4 Quarters / An Offseason Look At The 2009 Schedule (Part One)

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Any NFL fan will tell you that this is the worst time of the year. The draft is long past, OTAs are over, and the only NFL news out there concerns a bunch of also-ran and never-was free agents.

And no, it isn't likely that your favorite team signs any of them.

So aside from advanced rookie contract speculation, there isn't much you can do in July as a fan. Unless you want to engage in some serious long-range speculation, that is.

And this time of year, nothing seems further off than opening day. So everything is long-range speculation, including this article.

This column is the first in a four-part series that will look at the 2009 season the way John Fox does. Fox has a goal of going 3-1 or 4-0 in each quarter. So, being the first one, today we're going to cover the first four games.

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