Bold Fantasy Football Predictions From The FA Staff - 2023 Draft Guide
Who’s ready for some bold fantasy football predictions?
As Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season rapidly approaches, most of you are settling into or completing your fantasy football drafts. We appreciate you picking up a copy of our Fantasy Football Draft Guide. We hope you’ve not only enjoyed the array of strategy articles and player rankings, but also are making full use of the Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet. We hope you’ve learned a lot, tool
Research is always important, but so is figuring out which fantasy football analysts you align with most. Most sites will have their people plant their flag on a player or two, you’ll read about it and then….it’s gone. There’s no accountability.
Here at Fantasy Alarm, we not only plant our flags, but we keep them handy all year long so there’s 100% transparency for all of our hits and misses. This includes our bold predictions.
What makes a fantasy football prediction a bold one?
We admit, it’s hard to measure when someone’s take becomes a bold fantasy football prediction. Hot takes for the sake of being controversial aren’t what we’re about, so rest assured, while the FA Staff had fun with the bold predictions below, we still stand by them.
If nothing else, our fantasy football bold predictions are THOROUGH. You can see all of our predictions for the biggest fantasy football performers, sleepers, booms, busts, comebacks, handcuffs, passing leaders, rushing leaders, and even TD vultures.
Think of this as each FA analyst putting an exclamation point on the player rankings and fantasy predictions they’ve been making throughout the preseason. That even incudes each team member’s favorite funny fantasy football team name!
So, without further ado, we present to you the FA Staff’s bold fantasy football predictions for the 2023 NFL season.
There you have it! Our collective flag plants and bold predictions are etched in stone for the 2023 fantasy football season.
Who do you agree with most? Which bold predictions do you think are TOO bold? Give us a shout on Twitter or in our Discord server and join the bold take banter!
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- Fantasy Football Cheat Sheet
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- Alarm Fantasy Football Show
- Quick Outs Fantasy Football Podcast
Player News
Dolphins signed No. 13 overall pick DT Kenneth Grant to a four-year contract.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that Grant will sign his contract today. The former Michigan defensive tackle is expected to fill a major void left by Christian Wilkins, who left for the Raiders in the 2024 offseason. Grant totaled 32 tackles, three sacks, and seven TFLs in his final season at Michigan and excelled at stopping the run while also generating 27 pressures in his final season, per PFF.
Beat reporter John Hendrix reports that free agent WR Donovan Peoples-Jones is among the 16 players that the Saints will host for their rookie minicamp.
Peoples-Jones last played regular season snaps with the Lions back in 2023, when he caught 13-of-24 targets for 155 yards. He is highly unlikely to return to fantasy relevance at this point but could perhaps sign on as a special teams contributor.
Titans signed fourth-round pick WR Elic Ayomanor to a four-year contract.
Ayomanor will now begin learning behind Calvin Ridley. Although Ayomanor is unlikely to find a meaningful role in year one, dynasty managers should note his status as training camp gets underway this summer. The former Stanford receiver flashed big-play ability in his two college seasons.
Buccaneers signed seventh-round pick WR Tez Johnson to a four-year contract.
Johnson will serve as a rotational deep-threat option for Baker Mayfield. His thin frame (5'10/154) simply does not lend itself to the repeated hits one incurs in a full-time role. Johnson did earn 100-plus targets in his two seasons at Oregon, though. His big-play style make him a better fit in best ball for now, pending any major on-field breakthroughs.
Giants waived DT Casey Rogers.
Rogers was a 2024 undrafted free agent and logged 33 defensive snaps for the Giants in his rookie season. He is credited with zero tackles and/or sacks. He may find his way onto another roster as a practice squad option.
Vikings signed third-round pick WR Tai Felton to a four-year contract.
Felton is quietly in play to challenge Vikings No. 3 WR Jalen Nailor in training camp. Nailor (5'11/190) caught 28-of-42 targets for 414 yards and six touchdowns in his first season as a starter last year, with the latter category buoying his fantasy productivity. Felton (6'1/183), meanwhile, caught 96-of-143 targets for 1,119 yards and nine touchdowns while averaging 2.32 yards per route run in his final college season. Fantasy managers should monitor Felton’s training camp reports this summer, as he could have a matchup-based WR5 role if everything falls into place.