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Baker is in a sling…. The division is a 2 horse race!

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JawnyBlaze Grand Master

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Even if we have the hardest schedule, we just have to win the same number of games as the Bucs and beat them both times. That seems very doable now. I mean even if we only beat the Bucs both times and they only win two more games, we win the division. As bad as they’re injured I could see them losing out. 

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I see it this way, we could beat the Saints on the road, Seattle at home.  Will probably lose to the Niners and Rams.

That means we are 8-7 excluding the Bucs games.  For us to win the division, we could hope to tie the Bucs and win the head-to-head. to do that, we have to sweep Tampa Bay and finish 10-7 (yes--the Saints loss is killer).

Here is why:

The Bucs, on the other hand, have an EASY schedule.  AT HOME:  Cardinals, Falcons, Saints, Panthers.  AWAY:  Panthers and Dolphins.  I see them winning at least 4 more games.  If they beat the Cards, the Falcons, the Saints, and the Dolphins, they have 10 wins.  Probably expected because no team has over 4 wins except the Panthers.

Even if Baker is out, I see them winning 4 down the stretch, making their overall record 10-7 if they lose both games to the Panthers.  If so, we go.

While it could happen; I sense the Panthers are starting to feel it, but I thought that before the home game vs. New Orleans, so we shall see.  I give the Panthers about a 10-20% chance of pulling it off

 

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What is the latest on Baker? Our team is mediocre but with Baker in a sling we have a reasonable chance at making the playoffs. Bridgewater can only do check downs at this point in his career, so any team the Bucs play without Baker is an L imo. This is the best news all season. 

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