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Seattle Seahawks (11-5): They're still the divisional front runners, especially with Russell Wilson and Earl Thomas healthy again. But a tough non-divisional road schedule (Packers, Titans, Giants, Cowboys) — and even a 1 p.m. ET start in Jacksonville — could make it awfully tough to earn an extended stay at CenturyLink Field in January.
Arizona Cardinals (10-6): They've got a special, special player in David Johnson. But will Carson Palmer and Tyrann Mathieu max out their abilities again? And how long can Larry Fitzgerald (league-high 107 catches), who will be 34 next month, handle such a heavy workload? (NOTE: In our projection, the Cardinals failed to earn a wild card based on a worse conference record than the Giants or Buccaneers.)
Los Angeles Rams (4-12): They're a young team undergoing significant resets on both sides of the ball. And after opening with two winnable games (Colts, Redskins) at home, the Rams play five of the next six away from the L.A. Coliseum, including a "home" game in London bracketed by East Coast games in Jacksonville and New York.
San Francisco 49ers (2-14): Even if the records match, they should be a better team than Chip Kelly's 2-14 club from 2016. But the talent base is largely deficient and so is the players' familiarity with what new coaches want them to do on either side of the ball.

But then they claim this.

New England Patriots (16-0): Is it bold? Sure. Kinda. But it's not like Tom Brady hasn't gone 16-0 before ... (and, really, wouldn't he and Bill Belichick secretly love to add 19-0 to their otherwise incomparable resumes?). And from the FWIW department, Brady went 14-1 last season and appears to be surrounded by an even better cast now, especially if Rob Gronkowski is, in fact, back to 100%. The division should be a cakewalk, and even one of New England's toughest road games — against the Raiders — will be at a neutral site (Mexico City). The most difficult stretch comes from Weeks 13-15, when the Pats play at Buffalo, at Miami (where they typically struggle) and at Pittsburgh coming off a short week Dec. 17.

I'm not gonna get too worked up about predictions. We were terrible last year. Anyone without a bias shouldn't give us props we haven't earned. I still believe this is an 8-8 team. The defense will win games. The offense will struggle at times but should improve as the season progresses. I'm not worried about people who only remember the end of last season. I suppose I can't blame them. If another team significantly improved I'd still be using last year to base an opinion. It will be a different team this year.

I will bet $1000 on Over 4

5.5 in Vegas...

If key players don't get injured, I'm going to bet 2k on the over before the season starts.

<sigh> I forgot that we have another stupid "home" in another country. I lost count, is this the last one? I heard something about China awhile back. Have we ever won a game playing in another country?

As for 4 wins, suck it...the time to be optimistic is now, I'll go 10-6 wildcard.

Risk $2K to win $200. Why?

I would have to agree that we should win at least unless Goff was 5 wasted picks.

TomSlick wrote:<sigh> I forgot that we have another stupid "home" in another country. I lost count, is this the last one? I heard something about China awhile back. Have we ever won a game playing in another country?

As for 4 wins, suck it...the time to be optimistic is now, I'll go 10-6 wildcard.

I think we get to play an away home game until the new stadium us up.

...and a sweep of the 49ers, thank you very much.

We've lost 3 in-a-row to those sad sacks. Anymore and the RAMS should turn in their horns and put a manure pile on their helmets.

Hacksaw wrote:I think we get to play an away home game until the new stadium us up.

Did the one year delay in the new playground add another "home" game to our schedule?