Originally posted by Dr_Bill_Walsh:
I don't think it's a conspiracy against the 49ers. The 49ers are a cash-cow for the league. BUT, I don't care what anyone say, nobody will ever convince me that the person responsible for scheduling at the NFL's headquarters isn't an abject hater of the 49ers, likely still traumatized by the 80's.
For the 2nd year in a row we plays 4 dangerous, playoff level teams coming that are coming off a bye - Chiefs, Cowgirls, Bills, and Seaducks. 12 teams play 0 teams coming off a bye.
71.8% of the teams play 0 - 1 teams comping off a bye!
93.7% of teams play 0 - 2 teams coming off a bye! This is purposeful and intended to put the 49ers at a rest and game planning disadvantage. I don't accept that it's due to the 49ers being scheduled 6 prime-time games as evidenced by the huge imbalance of teams that have 0-2 vis-a-vis that have 4. But I digress . . .
W - Jets
W - @Vikings
W - @Lambs (Might as well be a home game. We'll split.)
W - Pats (This could get ugly for the Pats. might be over early.)
W - Cardinals (Might split with them.)
W - @Seabuzzards (WILL sweep)
L - Chiefs (They have our number until we prove we can beat them.)
W - Cowgirls (We have their number, and it could get ugly. And, they are a worse team than last year.)
W - @Bucs (Coming off our bye this could get ugly quick.)
W - Seapigeons (The sweep is complete.)
W - @Packers (We have their number, and I don't think they're be as good as they were last year. They're not sneaking up on anyone.)
L - @Bills (Scheduled loss. Won't stay east as the GB game is on Thanksgiving week. the league really f%cked us here . . .)
W - Bears ( . . . and we take it out on the scheduled loss out on the Bears with their rookie QB
But this is a potential trap game.)
L - Lambs (The split is complete.)
W - @Dolphins (This will be close as we'll be traveling 3 times zone - again. But we're not taking back-2-back losses.)
W - Lions (They aren't as good as people think.)
L - @Cardinals (The split is complete. If it plays out like this the #1 seed will be locked up and we'll be resting a lot of people.)
13-4
The first of the schedule is very favorable. The backend is where we'll have trouble due primarily to scheduling. But if we can stay healthy, and not lose to team's we have no earthly business loosing too, it's gonna play out pretty close to this.