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With two guaranteed losses to New Orleans the best we can do is 10-6


BIGH2001

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And that's if we beat the Seahawks next week and win the other two road games plus beat the Falcons at home.  Yeah, I'm not liking those odds.  Today's loss was just mind-numbingly stupid and is the type that gets entire staffs poo canned at the end of the year.  Detroit had literally one offensive weapon in the second half and we still couldn't figure out a way to stop them.    

Blow up the defense, get at least two new offensive linemen, get a new coaching staff (or at least a competent defensive coordinator, Washington should have never been allowed back after Pittsburgh) and try again next year.  

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3 minutes ago, WarHeel said:

No “guarantees” in the NFL. Pretty sure a W was a guarantee today. We could go 12-4 as easily as we could go 6-10. This team is inconsistent. 

They are consistently bad on the road and consistently bad at getting any pressure on the quarterback.  That means we are getting dick slapped by the saints and probably not winning both of the other two road games.  

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1 minute ago, BIGH2001 said:

They are consistently bad on the road and consistently bad at getting any pressure on the quarterback.  That means we are getting dick slapped by the saints and probably not winning both of the other two road games.  

Key word here is “probably.” Not definitely.

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12 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

Probably can get to 9-7.  I think we will beat either Seattle or Cleveland also.  New Orleans could be resting players the last game also. 

Maybe, but could also easily lose to Atl or @TB.  Either way, I figure we are 6-6 when throwing in the NO games...see 2-2 in the rest.  It just sucks because I this game should have been an easy one

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