Post BYE - Where do we stand?

[CJD]

I think 6-4 is very reasonable. 7-4 may be difficult, but it is doable especially if our running game continues working. The odds of us beating KC 3 times in a row are pretty slim, so I would expect us to be 7-5 at best after that game. I want to believe we can beat the Browns even with Watson but, as I've said before, I'll never predict a Browns win until they actually do it (I think the Browns are just the Bengals Achilles' Heel at this point) so that puts us at 7-6. I think wins against the Bucs, who look awful, and the Pats, who are dominant on defense but struggle on offense, are very reasonably, so we should be able to get to 9-6. We finish up with the Bills and Ravens. I think we are capable of beating the Bills and since I predict we'll lose to the Browns and the Chiefs, I can predict a win there as my buffer choice, and I expect we'll beat the Ravens.

So I think 11-6 is a very reasonable ending record for us, which should secure a wild card spot at a minimum. And then, once you're in the playoffs, anyone can get hot and win it all. I think this team is good enough to run the table, assuming we don't have multiple implosions similar to the Monday night game a week ago.

But you gotta play the games. Anything from 13-4 to 5-13 is technically possible, after all :)