Sam Ehlinger made a few plays with his legs, even though there was little to no threat of a passing game. At the very least we know Richardson can throw the deep ball with the very best of them, which should soften up coverages a lot. If we do have a deep threat early on in games, then i suspect that the running game will be significantly better than it was last year.

The offensive lines biggest risk to me is any sort of injury to any of them. I have little trust in the 6th or 7th guys. I am fairly comfortable that Nelson, Kelly and Smith will prove to be the players that their contract extensions warranted, with the additional experience at LT and RG, then we should be a lot better this year than last.

I know we drafted a couple of tackles, and picked up the best undrafted free agent guard, but they really shouldn't be considered anything other than the 8/9th guys on the line rotation. Pinter might be serviceable at centre, but i am not wholly convinced on that.

Here's my picks:


1 - Sept. 10 Jacksonville Jaguars L
2 - Sept. 17 @ Houston Texans W
3 - Sept. 24 @ Baltimore Ravens L
4 - Oct. 1 Los Angeles Rams L
5 - Oct. 8 Tennessee Titans W
6 - Oct. 15 @ Jacksonville Jaguars L
7 - Oct. 22 Cleveland Browns L
8 - Oct. 29 New Orleans Saints W
9 - Nov. 5 @ Carolina Panthers L
10 - Nov. 12 @ New England Patriots L
11 - Nov. 19 BYE WEEK
12 - Nov. 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W
13 - Dec. 3 @ Tennessee Titans L
14 - Dec. 10 @ Cincinnati Bengals L
15 - TBD Pittsburgh Steelers L
16 - Dec. 24 @ Atlanta Falcons W
17 - Dec. 31 Las Vegas Raiders W
18 - TBD Houston Texans W

I’m leaning towards 4 wins, maybe 5. I think AR will have a tough year. Lots of turnovers with glimpses of genius. With growth happening in his second off season.

Fixed it for ya

Bumped the thread in case anyone wants to revisit / revise their predictions.

The defense does not look good, unless they are sandbagging, I am backing off this prediction....8 wins!

I’m not changing… even though 11-12 was including Taylor

I’m sticking with my original prediction

With or without Taylor

I said 5-6. After the preseason, I would say 7-9, depending on the Taylor situation. I think AR is going to make mistakes, but I also think he will keep the offense on the field better than Wentz or Ryan, meaning the defense will be fresher than the past two years.