SmashMouth

I always thought that the first half of the schedule was the hardest. Although looking now at the second half, it looks equally daunting.


Vs Broncos
@Panthers
Vs Rams
Vs Lions
@Bucs
@Cardinals
Vs Bucs
@Falcons

I'll go 5-3. That would make us 9-7. Is that enough to make the playoffs?

RockyMountainSaint

10-6
Losses to TB and Az.
Win the Div in ATL after the Clowns collapse down the stretch.

WhoDat!656

Barring injuries, no worse than 10-6!

RockyMountainSaint

I'm with you 656.
I predicted 10-6 too, but I have to believe it should be:
Despite injuries.......

I wish it weren't so, but I cannot overlook the curse that someone has obviously placed on this team.

I suspect it was the "Three Rs" that did it.

jeanpierre

burningmetal

I said before the year that I thought anywhere from 7-9 to 10-6. There were too many wild card factors, and I still feel exactly that way. There isn't a team on that schedule that I look at and say "no way we beat that team". They are all winnable. But there are things this team does that make me say "if they play like this against the better teams, they won't win any of them". But then they come out and play better.

So it's hard to predict, but the offense is better this year than it was a year ago. They've had some vanishing acts, but today they finally played a dominant game on offense ON THE ROAD. Even though the '9ers stink, I said it earlier in the week that the Saints never play well on the road, period, and I wanted to see them finally break that trend. It wasn't the greatest team performance, but the offense did it's job and that makes me feel like they can get to at least 9 wins.

I want to say 10-6 because there aren't any great teams in this league. But I'll go conservatively with 9-7, just because fluky things happen so often against lesser teams.

If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, the NFL would fine and suspend me.

burningmetal

To answer the OP's question, I think 9-7 will absolutely be a playoff record this year. The only problem will be how many teams finish there. This has been a very mediocre league, again. More so this year than I can remember.

spkb25

too hard to say. if the health on d actually starts to pay dividends 10-6 is not hard to envision. every game is winnable, but who knows.

hagan714

Vs Broncos - L
@Panthers - W
Vs Rams - W
Vs Lions - W
@Bucs - W
@Cardinals -L
Vs Bucs - W
@Falcons - W

Lmao at myself to be honest. 10-6 was my original so I have to make it work

sweeping 2 out 3 in the division would be a tall order espically with 3 - 4 will be on the road

The question will be -

Can the defense continue to bend without breaking too often?

BusDriver

I think we can run the table but I also know we can give a game away, so 11-5.