It is interesting that we all of the sudden have all of this talent. They added Quinn in FA and Hill in the draft. Quinn is an unknown as to how many games he will play and Hill is just an unknown, freakish athletic talent but still an unknown NFL talent.
Don't know if Crawford will get a time out yet and while some think depth = bodies in the meeting room, I do not. It is unknown how this DL will perform this season and except for one player last season, they were barely average. This team is not loaded until they prove it.
Now, they got a banged up secondary with Lord Byron healing from hip surgery and Awuzie with a hip flexor but then that depth = bodies thing will come up again.
This defense is an unknown as a pass defense. I think they will be a good run D and that playoff game was not a true indicator. However, good pass D is the combination of pass rush and early CB coverage on the 3 WR's. One helps the other and both create very good pass D's.
It is the same every year, we either undervalue or overvalue the talent because we really don't know until it gets real. And the other unknown, and the most critical, is that depth because that is more known, we will need some strong contribution beyond the starters.