2K11: Bold Predictions!

[Stephen]

-David Garrard leads the Colts to the post season after Kerry Collins is injured or fails
-Mark Ingraham finishes the season a Top 10 Back with more total yards than Arian Foster
-Matt Ryan throws for more Yards and TD than Tom Brady
-No Dallas Cowboys player gets arrested
-Kendall Hunter finishs the season with more carries than Frank Gore

NFC East - Philadelphia
NFC North - Green Bay
NFC South - Atlanta
NFC West - St. Louis
Wild Cards - Dallas, New Orleans

AFC East - Jets
AFC North - Pittsburg
AFC South - Houston
AFC West - San Diego
Wild Cards - Indianapolis, Dolphins

NFC Championship
Atlanta over Philadelphia

AFC Championship
Jets over San Diego

Super Bowl:
Jets over Atlanta

[schlesinj]

-Kendall Hunter finishs the season with more carries than Frank Gore

Your welcome.

[onejayhawk]

-Emmanuel Sanders catches 80 passes for the Steelers
-LT finishes as a top 20 RB for the Jets
-Harry Douglas catches 60 passes for the Falcons and makes a decent WR3 for fantasy
-Monterrio Hardesty leads the Browns in carries and rushes for 800 yards
-Cam Newton finishes with a completion % below 40% but still starts 13 games and posts decent fantasy numbers
-Aurelius Benn finishes as a top-20 WR for the Bucs
***Last year I cut Mario Manningham before the year and that's what happened. This year I cut Benn before the season, so...

I need Hardety to produce, so the Sanders coment makes me nervous. I see Sanders as a viable WR3, but only that.
LT will go so far, then Greene will push him out. It helps that LT is coach friendly.
I cut Benn too.

J

[joncarlos]

I need Hardety to produce, so the Sanders coment makes me nervous. I see Sanders as a viable WR3, but only that.
LT will go so far, then Greene will push him out. It helps that LT is coach friendly.
I cut Benn too.

J

Sanders was slowed by foot issues in the preseason but I think once he gets better he's really going to be a stud. I can see him working a lot with Ward and Wallace and catching a lot of the passes that Ward used to get. I think the Steelers will run a lot of 3 and 4 WR sets this year.

[onejayhawk]

Sanders was slowed by foot issues in the preseason but I think once he gets better he's really going to be a stud. I can see him working a lot with Ward and Wallace and catching a lot of the passes that Ward used to get. I think the Steelers will run a lot of 3 and 4 WR sets this year.

There is potential there. I think more than Benn this year. OTOH Antonio Brown is not going to be easy to move aside.

J

[pjs24]

New England 12-4
NY Jets 10-6
Buffalo 7-9
Miami 3-13

Pittsburgh 11-5
Baltimore 11-5
Cleveland 7-9
Cincinnati 3-13

Houston 10-6
Tennessee 9-7
Indy 6-10
Jacksonville 3-13

San Diego 13-3
Oakland 10-6
Kansas City 6-10
Denver 5-11

Philly 11-5
Dallas 11-5
Washington 7-9
NY Giants 6-10

Green Bay 11-5
Detroit 9-7
Chicago 9-7
Minnesota 7-9

Atlanta 12-4
New Orleans 11-5
Tampa Bay 9-7
Carolina 5-11

St. Louis 10-6
San Francisco 5-11
Arizona 4-12
Seattle 3-13

Houston over Baltimore
NY Jets over Pittsburgh
New England over Houston
San Diego over NY Jets
San Diego over New England

New Orleans over St. Louis
Dallas over Green Bay
Dallas over Atlanta
New Orleans over Philly
Dallas over New Orleans

San Diego over Dallas

QBs
Sam Bradford challenges the 4,000-yard mark
Ryan Fitzpatrick pushes 3,500 yards with 27+ TDs (not week 1-influenced)
Colt McCoy & Kevin Kolb surprise and over-perform their draft day values

