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Originally Posted by Big C
a loss to dallas early is bad tho because of division record. we dont want to start out 1 in the hole in the division. id expect kenny wright to start in his place, solid player.
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It's the worst thing for the tiebreaker, this is true. I'm projecting the final record at 13-3(+-2). I think a 13 win season in a division this strong would speak volumes. I don't see any other team better than 10-6. That gives us a large gap for error without tiebreakers coming into effect. UNless in just dead wrong. But we will see.
The catch is, as I said in my last burgundy army article, we need the bye to have serious playoff chances. So nothing less than 12-4 will cut it. (12-4 wins this divison, easy. No tiebreaker) I believe this is very doable. The key is to get to the bye week with one loss.
So what I'm saying when I say a loss to Dallas is OK, is that we have one to give in the first 7 games (this is not the way Gibbs is thinking about it, do not worry. its just a fans perspective), we will probably be playing w/o Springs, and maybe Portis, and it's the hardest matchup of the bunch.
No one here will be complaining about a Dallas loss if we were to begin 6-1.