Dean Cain Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Our season boils down like this; Go 4-2 vs the AFC East. (win 3 home games, win 1 road game) Go 2-2 vs the NFC North. (win home games) Go 2-2 vs the AFC West. (win home games) Go 2-0 vs @ Houston Texans, & home vs Cleveland Browns. 10-6 record seems plausible. Home record (8-0) Road record (2-6) The question is can the Ralph turn back into a place our opponents fear playing at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Every year writers predict that we'll suck, and we do. Yet every year we get offended by their predictions. Logically, we have a better team than last year. But it seems everyone else has gotten even better, since most experts seem to agree that we'll be one of the worst teams in the league. Oh well. At least the food will be good, right? What makes them better this year? Kiko and Jarius gone and Watkins added. Our season boils down like this; Go 4-2 vs the AFC East. (win 3 home games, win 1 road game) Go 2-2 vs the NFC North. (win home games) Go 2-2 vs the AFC West. (win home games) Go 2-0 vs @ Houston Texans, & home vs Cleveland Browns. 10-6 record seems plausible. Home record (8-0) Road record (2-6) The question is can the Ralph turn back into a place our opponents fear playing at? 8-0 @ home seems plausible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 (edited) What makes them better this year? Kiko and Jarius gone and Watkins added. Kiko replaced with Spikes, Brown, and Rivers - no offense to Kiko, but that's an improvement Byrd replaced with Graham - Our safety situation is worse, but A. Williams is good, and hopefully Searcy/Duke/Graham can fill the safety void. I'd say defensive talent changeover is a wash, personally. We added depth, but lost two studs. Biggest change on D will be the coordinator, and new rule changes (ie will Gilmore be any good now that he can't be physical?) Offense, we lost Stevie, but gained Watkins and Williams. We got bigger on the O-Line, so should theoretically be better there, too. Added Brown and Dixon for RB depth (way better than Choice). Orton replaces Thad/Tuel, way better there too. Overall, we improved depth on the team in pretty significant ways. We have unproven coaches, and a tough schedule, though... so it won't surprise me if we end up 4-12. But it also won't surprise me if we end up 10-6, heh. Edited September 3, 2014 by Dorkington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Incredibly stupid analysis. He seems to think the entire season revolves around three or four players. It's like his sole source of info for the article was this board. Or he has a finite amount of space to explain himself. And instead of telling the country what they already know (that the QB is a giant ?), he gives reasons why the less publicized other side of the ball (which is less of a constant from year to year than offense anyway) will regress. The teams within that group of "bottom feeders" are presented in alphabetical order. Ranking is not included in any way, other than listing them as a group. Yes I thought this was pretty obvious. Looking back at those Jauron teams, how did they get to 7 wins? Fair question. They had an uncanny ability to drag opponents down to their level in the mud. Think Ravens last year times five. Then add in a big Lee Evans game and a random thumping of a bad team at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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