(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.

I think it will be interesting to see how the team fares now that they are the team with the target on their back. No more sneaking up on teams and surprising them, they are going to prepare for us like a legit contender. We may have gotten a fortunate draw in our extra-divisional schedules - AFCN has two established teams in BAL/CIN and I don't think you can dismiss PIT or CLE as gimmes; NFCS is a division in flux, and should be less daunting. Three other division winners will pose a challenge.

I like to budget for a faceplant or two along the way, you usually have that headscratcher game where either you can't get a gameplan working, or the refs shaft you on a bad call, and stats and metrics go out the window. More than likely that'll be a tinhorn or failcons game, always seems to be the case.

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