Defense looks good. Quinn has earned my trust. But this offense? Man, there are just too many question marks to feel good heading into this season:
1. Questionable OL depth, and now Zack Martin drama
2. Questionable RB depth behind Pollard who has questions about carrying a full time load and recovering from an injury
3. Gallup has questions about his recovery from last year
4. Questionable WR depth behind Lamb and Cooks
5. No proven TE1 and a gimpy 2nd round TE with plenty of questions
6. New offensive scheme and play-caller who ended with huge question marks his last couple years in that role
7. Nothing but questions at kicker
8. Big questions around Dak bouncing back from last year, and being able to deliver in big moments
Every year there are a few questions— but damn, there are too many for me to feel anything but uneasy as we roll towards Sept
there is always concerns. there hasn't been a year without questions. I think this year we are better off than previous years. and this same list can be created for any other team. you mentioned a lot of concern around depth. there is not a single team in NFL that has depth across the board. every team takes risks in some positions and lacks depth. this year, outside of RB, I think our depth is better than most other years.
You might want to think defense is in great position, but what about defense as well.
the LB group? is parsons a LB or a DE? he can't be both. if he plays DE, do we trust the youth and inexperience of LBs? what's our depth at the position. concerns about LVE and his level of play.
Mazi is a first round pick, but a rookie and some call him a reach. the DT position is still unproven and they were not that good against the run last year.
there is depth at saftey, but none are truly high end.
what do we have behind parsons? they over used him early last year and he was worn out and with his decline, the defense declined.
but in Quinn we trust.
OL depth is a question. but we are good with starters, which is a lot to say compared to other 31 teams. Martin will be back at some point.
RB depth is a concern. lets see what we got.
WR is in best position its been in years. think two years ago when we had same questions and with Wilson we were 4 deep. I think Gallup is recovered, you are over thinking his injury.
TE wasn't a question mark last year? we trusted Schultz? most of this board wanted Ferguson over Schultz and wanted Schultz gone. yes, TE 2 is gmpy, but position has decent depth.
I think the offensive scheme is going to be better. I was never a fan of Moore from the get go, and 70% of the offense remains the same. and MM is a much better play caller than Moore who had and showed a lot of tendecies.
and yes totally agree on the kicker. 30% of our points came from the kicker. going cheap there, is going to cost us a game here or there. most games go into 4th quarter within one score and can't tell you how often it comes down to a last kick or a 3 point game.
I was uneasy two and three years ago. I knew our defense was going to suck. we are in much better shape. I was nervous last year as we had more questions than this year and WR was in worse position. CB was worse.
I feel better this year, than previous years. hope if leads to something.