8 games left.
2 of them against a hot team with a mobile quarterback (our D’s weakness) in the Vikings
1 game against a VERY good Cowboys team
1 game against Denver who is on a streak and beating good teams again with a mobile quarterback
1 outside game (goff looked bad outside in Baltimore) against Chicago
2 Divisional games, which means teams are gonna play up and try to knock us off at home (GB and Chi)
The only game that feels like a gimme are the Saints.
7/8 of the games left are gonna be dogfights. This is far from over. Get those diapers on. Its gonna be a wild back half of the season.
You have to apply your logic to the Vikings as well though. It’s going to be dog fights for them too. The Raiders are also playing solid ball since getting rid of McDaniels. Broncos are playing better. Bengals on the road is very tough.
I know it’s not the first tiebreaker scenario but they’ve also lost to the Bucs & Chargers who we beat.
The next 4 games are big. We have a 2/2 home & away split & the Vikings have 3 road games against the Broncos, Raiders & Bengals. Certainly a tougher 4 games than we have.
They are however playing damn good ball. No doubt about that.