2017 Bold Predictions

[Sixx]

1-Taylor Gabriel has 1200yds and 10td.
2-Jesse James is the bane of brown/bryant/bell owners as he steals red zone TDs. 11tds.
3-Giants and Cowboys end 3rd and 4th in the NFC east.

[JoshGordonsDealer]

WR:
1. Martavis Bryant finishes a top 16 WR
2. Both ARob and M. Lee have strong, top 20 seasons

RB:
1. Gurley reminds us what he can do in a non-high school offense and finishes the RB1
2. Joe Mixon is out touched by Hill

TE:
1. Graham has the best season of his career

QB:
1. Bortles is the QB1

[Goddard]

Big Ben gets hurt during the preseason. Romo comes out of retirement to take over, but gets hurt himself. Dobbs takes over as this year's Dak.

[BuckeyeNation]

1. Quincy Enunwa is a top 20 PPR WR, racking up 1150/8

2. Eifert manages to stay healthy and is a top 3 TE

3. Diggs is a PPR WR1

I like the Enunwa pick on the latest Decker news.

I've been touting Enunwa as my sleeper WR breakout candidate all off-season. I've been somewhat expecting Decker to be cut/traded at some point, so once it became official it was enough to make me want to make that prediction for Enunwa. I thought he'd flirt with 1000 yards anyways, but I think he's going to be a target hog now (even if they won't be the most quality targets).

[StableOfRBs]

1. Quincy Enunwa is a top 20 PPR WR, racking up 1150/8

2. Eifert manages to stay healthy and is a top 3 TE

3. Diggs is a PPR WR1

I like the Enunwa pick on the latest Decker news.

I've been touting Enunwa as my sleeper WR breakout candidate all off-season. I've been somewhat expecting Decker to be cut/traded at some point, so once it became official it was enough to make me want to make that prediction for Enunwa. I thought he'd flirt with 1000 yards anyways, but I think he's going to be a target hog now (even if they won't be the most quality targets).

they'll be the least quality targets, especially after week 3 when McCown gets hurt

[gabes1919]

I like the Enunwa pick on the latest Decker news.

I've been touting Enunwa as my sleeper WR breakout candidate all off-season. I've been somewhat expecting Decker to be cut/traded at some point, so once it became official it was enough to make me want to make that prediction for Enunwa. I thought he'd flirt with 1000 yards anyways, but I think he's going to be a target hog now (even if they won't be the most quality targets).

they'll be the least quality targets, especially after week 3 when McCown gets hurt

Poor quality targets worked out pretty well for Terrelle Pryor last year. I wonder who was his QB for a handful of games last year...

[kamihamster]

1-Taylor Gabriel has 1200yds and 10td.
2-Jesse James is the bane of brown/bryant/bell owners as he steals red zone TDs. 11tds.
3-Giants and Cowboys end 3rd and 4th in the NFC east.

i hope this is true

[StableOfRBs]

I've been touting Enunwa as my sleeper WR breakout candidate all off-season. I've been somewhat expecting Decker to be cut/traded at some point, so once it became official it was enough to make me want to make that prediction for Enunwa. I thought he'd flirt with 1000 yards anyways, but I think he's going to be a target hog now (even if they won't be the most quality targets).

they'll be the least quality targets, especially after week 3 when McCown gets hurt

Poor quality targets worked out pretty well for Terrelle Pryor last year. I wonder who was his QB for a handful of games last year...

Pryor in games last year with McCown at QB:

Wk2 vs. BAL: 10 targets, 3 catches, 32 yards
Wk8 vs. Jets: 12 targets, 6 catches, 101 yards
Wk10 @BAL: 9 targets, 5 catches, 48 yards (4 catches and 30 yards from Kessler)
Wk11 vs. PIT: 10 targets, 5 catches, 97 yards (2 catches and 61 yards from Kessler)
Wk12 vs. NYG: 12 targets, 6 catches, 131 yards

Not great and pretty unreliable and the Jets OL is even worse than the Browns was last year so McCown will be under even more pressure

[ImaRounder]

1. Terrelle Pryor finishes as a top ten WR.
2. Coby fleener finishes as a top five TE.
3. AJG, Mike Evans, and Julio finish outside top 15 WR.
4. CJA finishes as a top five RB.
5. Fournette scores 15 TDs.

