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You know why you’re here. You’re either ready to have your delusions validated by the equally delusional or to become uncontrollably mad when your predictions are contradicted (how could that jackass say that about Taysom Hill?!).
You’re probably already a pretty savvy fantasy mind if you’ve meandered your way over here to the “MENSA of Fantasy Content”, RazzBall Incorporated. You’re no spring chicken, I’m sure and you probably have your own, unique homer-isms and biases when you sit down to draft. Unless you are a complete stat-junkie in hyper-competitive, ultra-high stakes fantasy competitions the odds are emotions play a role in your strategy.
They certainly do for me, I make no apologies for occasionally being an emotional idiot sports fan fantasy player and there are gut feelings that just pan out. Sometimes they can win you leagues and occasionally they tell you to draft Sixto Sanchez 1st overall in RazzSlam and end up on the fantasy baseball version of the no-fly list (meaning, I am now legally no longer an overweight white man with a beard).
All that being said, some of these predictions are reasonable, backed up by stats, and truly plausible… and some might end me with me being “totally dunked on”, “owned”, “fired from writing your stupid articles, Skorish, for christ sakes these suck!”, etc., etc.
These 4 bold predictions are going to be somewhat ordered from most likely to most ridiculous.
So let’s get to it!
Josh Allen Finishes As QB1
There. Ripped the band-aid off. This one isn’t so bad, right? I’d say for the majority of analysts there seems to be a consensus top tier of fantasy QBs this season with Patrick Mahomes, Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, and Josh Allen floating around with Mahomes generally taking the lead. This is fair but Josh Allen, man… He has the arm to throw with Mahomes all day and a rushing TD upside to rival Murray and Jackson. He’s going to burn you through the air and then all of a sudden become a goal-line back. Devin Singletary and Zack Moss are going to lose out on touchdowns and are being drafted so low because their quarterback is going to truck that sucker into the endzone like it’s nobody’s business! Look, this is bold predictions alright! If he scored 45 Touchdowns last year than this year I PREDICT he’s gonna score…. freaking 50!
He’s the QB I want on my team more than anyone else this year.
Saquon Barkley Is A Bust In The Making
Okay, yes. “Predicting a running back coming off a major knee injury to be a bust with one of the absolute worst offensive lines in football and a future insurance salesman for a quarterback isn’t even bold!”
Well, it kind of is when that running back is being drafted in the late 1st/early 2nd round. I’m all about chasing upside but when you’re using a 1st round pick on a guy who has a horrible team situation and is likely more of a volume play unless he just performs like an absolute freak athlete, you’re probably going to overpay. And yes, he has freak athlete potential and all but there is just so much about his situation that stacked against him all the while the same draft capital can probably get you Aaron Jones or Nick Chubb or another player who’s got more going for them.
Not to mention the Giants have already signaled they want to take a “long-term approach” to Saquon and that will likely translate to load management. If anything, he’s an early buy-low candidate to target when he probably slumps his way into the start of the season. I just wouldn’t bet it gets all that much better through week 17.
T.Y. Hilton Will Lead A Serious Comeback
T.Y. Hilton is a guy who’s not getting a whole lot of hype these days. Yeah, he’s 31 and he had a pretty poor two seasons since 2018. That being said, though he is essentially so old he’s bound to turn into the actual crypt keeper, he still has a case for a serious comeback. Lined up next to young whippersnappers Parris Campbell and Michael Pittman Jr. he has real competition but if you look at the way he finished out 2020 in the last 6 games of the season, racking up 5 TDs on 27 Receptions and 435 Yards, he showed flashes of his former self.
If you’re not sold on Pittman and Campbell, which I’m not completely, you have to like T.Y. at his draft price. Plus, he could have the Philly Kid Carson Wentz on a comeback tour slinging him the rock if his toe bones haven’t evaporated into dust. That’s not a bad call for an 11th Round pick.
Ryan Fitzpatrick Might Be A Top 10 Quarterback
Okay, now we’re getting a little silly but think about it… here put this on this stylish tinfoil hat. Ryan Fitzpatrick is on the best team he’s ever been on. WFT finished last year with the 6th highest rated Offensive Line in PFF end of the season rankings, has a solid coach in Ronnie Rivera, has some electric weapons in Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel, Antonio Gibson, and hell I’ll even throw JD McKissic and Dyami Brown in there! Not to mention, a young, hungry defensive unit who will keep opposing offenses off the field. I think the team can be a serious contender in the NFC and you cannot overlook that they play the Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys twice a pop. Those team defenses might just, to use a technical term, suck big nuts.
And regardless of a primo team situation, Fitzmagic finished last year throwing about 2,000 yards with 13 Touchdowns in only 7 starts throwing to absolutely nobody while he was on the Dolphins. Convert that to 17 games and imagine he has a competent O-Line and Receiving Core.
Mmmmm yes, that feels good, huh? Give you a nice, warm feeling inside?
He’s still got some mojo in that arm and he kept those porpoises afloat in games last year when Tua Tagovailoa couldn’t close games out. This might just be his “screw you” year and put the decades-old slander of him being a stopgap quarterback and a journeyman to bed.
Plus wouldn’t that just be an awesome narrative to watch unfold? I’d certainly revel in it. And I usually hate to revel!
You can find me on Twitter hiding in Fitzpatrick’s beard at @skorishism. Be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below.
