(06-23-2023, 11:43 PM)ChrisJagBoy Wrote:

(06-23-2023, 10:45 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: I doubt we have to reel off 5 straight to win the Division this year, we just need to go 5-1 against the division this year and 5-6 against the rest. 10-7 sounds right. We arent going to creep up on anybody this year, but we should be able to sweep the two teams that are starting rookie QB's.  After that, who knows.

10-7 with this schedule imo would be a very meh season. Don't get me wrong, playoffs are great and all but man.. on paper, theres like 4 or 5 games I can see us losing. I feel like we would have to regress at multiple positions to lose 7 games with the schedule given, that or some of the absolutely awful teams we play miraculously get good outta no where.

Going back to that guys point in that 2nd video about divisional games. How often does a top team within their division actually sweep their divisional opponents? It's very rare. The Chiefs pulled it off last year. The 49ers pulled it off as well. 

I am sure the Patriots probably did it a few times with Belichick and Brady but they even had some clunkers with the Jets and Dolphins from time to time. But, you cannot go into every year thinking you're going to win 5 games or sweep all of your divisional opponents. It's just not common. 

Bengals lost to Pittsburgh, Baltimore & Cleveland last year. Going 3 - 3 and winning their division.
Buffalo lost to Miami & New York last year. Going 4 - 2 and winning their division. 

Looking at us historically. I think any of the road games are 50/50. Regardless of their QB situations. I think historically we have the clots number here at home. I think the tacks are 50/50 here at home. The tinhorns still give us fits. So, there's something to be said to that. I think we'll look back at the divisional road games and the Saints, Steelers and Browns games where it'll be the difference between us entering the play-off's with guns blazing or limping in barely after a lot of games came down to the 12th round in a slugfest. 

This could be a team that really scratches heads and pisses us off as a fanbase this year. You watch. They'll pull some goofy [BLEEP], where, they'll probably upset the Chiefs early at home and curbstomp the Bills in London early, only, they'll turn around later and lay eggs on nationally televised games against the Ravens and Bengals. They'll probably lose in OT to the Saints and then pistol whip the 49ers. They'll probably go 3 - 3 in the division and we might barely win the division.

It'll be exciting nonetheless.

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