Whelp here we go yet again…
Like every year my official prediction will be something like 16-1 or 15-2…
But lets just break it down a little more cynically
Based of off a amalgamation of several preseason power rankings and Vegas win predictions:
there are 3 games on the schedule we will be expected to be big underdogs in . The SF game and the two Bengals games.
Two of those are at home, and the Bengals are familiar division foes. Lets say we go 1-2 in those games.
There are six games against teams that will be slightly favored or just beneath us. The Two Browns game, The two Ravens games, the Jaguars and the Seachickens…
Lets say we split all the division games… then we win at home vs the Jags and lose on tge west coast to Seattle… thats 3-3
there are 3 games we should be good favorites in. Even as a team expected to be middle of the pack…. The three of those expected to be closer to the middle of the bottom rather than absolute basement dwellers are the Pats, the packers and the titans (who are right on the edge). All of those are home games. Lets say we go 2-1 there.
Then we have the crap on the bottom . The last 5 teams are all expected to be anywhere from bad to horrible. Now 4 of these 5 are on the road, and long road trips to the Rams and Raiders are not always easy, but we are talking bottom 6 or 7 teams including two unanimous picks for the worse two teams in the league… the Cards and the Texans.. throw in a road game in indy with a team caught between an aging out team and a rebuild… and there is no reason we shouldn’t go 4-1 vs these teams
Thats 10-7. Thats a pretty good floor for expectations this year… we cant expect 17-0 every year lol
Like every year my official prediction will be something like 16-1 or 15-2…
But lets just break it down a little more cynically
Based of off a amalgamation of several preseason power rankings and Vegas win predictions:
there are 3 games on the schedule we will be expected to be big underdogs in . The SF game and the two Bengals games.
Two of those are at home, and the Bengals are familiar division foes. Lets say we go 1-2 in those games.
There are six games against teams that will be slightly favored or just beneath us. The Two Browns game, The two Ravens games, the Jaguars and the Seachickens…
Lets say we split all the division games… then we win at home vs the Jags and lose on tge west coast to Seattle… thats 3-3
there are 3 games we should be good favorites in. Even as a team expected to be middle of the pack…. The three of those expected to be closer to the middle of the bottom rather than absolute basement dwellers are the Pats, the packers and the titans (who are right on the edge). All of those are home games. Lets say we go 2-1 there.
Then we have the crap on the bottom . The last 5 teams are all expected to be anywhere from bad to horrible. Now 4 of these 5 are on the road, and long road trips to the Rams and Raiders are not always easy, but we are talking bottom 6 or 7 teams including two unanimous picks for the worse two teams in the league… the Cards and the Texans.. throw in a road game in indy with a team caught between an aging out team and a rebuild… and there is no reason we shouldn’t go 4-1 vs these teams
Thats 10-7. Thats a pretty good floor for expectations this year… we cant expect 17-0 every year lol
