It has been a long time since I've been THIS optimistic about the season! Qb is solid and on the ascendancy, the D is stacked upfront, even ST has been COMPETENTLY addressed. Wr's are playmakers, ditto Te, and Miller is quietly becoming an elite type of Rb. Juwan James did not bust, RT is solid, Douglas looks solid, and Pouncey is healthy Cb, Grimes is Grimes, we are looking at #2 but have a solid #3 in McCain I think we will do well this yr, playoffs are in reasonable reach, reminds me of SD in the early 00's
A lot of us are way more optimistic than in years past. Our Achilles heel though is lack of depth in many crucial areas, so the big question is whether our key starters stay healthy. If yes, we have a good shot at the playoffs.
Been years since I felt this good going into a season, but the pessimist in me is worried that it is a mirage. I will feel much better if we kick the snot out of Washington next week.
There are more than that if you're talking about win/loss record for the season. Tannehill for one.. what about Albert, Grimes, Suh, etc.. we lose James and we'll probably see that mess at RT again. If anyone of those guys are out for the season, I bet it's 1 more in the loss column, if not more.
My greatest worry is teams exploiting our weak LB group. And I still see no way we cover TE's. I sense a lot of dink and dunk offense coming at us. That's the only logical answer for our DL that can pass rush and stuff the run.
It's a question of how well opponents can exploit our LB's vs. whether having an extra defender (due to not having to use him for blitzing) and attacks being more predictable (because you can't go through our DL) help compensate for the relative weakness at LB. Hard to predict what will happen.. we'll see soon enough. Either way, not having to worry about the opponent running right up the middle, without weakening other positions (we had this LB issue last year too), means our defense should be better overall.
Sort of, keep in mind Jelani Jenkins is a budding star, Misi is solid as the SLB, my concern is Sheppard...and Aikens It helps the D a lot that OV and Wake have played stand up Lb before
were the 4th youngest team in the league, im excited about the season, no more time to worry, we have our team, just get angry and play some ball, see where were at after 16..
