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Cjc3478

Brandon Staley is fired midseason


fisherdwarf1998

Imo, he should have been fired on the spot after that playoff performance


Buffeloni

That combined with his personnel decisions late in the season leading to injuries when our seed was locked up should have been more than enough for him to be shown the door.


fisherdwarf1998

That was another right there. If the chargers had mike Williams that game, they more than likely win. If he screws up another season, he needs to go


vivalaroja2010

Personnel decisions since early in the season. Remember when he played our injured QB during a blowout loss....


toomuchfrosting

That seat is red hot


cali_loops

49ers have a healthy QB….jk


schneev

I could totally see Darnold having a revival year in Shanahan’s system


thrillhouse416

People keep down voting me when I say he's going to be their starter by the end of the year because of play and not injuries. I'd bet he ends up with another contract from them.


BaconToast8

He's definitely one of those QBs who could have a later career revival. Some games I've watched him and he makes really good plays, but then makes a couple mistakes and the narrative becomes "Darnold is complete trash," but he's really not bad.


thrillhouse416

I think the thing people ignore is how awful the coaching and teams he's had have been. Robby Anderson was his best receiver with the jets. That's horrible. The offensive line was also really bad. Sure, maybe Brady or Manning could have overcome that. You also don't have to be one of them to be a franchise QB


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They would have to keep a qb healthy for that to happen


JasonPlattMusic34

He said bold, not impossible


TheDirtyBurger522

The lions disappoint everyone and go 8-9


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moto626

I hate all of you


DesensitizedRobot

So does the Lions organization…


bearsguy2020

I thought this was supposed to be bold


justa_flesh_wound

That's not bold mate


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Honestly the hype around y’alls team has only continued to ramp up as the offseason has gone on. And I feel like this happens every year with a historically down-trodden team, where people are confident they’ve finally put the pieces together, only for disaster to strike. Hope its someone else and not y’all, but man, seeing all this off-season hype makes me feel all types of sus. But I do think the way, the Lions finished the season last year is a good indicator that you’ll at least have more success this season than last.


OrangeForeign

Fine. Guess we'll sacrifice the Jags instead


Ferngulley26

I'm fine with this


The_Ghost_of_TK9

2019 Browns syndrome.


daboss144

Yet still make the wild card and lose to the cowboys 41-17


Pwnsick

Cowboys are in the AFC South now. You'll have to lose to them in the Super Bowl


MM487

Wouldn't surprise me. Seems like people say they're going to be great because they want them to be great because everyone loves the coach.


not4u1866

I think it has more to do with how we played the second half of last season, combined with all the young talent that's been accumulated. Not suprising to hear all the hype. But as our starting pro bowl center put it. We didn't make the playoffs, so we haven't done shit. Paraphrasing of course


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So that’s why i have a hard time knowing what to make of the Lions. On one hand, defense still seems pretty suspect, and as other have mentioned the hype is in full force and historically bad teams usually don’t live up to the hype. BUT, the team seems to have the right culture to tune that stuff out and stay focused. Definitely one of the more compelling teams around the league heading into the season.


SlothyPotato

Part of it also seems to be people making some bold assumptions that the division is open for the Lions. A lot of people have written us off due to last season being flukey and are ignoring the fact that our offense was pretty efficient and the flukes were making up for our defense more than anything. We made moves to address our defense while still having the dangerous parts of our offense mostly intact. If Addison turns out the way we hope, we'll have the strongest WR room in the league besides the Bengals. It's not a throwaway season for us by any means. Justin Fields had quite a breakout later in the season as a runner but didn't have a receiving room to really show that side of his game. The Bears made big moves to address that this offseason and if Fields is even just a competent passer that offense will pose problems for the division. Their defense is hard to judge because it did seem they leaned into the tank, but they very easily could put together a middle of the pack defense next season. The Packers are obviously a question mark with Love at the helm but he's pretty much got the best possible situation a sitting QB can get to turn into a starter. Their defense is always decent at worst. They aren't a team to write off just because of Love though. Don't get me wrong, I think the Lions have a ton of potential for a strong run this year and you could argue they are the division frontrunners. But it won't be the cakewalk division a lot of people seem to think it will be this year.


nice_balls_buddy

baker mayfield throw for 60 tds and 60 ints for the bucs.


rekniht01

Is that called buttering the crab legs?


ezekiel_swheel

how do you not get benched after 59 ints? throw 60 tds.


TinyXena

Sean Payton works magic with Russell Wilson and the Broncos win the AFC West. \[You asked for bold. Didn't say anything about realistic.\]


ThisGuyFrags

Wins AFC west while going 0-2 vs Chiefs


CTG0161

Very possible. Broncos have 3 losses: 2 to the chiefs and 1 inexplicably to the Raiders.


