Pre-Preseason Predictions

[Benton]

Sun., Sept. 13: at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. - W
Sun., Sept. 20: SAN DIEGO, 1 p.m. - W
Sun., Sept. 27: at Baltimore, 1 p.m. - L
Sun., Oct. 4: KANSAS CITY, 1 p.m. - W
Sun., Oct. 11: SEATTLE, 1 p.m. - L
Sun., Oct. 18: at Buffalo, 1 p.m. - W
Sun., Oct. 25: (BYE WEEK)
Sun., Nov. 1: at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. - L
Thurs., Nov. 5: CLEVELAND, 8:25 p.m. (NFL Network) - W
Mon., Nov. 16: HOUSTON, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) - W
Sun., Nov. 22: at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. - L
Sun., Nov. 29: ST. LOUIS, 1 p.m. - W
Sun., Dec. 6: at Cleveland, 1 p.m.*- W
Sun., Dec. 13: PITTSBURGH, 1 p.m. - W
Sun., Dec. 20: at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m. (NBC) - W
Mon., Dec. 28: at Denver, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) - W
Sun., Jan. 3: BALTIMORE, 1 p.m. - L

I think BAL is going to be the biggest hurdle for us. We split with PIT and sweep CLE. Outside the district, Seattle and Arizona are going to be the biggest challenges. Both are very well balanced squads. Denver is redoing everything to buy Peyton another year and should be firing along by the end of the year, but I really don't think they're going to have enough of a bench to be competitive by then.