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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
I agree. Weeks 8-11 look brutal. The good news is that those out of conference road games are probably the least critical games on the entire schedule. What I'm worried about is the effect that a 2 week road trip to the northeast may have on our performance against two straight division opponents.
If we want to contend for the division, I don't see anyway we could do with without beating Philly at home on Nov. 11.
The key to the whole season is to get off to a good start in our first six games. We can't afford to be any worse than 4-2 over that stretch.
I like that we get the toughest game on our schedule, a road game at Philly, in the seasons second week. The chances that we are healthy then are much greater than at any other point in the season, and Philly's strong depth won't play as much of a factor in Week 2 as it will later in the season, when we get them in Landover. We might need to win both to take the division.
All in all I think this is a realitively advantageous schedule. Outside of that one stretch in the middle of the season, our weak opponents are spaced out, which does decrease the chances that we get beat by one of them.
9 wins doesn't seem too unreasonable.
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I completely agree about the importance of that Philly game (week 2). Both teams will be jacked since it's MNF, and we'll most likely be 100% (knock on wood). And Philly most likely will not. Last I heard McNabb probably won't play until October. Philly is apparently being very cautious that Donovan doesn't pull a Culpepper. That means we'll be facing either AJ Feely or a Kelly Holcomb who hasn't run a west-coast offense before. Fine with me!