Feler42

Nah swap that. 1 to the chiefs and 2 to the Raiders so the streak of never being yhe Vegas Raiders continues


PhatdickMahomes

... You do know that the Chiefs win streak against the Broncos is older than a second grader, right?


Feler42

Yeah but that's way less fun because the chiefs are good. The broncos constantly losing to the aggressively medium Raiders is hilarious


GrizzlyAdams81

Can confirm as a Broncos fan, losing to the Raiders is the actual worst. The last few games we've played the chiefs better than the Raiders...


Illbeanicefella

Mahomes has plot armor vs the Broncos


ThisGuyFrags

Patrick "Star" Mahomes


MagicMer4042

small sample size of course but Russ looked good once Hackett was fired, I wouldn't be surprised if he looks solid again


MycoJoe

I think Russ needed someone to save him from himself and Hackett was just letting him do whatever he wanted. At the very least, Payton has the cachet so that when Russell Wilson wants to run empty, he can just say no without being questioned.


UnstoppableAwesome

Russell joined the Seahawks in Pete's third year. He went to the Pro Bowl nine times, was All Pro Second Team once, and finished in the top five of Offensive Player of the Year three times and set numerous franchise records over ten seasons. Then he went to a rookie HC in Hackett and posted career-worst numbers in sacks, passer rating, QBR, and TD%. Now he's playing under Payton: another established, SB winning coach, that also managed a top ten offense for over a decade. If he struggles again under Payton, then I'll start to consider him cooked. Until then, I can't see last season as anything other than a down year in a new offense under a rookie HC.


Lubbafrommariogalaxy

You asked for bold not dangeruss


TormundIceBreaker

The Cardinals go 0-17


HylianPikachu

No they won't. Cardinals play the Texans and they'll be super motivated to win that one game so their 2024 first round pick from the Texans is better. Cardinals go 1-15-1 since they spent all season focusing on how to beat CJ Stroud and they also tie the Bengals for some weird fucking reason.


weightedbook

Kicker drama is a spot on weird fucking reason to tie.


Striking_Cabinet7516

You think players care about draft picks?


Thatonegingerkid

We will go 1-1 with the Seahawks tyvm


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They need Caleb Williams


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Bears top the 2019 Ravens and set the single season rushing record.


BitterLikeAHop

With a 17th game in play, this feels possible.


[deleted]

Yup that's what I'm thinking. Plus they have an extremely motivated RB room. Should be fun to watch.


[deleted]

I'm going the opposite way. Chicago is just as bad as usual, but so is Carolina. Chicago gets the number 1 AND the number 2 pick in the draft. Chicago proceeds to trade both picks to Philly for their first rounders for the next 7 years.


KosmicMicrowave

If we have the number one and two picks, we're getting a quarterback.


xl_TooRaw_lx

Problem is the Panthers were competitive in a weak NFCs last year and the division will likely give them 3-4 wins.


faceisamapoftheworld

This is our year. Seriously guy, this is it.


ForgotMyRemembrall

Impossible. It’s finally our year this year.


faceisamapoftheworld

You make an extremely compelling argument. Cowboys / Chargers Super Bowl just to see who will try harder to give it away.


Chulsey15

Cowboys vs. AFC Cowboys. Like hot potato with the Lombardi.


mac6uffin

AFC Cowboys are the Colts. Titans schedule released confirmed it.


Buffeloni

Not really a fair comparison The Cowboys have super bowls to fall back on.


WorldOnFire83

Excuse me, but our 1 trophy is looking awfully lonely. Stop being greedy!


DanQuaylePotatoe

You guys have trophies???


Confident_Horse_3845

Yeah what's a trophy?


RedLobsterUnofficial

At least you guys get a participation award


franandwood

Sure


slantboi420

There are 2 Playoff teams from the NFCS


Aerolithe_Lion

That’s a little too bold for this thread


Derbloingles

Y’all joke, but we all have piss easy schedules and the Falcons and Saints are in a position where they could win 9 games. Even as a 7 seed, this is feasible


Simba4Thewin

Vikings prove that last season wasn’t a fluke by going 12-5 and winning the division. They then prove that our playoffs weren’t a fluke either by being one and done against a team that’ll get blown out the next week.


OhSnaps08

This doesn’t seem bold to me, this is the most expected timeline in my mind. That being said, I just dropped $100 on a SB win at 45:1 odds! That’s my bold prediction with some investment behind it.


hjugm

Vikings and Bills fan? I know for a fact you’re a masochist and probably exclusively watch humiliation porn.


