Springs out likely till week 2 or later...

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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.

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.