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I dunno. I read the article, and while I have my doubts about this long term, I just don't see them being so bad.
The more I think about it, regarding the defense, what makes them scarier ? Aggression. I didn't think the Cardinals were all that great last year on defense, but Bowles was hyper aggressive. That made them better, and scarier. No prevent, they'd just blitz play after play after play in the games I saw. When you get scared of your opponents defense, you change your game plan, you change your game plan and you're already in trouble. I think that defense is worth at least 6 wins.
I think the offense, with the weapons they have, can steal 2. I think Ryan's magical charisma steals 2 more.
My biggest concern obviously is the offense. But there's minimal chance to lose games in a Roman offense, compared to say, Schottenheimer or Morninwheg that Ryan had in NY.
Biggest subtractions from a 9-7 team are biggest additions, Marrone, Hackett, and Pat Morris. I just can't see them doing worse unless they get crippled by injuries and circus problems from poor discipline. I think the latter will come over time.
Leads me back to 10 and 6. In a blue moon, and no telling if Taylor has the stuff, maybe even better.
This year will go well. Not sure next will, but this one will.
I don't see us beating New England, again. The Jets and Dolphins are good enough to split. That's two wins, four division losses.
The NFC East is much tougher than the North, I don't think another sweep is in the cards, probably a split there also. On paper we should beat NYG and Washington and are overmatched against Philly and Dallas. 2-2 there gets us to 4 and 6.
We just might steal one against Indy. Titans and Jags at 'home' should be W's, maybe even the Texans here at home. Maybe we sweep the AFC South this year, but historically Rex is a .500 coach against conference opponents. Still, I'll be an optimistic 3-1. That's 7-7.
A Cincinnati win at home, and loss on the road to KC rounds out to 8-8.
Worst case scenario the team gets smoked out of the gate (2-5 at the bye), suffers an average amount of injuries (which would be more than last year), most players don't realize their 'potential' and the team struggles to 4-12. Best case the defense remains dominant, the offense makes some pretty good strides to reach competent, and they catch more breaks than not to get to double-digit wins and the playoffs (10-6, maybe even 11-5). I'm sticking around the .500 mark, however, until I see how the team plays when the outcomes really start counting.
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We have the best DL in football and a ton of weapons on offense, with the QB potentially being one of them. 4-12?? Is this a joke? I guess any team could finish that poorly but we are not built for that kind of 'realistic' basement. WCS we go 7-9 based on the fact that our offense is simply sub-par and our D only slightly above average. MUCH more likely BCS is a 12-4 record and #2 seed. 10-6 feels like a pretty good split to me, but I still see this team going 11-5.
I don't see us beating New England, again. The Jets and Dolphins are good enough to split. That's two wins, four division losses.
The NFC East is much tougher than the North, I don't think another sweep is in the cards, probably a split there also. On paper we should beat NYG and Washington and are overmatched against Philly and Dallas. 2-2 there gets us to 4 and 6.
We just might steal one against Indy. Titans and Jags at 'home' should be W's, maybe even the Texans here at home. Maybe we sweep the AFC South this year, but historically Rex is a .500 coach against conference opponents. Still, I'll be an optimistic 3-1. That's 7-7.
A Cincinnati win at home, and loss on the road to KC rounds out to 8-8.
Worst case scenario the team gets smoked out of the gate (2-5 at the bye), suffers an average amount of injuries (which would be more than last year), most players don't realize their 'potential' and the team struggles to 4-12. Best case the defense remains dominant, the offense makes some pretty good strides to reach competent, and they catch more breaks than not to get to double-digit wins and the playoffs (10-6, maybe even 11-5). I'm sticking around the .500 mark, however, until I see how the team plays when the outcomes really start counting.
Mr. Frownypuss Preseason Gloomypants. That's FPG. You know what that stands for ? Er, Frownypuss Preseason Gloomypants, so there.
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