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A second look at our season final standings, 12-4?

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Looking at the games we won, and remaining games. It's highly possible we could do very well.

I have us losing to the Saints, Ravens, Bengals, and Pats at their house. And those are not even a "Will lose."

The Bucs Panthers Steelers, and Chargers arent scaring anyone. One win over the Pats, and all four over the Bills, and Jets.

What do you think? See it differently?
 
I dont know whay people are underestimating the Chargers. They have one of the best scoring offenses in the league. Also dont see us sweeping both the Bills and the Jets. Maybe go 3-1 or 2-2 against them. Going 4-2 in the division and we will be A-OK.
 
Tend to lean towards dolpns13 view but you really can't try and determine W or L so far out without injury issues etc...teams tend to lose a game you think they should win and win a game they should lose etc..10-6 would be a good season IMO.
 
Albert Romano said:
Tend to lean towards dolpns13 view but you really can't try and determine W or L so far out without injury issues etc...teams tend to lose a game you think they should win and win a game they should lose etc..10-6 would be a good season IMO.
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True but where we may get injury's so may other teams. We are playing hard football. We may still beat the Saints, Bengals, and Ravens, who knows. I just hope we don't have a 2012 Titans game. Expected to win it, and we don't show up.

I do believe our hardest game of the season is up next. It will tell a lot.
 
dolpns13 said:
I dont know whay people are underestimating the Chargers. They have one of the best scoring offenses in the league. Also dont see us sweeping both the Bills and the Jets. Maybe go 3-1 or 2-2 against them. Going 4-2 in the division and we will be A-OK.
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I'm just glad we are playing the chargers in Miami so they are the ones that have to make that cross country road trip...

The bengals and ravens are both home games so I hope we at least win one of them. Couldn't have asked for that to be set up any better.... The lowly browns and steelers away and the bengals/ravens at home. Too bad the panthers isn't our other NFC away game instead of the saints, lol

What sucks is the pats are getting healthy right as they start their tough stretch. Next three weeks: @atl, @cincy, then vs NO.
 
I think the Charger and Panther games are stealth difficult games. Also I thought the Bengal game was in Miami?

Looking at schedules and projecting is very over-rated. Frequently, games that seem to be difficult aren't really, and vice-versa.
 
zach attach said:
True but where we may get injury's so may other teams. We are playing hard football. We may still beat the Saints, Bengals, and Ravens, who knows. I just hope we don't have a 2012 Titans game. Expected to win it, and we don't show up.

I do believe our hardest game of the season is up next. It will tell a lot.
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You had to bring up that Titans game, it was really really hard to watch that one live! but yup that's exactly what I meant.
 
If we can pull off a win this monday night we will go undefeated into the Patriots game.
 
zach attach said:
Looking at the games we won, and remaining games. It's highly possible we could do very well.

I have us losing to the Saints, Ravens, Bengals, and Pats at their house. And those are not even a "Will lose."

The Bucs Panthers Steelers, and Chargers arent scaring anyone. One win over the Pats, and all four over the Bills, and Jets.

What do you think? See it differently?
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we need to beat the bengals and the ravens. 1. both of them are at home, and we must defend our home field. 2. either one of those teams will win the division, a loss can hurt us in tiebreaker scenarios for seeding, and can be the difference between a 1st round bye and having to play in the 1st round.
 
Austin Tatious said:
I think the Charger and Panther games are stealth difficult games. Also I thought the Bengal game was in Miami?

Looking at schedules and projecting is very over-rated. Frequently, games that seem to be difficult aren't really, and vice-versa.
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Cincy is in Miami. How he said it was the Phins would lose to NE at their house.
 
Ilovemyfins4eva said:
we need to beat the bengals and the ravens. 1. both of them are at home, and we must defend our home field. 2. either one of those teams will win the division, a loss can hurt us in tiebreaker scenarios for seeding, and can be the difference between a 1st round bye and having to play in the 1st round.
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Tiebreakers for seeding and 1st round bye? If we have a couple games go the wrong way we and end up going 10-6, we will need those wins for a tiebreaker for a wildcard just to get in. We will be battling one of them if that's the case. The bad thing is that I'm thinking the Colts win their division. I'm hoping for the Texans to take it so we have tiebreaker over the Colts for the wild card.

Would love to be thinking tiebreaker for seeding or bye, but I'm more concerned about just get to the playoffs, not where we have to play.
 
Personally I think this 3-0 start has fans expecting too much. I see us at 4-4 or 5-3 at the half way mark. I see the first Bills game as a must win to have a shot at the playoffs. I can see us getting hot and going 5-3 or even 6-2 in the 2nd half. I think our ceiling is 11-5 with our basement being 8-8. I think there will be a lot more realistic expectations on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. A 10-17 point loss will bring people back down to earth.

This team has to find a MUCH better run game, MUCH MUCH better run defense, and a better overall defense to have a chance at staying in the playoff race. This 3-0 start has been a lot of fun, but a 22nd ranked defense and a 26th ranked offense does not spell out long term success. But after Monday night things will get a little bit easier. We will have only two road games in the next 8 weeks after the Saints.
 
MiggeMadness said:
Tiebreakers for seeding and 1st round bye? If we have a couple games go the wrong way we and end up going 10-6, we will need those wins for a tiebreaker for a wildcard just to get in. We will be battling one of them if that's the case. The bad thing is that I'm thinking the Colts win their division. I'm hoping for the Texans to take it so we have tiebreaker over the Colts for the wild card.

Would love to be thinking tiebreaker for seeding or bye, but I'm more concerned about just get to the playoffs, not where we have to play.
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that was my concern at the beginning of the season, but we are 3-0, with already having played 2 of our toughest games on our schedule. the upcoming game vs the saints is our toughest remaining game imo, and if we win that, we are in phenomenal shape.

if we were to lose to the saints, we would still be in fantastic shape if we beat the ravens and were 4-1 heading into our bye week. should be interesting.
 
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