I'm comfortable owning my NFL prognostications no matter how inaccurate they might have been, so let’s see just how badly I did with my Week 3 bold predictions:
1) The Dallas Cowboys Might Just Do Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Things to the Chicago Bears
Nope. The Bears did terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things to the Cowboys to the tune of 31-14, with Bears QB Caleb Williams dropping 4 TD passes on an astoundingly lousy Dallas D.
2) The Week 3 Buffalo Bills’ Offense Could Be Scarier Than the Week 1 Buffalo Bills’ Offense
Nope: In Week 1, QB Josh Allen and his Bills crew pasted 41 points on the Baltimore Ravens. Last Thursday, they put 31 on the Miami Dolphins.
3) The Cincinnati/Minnesota Game Could Be Even Snoozier Than You Expect
Nailed this one, with the Vikings destroying Cincy 48-10 in a game that was over well before halftime.
4) Say Hello to the Chiefs’ Breakout Night?
I’ll give myself a 50% on this one. The Chiefs were far from dominant in their 22-9 victory over the Giants, but a win is a win is a win.
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If I may mix sports metaphors, that all gives me a .375 batting average, which would win me the 2025 MLB batting title by a wide margin over Aaron Judge (.325). Not too shabby for some relatively bold boldies.
Let’s see if I can rock it Ted Williams style this week and hit .400.
4 NFL Fantasy Football Bold Predictions, Week 4
1) The Cowboys Defense Could Look Even Worse
Dallas travels to Green Bay for this week’s Sunday night game, so a national television audience will have the joy of experiencing the ultimate in Swiss cheese D courtesy of those wacky Cowboys. Woo-hoo.
Packers QB Jordan Love is probably licking his chops, as the last time he faced Dallas — that being in the 2024 NFC Wild Card game — he was just about perfect, posting the maximum passer rating of 158.3 in Green Bay’s 48-32 upset dub.
And that was when EDGE/defensive deity Micah Parsons was still on the Cowboys.
After their upset loss to the Browns last Sunday, the Pack offense should be ready, eager, and willing to put a hurtin’ on a Dallas unit in freefall.
Packers QB Jordan Love PrizePicks Projection: 233.5 Pass Yards, 1.5 Pass TDs
2) The Ravens and the Chiefs Could Blow Up Some Scoreboards
Here’s a sentence that exactly nobody thought they’d hear, ever: Both the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens started the 2025 season with identical 1-2 records.
Exactly one team in NFL history that kicked off their campaign at 1-2 has won a Super Bowl, that being the 1981 San Francisco 49ers. Rut-roh.
But Kansas City’s and Baltimore’s respective head coaches Andy Reid and Jim Harbaugh are take-no-crap sideline generals, and they’ll likely have their offenses on high alert.
The Ravens have put up the most points in the league (111) while the Chiefs come in at 22nd (60), but the game is at Arrowhead Stadium, and Mahomes is 4-1 against Baltimore over his career, and in those five games, K.C. has averaged 32 points.
Math is on my side, so scoreboards beware.
Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes PrizePicks Projection: 238.5 Pass Yards, 1.5 Pass TDs
3) Facing Houston, Titans QB Cam Ward Could Finally Become a Thing
The Texans are the league’s lowest-scoring team, managing a piddly 38 points per game. Their defense is keeping them relevant, however, allowing an average of 17.0 points.
On the surface, that doesn’t help Ward a whole lot. But stick with me, here.
- Let’s posit that Houston QB C.J. Stroud and his offense continue to stink up the turf — and they’re so lousy that could happen, even against Tennessee’s 30th-ranked defense.
- And let’s posit that the Titans’ D can keep Team Stroud off the field and dominate time of possession.
- And let’s posit that Ward channels his inner Drew Brees and obliterates his 54.5% completion percentage. (Hey, it’s possible: In his final year at the University of Miami, he hit on 67.2% of his tosses.)
Time of possession + accuracy could = a breakout performance for the rookie.
Titans QB Cam Ward PrizePicks Projections: 192.5 Pass Yards, 10.5 Rush Yards
4) The New York Jets / Miami Dolphins MNF Clash Might Be the Worst Game of the Year
I’m pretty sure that at some point in the last decade, the AFC East was competitive. But it’s tough to recall, because since Josh Allen’s 2018 rookie season, Buffalo has dominated the division:
- Buffalo: 77-38
- Miami: 59-57
- New England: 56-60
- New York Jets: 36-80
Currently, the Jets and Dolphins have a combined record of zip-and-six, with neither team offering visual proof they can win anything, ever. So if you want to make dinner plans for Monday night at 6:15 p.m. ET and you’re concerned about missing some quality NFL football, you should be good.
Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa PrizePicks Projections: 227.5 Pass Yards, 2.5 Rush Yards
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