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oilerfan

My Predictions...

Apr 06, 2006 18:56

W Sep 10 Philadelphia 1:00pm 1-0
L Sep 17 @Indianapolis 1:00pm 1-1
L Sep 24 Washington 1:00pm 1-2
L Oct 01 Miami 1:00pm 1-3
Week 5 BYE
W Oct 15 @Dallas 1:00pm 2-3
W Oct 22 Jacksonville 1:00pm 3-3
W Oct 29 @Tennessee 1:00pm 4-3
L Nov 05 @N.Y. Giants 1:00pm 4-4
W Nov 12 @Jacksonville 1:00pm 5-4
W Nov 19 Buffalo 1:00pm 6-4
W Nov 26 @N.Y. Jets 1: ( Read more... )

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sauce1977 April 7 2006, 03:54:31 UTC

Biggest question?

Defense.

It was as bad as the offensive line, and the offense, as a result.

Only the fringe players had trouble lighting up Houston. Some decent guys may have had average games, but Houston can't afford getting humped on defense by everyone. Bad defense will take away three wins from a team in a meh division. Indy can still air it out on them. Cleveland won't be a pushover, and if that first stretch of tougher teams hands them a ton of Ls, there's no turning back from the lottery.

A team really needs to be at least .500 by the 8th game to not have the fallout in the 2nd half of the season. Guys will quit on a team if the record isn't respectable.

sauce1977 April 7 2006, 03:55:25 UTC

Scuse . . . I'm still thinking NBA draft.

I'm completely lukewarm for football at the moment.

sauce1977 April 7 2006, 04:01:00 UTC

LOl i was gonna say when you mentioned lottery...

oilerfan April 7 2006, 03:59:59 UTC

i agree i think early they take their lumps then have a week off and I think they get hot then and make 500 after week 8. The only one i question is Houston vs Dallas. Dallas could beat us.

Also they have made defensive adjustments and have a new system, the 4-3 rahter than the 3-4 they had the wrong personel for. I think they will draft a few defensive guys that might start so I think next years defense will be much different/better than last years.

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smacksaw April 7 2006, 11:58:46 UTC

Well, I certainly hope so for your sake, but just from a cursory glance, I count MIA, BUF, NYJ, CLE and the 2 TEN games as the only easy ones.

If they won all of them, lost to the NFC East, they would have to win in Oakland and beat Jacksonville twice or something, and J-ville is still good.

That's a surprisingly difficult schedule for a last-place team.

oilerfan April 7 2006, 14:36:17 UTC

Jacksonville has alot of trouble at Reliant and against the Texans in general. Philly is a bad team with no wide outs and a old as hell linebacker corp and a young and dumb group of CBs. Cleveland however I dont think is an easy game. I think Crennel is a great coach who made the rightr moves Butch Davis couldnt and because of that I think they are at least a 9-7 team this year. at least. I also think wihtout any runnning game the Colts will be vunerable an d offensivly will be able to be matched by the Texans who have a great and a good Running Back and a great and a good Wide Out. David Carr is a legit QB... I think they can hold their own against the Colts and split wins with them. I also gave the team loses to New England at Foxboro and Tennessee at home. the team could very well win one of those games with luck, as well they could lose to Dallas earlier in the season. Anyways I think this years squad is much different than last years and I think they will jump way up. Remember in 2004 they werent that bad of a club, just last ( ... )