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[PandaPancake]

I always go with a perfect season. That way if it ever happens i look awesome.

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[shelbypanther]

I still can't get 8-8 off the brain.  Ending the whole back-to-back winning seasons stigma is the first step to consistency. 

[mbarbour21]

I think the difference will be our TE play.

[TylerDurden]

Did the Farmer's Almanac get a sports section?

I thought it sounded weird as well, but...

 

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/store/football-outsiders-almanac-2014-pdf

[SOJA]

Funny, but nobody really knows.  A few injuries, a few lucky bounces, and we could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5

 

Last year, we got lucky when we beat Atlanta (bad snap).  We got lucky on the call in the endzone vs. New England.  We got lucky vs. Miami, SF there (injuries), etc. Heck, we could have easily been 8-8.

 

 

we could have also easily started the season 3-0 as oppose to 1-2, and who knows what that does for us confidence wise the rest of the season

 

 

like you said nobody really knows

[SOJA]

we have a brutal middle stretch of the season. we must start and end the season strong and pretty much split the middle.

 

I think we get a wildcard spot with Sea winning the other. Saints, Eagles, GB, and SF.

 

Atlanta will be improved but they rely so heavily on that offense which will be without Matt Noodle Arm Ryan's favorite bailout Tony G. 

 

Tampa Bay is loaded with talent, but I have no faith in Glennon and there is a reason why McCown has been a career backup

 

 

The only thing we really lost from last season is an aging Smith who was all over the place last year except for being dominate and Gross. 

 

I don't know why people are counting this team out already, guess Byron Bell heard the same negativity this morning. 

[SIGCHI222]

It all depends on the unknown.

 

8 seconds have passed since you started reading this post.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

  We got lucky vs. Miami, SF there (injuries), etc. Heck, we could have easily been 8-8.

 

Borrowing a quote from a philosopher but  luck is the intersection where preparation meets opportunity.  The other component of this statement which may be relative is that sometimes preparation creates opportunity.  I think we capitalized on both of these fronts last season.

[Rise of The Hive]

7 wins :(

[pantherclaw]

Funny, but nobody really knows. A few injuries, a few lucky bounces, and we could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5

Last year, we got lucky when we beat Atlanta (bad snap). We got lucky on the call in the endzone vs. New England. We got lucky vs. Miami, SF there (injuries), etc. Heck, we could have easily been 8-8.

we were extremely unlucky in the beginning of the season. We could have been undefeated.

[TheMaulClaw]

We're not gonna suck.

[bigdog10]

Funny, but nobody really knows. A few injuries, a few lucky bounces, and we could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5

Last year, we got lucky when we beat Atlanta (bad snap). We got lucky on the call in the endzone vs. New England. We got lucky vs. Miami, SF there (injuries), etc. Heck, we could have easily been 8-8.

100% agreed

We could have also been 15-1 if the bills, Seahawks, and cards games would have swung the other way (which each of them easily could have).

The margin between a very good record and a top ten pick is razor thin.

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[carolina-chuck]

So let's listen to some computer poo to tell us how we'll do?

Let's all just quit on the season now. Tell Rivera to send the players home packing.

[MadHatter]

Funny, but nobody really knows.  A few injuries, a few lucky bounces, and we could be anywhere from 5-11 to 11-5

 

Last year, we got lucky when we beat Atlanta (bad snap).  We got lucky on the call in the endzone vs. New England.  We got lucky vs. Miami, SF there (injuries), etc. Heck, we could have easily been 8-8.

And the same is true for almost any team in any given year.