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.
I honestly think the Steelers have a good chance to sorta collapse as this season goes on. We lost our two starting linebackers for the season, Minkah is out for an undetermined period of time, and now our second safety Keanu Neal is on IR too. With the injuries to Watson and Burrow people have joked about the Steelers getting really lucky, but honestly our defense is abysmal right now outside of defensive line and Joey Porter Jr. (and even then Cam Heyward and Larry Ogunjobi, the two defensive tackles we used most last year, are playing well below their play last year), and any team with a decent O-line or QB that can get the ball out quickly should carve us up. I don’t think any game left on our schedule will be easy.