The issue of the "difficult schedule" argument

[West Union KennyG]

Well, Oakland has been playing alot better than people thought they were.
Kansas City and San Diego are quality wins - those are playoff contenders.
Baltimore in Baltimore is a huge win. We played them w/ a mostly healthy crew. They've been quite banged up since our game and the Pittsburgh game. I don't think they're a playoff contender this year (stranger things have happened, I suppose), but any division game is a tough fought game.

I think those are 4 wins that aren't anything to scoff about.

Now...
The next 3 games are going to be a huge indicator of how good this team is this year:
1. Seattle
2. Buffalo
3. Pittsburgh

If I could pull the trigger right now, I'd accept a 2 out of 3 from those and be quite happy! That would make us 6-1 with arguably 3 decent games to play of the remaining 9 (Cleveland, Houston, Arizona, St. Louis, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Denver, and Baltimore). And if we go 6-1, I could easily see us finish 13-3 if not 14-2. No other team in the AFC is going to be around that number except New England. We'll see, though.