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John, I won't hold you to that. I'd never stand between a man and his liquor.
I think it's possible. Let's just say that last post was my "best case scenario", I can see things going entirely another direction as well, but I happen to think that, while it is difficult, our schedule has fallen into almost a perfect order for us. Think about it:
1) We get Oakland at home. We know what they're bringing to the table, but we're, for all intents and purposes, a mystery.
2) We get Seattle on the road early. A tough game, but neither team will be at full speed yet. Better to have them early on the road than later, IMHO.
3) The Giants at home, as opposed to at the Meadowlands.
4) Redskins on the road could be a tough one, but like the Seattle game, it's early in the season, so they may not be at full-speed yet (will we?)
5) Donkos on the road early is a tough one.
6) Pittsburgh at home is better than Pittsburgh in the new stadium.
7) Arizona on the road. TERRIBLE team, let's hope we don't overlook them.
8) Indy at home. Like some other tough games, better at home than in the dome.
9) San Diego on the road.
10) Jets in the Meadowlands. Tough one.
11) Seattle at home.
12) Eagles at home. Like I said, Vermeil struggles against his old team.
13) Jokeland on the road.
14) Denver at home. December game in Arrowhead bodes badly for the Donkos.
15) San Diego at home.
16) At Jacksonville. Can we win in Florida?!?
Look at it this way:
Home: Indianapolis, NY Giants, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Away: Arizona, Jacksonville, New York Jets and Washington
You may see it differently, but I think we got the tougher of the non-division/conference teams at home, and, although that doesn't mean the road games are a pushover by any means, the schedule could be much worse - imagine if our home games were Arizona, NY Jets, Pittsburgh and Washington (Marty returns to Arrowhead) and our road games were Indy, Jacksonville, NY Giants and Philadelphia. Now [b]that[/b] would be a brutal road schedule.
As for the schedule as it stands, well, it could go either way, really, we could be 11-5 or we could be 7-9 again. I could see us going 5-3 on the road, but I could also see us going 2-6. Who knows - ask me after training camp, but for now I'm going to stick with my 11-5 prediction...
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