While most of us on this board predicted 6 to 8 wins, it's no secret that this could have been a much better season.  Improvement?  Certainly on offense.  Potential moving forward?  If our young players can mature and improve and we can fill some gaps in the draft and FA, yes.  But few can deny that we should be at the very least 6-4 at this point, and you could argue 8-2 as a best case scenario.  Let's review:

28-22 loss to the Commanders:  was ahead in this game 22-14, only to collapse down the stretch.
13-6 loss to the Texans:  Inexplicable INT in the end zone on 1st and goal from the one, and defensive collapse fueled by careless penalty on Walker gave this one away.
34-27 loss to the Colts: another 4th quarter collapse by the defense.
24-17 loss to the Giants: yet another 4th quarter collapse by the defense; offense comes up 2 yds shy of a potential tie to force OT.
21-17 loss to the Broncos: yet ANOTHER 4th quarter collapse by the defense.  Broken record time.

Texans, Broncos and Colts should have been certain W's.  IMO, the other two are debatable, unless I'm just forgetting details of those games.  At minimum, we should be 6-4 and in the hunt for the division title with 3 division games still to play, 2 of those against the hated division leading Tacks.

Can we go on a 1996-esqe run?  Let's see.

Ravens - Ravens are decimated at RB, but like Mahomes in KC, Jackson has taken that offense on his back and willing them to win.  If our O can score early, maybe we can win this.
@Lions - Lions on a 3 game win streak.  I think we get pummeled this game.  We won't be able to keep up with their offense, which will score against our D at will.
@Tacks- most likely we get manhandled in an ugly game.  Derrick Henry goes for 150 or so.
Cowboys - Dak is back and looking comfortable.  22 of 25 yesterday against the Vikes on the road.  Cowpoke running game is strong.  0-4 against the NFC East is inbound.
@Jets - we win this one, and it might be a blowout.  Wilson looks awful, and we now have the Belicheck blueprint on how to keep him looking that way.
@Texans - we really should win this easily, which means we probably lose.  Just as we have the Clots number at home, so the Texans have ours, home and away.
Tacks - this one may be meaningless, which means we'll most likely be facing Malik Willis at QB.  If so, we should win in another ugly game.

6 wins is looking pretty reasonable at the moment.

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