Official Predict the Season Record Thread 25-26

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pete dougherty weighs in:

Big picture outlook​

Chuck: Unless the Packers' Year 2 and 3 guys show big improvement, I think the Packers go 8-9 at best. I give them 2-4 (one game improvement) in the division, 2-2 in home games against the Bengals, Ravens, Washington and Eagles, 1-3 in road games where they rarely win (Denver, Arizona, Pittsburgh and the Giants), 3-0 against the Cowboys, Browns and Carolina. Am I being too pessimistic or too optimistic?

Michael Sligh: What is the true ceiling for Packers? I am not buying they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders, even with Parsons. I believe their downfall is going to be their inefficient passing game. I see about a 10-7 team who will be lucky to make the playoff field as a wild card in competitive NFC.

Dougherty: The Packers have a tough schedule, but I think they’ll be better than 8-9 or 10-7. I was thinking 11-6 before the Parsons trade, now I'm thinking 12-5 and with a team better equipped to face top quarterbacks in the playoffs, though with potential run-stopping issues.

One thing to remember is Bud Grant’s old saying: It’s not who you play, it’s when you play them. Injuries for either team could change the outlook of any given game. Also, there’s bound to be a team or two on the schedule who end up not being as good as expected, or maybe better than expected. That’s why it’s a little tricky just going through the schedule game by game before the season starts.

The Packers had a pretty good talent base before the Parsons trade. I thought they could challenge for the Super Bowl if a few young guys improved and their health at key spots was good. That’s what happened in 2010, for instance. They lost their share of games in 2010 (10-6) but were playing well late in the season, and in the playoffs were the best team in the league, that Super Bowl was no fluke. They went 15-1 the next season.

But the thing I wondered about was whether they had enough high-level talent. I think Cooper can be that kind of player. Parsons obviously already is, so he’s a big addition. Those kinds of players improve everyone around them.

A lot depends on Love. I think he’s going to be good, he’s a talented thrower and has shown enough flashes the last two years. Of course I could be wrong. This is the year it has to come together. But yeah, I think they’re going to be better than both of you think.
 
realitybytes said:
i'm going 9-8. i'm sorry, but i just don't like our schedule. and i like it even less knowing that we went 1-5 against our division last year and haven't done anything to fix our ol or our cb problems.

i truly hope that i am wrong and we win the division and get to the super bowl.
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with the addition of micah parsons and subtraction of kenny clark (who looked pretty darned good last night against the eagles), i'm revising my prediction. parsons +2, clark -1. so now i'm thinking 10-7.
 
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