piratepride wrote:I think this team is capable of challenging for the right to go to the superbowl...but we ain't winning the Patriots come playoff time, let alone a high flying team like the Falcons.
We need a few more peices, mainly a standout LB or three. We may have some better players at the DT spot than most of us think but we need more depth.
I feel like we'll win the division, but lose a few of the close games we won last year. So record wise I'm thinking 10-6.
That said, if all goes right and the defense is better than any of us thought we'll go 13-3.
I REALLY don't think we have any good players at DT. Latham flashed some disruptive skills, had a pretty good game in our win over DEN. That's FAR from what we need to see to say he's a good player. And let's be honest with ourselves, Vanderdoes is more of a project than a starter.
I honestly think Denico Autry just might be the best DT we have on our roster. And that's not his primary position, and until Edwards gets off the trainer's table, we will NEED him at his primary position. So the DTs to me look fuckin atrocious. But I suppose some people think we can get the job done with a rotation of Ellis/Vanderdoes/Latham. That sounds to me like the worst law firm in the league.
Also, look at the DEs. With Edwards out injured, our DE roster looks like a steaming pile of horse shit with a diamond on top of it.
Unless we can have Edwards, Mack and Irvin in there all together most of the time, there won't be any QB pressure. They'll be free to throw the kitchen sink at Mack and just chip Irvin out of the pass plays because he has too much ground to cover.
We're going to need some exotic shit like safety blitzes (I think Karl could handle that) and switching in and out of the 3-4... We'll probably confuse our OWN players more than the opposition.
The DBs are going to be OK. Our front 7 is NOT going to be ok.
You know, just for the fuck of it we should stick Osemele at DT every now and then, see what he can do. I bet he could ball in that position. If nothing else, he could draw a lot of holding penalties.
Gotta figure
something out.