Go BOLD - NFL bold predictions 2025 edition!!

[Alphadawg7]

23 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I like these. Think all of them have a good shot. McDaniels being the first one probably means he is gone during the season, which I'm not sure on, but him being fired and Miami missing the playoffs I definitely think likely. 

I was more thinking first one fired after the season, but didn’t specify that as didn’t really think about in season.    I agree, he prob isn’t fired in season unless they are a total disaster.  

[pi2000]

NFL

• The Patriots earn a wildcard spot and win a playoff game
• Both the Chargers and Chiefs miss the playoffs
• Bucky Irving leads the league in rushing
• Lamar Jackson finishes 5th in MVP voting
• Joe Burrow retires from football

Bills

• Ray Davis leads the team in rushing yards
• Dorian Williams makes the pro-bowl
• Deone Walker is released before the season begins
• Max Hairston a healthy scratch during the playoffs
• Dalton Kincaid... still skinny at the end of the season

[The Firebaugh Kid]

Rest of NFL

 

Pats go 10-7 and earn a WC berth

Bucs win their division

Dallas, Washington, and Philly make the playoffs

Steelers finish below .500 

 

Bills

 

Allen wins his 2nd straight MVP award

Bills go 14-3, earning their first #1 seed

Bills defeat the Chiefs in the AFCCG at home for the final game at Highmark

Bills win the Super Bowl easily (over TB). 

[Gregg]

45 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

I like these. Think all of them have a good shot. McDaniels being the first one probably means he is gone during the season, which I'm not sure on, but him being fired and Miami missing the playoffs I definitely think likely. 

 

Don't forget about Daboll. He might be the favorite to be the first coach fired. If the Giants have another trainwreck of a season, then I expect Schoen to go as well.

[Doc Brown]

Rest of NFL

-Chiefs get the #1 seed and Mahomes is MVP putting up 50TD's.

-Jaguars win the AFC South.

-Steelers go 6-11 and Tomlin gets an extension.

-Cowboys get a Wild Card spot and Washington misses the playoffs.

 

Bills

-Dalton Kincaid puts up over 1,000 yards.

-Keon Coleman is WR#4 by the end of the season.

-Greg Rousseau puts up 14 or more sacks.

-Mitch Trubisky starts two games this year at QB.

 

[GoBills808]

27 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Rest of NFL

-Chiefs get the #1 seed and Mahomes is MVP putting up 50TD's.

-Jaguars win the AFC South.

-Steelers go 6-11 and Tomlin gets an extension.

-Cowboys get a Wild Card spot and Washington misses the playoffs.

 

Bills

-Dalton Kincaid puts up over 1,000 yards.

-Keon Coleman is WR#4 by the end of the season.

-Greg Rousseau puts up 14 or more sacks.

-Mitch Trubisky starts two games this year at QB.

 

boooooooo

[GunnerBill]

3 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

Don't forget about Daboll. He might be the favorite to be the first coach fired. If the Giants have another trainwreck of a season, then I expect Schoen to go as well.

 

Yea that was my point. Don't think McDaniels is the first fired. Think Daboll, Steichen and Jonathan Gannon are very much on the 6 week hot seat. The Dolphins would have to be a tire fire to make a change that quickly I think. 

Edited July 31 by GunnerBill

[Doc Brown]

On 7/30/2025 at 8:07 AM, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Both PED cheats are cut and don't make the final 53 roster

You think they'd cut someone they just gave a 3 year $21m contract too even knowing a PED suspension was coming?

[Bray Wyatt]

Everyone keeps betting on pats, I'm not so sure. New offense for maye, vrabels success was with prime Derrick henry, certainly makes it easier to win. Im not so sure he is much better than end of career belichick. Though it could go either way, I can Def see it going bad as much as going good 

[GunnerBill]

24 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

Everyone keeps betting on pats, I'm not so sure. New offense for maye, vrabels success was with prime Derrick henry, certainly makes it easier to win. Im not so sure he is much better than end of career belichick. Though it could go either way, I can Def see it going bad as much as going good 

 

It depends what you mean by "go either way." I don't think there is any chance barring major injuries that they are worsr than 4-13 in 2024. They are gonna be better than that. Now are they good enough to make the playoffs? Or even to be assured 2nd place in the division? Less sure. That remains to be seen IMO. I do think they are getting a bit overbet.

[HappyDays]

Spent way too long thinking about this. After one week of preseason I have my hot takes ready.

