Record prediction.....open poll

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(08-20-2019, 10:20 PM)NKURyan Wrote: It's a tough question, so I try to break it down in my head:
1) They play the NFC West, and I think they can realistically go at least 2-2 against that division.
2) They play the AFC East, and outside of New England I think they can beat anybody. 3-1?
3) I think they manage to finally steal one from Pittsburgh. They always seem to beat Baltimore at least once. Cleveland's still Cleveland. Can they get to 3-3? I think it's doable... I still think the division is going to be pretty mediocre overall.
4) That leaves a game against a bad Oakland team and an enigmatic Jacksonville team. I think they can beat both, but let's go with a split... 1-1.

That gives them a 9-7 record even if they don't necessarily upset any teams head-and-shoulders above them. Stealing another win or two somewhere isn't out of the question, either. Every now and then I'll see someone say that we have a tough schedule this year, but man I just don't see that at all.

So I'm going to start from that, say they lose a game they shouldn't, and say they steal a game they should lose... so 9 wins.

On paper that all seems reasonable. We all know they can beat almost any team, but they can also lose to any team too.

I think say they could lose to the Cardinals as we have a tendency to let rookie QB's look great against us.

I could also see us going 1-5 or 2-4 in the division.

But, you never know. Each year is different. You do lay out a nice roadmap that I'd be happy with if it happened. 9 wins would be respectable.