Predict the Lions 2007 win total

[Glenn]

Vegas line is 6.5

[WTFchris]

My vote will be based on two assumptions that never hold true:

1) the OL plays ok (i'm not sold on the new players at all), and Kitna is not running for his life again.

2) the defense stays somewhat healthy (we don't lose more than 1 at DT/LB/CB for a long stretch of time.

If those hold true, I think the offense will be good enough to get us 7-9 wins, even though the defense might blow. I'm going with 8, though my better judgement is probably 6 or 7 based on a hard schedule.

[Hermy]

Take the under.

[WTFchris]

notice I said they never hold true. When the OL is a sieve and Rogers/Bryant/Bailey/Lehman miss half the year we'll win 4 games again.

[Glenn]

Sun 9/9 at Oakland W
Sun 9/16 Minnesota W
Sun 9/23 at Philadelphia L
Sun 9/30 Chicago L
Sun 10/7 at Washington L
bye L
Sun 10/21 Tampa Bay W
Sun 10/28 at Chicago L
Sun 11/4 Denver L
Sun 11/11 at Arizona L
Sun 11/18 NY Giants W
Thu 11/22 Green Bay W
Sun 12/2 at Minnesota L
Sun 12/9 Dallas L
Sun 12/16 at San Diego L
Sun 12/23 Kansas City L
Sun 12/30 at Green Bay L

[WTFchris]

Sun 9/9 at Oakland W
Sun 9/16 Minnesota W
Sun 9/23 at Philadelphia W
Sun 9/30 Chicago T
Sun 10/7 at Washington T
bye
Sun 10/21 Tampa Bay W
Sun 10/28 at Chicago T
Sun 11/4 Denver W
Sun 11/11 at Arizona W
Sun 11/18 NY Giants W
Thu 11/22 Green Bay W
Sun 12/2 at Minnesota W
Sun 12/9 Dallas T
Sun 12/16 at San Diego T
Sun 12/23 Kansas City W
Sun 12/30 at Green Bay T

[WTFchris]

We will make the playoffs

[b-diddy]

i guessed 7 so the line being 6.5 sounds perfect to me.

but 7 is me gorging on all the cornbread i can find, and completely overlooking our inevitable qb cotastrophy waiting for us when (not if) kitna goes down.

[darkobetterthanmelo]

You all need to eat more cornbread. I was sad a 17 or more option was not available.

[Jethro34]

Before I even opened the thread I thought about it and my cornbread packed gut was saying 7 as well. It just seems as the the team absolutely must make a solid improvement this year, and yet I can't imagine they'll actually be within a game of .500. I'm thinking that if they can manage 7 wins, it would be the 5 Glenn predicted plus Washington and Arizona, but that means they would be 7-4 at one point. Not happening. So I have to back off my 7 by a game and go with 6. No solid logic, really.