I can see us being an overall better team in terms of talent and playoff potential— but with a worse regular season record.
The NFCE is no joke and every team has gotten better. Our schedule overall is filled with tough games.
Our offensive philosophy will be to (rightly IMO) run the ball and control TOP, so that will likely result in more close games and fewer blowouts— and fewer self-inflicted mistakes (in theory).
Put it all together, and I see a 10-7 or 11-6 season, and if we are healthy and peak at the right time— we could be a very dangerous team in Jan.