Can any Secondary slow the skins down? NO.

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

this is one mean schedule, we've got the nfc & afc south, not to mention our division may be the toughest in the nfl. The only really weak teams on our schedule are Minn. & Tenn. Both of them have major losses to their offense, and don't have dominant d's either. Other than that I can honestly see 75% of the others being decided by less than 7, the others by less than 14.
Don't sleep on Houston either. Carr may be due for a great year, they've made some changes & he's got Moulds to go w/Andre Johnson, whose definitely a beast. They may not be playoff bound but they'll beat some playoff teams. NO & St.L are 2 others that I think could surprise a lot of people.
In short, this schedule & the nfl in general is just wide open. It seems now every year there are 5-6 teams that are a handful of plays away from making the playoffs. I'd be thrilled w/12-4 as MightyJoeG predicts, but I'm not as confident.

There are a couple of positives that I particularly like about our schedule:

1) Playing against four new head coaches.
2) 4 out of the final 6 games at home.
3) A lot of these teams have QB questions. Peyton Manning, Delhomme, McNabb & Bledsoe are the only ones that I think are providing stability at that position. Some are up and coming like Eli and Simms but they're not there yet.
4) Our free agent pickups that we acquired are additions, not really replacements.