Rest of the schedule

[UNCrules2187]

I believe we can win in the Dome this season.  Yes, the saints have a pretty high-powered offense, but their defense has left a whole lot to be desired.  TB put up 31 points there... almost pulled out a W.

 

Just don't trust our defense to get off the field vs. Brees in the dome. They dropped 31 on the #2 ranked defense in the dome last season. 

[PandaPancake]

Also I doubt we win in the Dome.

 

If only there was some guy that would be back that could help us win.

[UNCrules2187]

BTW, my predictions are predicated on Hardy being out for the season. If we get him back after the bye, I do think we can win @NO and I think it could also tilt the Cleveland game in our favor as well.

[WhoAmI?]

Dude, the Browns will have Josh Gordon by then and their rushing attack is serious. I don't like that matchup at all. Of course, some crazy ass stuff will happen between now and then, but still, as of now, that doesn't look like a good game for us. I honestly think we will go 5-1 in the division and win against Green bay this weekend, win against the Browns and Vikings, and lose to the Seahawks and Eagles finishing with a 10-5-1 record. LEGGO!

[Nick_81]

Just don't trust our defense to get off the field vs. Brees in the dome. They dropped 31 on the #2 ranked defense in the dome last season. 

I understand that, but you could say the same about their defense this season.  It's a shadow of what it was last season.

[Spud0783]

With the way the defense and special teams are playing, I don't think any games, including the Falcons and TB games should be considered gimme games. One game at a time.

[CharlottePanther]

Just looked at Seattle's schedule, they play the Rams at St Louis in a 1:00 PM ET game then come and play us in a 1:00 PM ET game, in other words thats back to back away games for a west coast team playing at 10:00 AM, thats BRUTAL, if we dont beat the Seahawks under those circumstances then frankly we dont deserve the playoffs. Especially considering they arent even playing as well as they have the last two seasons they beat us and even then they only beat us by a few points.

Wouldnt be suprised at all if both us and the Hawks are 3-3 entering that game

[mbarbour21]

We have to remember we have had Cam since week two.....but we haven't HAD CAM til last week. We are not the same team. IMO.

[Snake]

cleveland is kicking ass right now. they're far from a safe bet.

 

sweeping ATL and NO is our best bet at this point… if we can do that we have probably locked up the division with the way they're playing this year.

 

Cleveland will fade down the stretch just like the Cards will in the West. I just hope our team is going to get it together and start to make a late season roll. We need one for sure.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Cleveland will fade down the stretch just like the Cards will in the West. I just hope our team is going to get it together and start to make a late season roll. We need one for sure.

I am not so sure. If they fade it's likely due to the division being strong but those guys look legit.

[tondi]

If Cam continues to play like hes playing AND we can get even mediocre defensive play the rest of the year AND we avoid too many key injuries we can win 10-11 games..  If none of those things happen we wont win more than 6-7.  I'm certainly hoping for the former.

[pstall]

cleveland is kicking ass right now. they're far from a safe bet.

sweeping ATL and NO is our best bet at this point… if we can do that we have probably locked up the division with the way they're playing this year.

Yep. This is the best path.

[UNCrules2187]

It will be interesting to see what happens to the Ravens from here. The Football Outsiders "guts and stomps" theory says that those blowout wins over Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Pittsburgh really tell us something about how good this team is right now. On the other hand, as schedule strength gets more important in our ratings, the fact that the NFC South has been far weaker than expected this season will become a bigger and bigger deal. Right now, we have three NFC South teams at No. 22 or lower. The Falcons are still up at No. 12, but that's almost entirely because of their huge win over Tampa Bay; they've fallen from No. 2 to No. 12 in three weeks. A new tool in our playoff odds simulations allows me to look at how often a division can't produce a champion with a winning record, and right now no NFC South team goes better than 8-8 (or for Carolina, 8-7-1) in 44 percent of simulations. The NFC South champion has a losing record in 11.8 percent of simulations.

 

 

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/dvoa-ratings/2014/week-6-dvoa-ratings

 

Yeesh. 

[CarolinaCoolin]

We've dropped 30+ points our last two games. If the defense plays atleast a fraction of how the played the first two games we win more than we lose.