We will probably lose to the Jags and beat the Chargers it's just hard to predict when this team shows up to play ball. Still rooting for 10 wins.
I have mixed feelings...I've been very down and very up on this team. If they get consistent and the offense falls into place (for Tannehill and the WRs) we could end up doing pretty alright. We have a lot of talent coming back as well - as long as everyone else stays healthy, itll be a big improvement going forward. That said - we're still a team of Jekyl and Hides the last few years - and thats proving just as true this year as last. I think that seeing how we come out of the bye will be a much better indication than anything the Oakland game showed us. KC is much better than most thought - I think if you watched the Den game and last nights game its obvious. I didnt understand why everyone was downplaying them. KC/Den/SD are the best in the AFC this year. Ind/Bal not far behind, and the rest is a muddy mess at this point. Maybe we can emerge from that and start standing out. All in all 8-8 should be obtainable...if the offense really starts to gel we may do better. On the same note, 1 or 2 more ugly wins and I could see us totally collapsing into dysfunction. I have no convictions, and only hope at this point in the year.
If I've learned anything about the NFL it is that games (even this far into the season) are not a barometer of the future. I thought the Pats were done when they lost Milloy to the Bills and lost to them 35-0 - they won the SB that year. But even more so now with so much parity. I think we will be 5-5 going into the Denver game and will almost surely lose that away game. So, I'd say we'll be 5-6 against the Jets. If we lose to the Jets on MNF we will be 5-7 and I think we finish 7-9. If we beat the Jets we have a shot to go 9-7; but I think even with a win there (making us 6-6) we will split the last two games and go 8-8. Good to see Tannehill play so well. But the reality is he has to demonstrate this over 3-4 games to really get confidence. There is potential to go 10-6 if RT keeps playing well and I hope he does. But, if I'm betting, I try to be as objective as possible and with that I'd say we go 8-8. I think Philbin will be fired. It would be nice to keep the GM and OC on another season. However, I just don't think we can get anything more than a figure-head coach (a Doug Marrone type) who won't last long - unless we give the coach a lot of power and control over his own staff. I can see us going after Harbaugh but that's tricky. If the 49ers make a deep run in the playoffs it will be hard for them to justify letting him go. That leaves Malzahn as the most obvious candidate and that would be interesting to see what he would do with Lazor. But, even then I'd say it's a 55-45 chance Gus will stay at AU. Then it might get interesting. My gut is .500 and Philbin is not the coach next year.
Finatik is right. The chargers look really good so far. I have little confidence in a W in that one. 8-8. But that's just multiplying up.
