2016 NFL Bold Predictions For Every Week 1 Game
By Erik Lambert
Green Bay Packers @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Eddie Lacy scores five touchdowns
With two great quarterbacks about to take the field between the Packers and Jaguars, everybody is going to assume an aerial battle between two loaded passing attacks. Instead Green Bay will catch the home team off guard with a sustained rushing assault led by their slimmed-down power back Eddie Lacy. He is reportedly lighter, faster and quicker than a year ago but hasn’t lost his heavy-hitting style. This will prove bad for Jacksonville as he tramples them for five touchdowns.
San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs
The game will end in a tie
That would be quite an interesting start to the season. Sometimes games are difficult to predict because the teams are rivals and pretty close in terms of capability. The Kansas City Chiefs won’t have Justin Houston or Jamaal Charles while the San Diego Chargers won’t have Joey Bosa or Eric Weddle. It will be a tight game all the way. So tight in fact that a late field will sail wide in overtime, resulting in the ever rare tie.
Oakland Raiders @ New Orleans Saints
Khalil Mack has six sacks
The Raiders star pass rusher made waves in 2015 when he collected five sacks in one game against the Denver Broncos, his coming out party if ever there was one. Crazy as it sounds, he’s going to top that mark. On that fast Superdome turf going against an aging right tackle in Zach Strief and an offense that loves to throw it. Mack will collect six sacks on Drew Brees to signal his pursuit of the single-season record.
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