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By Tim Byrnes<\/p>\nBy Tim Byrnes<\/p>\n
With the 2025 NFL season upon us, questions and predictions dominate the minds of fans and media talking-heads alike.<\/p>\n
Will Philly go back-to-back or will the Chiefs retake the Lombardi Trophy? Will either team even make it that far?<\/p>\n
Every fan is convincing themselves, at this moment, that their team has a shot; rationalizing how everyone is gonna have a career year and they can get to the playoffs.<\/p>\n
With those thoughts some topics pondered: Will he be like Derrick Henry and have another near 2000 yard year, four years from now, or will it be like the career path of Broncos great Terrell Davis?<\/p>\n In 1998, Davis ran for 2,008 yards on 392 carries, similar to Barkley, but never sniffed 1,000 yards again.<\/p>\n The wear and tear of historic seasons can alter career paths, and Davis had just 211 yards the following season, when he blew out his knee in week 4.<\/p>\n Prediction:<\/strong> How long will future Hall-of-Famer Russell Wilson be the starting qb for the New York Giants?<\/strong><\/p>\n Wilson signed a 1 yr-$10.5m contract to lead the New York Giants but he comes with recent baggage.<\/p>\n The Seahawks traded him to Denver after he demanded the firing of coach Pete Carroll in 2022.<\/p>\n Injuries and below average play plagued his time in Colorado and he was released two seasons later.<\/p>\n Last season he signed a one year contract with Pittsburgh Steelers and injuries kept him from starting until week 7. He lost the last five games of the year, including a playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n Rookie QB Jaxson Dart preseason stats: 32\/47 372 yards, 3 TDs passing. Prediction:<\/strong> Who is a frontrunner for Rookie of the Year?<\/strong> A new GM, in former Tampa Bay Bucs assistant GM John Spytek, Super Bowl winning coach in Pete Carroll, and the wisdom of minority owner Tom Brady.<\/p>\n That said according the Draft Sharks, starting qb Geno Smith has a 33% chance to miss games due to injury.<\/p>\n StatMuse ranks the Raiders overall blocking 18th in the NFL and last years unit gave up the 8th most sacks (50) so Smith missing time seems likely.<\/p>\n Backup Aidan O’Connell is out at least six weeks with a broken wrist and Cam Miller is far from ready so I expect the Raiders are gonna run; a lot.<\/p>\n Prediction:<\/strong> Will Seahawks QB Sam Darnold make the Vikings regret letting him walk away?<\/strong><\/p>\n Darnold had about as good a season as a quarterback could have, going 14-3 and leading his team to a wild card playoff game against the LA Rams, which they lost 27-9.<\/p>\n Completing over 66% of his passes, Darnold threw for 4319 yards 35 TD’s\/12 int’s and rushed 67 times for 212 yards and a td, to have a career year.<\/p>\n He made the Pro Bowl and garnered 10th in MVP voting but was shown the door for Michigan alumnus JJ McCarthy.<\/p>\n He goes from stud receivers Justin Jefferson\/Jordan Addison to former Super Bowl MVP and Triple Crown winner Cooper Kupp\/Jaxson Smith-Njigba.<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> Colorado State star wide receiver Tory Horton beat out Marquez Valdes-Scantling the WR3 slot and he is likely gonna get 700+ yards as the 3rd and 4th option.<\/p>\n Prediction:<\/strong> Week 1 picks:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Tim Byrnes With the 2025 NFL season upon us, questions and predictions dominate the minds of fans and media talking-heads alike. Will Philly go back-to-back or will the Chiefs retake the Lombardi Trophy? Will either team even make it that far? Every fan is convincing themselves, at this moment, that their team has a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=91729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91735,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91729\/revisions\/91735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
What should we expect from Saquon Barkley this season?<\/strong>
After rushing for 2,005 yards on 345 carries, experts wonder will Barkley have a typical follow-up season most 2000-yard rushers have and continue to produce 1,000-yard seasons.<\/p>\n
-260 carries-1300 yards-9 TD’s
-45 rec-250 yards-2 TD’s<\/p>\n
6 rushes-52 yards-1 TD<\/p>\n
-The Giants will be the Giants, lose games early, and Wilson will be replaced by week 8 by Dart.<\/p>\n
The Las Vegas Raiders are putting pieces in place to return the franchise to its glory years.<\/p>\n
-Rookie running back Ashton Jeanty will go 260 carries-1300 yards-9 TD’s on the ground and 30 receptions-250 yards-2 TD’ss receiving.
He will be a Rookie of the Year!<\/p>\n
-While Darnold’s stats will likely dip some, he will prove last year wasn’t a fluke, and lead his Seattle team to a 10-7 record and a wild card slot.<\/p>\n
-Philly over Dal
-KC over LAC
-Wash over NYG
-TBay over Atl
-Jax over Car
-Mia over Indy
-NE over LV
-Pitt over NYJ
-Cin over Cle
-Ari over NO
-Sea over SF
-Den over Ten
-Det over GBay
-LAR over Hou
-Balt over Buf
-Chi over Minn<\/p>\n