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Using the bye week to look at the road ahead..

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Our schedule really isn't so bad, fellas..

Week 12 - @Seahawks
The LOB is always tough, especially at home. But they've looked vulnerable and beatable all year, and their offense is just not very scary. Russell Wilson seems to have regressed slightly, or defenses are figuring him out. Their receivers do not scare me. Marshawn does but even he has not been his usual Beast Mode self this season. This is a winnable game if our offense comes out aggressive and attacking.

Week 13 - Colts
Andrew Luck should be hurt for this game, although I'm not sure if that's as good of a thing as it sounds. Either way, we'll be in Heinz Field going against a 40 yr old Hasselbeck on a team we absolutely destroyed last year.

Week 14 - @Bungles
We will not be swept by this fraudulent Bungles team, especially now that Dalton is starting to cool off. It will definitely be tough to get this one going on the road, but we should have had them at home with Ben playing easily his worst game of the season, and the loss of Bell happening in this game. Expect for Ben to play much better and the run game to not be thrown out of rhythm due to injury.

Week 15 - Broncos
I feel very good about our chances, especially in Heinz Field, against this team. They are severely wounded. Either way, we get a creaky, banged up Peyton or Osweiler. They will have to shut us down with their great defense, but in Heinz Field, Ben & Co are nearly unstoppable. This matchup works in our favor.

Week 16 - @Ravens
They've played everybody tough, including beating us. Don't expect them to beat us again with Ben and Bryant in the game and no Steve Smith on the other side to take the top off our D. This, again, will be a tough matchup for Baltimore unless they can get Forsett going, which hasn't been working for them in recent weeks. Looking like he may be a one year wonder and running out of gas.

Week 17 - @Browns
They simply have no answer for our wideouts. Most teams don't, but they really don't. Even if they had Haden in the lineup, AB has made him his ***** on many occasions.

Honestly.. this is supposed to be the roughest stretch of our brutal schedule. But with injuries, age, and general overrated shittiness catching up to a lot of our opponents, we really have the potential to finish the season out very strong. Obviously 6-0 is very ambitious, but I like our chances in each individual game.
 
I think this team has proven that when Ben and the O is clicking, we can honestly beat anyone in the league. Consistency has always been the issue. Not sure we can keep up the consistency to win all 6 remaining games. We're also down to 1 legit RB so hopefully DWill can keep it together for the rest of the season, otherwise, we're in trouble.

I say 4-2 with the losses being at Seattle and at Cincy. I hate when we play ****** teams on the west coast let alone a solid team. I also think people are overreacting to Cincy's loss. They lost by 4 and had a bad game offensively. They have a top 10 defense and we all know that gives a team a chance in any game.
 
We should go at least 4-2 and get a wild card spot. "should" is a big word, though.
 
I think this team has proven that when Ben and the O is clicking, we can honestly beat anyone in the league. Consistency has always been the issue. Not sure we can keep up the consistency to win all 6 remaining games. We're also down to 1 legit RB so hopefully DWill can keep it together for the rest of the season, otherwise, we're in trouble.

I say 4-2 with the losses being at Seattle and at Cincy. I hate when we play ****** teams on the west coast let alone a solid team. I also think people are overreacting to Cincy's loss. They lost by 4 and had a bad game offensively. They have a top 10 defense and we all know that gives a team a chance in any game.

So are we supposed to ignore their ****** performance against us just a few weeks earlier? Ben played his worst game in YEARS and they still BARELY beat us by 6, and we even had a chance to win the game at the end. I'm sorry, the Bengals are not sweeping us this year.
 
3-3 with loses coming against Seattle, Cincy and Cleveland. This football team always plays down to the competition so I expect a loss in either Cleveland or Baltimore. Therefore 9-7 and second wildcard spot. Too many key injuries and a bad secondary.
 
4-2 or 3-3 is my guess, which is looking more and more like it will be good enough for the wildcard, even 5th seed. Or did they change seeding based on record, not division champ, then wild card?
 
So are we supposed to ignore their ****** performance against us just a few weeks earlier? Ben played his worst game in YEARS and they still BARELY beat us by 6, and we even had a chance to win the game at the end. I'm sorry, the Bengals are not sweeping us this year.

And we also lost to the 1 win Ravens...what's your point?
 
And we also lost to the 1 win Ravens...what's your point?