 

Bills:

1) Keon Coleman will lead the team in receiving yards and receiving TDs, and will crack 8 receiving TDs (Diggs is the only WR to do this in Allen's career). Coleman ended up finishing 2nd in receiving yards and TDs last year, which is crazy considering how poor he looked coming back from injury. I'm buying the reports from camp that Coleman has been Allen's favorite target and the connection has been getting better and better. Palmer upgrades the #2 spot but I think Coleman still takes the crown.

 

2) Shakir will end up 4th or lower in receiving yards. No disrespect to Shakir but towards the end of last season we saw defenses keying in on those easy button passes to him we were practically cheating with early on. His per game production dropped significantly in the final few games. I suspect the plan is to open up the downfield passing offense this year and Shakir will see his opportunities drop as a result.

 

3) No single player will match or exceed Rousseau's 8.0 sacks from last year, but the total number of team sacks will exceed last year's 39. I'll predict 45+ which would have ranked top 10 in the NFL last year. I expect a heavy rotation which will mean fresher bodies and will keep opposing OLs on their toes (or better yet their heels). Classic case of the sum will be better than its parts.

 

NFL:

1) Jags 1st in the AFCS. This will be my boldest prediction by far. Every year I predict a worst to 1st team because it happens every year. Except, well, last year it didn't. And I just can't find one this year that I feel even a tad optimistic about. Chicago jumps out as the most likely (they were my pick last year too) but I am just not a believer in Caleb Williams at all so that spoils the idea.

So that brings me to the Jags. Trevor Lawrence has not shown flashes of greatness in a couple years, but he is better than last year's performance. I expect Liam Cohen to get him back to at least in the conversation for top 12 QB. They have an elite young WR and maybe added another, and that alone goes a long way. They have an elite pass rusher and a very good CB, maybe two now. Overall they have all the elements of a team than can be a surprise.

Part of this prediction is I just don't trust Houston. Everything was going in the wrong direction for them last year. I think their OL is a massive liability and we have seen poor pass protection sink plenty of otherwise strong teams.

 

2) Jets to finish 2nd in the AFCE. Okay maybe this is my boldest prediction. This offseason reeks of, dare I say it, competence in New Jersey. Aaron Glenn has come into town and closed down the circus. It reminds me somewhat of McDermott's first year in Buffalo, with the added bonus that the Jets also have a couple elite players at premium positions that can win them games. I am not a Justin Fields believer but he could be their Tyrod Taylor. The conference is way too strong now for them to sneak in as a wildcard like we did back then, but I could see them edging out New England and Miami in a division that ends up being surprisingly competitive below #1.

 

3) Other than the Jags replacing the Texans, all other playoff teams from last year will again make the playoffs. This almost feels like an anti-bold prediction, but it's practically unheard of to have that kind of consistency from one year to the next in a league that proclaims parity. But I feel like the NFL more than ever right now has a very clear upper class, middle class, and lower class. I don't see any of last year's lower class teams breaking through due to either below par coaching or below par talent, or both. Like I said earlier, last year was the first season in forever where no 4th place division team made it to 1st. The NFL landscape is pretty well settled right now and unless a top tier QB suffers a major injury I don't see much changing.

[HappyDays]

On 7/30/2025 at 3:50 PM, frostbitmic said:

A 70 yard FG will be made

 

Congrats on winning the thread in August.

[corta765]

On 7/31/2025 at 5:32 PM, Bray Wyatt said:

Everyone keeps betting on pats, I'm not so sure. New offense for maye, vrabels success was with prime Derrick henry, certainly makes it easier to win. Im not so sure he is much better than end of career belichick. Though it could go either way, I can Def see it going bad as much as going good 

Aaron Schatz made a good point that the Pats coaching was so bad that even if Vrabel is more a .500 head coach that is still a mammoth improvement in a lot of ways. Their defense I expect to be in the top half of the league, but the offense I think will still take time as the WR corp is so weak and the offensive line needs a lot of work. I am high on Maye but it will take time and a 7-10 8-9 year is great growth imo for them.

[Kirby Jackson]

Hey y’all, been gone for a few weeks so just catching up. Heard something this week that I figured I’d share. It seems to fit here. The Bills have been dangling Ray Davis out there. They’re really high on Gore and there are a bunch of RB needy teams. I heard Davis was a part of a trade offer for Parsons. With the number of teams looking for RB help now, my bold prediction is that Ray Davis is traded before the start of the season.

