2023 fantasy season bold predictions: Lamar Jackson ranks as league's top scorer again

The NFL fantasy team has shelled out all the advice, and many fantasy football participants are likely partaking in their final drafts in the coming days. After all, we are less than a week from the 2023 NFL Kickoff Game between the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs.

That means there is just one thing left to do. Here are BOLD predictions for the 2023 fantasy football season:

MARCAS GRANT: Lamar Jackson will be the top scorer in fantasy football in 2023. Life comes at you fast. Jackson was once THE QB1, but he hasn't been in the top 10 since 2020. Injuries and a lack of playmakers at wide receiver have conspired against him. With Odell Beckham Jr., Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman in the fold, this year's WR corps could be the deepest Jackson's ever had. With new OC Todd Monken pulling the levers, Jackson could rekindle the magic that made him an MVP in 2019.

MICHELLE MAGDZIUK: Tony Pollard will lead the NFL in scrimmage yards in 2023. For years, Pollard was the most efficient Cowboys running back. Now, the team has finally come to its senses; Dallas is giving Pollard the keys to the backfield. Even with Ezekiel Elliott irritatingly stealing 248 touches in 2022, Pollard still put up the 12th-most scrimmage yards among running backs. No running back averaged more than Pollard's 5.9 yards per touch in 2022 (min. 150 touches). Elliott is now in New England. If we give Pollard just 100 of Elliott's 248 vacated touches, that already gives him a projection of over 1,900 yards in 2023, based on his yards per touch last season.

MATT OKADA: Some would say bold is never boring. I disagree. And I'll prove it ... by predicting that Dameon Pierce, Rachaad White and James Conner will all be top-15 fantasy running backs in 2023. Yes,