Though rooted in facts and analysis, the predictions for this annual exercise are a degree more ridiculous than your typical bold predictions, and they’re supposed to be more fun than serious. Entering last season, I was a combined 0-for-40, with a handful of close calls, over the previous eight years (see: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023). Then Jayden Daniels arrived.

As predicted in this space last September, Daniels was named the offensive rookie of the year. The Commanders’ star quarterback also helped wide receiver Terry McLaurin set a career high with 13 touchdown catches — four more than the total I deemed preposterous — which resulted in multiple correct predictions for the first time since the inaugural edition of this column in 2015. (We will never know whether

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