Last year the Lions were 1-6 heading into week 9. They went 8-2 the rest of the way. Which team, with a horrible record right now, do you think will finish the season off strong and be a spoiler along the way?
Last year the Dolphins were 8-3 heading into week 13 and then finished off with 5 straight losses, almost missing the playoffs. Which team, with a great record right now, do you think will end the year with a bad streak of losses?
My fear is that my Lions are about to come up against a bunch of bad losses. 5 divisional games (which always can go either way) two of which are against the Vikings who are putting together a streak and getting healthy plus 2 more against the Bears who have a mobile QB that seem to give the Lions D fits. Plus the Cowboys! Maybe its the 30 year Detroit fan in me expecting the worst, but I fear them even losing the division. Its set up too perfectly for us Lions fans to have the proverbial "ball pulled out by Lucy" in week 16-18.
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Might sound like a homer but I think Dolphins will get better, we just got a lot of key players back From injury and were able to shut out Chiefs in the second half of our last game. It takes awhile to adjust to a new scheme and our D looked terrible in the first half but figuring it out so quickly I think other teams will adapt to what we did and the Chiefs will start to fall off, they might have the best QB but he still needs weapons to throw the ball to and Kelce is really the biggest threat no-one else stands out to me.
Lions I think they are in this for the long haul, they are motivated more than any other team in the league. I think if you fall off its only against teams with better players and certainly not due to lack of motivation.
Bills are a mess
Eagles are consistent.
Bengals are done without Burrow.
Ravens are the most solid team right now all around.
49'rs hard to get a read on.
Cowboys are Cowboys
IMO it comes down to Eagles Ravens Lions Dolphins with 49'rs in the mix somewhere.