Floatyworm
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After watching last nights loss to the Cardinals...I came away convinced we are the team to beat in the NFC.
Why?
Defensive pressure....
If teams are gonna live in the spread/shotgun offense...and we rush 5 or 6 guys like we did all night long last night....
We are gonna be a hand full to deal with.
And to think we didn't even have our starters going....
Seriously....I'm buying in now.
If you look @ this team...the majority of our guys are hitting their prime....right now.
Breaking down position by position...we have as much talent as anyone in the league.
The only thing I see keeping us from getting to the top is bad coaching and/or injury.
Injuries happen...
But right now...on the coaching front....Kellen has the weapons....and I think we have enough depth on the O-line to keep things from happening like they did last season....
Defensively....Adding Dan Quinn's aggressiveness is gonna be huge.
It looks like getting after the QB isn't just going to be lip service this year. We got some dudes this year...
And we haven't even seen D-Law and Gregory yet....
It just feels like we are so much deeper on defense than years past....and we are finally phasing out the guys that teams used to target....
Anthony Brown
Jaylon
Lee
Crawford
Thompson
Still a little worried about special teams....if we can find someone to return kicks...and if Zuerlein will be healthy....but for now....I'm buying into what direction we are headed as a team.
It's been a long time since I could say with confidence...I feel like we can compete with anybody...and mean it.
I just feel like our time is now...and for whatever comes our way Jerry needs to push all in to make it happen now. If injuries hit...so be it....push through it. Make the moves necessary to go all the way. We have the talent now...now all we need is the commitment to see it through...
Why?
Defensive pressure....
If teams are gonna live in the spread/shotgun offense...and we rush 5 or 6 guys like we did all night long last night....
We are gonna be a hand full to deal with.
And to think we didn't even have our starters going....
Seriously....I'm buying in now.
If you look @ this team...the majority of our guys are hitting their prime....right now.
Breaking down position by position...we have as much talent as anyone in the league.
The only thing I see keeping us from getting to the top is bad coaching and/or injury.
Injuries happen...
But right now...on the coaching front....Kellen has the weapons....and I think we have enough depth on the O-line to keep things from happening like they did last season....
Defensively....Adding Dan Quinn's aggressiveness is gonna be huge.
It looks like getting after the QB isn't just going to be lip service this year. We got some dudes this year...
And we haven't even seen D-Law and Gregory yet....
It just feels like we are so much deeper on defense than years past....and we are finally phasing out the guys that teams used to target....
Anthony Brown
Jaylon
Lee
Crawford
Thompson
Still a little worried about special teams....if we can find someone to return kicks...and if Zuerlein will be healthy....but for now....I'm buying into what direction we are headed as a team.
It's been a long time since I could say with confidence...I feel like we can compete with anybody...and mean it.
I just feel like our time is now...and for whatever comes our way Jerry needs to push all in to make it happen now. If injuries hit...so be it....push through it. Make the moves necessary to go all the way. We have the talent now...now all we need is the commitment to see it through...