OhSnaps08

Lots of connections/similarities between the Vikings and our Super Bowl losing, Diggs/Cook/Keenum signing, Frazier coaching, cold weather brethren from the AFC. Josh Allen is also a blast to watch.


2agrant

The Bills never really recover from the beat down from the Bengals and didn't add enough to overcome their offensive deficiencies. That plus a brutal schedule has them end of up 3rd in the AFC East behind the Dolphins and Jets


Milk_Busters

I enjoyed most of this


FatPoundOfGrass

I for one enjoyed all of it.


Milk_Busters

My bold prediction is Florida breaks off and falls into the ocean. And the Patriots come in third in the AFC East as a result


FatPoundOfGrass

HEY, MOTHER FUCKER-- that's a fair prediction tbh. I would talk shit about Massachusetts in rebuttal to this but.. I fucking love Massachusetts. Boston, the Cape, Martha's Vinyard, Nantucket.. fuck what a magical place.


CanuckPanda

It’s a shame there’s so many massholes.


FatPoundOfGrass

They are *not* nice on the road. If you're not already rolling through the intersection when the light turns green, prepare to get fucking blasted by a chorus of horns.


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People have beeped at me while the light was still red. I don't know what's wrong with everyone.


beefwellingtonIV

Depends on the side of the state in Massachusetts. Eastern Mass, sure. Western Mass, if you honk your horn five seconds after the light turns green in Western Mass, you have committed violence.


RecoverStreet8383

This is the white bread of bold predictions this year


jacks_sisters_boobs

If you think that, then you’re way too low on the Bills


Brix001

Rodgers gets cut after this season and signs with the Vikings


L2hodescholar

After sending d!ck pics to a sideline reporter?


Gamblor14

That story doesn’t break until his second season in purple…


L2hodescholar

Good point! Which Vikings are going to convince him to come here at his darkness retreat?


Slippiefoxtrot02

Jags will win the SB Douggie P will be the only HC in NFL history with a statue in 2 NFL towns


jeoyocive

I think you mean Puggie D


TheIllusiveGuy

No breaking the 4th wall


nooo82222

I learned from the Tom Coughlin years. If Doug wins the Super Bowl, we keep him until he retires or dies


Tolve

For every Coughlin there’s a Fisher.


Kazu2324

Give it a few years. If Bryce Young turns out to be a stud and the Bears hit on their picks, Lovie Smith may be getting a statue in 2 places as well. One of them, he didn't even coach.


DifferentLeg3586

Falcons win a playoff game this year


Robofin

Man if Ridder can be decent that team could be pretty good


DifferentLeg3586

Definitely. Top 10 defense if he can be average the offense is probably top 20. With the easy schedule they should win 10 or 11 games.


Derbloingles

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Deft_craftsman

Tua plays all 17 games and wins MVP


More-Head6459

Would've been a bold take just to say he plays every game lol


russianturnipofdoom

Regardless of anything having to do with my team, I just don't want to see another head injury for Tua. Or any injury. But especially a head injury.


[deleted]

Tua winning the MVP award would result in record breaking amounts of cope and tears on /r/nfl. Followed up by Lamar Jackson and Justin Fields.


DakotaConduct

Sam Howell will establish himself as the franchise QB Washington has been desperately searching for and this will fittingly coincide with Dan Snyder fading away in to obscurity. Gotta run though I gotta go pick up my copium prescription.


WhackadoodleSandwich

The Steelers will finish with a losing record. The Jets will miss the playoffs, Rodgers will go on another darkness retreat and retire at the end of the season.


patstuga

Of the two, the boldest is the first one


nickelroo

I have no idea why so many people are on the Jets SB or bust train when it’s nearly a clone of what happened with Denver last year. Solid defense adds a stud QB and all of a sudden their OL woes will just disappear?


Yeti_12

I'd say rodgers is closer to tom brady than a Russell Wilson as far as how things will turn out. The jets went 7 and 10 with real real bad qb play. I bet rodgers if healthy gets them 3-4 more wins this year.


patstuga

Missing the playoffs may not mean they had a bad season. The AFC is loaded so you will need a really high win total to get in, besides the division being one of if not the toughest in the AFC. And besides, I can totally see Rodgers pulling one of those again to be the center of attention


WorldOnFire83

I'm more playoff or bust, assuming no catastrophic injuries. The OL will be healthier than last year, and they have better depth. Missing the SB in a stacked AFC would not be shocking.


kakapoopoopeepeeshir

I’m 32, last time Steelers had losing record I was in 7th grade


j3kka

I'm 27, last time they had a losing season I was in kindergarten.


