Here to stay? Or fade away?

[Bellsprout]

That thread name totally rhymes. You're welcome.

Anyways, the thread is relatively simple. There's a bunch of teams with surprisingly good records, I'll list them, you tell me if you think they're legit or if their hot start is just a 2009 Broncos style aberration.

Kansas City Chiefs (5-2)
Oakland Raiders (4-4)
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4)
Washington Redskins (4-4)
Chicago Bears (4-3)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2)
Seattle Seahawks (4-3)
St. Louis Rams (4-4)

My predictions:

Spoiler

Kansas City Chiefs (5-2) Legit. I think that division's bad, I think they can win enough games to win that division and make the Playoffs.
Oakland Raiders (4-4) Legit in that I think they can keep up this .500 pace. Again, the division is bad, I think they should be able to come up with 4 more wins.
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4) Not legit. This division is really good (I don't care that they beat Indy once) and looking at the schedule I only see 1 or 2 more wins. Sorry Giggas.
Washington Redskins (4-4) Not legit. I smell a meltdown after this McNabb debacle.
Chicago Bears (4-3) Not legit. They can't block for Cutler at all. And Green Bay's ascending (homer alert) and could run away with the division, meaning that Chicago would have to scrape out a Wild Card, which I don't see happening.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2) Legit. I look at their schedule and see 5 more games I think they could win. That's 10 wins, that's good enough to get into the tournament, probably.
Seattle Seahawks (4-3) Legit. I could see them going 8-8 after looking at the schedule, and the sad fact about that division is that 8-8 might be good enough.
St. Louis Rams (4-4) Legit in that I think most of us expected 4 or 5 wins for them for the entire year. Looking at their schedule, I max them out at 7 wins. That week 17 game against Seattle might decide the division.

Depending on your expectations Jacksonville and Washington might not be all that surprising, but I put them on the list anyways.

[Chrisksaint]

Here to stay:
Chiefs
Raiders
Rams

I only did this list in a way in which I think teams will continue to be competitive this season, there are teams that I did not list but have bright futures

[RJTurneR]

Personally, Detroit's record is legit. I mean we're on par with last season (Which isn't hard but hey, we still have winnable games ahead). We could very well be 4-4, as most of our games have been very close. I know at the end of the day it's the record that counts, but so far we've played good, tough football. Same goes for Kansas, St. Louis, Oakland, and the Tampa. Being a fan of a team who's been at the bottom for a while, I'm quite happy to see some of last years (And the years before) bad teams doing well.

[kjcheezhead]

Kansas City Chiefs (5-2): Will win both gms vs denver, @ seattle, vs ARZ, vs St. Lous and split with Oakland. That would put them at 11-5. My prediction: AFC west champs, Here to stay


Oakland Raiders (4-4): They still play Pitt, Miami, San Diego, Indy and KC twice. They will lose 5 out of those 6 gms putting them at best 7-9. My Prediction: Fade away


Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4): They go on the road to NY Giants, Indy, Tennessee and Houston. Homes games vs Houston. They will lose at least 3 of those games. My Prediction: 8-8 or 9-7. Fade away.


Washington Redskins (4-4): Have to play Philly, Tenn, Minny,the Giants x2, and they are trying out Jamarcus Russell for qb. My prediction: 7-9 or at best 8-8. Fade away.


Chicago Bears (4-3): Miami, Philly, NY Jets, Patriots, Minny x 2 and @ Green Bay. They will win maybe 3 of those games. That said, the best they can do is 9-7. Fade away.


Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2): These guys are 5-2. but are -27 in point differential, so its smoke and mirrors imo. Gms vs Balt, @NO and ATL x 2 will bring this team back to reality. My Prediction: 7-9. Better than I expected at beginning of season, but still Fade away.


Seattle Seahawks (4-3): Weak division and fairly soft remaining schedule will keep this team here to stay. My prediction: 9-7. Whether or not they beat the Rams at home week 17 could decide the division.

St. Louis Rams (4-4): Another weak division and soft schedule. See my prediction for Seattle. The playoffs start week 17 for the NFC west. My prediction: 9-7, but a loss @ quest field keeps them out of the playoffs.

[RJTurneR]

Chiefs have a very easy line up of teams ahead compared to some others. So I would say 10-6, 11-5.

[kjcheezhead]

Quote: Originally Posted by RJTurneR

Personally, Detroit's record is legit. I mean we're on par with last season (Which isn't hard but hey, we still have winnable games ahead). We could very well be 4-4, as most of our games have been very close. I know at the end of the day it's the record that counts, but so far we've played good, tough football. Same goes for Kansas, St. Louis, Oakland, and the Tampa. Being a fan of a team who's been at the bottom for a while, I'm quite happy to see some of last years (And the years before) bad teams doing well.

Lions had some bad breaks. Should've beaten Chicago, could've beaten Minnesota and Philly and probably would've beaten Green Bay if they got 1 stop on the Packers last drive. That team is more legit than alot of the others listed here.

[SPTO]

KC
Rams
Bucs

Oakland may flatline but I don't see them falling completely to pieces. Chicago is going to lose to Buffalo so based on that alone they're going to fade away. Washington is going to have a spectacular meltdown of biblical proportions. (I would've used the E word)

[sniperhare]

Jags won't be in here to stay mode until at least this next offseason. If they can get another Kampman type player in FA (at either C, OG, S, ILB, OLB, or CB) they can hopefully fill the other holes in the draft.