Guys you expect to break out this football season

Agree

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Kendall Wright(based on ADP)
Rashad Jennings
RG3

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Disagree

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Hakeem Nicks
Kenny Britt
Chris Johnson

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Undecided

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Terrance West

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Depends on Tate's health to me

Cordarelle Patterson
Tavon Austin

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Jeremy Hill. No homer here. I think he's a stud. 1100 yards and 15 TD

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you realize Jamal Charles lead the league last year with 12 right?

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Your predictions are awful, do you even realize how high your td estimates are?

Last years league leaders

Qb- (manning excluded) was Brees with 39

Rb- Jamal Charles with 12

Wr- Demaryimus Thomas 14

You have everyone on your list basically being a top 10 player at their positions, with the qbs being top 3

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This is irrelevant.

Cutler and McCown combined for 32 Tds last year. 7 more touchdowns over a 16 game season isn't much of a strech in today's NFL. Two guys threw for 7 in one game last year. I also expect improvement in year 2 of Trestman's system.

Romo is moving into a new system which saw Matt Stafford pass for 41 Tds in 2011. If he can do it Romo can. This is the most talented and healthy group of pass catchers Romo has had in a while. Linehan will throw the ball, giving Romo a chance to rack up Tds. He also will probably rack up Ints though.

Ben Tate is still running behind a ZBS. The same scheme that saw Alfred Morris run for 16 Tds as a rookie behind a less talented line in Washington. With Tate's talent and the talent up front for Cleveland 12 tds isn't that far of a stretch. Health is what will stop Tate.

Davonta Freeman is probably a little high. The one thing I use to support this is that the Falcons will put themselves in positions to score. S Jax is old and fragile. A healthy and improved Atlanta line provides an upgrade as well.

Stevan Ridley produced a 1200 yd 12 Td season in 2012. Last year Blount and Ridley combined for 14 tds. As of now, it seems Ridley is the only early down thumper on NE's roster.

Aaron Dobson's Td estimiate isn't that outrageous. 12 guys scored 9 or more Tds last year with people like Marvin Jones and Jericho Cotchery being two of them. I fully expect Brady to exceed his 25 Tds last year. So lets say he throws 32. We'll take out 12 for a healthy Gronk. (Wishful thinking, I know.) That leaves 20 Tds to be spread throughout the rest of the pass catchers. 9 could easily be snatched by Dobson.

Kelvin Benjamin is pure speculation due to his situation. Newton has never had a player like him to use. Lafell was one of his bigger receivers but never produced. As stated in the OP I don't expect Olsen to do anything out of his norm. I fully expect him to catch 8 or more Tds and as stated earlier, with as much as the ball is thrown double digit Tds is always in reach.

Kenny Stills is steeping into the old Lance Moore role, which being a Saints fan I'm sure you knew. Colston is declining and I sense with the influx of talent at the position Payton is attempting to give Brees more legitimate options than Graham. Last year Still put up 5 tds with limited snaps. He showed good rapport with Brees and I fully expect that to improve in year two. If Moore could put up 1000+ yds and 6 tds in 2012. I believe still can exceed that.

Kyle Rudolph is in an excellent position to succeed. Norv's tight ends have almost always produced. His Td prediction is high, I'll admit but I see him as the most viable red zone option. Two years ago he caught 9 tds for what I assume was an inferior Qb in an offense that did not cater to him as this one will.

LaDarius Green can become a serious threat in SD as they lack a complement to Keenan Allen. I expect Allen to garner more attention this year opening the field for another pass catcher. Green, in my opinion, is SD's next best option. An injury to Gates and these numbers become much more attainable.

Travis Kelce is a wildcard. My support here comes from what was stated in the OP. McGrath and Fasano had 5 tds combined and Kelce is a vast improvement in terms of talent.

Of all my predicitons, I'll admit to the TEs being a bit overboard. I have defended each of them as best as I could though. I'm interested to hear the devil's advocate though.

Aaron Hernandez

Do you realize Nicks has no knees left and has a injuried hand every week. He's a walking "game-time decision, did not practice all week".

Britt is done. Doesn't have his head in football.
Both have tremendous talent but if you believe they will both "turn it around" all of a sudden you're fooling yourself.

Cutler, Romo, Ridley, and maybe even Tate and Kyle Rudolph have already broken out on the NFLs radar and are legit fantasy players.

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Kelvin Benjamin is pure speculation due to his situation. Newton has never had a player like him to use

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Newton still hasn't thrown a pass to him either.

he is missing in action from OTA's because he had surgery on his ankle.

he won't be ready until training camp.

maybe that makes a difference, maybe not. This is a big year for Cam though so I'd imagine he'll show something but just not right out of the gate. They lost their best O-lineman to retirement and they have an incredibly conservative play caller in Mike Shula.

rookie wr's usually don't do much either.

a spot starter at best?

Michael Floyd