Most people prior to the season had us slated to be around 6-10 at the end of the season.  Some more optimistic people had us around 8-8.  The VERY optimistic had us around 10-6 or 9-7.  We just finished week 3 going into week 4.  Let's break it down by quarters (of the season).  We'll just look at the first half, then evaluate.

 

FIRST 4 GAMES

 

Panthers - LOSS


Dolphins - WIN
- *Note, there were many, myself included that had this penciled in as a loss.

@Patriots - LOSS


@Colts - *Note, I would suggest that prior to the season most had this game penciled in as a loss.  Look at the past 3 games by both teams and their opponents.  This could go either way.

 

So after the first quarter of the season, at best we are 2-2 and at worst we are 1-3.

 

NEXT 4 GAMES (Second Quarter)

 

@Buccaneers - Not only a could win, but a should win.

Texans - Could win, leaning toward should win depending on health of both teams at this point.

**Bills - Note, this is the London game.  Historically we have lost every London game, and the way this season is looking, we most likely would lose.

by week

@Jets - Note, as of right now, this game could go either way.

 

So second quarter of the season, the way that I'm looking at it we should be 3-1 at best and at worst possibly 2-2.  That would put us at 5-3 at the half point of our season at best and 3-5 at worst.  I think at this point of the season it would be reasonable to expect that we can finish off the remaining schedule with a few more wins.

 

So just looking at the first half of the season, we should be meeting and/or exceeding expectations.  We would at the worst be halfway to the general expectations prior to the season, and be on track to finish 6-10.  At the best, we would be exceeding expectations and be on track to possibly be meeting the VERY optimistic record of 10-6.

 

So having said all of that, I selected option 5 in the poll.

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