Now that the final cuts have been announced, it seems like the right
time to start this thread. Please get your prediction in before kickoff
of the Dolphins game on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:25 pm PT (4:25 pm ET).

Last season we had seven predictions:

max headroom: 14-3

Jim Lehmann: 12-5

Rene G: 12-5

Robin: 12-5

Eddie Grove: 11-6

phlash74 (Michael): 11-6

Tweekgeek: 8-9

Since no one correctly predicted 10-7, Eddie and phlash74 were the
winners with the closest prediction at 11-6.

I'll try to keep bumping this to the top so that people see it.

Thanks for participating,
Robin

12-5 with 1 or 2 playoff wins.

On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 1:38:41 PM UTC-7, Robin Miller wrote:
> Now that the final cuts have been announced, it seems like the right
> time to start this thread. Please get your prediction in before kickoff
> of the Dolphins game on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:25 pm PT (4:25 pm ET).
>
> Last season we had seven predictions:
>
> max headroom: 14-3
>
> Jim Lehmann: 12-5
>
> Rene G: 12-5
>
> Robin: 12-5
>
> Eddie Grove: 11-6
>
> phlash74 (Michael): 11-6
>
> Tweekgeek: 8-9
>
>
> Since no one correctly predicted 10-7, Eddie and phlash74 were the
> winners with the closest prediction at 11-6.
>
> I'll try to keep bumping this to the top so that people see it.
>
> Thanks for participating,
> Robin

Let's do this!

MIA W 1-0
@TEN W 2-0
@MIN....wait, what is that? Could it be...my own words coming back to haunt me?

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers/c/HVE_l15_dxA/m/mzXakYSYAgAJ

"Registering my 2023 season prediction record early

phlash74
Jan 15, 2023, 6:40:47 AM
to
The schedule is tougher, and this team showed this year they never make adjustments when needed. Occasionally their talent wins out against bad teams, but they finished the season with exactly one win against a team that finished over .500 (Miami at 9-8). So I’ll go on record as saying Staley will follow in the footsteps of Telesco’s other failed hires and after two winning seasons and one playoff appearance, will have two losing seasons before finally getting fired. Chargers go 7-10 next year and obviously miss the playoffs.

Michael

p.s. On the one tenth of one percent chance that Dean is embarrassed enough to clean house and hire a proven head coach with a decent offensive game plan, they’ll go 11-6 and at least reach the AFC Championship Game. The talent is there for the most part, the coaching sucks."

Fine, I'll be a man of my word. Put me down for 7-10.

Michael

phlash74 wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 1:38:41 PM UTC-7, Robin Miller wrote:
>> Now that the final cuts have been announced, it seems like the right
>> time to start this thread. Please get your prediction in before kickoff
>> of the Dolphins game on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:25 pm PT (4:25 pm ET).
>>
>> Last season we had seven predictions:
>>
>> max headroom: 14-3
>>
>> Jim Lehmann: 12-5
>>
>> Rene G: 12-5
>>
>> Robin: 12-5
>>
>> Eddie Grove: 11-6
>>
>> phlash74 (Michael): 11-6
>>
>> Tweekgeek: 8-9
>>
>>
>> Since no one correctly predicted 10-7, Eddie and phlash74 were the
>> winners with the closest prediction at 11-6.
>>
>> I'll try to keep bumping this to the top so that people see it.
>>
>> Thanks for participating,
>> Robin
>
> Let's do this!
>
> MIA W 1-0
> @TEN W 2-0
> @MIN....wait, what is that? Could it be...my own words coming back to haunt me?
>
> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers/c/HVE_l15_dxA/m/mzXakYSYAgAJ
>
> "Registering my 2023 season prediction record early
>
> phlash74
> Jan 15, 2023, 6:40:47 AM
> to
> The schedule is tougher, and this team showed this year they never make adjustments when needed. Occasionally their talent wins out against bad teams, but they finished the season with exactly one win against a team that finished over .500 (Miami at 9-8). So I’ll go on record as saying Staley will follow in the footsteps of Telesco’s other failed hires and after two winning seasons and one playoff appearance, will have two losing seasons before finally getting fired. Chargers go 7-10 next year and obviously miss the playoffs.
>
> Michael
>
> p.s. On the one tenth of one percent chance that Dean is embarrassed enough to clean house and hire a proven head coach with a decent offensive game plan, they’ll go 11-6 and at least reach the AFC Championship Game. The talent is there for the most part, the coaching sucks."
>
> Fine, I'll be a man of my word. Put me down for 7-10.
>
> Michael
>

Michael, I don't think you really mean that, so you have until game time
to change your mind!