RBs
Felix Jones goes for 1,600 combined yards with 10 TDs (hurts me as a Dallas hater, but gotta be honest)
LeGarrette Blount pushes the 1,400-yard mark on the ground & does more in the receiving game
Rashard Mendenhall goes just over 1,000 rushing yards (1,058 to be exact)
Peyton Hillis-type surprise candidates: Justin Forsett, Roy Helu, Delone Carter

WRs/TEs
Mike Wallace pushes the 1,400-yard mark
Dez Bryant top 1,100 yards with 10+ TDs
Stevie Johnson backs up his 2010 breakout (not bold for some, but plenty have him crumbling)
Underrated PPR assets: Danny Amendola, Davone Bess, Jordon Shipley, Jordy Nelson & Nate Burleson
Brandon Pettigrew becomes a top 3 TE pushing out one of Witten, Gates, Clark group
Peyton Hillis-type surprise candidates: Roscoe Parrish, Arrelious Benn, Greg Little, Eric Decker and Jared Cook.

[revo]

The good:

- Cam Newton becomes a borderline QB1 in fantasy thanks to his running ability, which generates 600+ rushing yards
- Ray Rice has a monster season, running behind All Pro Vonta Leach to the tune of 1,350 yards rushing, 600 yards receiving and 20 combined TDs
-Jordy Nelson ends with similar numbers to Greg Jennings
- the Lions make the playoffs

The not-so-good:

- Sam Bradford throws for 4,100 yards and 27 TDs, elevating himself into top QB consideration next year
- Tim Tebow is not a Bronco by the end of the season
- Arian Foster's hammy injury becomes a recurring nightmare for fantasy owners, and he finishes the season with 1,000 yards and 6 TDs, a far cry from his overall #1 status
- Tim Hightower catapults into borderline RB1 status behind Shanny's zone blocking scheme
- Danny Amendola leads the NFL in receptions

MVP - Matt Ryan -- no, but not a terrible pick
Top Rookie - Julio Jones - see above
Defensive Player of the Year - Ndamukong Suh - hurt himself
Bust - Chris Johnson -- 1,054 yards, but fantasy players may agree here

NFC East - Philly - go against my Giants? What??
NFC North- Green Bay - nailed
NFC South - Atlanta - nailed
NFC West - St Louis - bwahahaha
Wild Cards - New Orleans, Detroit - nailed

AFC East - New England - nailed
AFC North - Baltimore - nailed
AFC South - Houston - nailed
AFC West - San Diego - uhhh, GITH to the white courtesy phone, please
Wild Cards -Pittsburgh, NY Jets - one out of two ain't bad

Super Bowl:
Atlanta over Baltimore -- hmmmm, not terribly confident in this duo

[Erik]

- The Rams win the NFC West by four games.

Obviously this was a typo for "49ers"!

[off_the_wall]

Neither, Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, nor Arian Foster lead the league in rushing.
Matthew Stafford stays healthy all year and is a top-5 QB.
Reggie Bush has his best pro season yet.
Redskins finish as the worst team in the league.
Peyton Manning never plays another game.
Chad Johnson is cut by the Pats.
Maurice Jones-Drew is a top-10 RB.
Agree, that Cam Newton will be productive, a la Vince Young in his rookie year.
Randy Moss finishes in the top-30 of wide receivers by years end.
Jermichael Finley is out for the year due to injury before Halloween.

MVP - Aaron Rodgers
Top Rookie - Delone Carter
Defensive Player of the Year - David Hawthorne
Bust - Reggie Wayne, Jahvid Best, Sidney Rice

NFC East - Dallas
NFC North- Green Bay
NFC South - Atlanta
NFC West - St Louis
Wild Cards - New Orleans, Philly

AFC East - New England
AFC North - Pittsburgh
AFC South - Houston
AFC West - San Diego
Wild Cards - Baltimore, Jets

NFC Championship
Green Bay over Atlanta

AFC Playoffs:
Pittsburgh over Jets

Super Bowl:
Green Bay over Pittsburgh

All things considered, I think I did rather well with these predictions.