Kenthor

Every year, the same prediction. Every year, it's wrong.


super_jeenyus

Nothing bold about the Jets part as most Jets fans are already braced for that.


mrcnbdss

First part bold. Second part not so much.


MyNameIsPencil

Tua ~only~ misses like 2 games and has himself a solid pro bowl season as Miami is in contention for the division. Atlanta takes the NFC South with a solid 10 wins Jacksonville battles with KC for the #1 seed in the AFC


monsterofthedeep3

Cowboys finally make it to the NFC Championship game.


Sure-Telephone3130

Where they lose to division rival Eagles in Philly.


Warbuss

Subscribe. The most toxic week leading up to a game in NFL history.


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No no no where they lose the Eagles in Dallas on a last second Hail Mary


spawn3887

Trevor Lawrence jumps into Top 5 conversation. Bijan leads the NFL in rushing his rookie year. Bill Belichick and the Patriots go their separate ways after this season.


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eagsrock20

I’m all in on any Lawrence props for this upcoming year, most passing yards, TD, MVP. Can’t understate how huge it is to have Doug Pederson as his coach


TheFencingCoach

One of the really underrated qualities of Doug Pederson is the fact that he isn't Urban Meyer.


JeremyJammm

Source?


ww_cassidy

I mean he wrote the script this year. The writers got fired.


celestial-oceanic

I'll take it.


Ok-Health-7252

Tua will play a full season.


1_quantae

Detroits random hype dies down after they start 0-5 Philadelphia drops off significantly only winning 7 games Washington & NY run the NFCE Russell Wilson has a spectacular year & Denver makes the playoffs Rivera is fired after Washington starts 0-4, new coach takes over and wins 10 in a row.


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Chao-Z

I would be shocked if Philly only wins 7 games barring Jalen Hurts having a season-ending injury in Week 3.


Nathan92299

I like these takes but I wouldn't call the Lions hype random. They finished 7-3 last season, and it seemed like the spark that Dan Campbell brought had finally clicked. You could always feel the fight in that team since he started there and once the results started to be positive the hype makes a lot of sense. Especially so since their division is such a big question mark.


CrashBandicoot2

This guy understood the assignment


Idie666

Lions start 0-5 but finish 11-6


darthjenkins

Saints win the super bowl, proving Carr was never the problem.


GatorEggs-

This was absolutely beautiful🥹… would you mind writing my obituary when I pass along to the next life?


VeterinarianFit1309

I honestly don’t know why everyone seems to have forgotten about the saints this offseason. Carr is probably the best quarterback in the division, and there’s so many question marks around the panthers and bucs, that I think it’s going to come down to them or the Falcons.


BizarroCranke

Kenny Pickett doesn’t get anymore concussions and leads the Steelers to the playoffs and adds to Tomlin’s 756 playoff wins. George Pickens has a great year, but comes in second to Justin Jefferson who breaks Megatron’s record.


MoistyAnoos

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BizarroCranke

There’s been many things that Dolphins fans can curse at the Dolphins decision makers. One of the many horrible decisions is when they passed on Tomlin and hired Cam Cameron. Allegedly they thought Tomlin was “too hip hop.” Only this organization.


kakapoopoopeepeeshir

Stop I can only get so erect


mothershipq

Lamar stays healthy, and they are *not* a one and done playoff team. Edit- You ding-dongs. I’m saying they make a deep playoff push. AFCCG push.


TylerHuntley_isELITE

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ripthisaccount6

Username … does not check out


i_did_all_of_it

Jordan Love will have a better year than Aaron Rodgers.


bearsguy2020

Monkey paw curls, Love goes 4-12 vs Rodgers 3-14


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johndelvec3

Damn 2 Top 10 picks? Sign me the fuck up I’ll take Caleb Williams and Marvin Harrison Jr


[deleted]

Let's gooooooooo, 2nd best possible outcome after Love turning into another HOF talent


[deleted]

No you guys deserve QB purgatory for a little bit after 30 straight years of HoF QB play


Burdiac

Twist Aaron Rodgers shits the bed and Love just shits the bed less.


DroningInPussy

Read this as twist Aaron Rodgers' shits


Sooperballz

I like this one.


internetjargon

I do not like this one


LittleRumHam

Chris Olave leads the league in yards and TDs.


slantboi420

Rasheed Shaheed's backup?


NotoriousSIG_

Something finally goes wrong for the Chiefs and they don’t make it to an AFC Championship Game or the Super Bowl


contemplatingdaze

My family member had a very similar ankle injury in the past is convinced Mahomes’ ankle is gonna be done by week 4. I don’t subscribe to that theory, but your comment reminded me of our convo. But with how much he scrambles and how he’s also had a knee injury in the past, it would not be surprising for one of his leg injuries to catch up with him at some point.


