2016 Schedule is going to be brutal

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Merlin

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Let's start with the division, where we play two games against strong playoff contenders in Seattle and Arizona. Then the 9ers who were one of few teams that scored less points than us will have Kelly ramping up their offense and undoubtedly providing a significant gain in scoring. From where I'm sitting the NFC West remains one of the toughest divisions in the NFL, it ain't pretty and next year will be nastier than ever.

Extremely tough matchups:
Carolina (Home) - no explanation needed.
New England (Away) - no explanation needed.
New York Jets (Away) - talented and well coached team and it's away.

Tough matchups:
Buffalo (Home) - defense will be nasty in year two of regime after changeover to 3-4.
New Orleans (Away) - always a tough team to play with that offense, and it's in their house.

"Should win" matchups:
Atlanta (Home) - good young defensive coach but is team really on the rise?
Miami (Home) - should see a spike in offensive productivity but first year coach.
Tampa (Away) - another team on the rise with a good young QB in year two, but is Koetter the real deal?

Not a lot of room for error. Three extremely tough matchups plus the divisional lineup is going to make for an extremely difficult schedule. If they go 4-4 in division, for example, plus drop two of the three extremely tough matchups they're at 6 losses.

Shameless prediction is that unless Fish and Snead do something drastic with this offense and see a significant spike in scoring this regime is in its last season.
 
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We have always played New Orleans tough. Remember when The Rams had basically ended Brees' consecutive TD streak, but they went to hurry up with 1 min left down by 3 scores?

We always seem to pull off the W there as of late.

Atlanta scares me more. I think they're right on track to being a 11-13 win team.
 
thirteen28 said:
It will be a tough schedule to be sure.

However, I will say, the NFL really wants their new LA team to be successful. Read that as you wish.
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Are you saying that the head of officiating just might be spending a weekend in a motorhome full of hookers provided by Stan? That only worked for 1 season for Jerry Jones
 
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JackDRams said:
I ain't shook. I don't think that schedule is that daunting. Plus, you don't know the offseasons that these teams will have. It's too early to judge.
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Teams rise and fall every year. Plus injuries can change things quickly.

snackdaddy said:
Our schedule isn't anything our division foes have an advantage over. We each gotta play our divisional rivals twice and the AFC East.
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Yep. Win the division. In.
 
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