Here’s Merlin…
me too. But I am hopeful. I think he and Jackson are going to compete for LT and someone holding down LT with good play is crucial for us to win games. If we don't have LT covered this season's gonna suck.
I think it's unlikely we're better at Edge. Floyd's a quality strong side and I don't know that Hoecht can contain like he does. I hope he can but there's a fair chance Floyd & Hoecht were better than what we have this year. My hope is this year's group can be of similar level of production, which is not impossible but I do think it's questionable.
Secondary is where I expect surprises, i.e. for them to actually improve in spite of the losses. For a couple reasons. First because Ramsey was inconsistent out there, and I think the guys we have now will play the call with better discipline. And secondly because we should get Fuller back, and our safeties will hopefully be much better thus making the back five considerably stronger. I don't think Kendrick can play outside the hash but I might be wrong, hoping I am in fact if they play him out there. But we also have Rochell as a possibility for improvement in-house. IMO we are two deep at corner though. Which is not terrible. Not great either, barring a miracle with that third role, whoever it is and wherever he lines up.
Wags to Jones is significant dropoff I think. Not to say Jones can't improve and have a great third season and I am pulling for that but I don't think it's realistic to assume he is at Wags level of last season.
In spite of the above I love the optimism though 43. And I do think we might get lucky and have things go our way and end up somehow with up to that 9 win range which would mean we're at least in the wildcard chase. But I am not to the point where I think it is likely all those if's align for us. Probably gonna be a mixed bag, win some lose some, and we'll be around 7ish wins, however I am excited about the season and very hopeful.