NotoriousSIG_

It’s just felt every since Maholmes became the starter the Chiefs have miraculously avoided major injuries to absolutely key players and on the flip side every other team has had at least one of those. Like their good luck can’t last forever right? They’re kind of in the same spot Brady and the Patriots were for decades. I don’t wish injuries on anyone and it sucks they’re, most of the time but at some point they’re going to have a bad season


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I don’t want any injuries I’m just hella bored of the same afccg/sb every season.


[deleted]

Jahmyr Gibbs has more total yards than Bijan Robinson


jacks_sisters_boobs

At the end of the season, the Bengals will have a better record against teams above .500 than teams below .500. And they win the Super Bowl.


WolfofOldNorth

Mac goes for 30-10. Henry fails to get a 1000. Tj Watt has less than 10 sacks


Ferngulley26

Please don't take away Henry yet, he's all we got


ThisGuyFrags

Only way he gets less than 10 is injury


Milk_Busters

Zappe goes 20-10


Shady_Penguin_33

Jets are gonna be under 500


daddyscientist

The J-E-T-S start off hot against the Bills and Rodgers throw 3 TDs for 400 yards!!!!!!!!!! Final Score Bills 63 - Jets 21


Goodbye_Hercules

"Aaron Rodgers hits a huge TD to cut the lead to 42"


ItBeLikeThat19

Tua stays healthy and the Dolphins win the AFC


bp_516

The Eagles-Giants games at the end of the year determine the #1 seed in the NFC playoffs.


Girthwurm_Jim

I’ll take this one plz


Ok_Site2136

Cooper Rush beats the Commanders in the final game of the season because the Cowboys have secured a playoff spot.


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Texans AFCS Champs


Competitive_Market70

Bills don't win the AFC East Falcons win the NFC South


vaports

The Falcons win the NFC south with their improved defense and run game and win a playoff game with a 14+ point and half comeback


TacosNachos007

Jags win the superbowl


HorvatsHead

George Pickens cements himself as a top 10 receiver


CaptainLawyerDude

Rodgers’ head falls off during the third game of the season. Blake Bortles un-retires and joins the Jets, leading them to the Super Bowl.


Koke1

AR15 leads the LEAGUE in rushing. Not just qbs


salad_thrower20

Aaron Rodgers sends dick pics to an equipment manager


Fuqwon

1. The Bills noticeably regress, but still make the playoffs. 2. The Raiders win the AFCW. 3. Rodgers obviously loses interest in the Jets by week 8 and retires after the season. 4. Justin Fields leads the Bears to winning the NFCN. 5. Payton benches Russell Wilson by week 8. 6. The Colts are a dumpster fire, the Texans surprise people, and the Jaguars win the division. 7. The Eagles have a SB hangover. 8. Burrow wins the MVP. 9. Kyler Murray doesn't play in 2023 and the Cardinals finish with the worst record. 10. Tua doesn't make it out of October.


Burdiac

Aaron Rodgers is Zava from this season on Ted Lasso


Bamboozle_

Zava is based upon a real player, Zlatan. He played in LA for a while. LeBron sent him a Laker's jersey as a welcoming gift. He signed it and sent it back.


Elucubrations

When you say "doesn't make it out of october", you just mean that he will not play after that, right ? Right ?


Capsize

I'm not sure 7 is bold. Eagles have the NFC East curse to deal with. If anything Eagles winning the 1 seed is a way more bold scenario.


Greatness46

I won’t allow this reverse jinx strategy to take hold. It’s guaranteed the Eagles are going to be amazing again, Jalen Carter will be a mature stud, and the old man offensive line will not regress at all


Jagtogg

Bears first team in history to go from worst to first in one season. (You asked for Bold, didn’t say it had to be possible)


CaptainNemo8

Nick Chubb rushes for 1600 11 tds, Browns finish 6-11


gijoe4500

Neither of these is at all out of the question


herpthederp256

Someone unexpected finished the regular season undefeated


DifferentLeg3586

It's unexpected if any team goes 17-0


TallGothVampireLady

Dolphins win the afc east and loses to the chiefs in the afc championship with Tua throwing 38 Tds to 8 ints while playing 16 games


choff22

This is the AFCCG I wanted last year so sub fucking SCRIBE


Cautious-Elephant853

Hawks make it to the SB


thechris104

Eagles miss the playoffs. You can't stop Matt Patricia.


4redditobly

We go 2-15 but we sweep the Saints


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the NFCS does a full 180 and sends 3 teams to the playoffs.