superpunk said:
Asthmafield, you have got to be by far one of my favorite posters on here. You can get in depth, man.
Thanks Bro... I appreciate that. I really do.
I understand that everything I said is "on paper" and has yet to be determined. However, the difficulties this offense will present are substantial and with health, the offense should be easily better than last year, when it was still pretty good.
jrockster77 said:
** -- good analysis. However, its mostly predicated on a much-improved Dallas OLine...which is definitely possible. However, if the OLine has not improved or if Flozell isn't 100% coming off his surgery, you'll again be forced to leave a TE home to pass-protect.
Yeah, the O line is a big thing. I just was assuming it would be okay. Too many variables to bring all of them in.
jrockster77 said:
You think both Glenn and TO will require double-coverage? TO will draw a double against most teams, but the second option on an offense rarely draws double-coverage. Against the Skins specifically, we were able to single-cover TO effectively when he was in Philthy. Springs and ST were both assigned to him at some point, and he didn't do much.
If Glenn is eating up single coverage and teams don't want to leave TO singled then, yeah, I think they both could see some double coverage. Not the entire time of course... but some.
If your team thinks they can single up on TO and Glenn, then more power to them. That might be a risky proposition though.
jrockster77 said:
Food for thought: the last time Carter was in a great defense and playing DE he had 12.5 sacks. He's been mired in obscurity and playing out of position the past couple years. And let's face it, the 49ers have been abysmal. Also, don't sleep on Demetric Evans. He came on strong at the end of last season, and got a QB sack in both playoff games. I expect him to have a solid year with 8-10 sacks.
You know... I've kind of gone back and forth on if I think Carter will do well for Washington or not. He has some ability, although he doesn't have the raw speed of someone like Freeny or the raw power of someone like Strahan. He never struck me as particulary talented though, when he was with SF. When he had his good year with SF, I remember watching him and thinking that it was more a function of other teams being in come from behind mode than Carter just beating his guy. And at that time, of course, I had no idea he'd one day be a Commander, so there wasn't any bias there. My initial reaction was that Carter wouldn't do too much to help Washington.
However, one thing worries me: Gregg Williams. He always tends to get the most out of his athletes. He usually takes guys and they play above what their talent says. He knows people who fit his system and he uses them correctly. Just a great, great defensive coordinator.
I'm still not convinced Carter will pan out for you guys... but I'm certainly not counting him out because of the Williams factor.
Speaking of Williams; It should be very interesting to see what he comes up with to defend our two TE base package. It definately causes problems for a defense, but geeze, Williams is so good. He should come up with some imaginative stuff, I'd bet.
He'll know the key is to get to Bledsoe... but that was the key last year and Bledsoe did just fine in the first game, before Torrin Tucker was in there. So knowing that and actually getting to him are two different things... particularly considering how many weapons Drew will have this year.
NFC East will be great this year.
WiNtten already puts up Ben CoatEs type numbers. So if you expect no improvement at all, I agree. 
