Watson will serve an 8-game suspension; however, he will be upset because of the way the Browns treated him during that suspension, so he boycotts the team and sits out the remaining 9 games. 

[1ManRaid]

Despite perceived emphasis on adding pass catching RBs, Singletary improves on his 4.6 yards per rush last season and hits 1000 yards behind improved run blocking.

 

Diggs, Davis, Knox, Allen, and Singletary are all selected for the Pro Bowl, and none go.

 

And the biggest boldest would never happen prediction, a Bills DB gets selected for the Pro Bowl and not All Pro.

[Nelius]

NFL:

- The Broncos hype train derails by about Week 6. Las Vegas becomes the "surprise" AFC West Team with an incredible pass rush led by Chandler Jones and Maxx Crosby. Crosby goes on to lead the league in sacks.

- Packers squeak into the playoffs, thanks in part to a borderline 1,000 yard resurgent season by everybody's favorite weirdo, Sammy Watkins. They then lose early in the playoffs again, and everybody for about the 10th year in a row wonders what now nearly 40 year old Aaron Rodgers has left in him.

- Mitch Trubisky has a great season as the clear #1 in Pittsburgh

- Justin Herbert puts up 4500/40 in the air and becomes the clear-cut 2nd best QB talent behind Allen. Lamar continues to regress. Kyler Murray continues to be annoying.

 

Bills:

- Von Miller leads the AFC East in sacks

- Zack Moss makes the team and is a dependable goal line threat - 8+ TDs

- Poyer is named first team All-Pro again and finally makes his first Pro Bowl

- Punting is a problem - Punt God loses his powers and Haack takes 19 seconds to get a punt off in a preseason game

[ghostwriter]

Bills have a consistent run game.

[Richard Noggin]

14 hours ago, Virgil said:

Bills will miss the playoffs

This was my first thought. It's bold. 

 

Less bold is an '89 Bills kind of season. Maybe not with respect to internal strife, but more so results. Uneven, underachieving. One and done in the playoffs. 

[Richard Noggin]

14 hours ago, Gugny said:

NFL wide

• The Baltimore Ravens will MISS the playoffs
• The Miami Dolphins will finish 2nd in the AFC East
• The Raiders will win the AFC West
• Odell Beckham Jr., will catch a TD pass in the Super Bowl

 

Bills specific

• James Cook will lead the team in all-purpose yards
• Dawson Knox will have over 800 receiving yards
• Josh Allen will be the league MVP
• The Buffalo Bills to lead the league in offensive touchdowns

 

I bolded the two predictions that I'd call bold. And saying the Ravens will miss the playoffs really doesn't even feel super bold to me on paper, if we ignore their past record of success under this regime. 

 

The other six predictions seem like decent bets depending on the odds. 

 

Okay, upon further review, predicting a specific, injured, unsigned WR will catch a TD in the Super Bowl IS bold. Even if that same player did this very thing last season...