Hawknballs":1q4tpvcb said:
I fear no team.
but 4 of our next 5 games are on the road. That's a tough situation for any team. If we can make it through these next 5 games with 3 wins, and be 6-2 I'll be happy. I'm not trying to be a doubter or a pessimist, I'm simply playing the odds here.
6-2 while getting Harvin back and Okung's return on the horizon would be looking pretty good for finishing with 12+ wins.
All that matters is home field.
This next stretch will answer a lot of questions about this team. Are we better on the road ? How will the loss of Okung effect us with teams that have elite rushers like Watt on the schedule ? Will the WRs start getting better separation ?
If we can get through this next long stretch of away games, and not have any losses than I will start to get excited about an undefeated season. It's too early in the season to make any definitive statements like: the 49ers are in a downward spiral, the Rams and Cards are worse than we thought....etc. The Cards have a new QB and that can take some adjusting, the Rams have a ton of rookie skill position players...they generally start slow and ramp up as they get used to the speed of the NFL.
It's funny because folks will say "hey, don't worry the defense is usually ahead of the offense and offenses tend to start the year slow while they get the chemistry worked out" then turn around and lay out statements about how bad the Rams and Cards will be the rest of the year. What, they don't get an adjustment period ?
Wait another 2-3 weeks, then we'll really see who these teams are going to be the rest of the year. Take last year for example; we didn't look very good, not even like a playoff team the first half of last year, then we turned it on. The Redskins did the exact same thing last year (hey, they also had a rookie qb that was adjusting!), and the Giants had 2 Superbowl runs that everyone had them written out of the playoffs by week 8.
I will say looking at the schedule NOW that 12-4 looks likely and 14-2 looks a lot easier than I had thought it would be.