Edit: 6. Tyreek Hill is one year wonder.

[ColdZealDonkeyStrike]

1. Brandin Cooks finishes as a top 5 WR
2. Coby Fleener finishes as a TE1 and a few people like him again
3. Jordan Howard's YPC is 4.0 or less
4. Robby Anderson is a top 30 WR in PPR

[gabes1919]

they'll be the least quality targets, especially after week 3 when McCown gets hurt

Poor quality targets worked out pretty well for Terrelle Pryor last year. I wonder who was his QB for a handful of games last year...

Pryor in games last year with McCown at QB:

Wk2 vs. BAL: 10 targets, 3 catches, 32 yards
Wk8 vs. Jets: 12 targets, 6 catches, 101 yards
Wk10 @BAL: 9 targets, 5 catches, 48 yards (4 catches and 30 yards from Kessler)
Wk11 vs. PIT: 10 targets, 5 catches, 97 yards (2 catches and 61 yards from Kessler)
Wk12 vs. NYG: 12 targets, 6 catches, 131 yards

Not great and pretty unreliable and the Jets OL is even worse than the Browns was last year so McCown will be under even more pressure

Yeah I get it. I was joking more than anything but let's be honest, the entire Browns season was laughable last year exempting Pryor. It's not unreasonable to think Enunwa could post similar numbers. Besides there a little bit of B-Marshall to Enunwa's game and McCown had one of his best seasons with the Bears and Marshall

[Seventy5]

QB: Matthew Stafford finishes as a top 3 QB
QB: CJ Beathard finishes with more fantasy points than two of Watson/Trubisky/Mahommes/Kizer
RB: Marshawn Lynch finishes as a top 5 overall RB in PPR leagues
RB: Ty Montgomery finishes with >600 rushing and >600 receiving yards
WR: Stefon Diggs finishes as a top 5 overall WR in PPR leagues
WR: DeSean Jackson finishes as a top 15 overall WR in PPR leagues
WR: Tavon Austin finishes as a top 20 overall WR in PPR leagues
TE: Eric Ebron finishes as a top 3 overall TE in PPR Leagues

Flex: Breshad Perriman finishes with >70 receptions and >1100 yards

[murphysxm]

2. Coby Fleener finishes as a TE1 and a few people like him again

This is the single boldest prediction in the entire thread, dude can't catch a football

[sugbear65]

- Elijah Mcguire eventually parlays a 3rd down back opportunity into a majority shareholder in a committee, and is the Jets RB to own heading into the fantasy postseason
- John Brown goes bananas on opposing D's, mproving unfornuate health issues was only a delay in the breakout. One of the biggest in season value risers, he finishes top 7 in WR points.
- Curtis Samuel finishes with more fantasy points than C. Mcaffery. That's not the bold part, just pointing it out. The bold part is so does Tarik Cohen.
- One of the rookie TEs does break into the top 10TE in scoring, it's G. Everett.
- Father Time slams into Brady so hard he gets whiplash. They have a disappointing season, with the Dolphins beating them twice and winning the division.

[BuckeyeNation]

Pryor in games last year with McCown at QB:

Wk2 vs. BAL: 10 targets, 3 catches, 32 yards
Wk8 vs. Jets: 12 targets, 6 catches, 101 yards
Wk10 @BAL: 9 targets, 5 catches, 48 yards (4 catches and 30 yards from Kessler)
Wk11 vs. PIT: 10 targets, 5 catches, 97 yards (2 catches and 61 yards from Kessler)
Wk12 vs. NYG: 12 targets, 6 catches, 131 yards

Not great and pretty unreliable and the Jets OL is even worse than the Browns was last year so McCown will be under even more pressure

Don't want to derail the thread too much, so this is my only comment on this. You highlighted these 5 games as a negative, but did you actually compile the numbers to see what they represented? Those 5 games total 25 catches for 409 yards. That's 5/82 per game, and represents 80/1309 over 16 games. Obviously extrapolating a small sample size over a full season is flawed on many levels, I just point this out to say that if anything the games you highlighted are more a sign for optimism than pessimism. A 5 game stretch that represents a 1300 yard season for a WR definitely isn't a bad thing in my books.