30 Fantasy Football Bold Predictions for the 2017 Season

Marshawn Lynch Will Rush for Fewer Than 700 Yards

Why This Is Bold: As it stands today, Marshawn Lynch is a second-round selection in standard league drafts.

Why This Will Happen: The last time Marshawn Lynch carried the football in an NFL game, some of you were in diapers. (Hopefully not, but he hasn't carried the ball since November of 2015.)

Now he's 31 years old, and while he's in a good offensive situation, there's some worry. Because when we saw him last, he wasn't the same back we've come to love -- he had just a 41.44% Success Rate (percentage of positive expected points runs made by a running back) in 2015, which is a little above the league's average, but far below where Lynch had been the three seasons prior.

And it's already been reported that he could see fewer than 200 carries this year. If that's the case, he'll need to see a yards per attempt average well north of 4.0 to hit 800 yards rushing. Factor in any injury probability, and it's easy to see how Lynch could fail to even reach 700 yards.