Last NFL football season presented some insane moments that would have even seemed outlandish before Week 1. Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl. The Patriots made the Super Bowl a year after a 4-13 season.
Philip Rivers returned to the NFL after four years in retirement. And it will happen again this season. Clearly, nothing is out of bounds.
Ben Johnson proved that recently. He wants the Bears to break the NFL record for points per game in a season while winning the Super Bowl. With that in mind, here's a bold prediction for every team from record-breaking years to worst-to-firsts, coach firings, shocking benchings, 0-17 seasons and more.
Prediction: Rashid Shaheed will have 1,000 receiving yards The Seahawks are going to work Rashid Shaheed into the offense to the tune of a 1,000-yard receiving season. The gamebreaker became the fifth player in NFL history with 800+ scrimmage yards and at least three return touchdowns in a season last year (including playoffs), along with Gale Sayers, Troy Brown, Reggie Bush and Tyreek Hill. Now he's going to break out after an entire offseason to get acclimated to the Seahawks playbook.
Prediction: No. 1 scoring offense and No. 1 scoring defense The Rams will become the third team since 1970 to have the NFL's No. 1 scoring offense and defense (the 1972 Dolphins and 1996 Packers). The Rams defense was terrible down the stretch last year (25th in defensive in their last nine games) so they added Myles Garrett, Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson. They will be the top unit in the NFL this year, thanks to those additions and now Aaron Donald's comeback.
Prediction: Healthy core after substation theory debunked The viral substation conspiracy theory has been debunked, but the 49ers have still had a lot of banged-up players in training camp. Still, they will do a 180 and their entire star core will finish the season healthy. Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey, Mike Evans, Trent Williams, George Kittle, Nick Bosa and Fred Warner will defy logic and all be a force heading into the postseason.
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