[BuffaloBillyG]

8 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Hey y’all, been gone for a few weeks so just catching up. Heard something this week that I figured I’d share. It seems to fit here. The Bills have been dangling Ray Davis out there. They’re really high on Gore and there are a bunch of RB needy teams. I heard Davis was a part of a trade offer for Parsons. With the number of teams looking for RB help now, my bold prediction is that Ray Davis is traded before the start of the season.

If that's the case I would expect the Bills to showcase him quite a bit against the Bucs. As a RB, I've felt Davis has been rather 'meh' in his preseason carries. As a kicker he was rock solid. 

[Kirby Jackson]

13 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

If that's the case I would expect the Bills to showcase him quite a bit against the Bucs. As a RB, I've felt Davis has been rather 'meh' in his preseason carries. As a kicker he was rock solid. 

I’m not a huge Ray Davis guy. He has slow feet IMO. He looks like Zack Moss to me. Also, he has roughly the same amount of touches as Cook through college and the NFL (which is wild). He seems like a great dude but I’m certainly not upset hearing his name in trade rumors. Samuel, Davis and a 2nd for McLaurin will be my prediction. It could just be something like Davis for a late round pick but him being traded is my bold prediction.

[Billl]

14 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I’m not a huge Ray Davis guy. He has slow feet IMO. He looks like Zack Moss to me. Also, he has roughly the same amount of touches as Cook through college and the NFL (which is wild). He seems like a great dude but I’m certainly not upset hearing his name in trade rumors. Samuel, Davis and a 2nd for McLaurin will be my prediction. It could just be something like Davis for a late round pick but him being traded is my bold prediction.

If Samuel was a FA, nobody would offer him close to his current contract.  He literally has negative trade value.  Packaging him with a 26 year old 3rd string RB is straight out of Madden. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

25 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I’m not a huge Ray Davis guy. He has slow feet IMO. He looks like Zack Moss to me. Also, he has roughly the same amount of touches as Cook through college and the NFL (which is wild). He seems like a great dude but I’m certainly not upset hearing his name in trade rumors. Samuel, Davis and a 2nd for McLaurin will be my prediction. It could just be something like Davis for a late round pick but him being traded is my bold prediction.

I agree about Davis. In addition  to the slow feet he also lacks proper vision and struggles to find holes at times.

 

But I think your trade idea is pie in the sky at best. Right now, Washington is rumored to be in the "RB sellers" market. They are rumored to be moving on from Brian Robinson as they like their other 3 backs in Chris Rodriguez, Austin Eckler and rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt a whole lot. I don't see them bringing another back into the room. And I don't see anyone trading for an oft injured WR at Samuel's price tag. McLaurin may be on the move...but keep an eye on the Saints, Jets or Vikings for his services IMO.

[Kirby Jackson]

33 minutes ago, Billl said:

If Samuel was a FA, nobody would offer him close to his current contract.  He literally has negative trade value.  Packaging him with a 26 year old 3rd string RB is straight out of Madden. 

He had some success in Washington. If they’re trading a WR, they may want him back. It’s not that crazy when you add context. These things don’t happen in a vacuum. 

21 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

I agree about Davis. In addition  to the slow feet he also lacks proper vision and struggles to find holes at times.

 

But I think your trade idea is pie in the sky at best. Right now, Washington is rumored to be in the "RB sellers" market. They are rumored to be moving on from Brian Robinson as they like their other 3 backs in Chris Rodriguez, Austin Eckler and rookie Jacory Croskey-Merritt a whole lot. I don't see them bringing another back into the room. And I don't see anyone trading for an oft injured WR at Samuel's price tag. McLaurin may be on the move...but keep an eye on the Saints, Jets or Vikings for his services IMO.

They want out from Robinson’s deal apparently. The rumor was that Washington asked Pittsburgh for Freiermuth and a 2nd. The Steelers declined. Is that offer that much worse? Again, it’s not likely but it isn’t much worse than the Steelers rumor. 

[Big Blitz]

1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:

I’m not a huge Ray Davis guy. He has slow feet IMO. He looks like Zack Moss to me. Also, he has roughly the same amount of touches as Cook through college and the NFL (which is wild). He seems like a great dude but I’m certainly not upset hearing his name in trade rumors. Samuel, Davis and a 2nd for McLaurin will be my prediction. It could just be something like Davis for a late round pick but him being traded is my bold prediction.