Trekgeekscott
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Reality?
I see closer to 10 than 5
Everyone is writing us off. And though we have flaws...every team does.
The real problem here is how is the QB going to play? Which one? Everyone assumes that since we've dumped Cousins we are just going to suck. Now I don't have a lot of faith in Darnold...but he's never had a receiving corps like this one. McCarthy is a rookie so there will be growing pains if he plays. But we have a lot of weapons there.
But an aggressive attacking defense. Sure we lost Danielle Hunter, but I think the addtions of Van Ginkel, Greenard and the Rookie will make up for that.
There's a lot of question marks here.
The purple shade wearing hopeful fan in me sees us shocking the NFL world and winning a whole lot more than people expect
The 40+ year cynical fan in me says we're losing a lot more than winning.
More likely we eke out enough wins to make the playoffs then get drummed out first round.
either way, it's going to be a fun ride and I am going to enjoy it.
Yeah but even the cynical fan in you sees more than 5 wins, right?
With all the crap we've had to deal with we haven't experienced 5 or less losses very often.
5 1961-67
5 1968-2023
Um. did you happen to miss the two sentences that followed what my cynical self feelings expressed.
Of course I think we will win more than 5 games.
We've just got a lot of question marks. and a division that now looks an awful lot tougher.
Lions are the team to beat, well built. well coached. feeling really good about themselves.
- what we have going here is that it's still the Lions. They have historically found ways to keep ****ing it up when things are going well.
Packers look better than expected.
- But even though he looked good in his first go round as a starter....Jordan Love is NOT Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers and doesn't deserve to be the highest paid QB in the league
Bears look vastly improved
- but like the Lions, it's till the Bears. Caleb Williams could take the league by storm or look like a deer in headlights like the guy he replaced. But there is a lot more talent here. the GM has built a team with a lot of potentional....
Which leaves us, the consensus pick to finish last....Worst QB in the division at this point. Darnold may do better this stop just because of the weaponry at his disposal. JJ looks like a winner but he's all potential right now...just like Caleb Williams. and our Defense lost a bunch.
Statistically we will take a step back from the QB standpoint. but a step forward in moxy and drive to win. Intelligence to spike a ball when necessary etc.
I think they've done enough (though they could and should still do more) to address losses on the defense.
What I expect is we will have a better running game. Turn the ball over less. eke out a lot more wins than all the "experts" predict and we end up with a playoff berth, and then they will break our hearts again.
I personally am excited to see what this offense can do, and it will depend greatly on QB play. I am excited to see what our pass rush looks like, could be great...could be a disaster but it will be fun to watch.
My biggest concerns are DBs and Darnold/McCarthy.
Can the DBs cover enough to help us win and not cost us games?
Can whichever QB is playing do enough to get the ball to all the weapons we have (JJ, Jones, Addison, Hockenson, Nailor, etc etc etc)
Can the Dline get home frequently enough?
Only time will tell, but I think we do better than what the pundits think.
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