Mid Iowa Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 So we're 6 games (7 weeks) into the season and we're starting to see the flavor of what's to come, schedule wise. Of our 10 remaining games, we're home for 6 of them. 2 of our road games are going to be really tough, and all 4 are serious. Road - Bills 4-2, Rams 5-2, Falcons 3-3, Buccs 2-4 Home - Bears 3-4, Buccs 2-4, 'Skins 3-2, Panthers 4-3, Jets 3-4, Falcons 3-3 The Buccs and Jets are the only "weak" looking teams on the schedule (Buccs twice) and possibly the Bears due to a rookie QB. Of the road games, the Bills game, in 3 weeks, is the only one that weather could be a total craps shoot. They could have sunny & 65, or 3 feet of lake effect snow. And the Bills are no joke, they seem to be a bit of a yo-yo right now, so let's hope we get them at the bottom of their swing. The Rams are for real, and they are playing about as good as anyone in the league right now, and their team is pretty healthy (unlike Minnesota, the #2 NFC seed), and we'll see them in 5 weeks in LA. The Falcons, Buccs, and Panthers are all capable of surprising us and comprise 1/2 of our remaining schedule. If I had to look at paper, I'd say we finish with at least 3 losses (Bills on the road, Rams on the road, Skins in the Dome) and a possible dropped game vs a division opponent, because it just seems to go that way. Regardless, we should certainly finish at least 9-7, But more than likely 11-5. Considering how we started the year, I'll take it! We're currently a 4th seed playoff team (Seahawks are 5th, so that would be our first playoff opponent) with a big game coming tonight between the #1 & #6 seeds, Eagles and 'Skins, respectively. The Saints are 2 Vikings losses away from #2 seed as the Vikings hold a tie-breaker over us and they're 5-2 right now. We've certainly got some work to do, and it's getting interesting. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raves Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I really don't think much of the Skins and would put them as a win, but consider dropping a different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Unless I'm mistaken, the Bucs are currrently the only team we'll play that has a losing record. Every team we've played thus far has had a winning record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodatworm23 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Still a long season left to go and as you might have seen so far this year no team is a sure win. Saints will drop a few more but this division has quickly become a race to double digit wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Iowa Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Jlowe22 said: Unless I'm mistaken, the Bucs are currrently the only team we'll play that has a losing record. Every team we've played thus far has had a winning record. The Bears, Buccs, and Jets have losing records. The Falcons are .500 The Lions are also .500 - other than that, yes, all the teams we've played are above .500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Mid Iowa said: The Bears, Buccs, and Jets have losing records. The Falcons are .500 The Lions are also .500 - other than that, yes, all the teams we've played are above .500 I forgot about the Bears, and the Jets were 500 before yesterday. Still, there are no garbage teams on our schedule. There are few garbage teams in the league this year anyway. Someone told me earlier the Saints have had the hardest schedule in the NFC, can someone confirm? If so, it's encouraging to be 4-2 under those conditions. Although, the two best teams we played beat us soundly, but that was before our defense started clicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodatworm23 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 On 10/23/2017 at 9:15 PM, Jlowe22 said: I forgot about the Bears, and the Jets were 500 before yesterday. Still, there are no garbage teams on our schedule. There are few garbage teams in the league this year anyway. Someone told me earlier the Saints have had the hardest schedule in the NFC, can someone confirm? If so, it's encouraging to be 4-2 under those conditions. Although, the two best teams we played beat us soundly, but that was before our defense started clicking. If we make the playoffs with this schedule we will have been battle tested and ready for the post season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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