11-01-2018, 01:22 PM
(10-31-2018, 11:06 PM)YsCascadia Wrote: I'm an optimist so I don't think this season is as bad as some.
We will be playing the Saints in our house. A very winnable game. Will we win? We'll find out. I do predict a win though.
Saints... W 6-3
We have done well against the Ravens, who in turn do well against the Steelers, who seem to always beat us.
Ravens... W 7-3
Cleveland just fired both their HC and OC, rookie QB and will have a few weeks to sort out some things, but I don't see them winning.
Browns... W 8-3
Denver traded one of their WRs to the Texans, plus we get them in the Jungle as well.
Broncos... W 9-3
LA is a very difficult team to beat this year, we also have to travel out west. We COULD win, but not likely. We'll find out.
Chargers... L 9-4
LV has looked abysmal this year. Plus we are at home.
Raiders... W 10-4
Same thing I said above, only this time in Cleveland and a little bit more time for them to work out some kinks, won't be a gimme but.
Browns... W 11-4
Pittsburgh always seems to have our number, but we have played them close. We also have more success against them in Pittsburgh so I think we get the W. PS, I will always pick the Bengals to beat the them no matter what.
Steelers... 12-4
Now another thing to look at is our Divisional opponents schedule. Notably Pittsburgh, they have @ Ravens, Panthers, @Jaguars, @ Broncos, Chargers @ Raiders. They could actually lose 5 of their next 6. If the travel hurts them then it could even be 6 of 6. The Ravens have the Falcons, Chargers and the Chiefs left to play that could also lead to them losing those games as well.
So we may not even need to have a great record to win the division, just a winning record will do. If the Steelers do drop 5 games, then their record will be 4-7-1, if they drop all six then 4-8-1. Oh, did I mention they also will have to play the Saints in NO and NE? It is actually possible for them to not win another game all season long, highly unlikely, but not impossible either. Even if they do win against the Raiders and even us, they would still have their hands full with their schedule and have a 6-9-1 record.
The Ravens on the other hand would be the team that will give us a run for the division, at 4-4, if they lose to the Falcons, Chargers and Chiefs they will have a 9-7 record (assuming they also beat us). So our 11-5 record or even 10-6 record would be enough to secure the division. I do think we lose the tie breaker to them if we both finish 9-7, but if we beat them, then we have the tie breaker.
Nicely thought out post, i agree for the most part i just am not liking our DC right now.
He is making me take back my 11-5 prediction. He doesn't even recognize it has been the Offense that has bailed
his Defense out. We need to get better on D, i think if we do we will go either 11-5 or like you said 12 -4, if not we
might be able to sneak into the Playoffs.
I just don't see us winning once we get there with Marv, Austin and Haslett coaching. These guys are blah.
