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Carolina and the Falcons both trail the Saints by 1 game, assuming the Panthers win tonight. The Saints currently hold the tie breaker against the Falcons but Carolina has a win against the Saints. All these teams still have to play each other one more time.
I am going to start with Carolina because they worry me the most.
The Panthers have been a team that tends to get hot towards the end of the year and they have the schedule to help them along. Tonight they play Tampa at home and next week they get a struggling Rams team at home. The Bucs have only won 2 games this year and the Rams have lost 4 in a row. The Panthers then have to go on the road to play the Redskins who have lost 3 of their last 4 games. I see the Panthers making their move here and winning all of these games. This would put them at 7-4 and give them the momentum they need to start running off a long win streak. However, their schedule gets much more difficult after that. To finish the season off they have to go on the road to a Philly team that should be red hot before hosting the Giants and Steelers. Their final two home games will be against the Falcons and Saints on the road. Certainly circle that last game. The rest of their schedule has a combined record of 34-37.
The Falcons have lost two in a row against two of the worst teams in the NFL and the wheels look like they are about to come off in Atlanta. The only problem is everytime the Falcons are looking like they fall apart they win. The Falcons also have the most difficult schedule of the three teams. Next week they have to go on the road to play Baltimore and a defense that is more than fast enough to contain Vick, which means he is going to have to beat them passing the ball. Lets hope Ray Lewis is back because that is a different team when he is in. After the Ravens the Falcons get to go back home to play the Saints. This game is huge because if we win then the Falcons could be looking at a 4 game losing streak before going on the road. If we lose then the Falcons have righted the ship before playing two bad teams. After the Saints they have two straight road games against Washington and Tampa. To fininsh the season they start back home against the Cowboys and Panthers before going on the road to Philly. Their remaining schedule has a combined record of 33-28.
The Saints schedule is tough but it certainly could be worse. We at least have 4 of our last 7 at home. The teams remaining on our schedule have a combined 30-32 record. In this schedule we have 4 must win games. We have to beat the Panthers and Falcons for obvious reasons and we must beat the 49ers and Redskins because you can't lose games at home against teams your supposed to beat if your trying to make a playoff run. Even if we drop to the Bengals, Cowboys and Giants I still think we can take the division but we have to win the other games first.
BTW, get your tickets to the game against the Panthers now, everything is setting up for that game to be huge.
I am going to start with Carolina because they worry me the most.
The Panthers have been a team that tends to get hot towards the end of the year and they have the schedule to help them along. Tonight they play Tampa at home and next week they get a struggling Rams team at home. The Bucs have only won 2 games this year and the Rams have lost 4 in a row. The Panthers then have to go on the road to play the Redskins who have lost 3 of their last 4 games. I see the Panthers making their move here and winning all of these games. This would put them at 7-4 and give them the momentum they need to start running off a long win streak. However, their schedule gets much more difficult after that. To finish the season off they have to go on the road to a Philly team that should be red hot before hosting the Giants and Steelers. Their final two home games will be against the Falcons and Saints on the road. Certainly circle that last game. The rest of their schedule has a combined record of 34-37.
The Falcons have lost two in a row against two of the worst teams in the NFL and the wheels look like they are about to come off in Atlanta. The only problem is everytime the Falcons are looking like they fall apart they win. The Falcons also have the most difficult schedule of the three teams. Next week they have to go on the road to play Baltimore and a defense that is more than fast enough to contain Vick, which means he is going to have to beat them passing the ball. Lets hope Ray Lewis is back because that is a different team when he is in. After the Ravens the Falcons get to go back home to play the Saints. This game is huge because if we win then the Falcons could be looking at a 4 game losing streak before going on the road. If we lose then the Falcons have righted the ship before playing two bad teams. After the Saints they have two straight road games against Washington and Tampa. To fininsh the season they start back home against the Cowboys and Panthers before going on the road to Philly. Their remaining schedule has a combined record of 33-28.
The Saints schedule is tough but it certainly could be worse. We at least have 4 of our last 7 at home. The teams remaining on our schedule have a combined 30-32 record. In this schedule we have 4 must win games. We have to beat the Panthers and Falcons for obvious reasons and we must beat the 49ers and Redskins because you can't lose games at home against teams your supposed to beat if your trying to make a playoff run. Even if we drop to the Bengals, Cowboys and Giants I still think we can take the division but we have to win the other games first.
BTW, get your tickets to the game against the Panthers now, everything is setting up for that game to be huge.
