From what I can tell, like last season's schedule it is soft early and tough later.
The NFC East should not give us too much trouble, despite last year's woes early on. With Parcells and Tiki leaving for good, I like our chances against Dallas and the Giants again (regardless of last year's 24-7 meltdown in the fourth quarter). Washington continues to be our whipping boy as Gibbs can't catch up to the modern era of the NFL. 4-2 at the worst, 6-0 at the best within the division.
Detroit should be handled as should Green Bay as we've had their number the last few times, even when McNabb was playing like crap. The Jets should be an interseting match-up as the 3-4 defense can give our offense fits at certain times. Chicago are the defending NFC champs, but we've seen what happens to the the losers of the Super Bowl the following season. I'd chalk up two losses here.
I can't really get a bead on Minnesota, which can't mean much. There will be growing pains with a new quaterback under center. Miami continues its coaching carousel of embarrassment so notch up two more wins.
Now the rough stretch with five games against teams that were all in the playoffs last year. The little re-match of Super Bowl XXXIX should wind up with the Pats winning yet again. Reid has no chance of out-coaching Belicheck. Seattle could be a win depending on the status of Alexander and Hasselback as each had sub-par years due to injuries.
We return to the Big Easy for the thrid time in two seasons and I have feeling we may win this time around. McNabb should be back to full strength with the team playing in full playoff mode. The third time is hopefully the charm because we need to get this monkey off of our back. As for the season finale, all's well that ends well whenever you play a team from Buffalo without a real running back. So a potential five game winning streak is possible at the end of the season.
A potential 12-4, but there has to be a silly loss in there somewhere so 11-5.
I think it will be a real disappointment if they put up any less than 11 wins. They won 11 last year despite going through some serious growing pains, insane coaching (for the first half of the season), poor run D, poor special teams, and losing their QB. I think they have definitely improved since then and should challenge for the NFC Championship again.
Philadelphia Sports Fans
The schedule came out today, any predictions?
I put them at 11-5.
http://www.depressedfan.com/blog/2007/04/the_schedule_is_out.php
From what I can tell, like last season's schedule it is soft early and tough later.
The NFC East should not give us too much trouble, despite last year's woes early on. With Parcells and Tiki leaving for good, I like our chances against Dallas and the Giants again (regardless of last year's 24-7 meltdown in the fourth quarter). Washington continues to be our whipping boy as Gibbs can't catch up to the modern era of the NFL. 4-2 at the worst, 6-0 at the best within the division.
Detroit should be handled as should Green Bay as we've had their number the last few times, even when McNabb was playing like crap. The Jets should be an interseting match-up as the 3-4 defense can give our offense fits at certain times. Chicago are the defending NFC champs, but we've seen what happens to the the losers of the Super Bowl the following season. I'd chalk up two losses here.
I can't really get a bead on Minnesota, which can't mean much. There will be growing pains with a new quaterback under center. Miami continues its coaching carousel of embarrassment so notch up two more wins.
Now the rough stretch with five games against teams that were all in the playoffs last year. The little re-match of Super Bowl XXXIX should wind up with the Pats winning yet again. Reid has no chance of out-coaching Belicheck. Seattle could be a win depending on the status of Alexander and Hasselback as each had sub-par years due to injuries.
We return to the Big Easy for the thrid time in two seasons and I have feeling we may win this time around. McNabb should be back to full strength with the team playing in full playoff mode. The third time is hopefully the charm because we need to get this monkey off of our back. As for the season finale, all's well that ends well whenever you play a team from Buffalo without a real running back. So a potential five game winning streak is possible at the end of the season.
A potential 12-4, but there has to be a silly loss in there somewhere so 11-5.