Chicago Bears: 5 Bold predictions for Week 1 vs. Lions

3. Miller starts his breakout season

Miller has had his ups and downs in his two seasons with the Bears. He has yet to have a complete season. Injuries and a lack of work ethic prevented him from fulfilling the play the Bears expect from him. He was the big man on campus in college but found out that at the professional level, all those defenders were as well.

Miller seems like a different player this year, however. He’s more open to criticism and he went to Allen Robinson to help him. As a result, he had his best training camp and caught Nagy’s attention, per the team’s official website:

"He started out a little bit slow [at] the beginning of training camp. He had an amazing training camp. The best part about Anthony is that when you correct him, he doesn’t make that same mistake twice. And that kid is playing at 110 percent on every single play. For us, just to have that, that’s a credit to him. He took the challenge and he really had an awesome camp."

Early last season, Miller wasn’t involved much in the offense. He was only targeted eight times in the first four games, making four catches. That was because the coaching staff didn’t have much trust in him. He thought he could just depend on his athletic abilities as he did in college. That didn’t work so now he has a different approach.

Miller will show the NFL how much that new approach helped improve him.

Prediction: Miller has 8 catches for 132 yards and a touchdown.