robjay04
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There is reason to be pessimistic.
Along with those new players is a completely new coaching staff who don't know any of the players.
Add to that there have been no OTAs and mini camp to put the coaching staff further behind.
Now you hear about the preseason being shortened and it gives the coaching staff even less time to get the players acclimated to their new schemes.
Teams like Dallas will start the season further behind than those teams with little change from last year. This is a major disadvantage.
Dallas had maybe the best offseason of any team, but circumstances may negate that.
We as fans won't know what kind of team Dallas has this year till week one, and maybe not even then. I want to hope for the best, but right now that's wishful thinking.
It won’t be any worse than the slow starts we have seen the last couple years.
Luckily we do have a lot of veterans on this team and we retained our offensive coaching staff. The offense will be the strength of this team and we only have one new player that should play a pivotal role on that side of the ball in Lamb.
New coaching staff’s have had a lot of success over the last several years as well. Sometimes it can be harder on your opponent trying to catch up to speed and figure out your new formations as well especially since we have had the Kiffin/Marinelli staff in place for so long.