Bold Predictions: NFC North Edition

“You have to take your own bold approach, and if you do you will be rewarded with success. Or calamitous failure. That can happen too.”

In these columns, I’m running through all 32 NFL teams and making a bold fantasy football and/or statistical prediction for each one. When January comes around I’ll either be really, really ridiculously good looking or I’ll end up losing my 308 Twitter followers 😥 Please don’t draft your fantasy team based on these, or do, I don’t care. Anyways, up today we have the NFC North:

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Big Dog Busts: Four Dudes Not to Draft (Early) in 2015

Kelvin Benjamin – WR, Carolina Panthers (Current ADP – 32, WR14)

There’s no doubt Benjamin had one of the more impressive rookie campaigns in recent memory, cementing his name as only the 11th rookie over the last 20 years to rack up 1,000 yards receiving in his first NFL season. 1,008 to be exact. He quickly became Cam Newton‘s favorite target. Simply because Superman had no other choice. The lack of receiving depth on the Panthers led the Florida State product to accumulate the sixth most targets in the NFL. He turned 146 targets into a measly 1,008 yards on 73 catches (50% catch rate). He doesn’t move well after the catch, ranking 100th amongst 106 qualified candidates, averaging just 1.8 yards after the catch.

Five Most Valuable Running-Back-By-Committees in Fantasy Football

For those who prepare for their fantasy football draft by purchasing a magazine from 7-11 about 14 minutes before the draft begins, you probably aren’t aware of what the acronym “RBBC” stands for ~ Running Back By Committee.

Like Lou Williams, NFL teams don’t believe in monogamy, especially at the running back position. Yeah I know you were wondering why the fudge Lou Williams was the featured image of this article. He deserved it after reeling in Nicki and Christina Milian, on the same line. No wonder his FG percentage dropped from 40% to 31% in the playoffs, you better believe