With Mike Vick on two days of practice, once of which was nothing more than a walkthru...and STILL took them to overtime and only lost because our horrible kicker missed TWO kicks in a 3 min time span.
 
I think it all is on injuries moving forward. If the team can manage to somehow stay healthy, they can do great things.

If not.... then sprinkle in one to three losses.
 
Still not sure 9-7 gets us in. We lose all the tiebreakers accept against the Raiders who now falling behind. We need to root for many of the wild card teams to lose this weekend even if it means rooting for the Cheatriots.
 
Still not sure 9-7 gets us in. We lose all the tiebreakers accept against the Raiders who now falling behind. We need to root for many of the wild card teams to lose this weekend even if it means rooting for the Cheatriots.

I mean, at this point, the *s are getting a first round bye. I have no issue rooting for them in individual games if it means improving our standing in the conference
 
I mean, at this point, the *s are getting a first round bye. I have no issue rooting for them in individual games if it means improving our standing in the conference

I refuse to root for those turds. If we win our remaining games, we're in at 12 - 4. If we don't and therefore don't make the wild card cut, we didn't deserve it anyway.
 
Still not sure 9-7 gets us in. We lose all the tiebreakers accept against the Raiders who now falling behind. We need to root for many of the wild card teams to lose this weekend even if it means rooting for the Cheatriots.


I'll just have to settle for rooting against them,JUST a little bit less.!!! ****the cheaters !!!!!!!!!!!!




Salute the nation
 
So are we supposed to ignore their ****** performance against us just a few weeks earlier? Ben played his worst game in YEARS and they still BARELY beat us by 6, and we even had a chance to win the game at the end. I'm sorry, the Bengals are not sweeping us this year.

Why be sorry??
 
3-3 with loses coming against Seattle, Cincy and Cleveland. This football team always plays down to the competition so I expect a loss in either Cleveland or Baltimore. Therefore 9-7 and second wildcard spot. Too many key injuries and a bad secondary.

The Browns looked like they mailed it in against the Steelers last week. They'll have their lockers cleaned out before this game even starts and I fully expect the Steelers to lay the smackdown. I'll be disappointed if they don't.
 
The only way the browns beat us is if they are +6 in the TO ratio, and even with that, they only win by 3...
 
Don't ever count on wins. You are setting yourself up for failure if you do that. My hope is the players use this week off to get healthy and prepare and the coaches focus on only our next opponent.
 
Don't ever count on wins. You are setting yourself up for failure if you do that. My hope is the players use this week off to get healthy and prepare and the coaches focus on only our next opponent.

I didn't take it that the fans are "counting" on wins, we just hope for them and know they have the potential to win most if not all.


The team itself I am sure is opponent to opponent, but with how they routinely play down to struggling teams, make me wonder if they are marking in a pregame W...... .
 
Don't ever count on wins. You are setting yourself up for failure if you do that. My hope is the players use this week off to get healthy and prepare and the coaches focus on only our next opponent.

Well luckily I'm not on the team or the staff, so my opinion on future games doesn't affect how the team approaches them. Plus I'm not "counting on" anything just making the observation that, while before the season this part of our schedule looked absolutely brutal, it doesn't seem as bad now.
 
I'm still the most nervous about the Hawk game simply because it's in their building and it's going to be super loud. How the offensive line performs with that is going to be key, especially with Ben back there licking some wounds. Are they beatable? Sure. But the Steelers can't afford to leave that game with any big injuries.

And the Bungle and Rats games will be tough simply because they usually are. 3-3 from this final stretch would not surprise me. 4-2 would be nice. Anything above that would be a nice surprise.
 
If we don't have any more injuries I will say 4-2 is most likely for us closing out. 5-1 or 6-0 would be fantastic. We get the 4 seed and we will see Houston or Indy on the road and then quite possibly at CIN because I see Denver dropping to the 3 seed with Peyton out. That gives us a really good path to a rematch v NE in Foxboro.
 
I'm still the most nervous about the Hawk game simply because it's in their building and it's going to be super loud. How the offensive line performs with that is going to be key, especially with Ben back there licking some wounds. Are they beatable? Sure. But the Steelers can't afford to leave that game with any big injuries.

And the Bungle and Rats games will be tough simply because they usually are. 3-3 from this final stretch would not surprise me. 4-2 would be nice. Anything above that would be a nice surprise.

It's only loud if they are playing well, did you hear it last week against AZ? Palmer had no issues calling out his cadence...
 
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