OK so less than a week away from game action just about. You know what that means! Yea that’s right it’s time for the big preseason predictions thread. We got bold predictions, breakouts, busts and full W/L predictions for each NFL team.
Let’s start with my Van players
Vanguard Players
OK so these are my ride or die guys or my “my guys” as people mostly call them. Here we go.
1. Matthew Stafford
2. Tua Tagovailoa
3. David Montgomery
4. Clyde Edwards-Helaire
5. Miles Sanders
6. Amari Cooper
7. Tee Higgins
8. Will Fuller
9. Tyler Higbee
10. Mike Gesicki
11. New England Patriots DST
Now lets move on to my deep sleepers. They are basically anyone around pick 150 or later on FantasyPros that should be rostered.
Deep Sleepers
1. Phillip Lindsay (148 ADP)
2. Allen Lazard (240 ADP)
3. Tua Tagovailoa (156 ADP)
4. O.J. Howard (257 ADP)
5. Jalen Reagor (181 ADP)
6. Randall Cobb (183 ADP)
7. Terrace Marshall Jr. (197 ADP)
8. Sony Michel (199 ADP)
9. Jakobi Meyers (200 ADP)
10. Amon-Ra St. Brown (202 ADP)
11. Kadarius Toney (237 ADP)
12. Bryan Edwards (206 ADP)
13. D'Wayne Eskridge (308 ADP)
14. Mac Jones (290 ADP)
15. KJ Hamler (300 ADP)
Notable guys but wo didn’t make the cut
Pat Freiermuth (214 ADP)
Salvon Ahmed (218 ADP)
Cole Kmet (231 ADP)
Hayden Hurst (235 ADP)
D'Wayne Eskridge (215 ADP)
Josh Palmer (264 ADP)
Amari Rodgers (293 ADP)
Van Jefferson (295 ADP)
Larry Rountree III (319 ADP)
Quintez Cephus (358 ADP)
James Washington (367 ADP)
Ben Roethlisberger (158 ADP)
Kenneth Gainwell (203 ADP)
Predictions for Accolades
MVP: Matt Stafford
Super Bowl MVP: Patrick Mahomes
Offensive Player of the Year: Saquon Barkley
Defensive Player of the Year: Myles Garrett
Offensive Rookie of the Year: Zach Wilson
Defensive Rookie of the Year: Azeez Ojulari
Comeback Player of the Year: Jimmy Garoppolo
Coach of the Year: Kyle Shanahan
Fantasy Football Bold Predictions
1. Matt Stafford will be a top 5 QB this year.
2. Josh Allen and Justin Herbert will finish much worse than their projected rank. Josh Allen is ranked 3rd and he should finish 9th or worse. Herbert is ranked 7th and will finish 15th or worse.
3. Najee Harris won't finish as a top 12 RB. This is CEH all over again and Najee isn't even as good as CEH.
4. James Robinson will finish higher than Chris Carson, Aaron Jones and Antonio Gibson.
5. Michael Carter will finish as a top 20 RB this year and will be the best RB in the draft class.
6. Amari Cooper will be a top 10 PLAYER in fantasy this year (1/2 point ppr).
7. DJ Chark will be the best WR in Jax this year and will finish in the top 24 for WR.
8. Brandin Cooks will get to 1,000 receiving yards again and will have at least 7 TDs.
9. Kyle Pitts will finish behind Dallas Goedert, T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant this year.
10. Mike Gesicki will finish inside the top 6 this year for TEs.
NFL Bold Predictions
1. The Colts fail to win 6 games this year.
2. The Seahawks will have a top 10 defense this year.
3. Josh Jacobs gets over 1,000 yards on the ground and over 10 TDs.
4. The entire NFC West makes the playoffs.
5. The Vikings and Raiders both make with playoffs with over 10 wins.
6. The Giants win the NFC East behind one of the best defenses in the league.
7. The Steelers finish with a losing record.
8. The Panthers finish with a winning record and just barely miss the playoffs.
9. None of the top 3 receivers taken in the NFL draft (Waddle, Smith, Chase) finish with the most receiving yards. Toney, St. Brown or Eskridge could get there over them.
10. Corey Davis and Denzel Mims combine for over 1800 yards receiving.
Moving back into fantasy we have the Breakouts and Busts as the final category.
Breakouts
1. Tua Tagovailoa QB22 (155th)
2. Jared Goff QB29 (273rd)
3. Javonte Williams RB28 (65th)
4. Michael Carter RB32 (80th)
5. Phillip Lindsay RB49 (151st)
6. Jerry Jeudy WR33 (84th)
7. Corey Davis WR47 (113th)
8. Michael Pittman Jr. WR44 (114th)
9. Amon-Ra St. Brown WR77 (191st)
10. Jakobi Meyers WR71 (218th)
11. Tyler Higbee TE14 (129th)
Busts
1. Josh Allen QB2 (30th)
2. Justin Herbert QB7 (55th)
3. Najee Harris RB10 (16th)
4. Antonio Gibson RB12 (17th)
5. Chase Edmonds RB27 (63rd)
6. Raheem Mostert RB25 (59th)
7. CeeDee Lamb WR12 (39th)
8. Brandon Aiyuk WR23 (64th)
9. Ja'Marr Chase WR24 (64th)
10. Kyle Pitts TE4 (48th)
11. Rob Gronkowski TE8 (99th)
That’s all so far, more to come this weekend!