2009 schedule looks painful.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Home: Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas, New York Giants, New England

Away: Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington, Indianapolis

Who knows how good or bad these teams will be next year, but on paper this looks very tough.

[LoyalSoldier]

Home: Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas, New York Giants, New England

Away: Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Washington, Indianapolis

Who knows how good or bad these teams will be next year, but on paper this looks very tough.

We won't know how it is till we get there. This season's schedule turned out to be a deadly one since we played 9 games against teams with records at or above .500

[MasterShake]

We won't know how it is till we get there. This season's schedule turned out to be a deadly one since we played 9 games against teams with records at or above .500

Yup. Do not base this year on the next. I remember thinking how easy this seasons schedule looked with teams like the Jets and Bills and Atlanta. Granted we did win some of those, but were were underdogs in many of them.

[Tned]

We won't know how it is till we get there. This season's schedule turned out to be a deadly one since we played 9 games against teams with records at or above .500

Exactly. Atlanta, Miami and KC were supposed to be the three leading contenders for an 0-16 season (based on some articles I read before the season). Our schedule looked easy, then the NFC south becomes the toughest division in football (vs. the NFC east that everyone expected to be the best), Atlanta and Miami become miracle turn around stories, we go into NY when they are the 'hottest' team in football having just destroyed the unbeaten Titans...

You simply can't judge a schedule this early, not even at the start of the year. You really can only look back on it after the season and see how tough it was or wasn't.

Same with our team. How many Miami or Atlanta fans thought they would be in the playoffs this year? The difference between a good team and bad team in the NFL is a pretty narrow gap. The differenc between a good team and great team is sometimes a few players.

[Chris90210]

Lets here it for the lions in the super bowl next year!!!:lol:

[WARHORSE]

We just need to be the Best in the West. Once that happens, playoffs means anything.