(05-06-2020, 05:53 PM)I am Yoda Wrote: Opponents:
Steelers - roster is slightly better than ours.  Offense is meh.  Defense is pretty solid.
L
Bears - good defense.  Offense is meh with either qb.
W
Lions - improving roster that isn't there yet.  Although, I love me some Dawgs playing for them.
W
Browns - Good roster on paper.  New coach that may introduce discipline, competence, and strategy.  I'll believe they can put it together when I see it. But still a superior roster to ours.
L
Dolphins - Roster getting better.  Solid coach.  Unless Tua is lighting it up, I don't see them as any better that Jags.
W
Ravens - roster is too strong.  John Harbaugh is a really good coach.
L
Packers - Aaron Rodgers, Devante Adams, and a cast of nobodies.  But, Rodgers is Rodgers.
L
Vikings - Good but not great roster and coach.  Over-hyped by national media.  Still better than Jags.
L.
Bengals - They'll be good one day.  But not this year.
W
Chargers - Good roster.
L
Colts - best roster and coach in the division.
L 
L
Tacks - Solid team.  Seems to have our number.  Over-performed last year.
W
L
Tinhorns - worst GM in the division.  Coach is meh. Watson and nobody on offense.  Watt and Mercillus on D.
W
W

7-9

Assuming Big Ben comes back n full health, their offense if much better than ours.  Much better offensive line, better TE, offensive continuity.  L

Bears, their front 7 is formidable.  I shudder to think of Taylor trying to block Mack in long yardage situations.  Their offense has been meh for the majority of my life.  It's about the closest to immutable truth you can get from football.  LOL.  I think it would depend on when we played them.  With new schemes on both sides of the ball, if we played them early, we lose, but I think if we played them later in the year we'd have a better chance against them.  L for now.



Lions never seem to be able to put things together for an entire season.  Do we play them up there?  If we play them in Detroit, we lose.  If we play them here, we can win.

Browns?  To me, we have nobody who can block Myles Garrett and nobody who could cover OBJ.  Loss

Dolphins?  I think it'll depend on when we play them, but I see it just the opposite as the Bears.  I think early on we beat them, but later in the year we lose.  Their defense should be much better than it has been in a while.

We lose all of the Packers, Vikings and Ravens.

Bengals wion't be as bad as people think.  Their OL should be better now that Jonah Williams will (should) be healthy.

Chargers?  TThe only thing that might keep the game from being a blowout loss for us is their QB situation.  Tyrod Taylor is so risk averse you don't really have to worry much about him making big plays with his arm, and if Herbert is playing, he is a rookie with questionable mechanics/head.  But I don't see us moving the ball on that defense.  L

We go maybe 1-5 in the division.

4-12...5-11 tops.

I reserve the right to revise on tomorrow when the schedule is announced.

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