Nothing easy in any schedule for the Rams.

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Could easily be 1-6.

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As of right now, the only win I feel confident about is the game against Miami.

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Nothing is what it seems in the NFL.......but the only wins I see is JEts, SF, Zona and Miami.

4 wins?

Some one please create a thread listing the top 5 players likely to come out of the 09 draft.

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Not a single game there I would want to go to.

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Wow..that schedule looks pretty tough...5 to 6 wins.

I count 10 possible wins. Not likely but possible...

Philly
Seattle x2
Buffalo
Washington
Jets
San Fran x2
Chicago
Miami

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I wholly expected the Rams to be drafting in the top 5 next year before seeing the schedule. Nothing here changes my mind.

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This is a ridiculous schedule. Both Super Bowl teams, Chicago, Buffalo, Washington, and Dallas are all playoff caliber teams. Plus, Seattle twice. What happened to the worst records getting the easiest schedule?

Last night, ESPN said New England has by far the easiest schedule in terms of win-loss percentage of last years' teams. After a 16-0 season?

4-12.

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Record based scheduling essentially went away when they switched to 4 divisions per conference.

The schedule for each team is determined by a formula. Only 2 games a year for every team is determined by the previous year's results.

Each team in a division plays the following:

6 inter division games
All teams from one division in both conferences - 8 games
1 game each against the teams in their conferenced that finished in the same position in thier division which are not in the division in which they are playing all team (e.g., 2nd place team from the West, would play the 2nd place team from the South and East within their conference, if the West teams are playing the North teams)

The order of the divisions played is a scheduled rotation. It is possible to tell 14 games a team will play in any given year right now for the next 10 years (barring expansion, etc.)

Just happens that NE plays it's own weak division and other weak divisions. No conspiracy, just the way it is.

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1-15? Too hard to lose that many games. Probably more like 5-11. Unless Linehan figured out how to coach this offseason.

The Rams play Chicago (and Atlanta) because those teams finished last in their respective divisions last year. Chicago is supposed to help (though i agree they probably won't)

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The Rams will be fortunate to start 2-5.

I'm about 80% sure that my broadcast crew will be in Philly for the Rams-Eagles opener. So I have that to look forward to.

Talking about the strength of schedule thing, one way the league could help the weaker teams would be to schedule their easier games early in the season. For example, instead of starting with six of their first seven against teams that went 8-8 or better last season (including five teams that made the playoffs, both Super Bowl participants and both top seeds in their conference's playoffs), the league could try to schedule some of the supposedly easier opponents earlier in the season.

Five of the last seven games for the Rams were against teams that had losing records. Why not try to throw a couple of those games into the first half of the season and put a couple of the tougher games later in the season? That would enhance the chances of a bad team from the previous season getting off to a respectable start and build some confidence heading into what could be a more challenging part of the schedule. Granted, I know it isn't that easy to do, given stadium availability and other teams wanting the same thing.

Rams need to own the division (which is possible) and they can make the playoffs at 7-9.

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BTW, the thread title says '09...If that were the case, Birdo's post is moot because I'll be surprised if Linny is still HC in '09.

Playoffs, or else.

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Dev wouldnt you agree though there is much more parity today than there was in the 70s and 80s? With a few exceptions, just because a team was good last year doesn't mean they will be the following year and vice-versa.

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