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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan
I like the way the bye and the "mini bye" work out as well. Now, on to the teams we play: Man, oh man, we play a boatload of physically tough teams! Weeks 12 through 15: @ Dallas, @Pittsburgh, @San Francisco, and Seattle at home is as tough a schedule as there is for any team.
I just can't worry about our W-L record this season. I just want to see across-the-board progress. Another very high draft pick would be a nice consolation for me if we can't hang with these teams in Year One of our team building.
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I agree the teams are tough, but that was the case regardless of how the scheduling played out. Imagine opening on the road with philly, SF, Dallas, with a week 4 bye followed by Seattle and Baltimore at home. That could have been our first 7 weeks.
I think this schedule gives us a decent shot at a 3-5 or even 4-4 record with a bye to reset what is working and what isn't prior to making a wildcard/division run for the last 8 weeks. Last year the division was a shambles so although I think all the teams made good offseason improvements, I don't think you can properly write one team up and one team down until the product is shown on the field.
And our 2 games that the rest of the division teams don't play -Detroit and Carolina - are certainly winnable games right now.
The giants play the bears/bucs (likely 2 losses)
Cowboys play the vikings/falcons (also winnable)
Eagles play packers/saints (50/50 in my mind)
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