:-)

--Robin

Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> writes:

> Now that the final cuts have been announced, it seems like the right
> time to start this thread. Please get your prediction in before
> kickoff of the Dolphins game on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:25 pm PT (4:25
> pm ET).

I'll probably still be waffling at 1:20 PM.

On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 7:02:44 PM UTC-7, Robin Miller wrote:
> phlash74 wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 1:38:41 PM UTC-7, Robin Miller wrote:
> >> Now that the final cuts have been announced, it seems like the right
> >> time to start this thread. Please get your prediction in before kickoff
> >> of the Dolphins game on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:25 pm PT (4:25 pm ET).
> >>
> >> Last season we had seven predictions:
> >>
> >> max headroom: 14-3
> >>
> >> Jim Lehmann: 12-5
> >>
> >> Rene G: 12-5
> >>
> >> Robin: 12-5
> >>
> >> Eddie Grove: 11-6
> >>
> >> phlash74 (Michael): 11-6
> >>
> >> Tweekgeek: 8-9
> >>
> >>
> >> Since no one correctly predicted 10-7, Eddie and phlash74 were the
> >> winners with the closest prediction at 11-6.
> >>
> >> I'll try to keep bumping this to the top so that people see it.
> >>
> >> Thanks for participating,
> >> Robin
> >
> > Let's do this!
> >
> > MIA W 1-0
> > @TEN W 2-0
> > @MIN....wait, what is that? Could it be...my own words coming back to haunt me?
> >
> > https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers/c/HVE_l15_dxA/m/mzXakYSYAgAJ
> >
> > "Registering my 2023 season prediction record early
> >
> > phlash74
> > Jan 15, 2023, 6:40:47 AM
> > to
> > The schedule is tougher, and this team showed this year they never make adjustments when needed. Occasionally their talent wins out against bad teams, but they finished the season with exactly one win against a team that finished over .500 (Miami at 9-8). So I’ll go on record as saying Staley will follow in the footsteps of Telesco’s other failed hires and after two winning seasons and one playoff appearance, will have two losing seasons before finally getting fired. Chargers go 7-10 next year and obviously miss the playoffs.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > p.s. On the one tenth of one percent chance that Dean is embarrassed enough to clean house and hire a proven head coach with a decent offensive game plan, they’ll go 11-6 and at least reach the AFC Championship Game. The talent is there for the most part, the coaching sucks."
> >
> > Fine, I'll be a man of my word. Put me down for 7-10.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> Michael, I don't think you really mean that, so you have until game time
> to change your mind!
>
> :-)
>
> --Robin

Thanks, but I'm sticking by it. Like I said in that post, they definitely have the talent to be a playoff team and even make a deep run. But I've seen this movie before. Looking at the AFC landscape, every team that made the playoffs last year has reason to believe they'll be just as good or better than they were, plus Cleveland will have Watson for a full season, the Jets massively upgraded at QB with Rodgers, and the Broncos landed Sean Payton so if Russell Wilson isn't completely washed they might be in the thick of things. I hope I'm wrong but I have a bad feeling they'll lose some close ones early and get behind the 8 ball.

MIchael

Eddie Grove wrote:
> Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> writes:
>
>> Now that the final cuts have been announced, it seems like the right
>> time to start this thread. Please get your prediction in before
>> kickoff of the Dolphins game on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1:25 pm PT (4:25
>> pm ET).
>
> I'll probably still be waffling at 1:20 PM.
>

It's going to be a nail-biter!

:-)

--Robin