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AFC South Division Pre-Season Champions
Mon. Dec. 25 - Pittsburgh
Steeler fans travel well. I'll probably be able to sell those tickets at 3x face value.
Steeler fans travel well. I'll probably be able to sell those tickets at 3x face value.
And that's why home games feel like road games here.
Of course, depending on what their record is late December, I could see trying to get some money back.
And that's why home games feel like road games here.
Of course, depending on what their record is late December, I could see trying to get some money back.
Looks like 9-7 to me.
This is not unique to Houston fans.
Palmer is not all that and the Steelers have to play on the road on Xmas the week after the Pats game.Interesting. We beat the Cardinals & Steelers.
I can buy that.
Palmer is not all that and the Steelers have to play on the road on Xmas the week after the Pats game.
6-10 because I don't think Savage will last the full 16 games healthy plus we have to address OL,QB,S,CB,ILB holes in the draft. There aren't enough picks to do that plus we have already traded our 2nd round pick away this year. The thought of multiple starts with a rookie or Weeden at QB is not giving me confidence in matching or topping last years 9-7.
+ cardinals & steelers & @ jaguars
6-10 because I don't think Savage will last the full 16 games healthy plus we have to address OL,QB,S,CB,ILB holes in the draft. There aren't enough picks to do that plus we have already traded our 2nd round pick away this year. The thought of multiple starts with a rookie or Weeden at QB is not giving me confidence in matching or topping last years 9-7.
I hate that we're going to Indy week 17. For an 8-8 team like ours, home field advantage against our divisional rival that late in the season would help a lot.
I heard on the radio, every year since 2012, the second Indy game has been on the road. Most of them in December.
The NFL schedule was released on Thursday and the Houston Texans don’t have an easy road back to the playoffs. In fact, they have the toughest.
According to 2017 win forecasts based on Football Outsiders’ Defense-adjusted Value Over Average, the Texans will play against teams who are expected to finish the season with eight wins.
The reigning AFC South winners have the toughest road to start the season, facing three other division winners in the first eight weeks of 2017 — the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks. Overall, Houston’s first-half opponents are projected to finish the season with an average record of 9-7.
I've been beating the drum on this for a few years now. It seems (it may be fact, too lazy right now to look it up) that the 3 AFCS games at the end of the year are always on the road! WTH? Give the Texans these at home for a change. Especially the Colts.
We've finished the series with Jacksonville at home the last 3 seasons. Indy, however, the 2nd game with them has been on the road since 2010. In fact, 12 of 16 seasons now, the 2nd game with the Colts has been on the road.
Wow, all of the pessimism around here.
Losses to the Pats and the Seahawks on the road are a given
You use one method to make the statement that "the Colts, Jags, and Titans strength of schedules are easiest, 2nd easiest, and 3rd easiest respectively in the NFL", and a completely different method to determine that we have the toughest. Somewhere in there, you ignore the fact that according to the method used to determine the easy schedules for the Colts, Jags and Titans, the Texans have the 9th easiest (or 24th hardest) schedule. I guess things can be spun any way you want.According to this, the Colts, Jags, and Titans strength of schedules are easiest, 2nd easiest, and 3rd easiest respectively in the NFL:
http://247sports.com/Gallery/2017-NFL-strength-of-schedule-51226045
We have the toughest schedule according to DVOA:
IMO, putting any stock in the strength of schedule (no matter how it's determined) prior to the beginning of the season (let alone prior to the draft) is absolutely pointless.
not mine; just reporting what's out there. I like to think we will have a good seasonYou use one method to make the statement that "the Colts, Jags, and Titans strength of schedules are easiest, 2nd easiest, and 3rd easiest respectively in the NFL", and a completely different method to determine that we have the toughest. Somewhere in there, you ignore the fact that according to the method used to determine the easy schedules for the Colts, Jags and Titans, the Texans have the 9th easiest (or 24th hardest) schedule. I guess things can be spun any way you want.
IMO, putting any stock in the strength of schedule (no matter how it's determined) prior to the beginning of the season (let alone prior to the draft) is absolutely pointless.