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Sure, Red Eyes.
This is how I see the season breaking-down:
We're going to start on fire, going 4-0, beating Oakland at home, Seattle on the road, the Giants at home and the Redskins on the road. We'll lose at the new pile high, but we'll win 3 more in a row, beating Pittsburgh at home, Arizona on the road and Indy at home. We'll lose a close one to San Diego on the road. We'll lose to the Jets at the Meadowlands, finish the sweep of the Seachickens at home following a bye, but lose to the Eagles at home on a nationally-televised Thursday night game (DV can't beat his old team). We'll beat Oakland at the black hole, beat Denver at home, and beat San Diego at home but finish the season with a loss to Jacksonville on the road.
11-5
Home Record: 6-2
Road Record: 5-3
AFC West record: 5-3
vs. Denver: 1-1
vs. Oakland: 2-0
vs. San Diego: 1-1
vs. Seattle: 2-0
Conference record: 8-4
non-Conference record: 3-1
I see our division like this (not taking injuries into account - I can't predict that...):
KC 11-5. Our offense will be good, but more balanced, with more scoring (we'll score at least 380 points, about 24 per game), but less lofty passing numbers. The rushing game will be much-improved behind the running of Holmes and Richardson. The defense will be improved, also, despite the naysayers, and will be just good enough to keep us in games (we'll give up about 19 points per game, just over 300 for the year, but we'll be much, much improved in the red zone - we were horrible inside the 20 last year). This will be a very exciting season, and Pepto sales in KC will reach an all-time high. I think we're looking good in every offensive position, with only the obvious question marks on either side of the ball (IMHO) being at DT and CB, which keeps us from being a true Super Bowl contender.
Denver 10-6. They'll post the offensive numbers we're used to seeing (although losses along the O-line will hurt them), but still lack the horses on defense which will ultimately limit the success of Ray Rhodes.
Seattle 9-7. A year away and lacking at receiver. Watters will have a great year despite that. The defense will be only slightly improved with the acquisitions made.
Oakland 8-8. I see them as the most overrated team in the division, by far. Aging offensive talent with an overrated defense. They won't have the luck schedule-wise that they did last season and all the bounces won't go their way. They'll continue to have a strong rushing game, I believe, but the lack of a downfield passing game and the fact that their defense won't skeep anyone out of the endzone will cost them.
San Diego 7-9. Like Seattle, they're a year away (at least) and severely lacking on the offensive side of the ball. Their defense will keep them close, but they don't have much but Tomlinson to threaten anyone on offense, nothing in terms of receivers other than Freddie Jones, and a horrible offensive line. Much better than last year, however, and they'll at least split with all the teams in the division (they may sweep Oakland, who had a lot of trouble with them last year).
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