RustyBourneHorse
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We have no idea how those rookies will be. We don't know if they're valuable or not until they show it.
Again, always my go to when I see someone say "Well, if the defense is just average then we will be fine". If that's the case, then tell me what happened Dak's last full season in 2019? We had the #1 ranked offense and a top 12 defense. We went 8-8 and didn't make the playoffs.
I agree that we don't know how the rookies will do. However, they'll have a preseason unlike last year to start to gel a bit earlier. I think the first month of the regular season will be rough on that side of the ball. I think we will see good signs during that month. As the season progresses, I think we will see the rookies come into their own. As for 2019, the defence wasn't as good as some claim. They couldn't stop the run then. I was at the Cowboys Bears game. The D couldn't even stop Mitch Trubisky from scoring on the ground. We got demolished by the Bills the week before that because of horrid defence. Those two games played a factor in us missing the playoffs. We were a better team than the Bears. Our defence was absolutely putrid that game. With Parsons, I don't see QBs scoring on us by running anymore. I don't think we'll go beyond the divisional round. But, I think 11-6 is a reasonable prediction.