Every year, when the NFL schedule is released, millions of fans make snap judgments as to how the schedule will work out for their favorite team.
Thousands of NFL analysts / reporters write articles on what the schedule means.
Thousands MORE write articles mocking all the attention the schedule release gets. Oddly enough, many people who write those articles don't seem to understand that they're perpetuating the cycle and not even kind of original. But that's a whole separate topic.
You all know the truth; making predictions based on the record a team had last season is bound to be so full of holes that it's borderline useless.