ZT is 5-2 in his last 7 games

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(10-07-2021, 09:37 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Idk man. I'd say this offense is more talented than the 2015 squad that everyone said was stacked.

Jamar Chase = AJ Green
Tee Higgins > Marvin Jones
Tyler Boyd > Mo Sanu
Joe Mixon > Jeremy Hill
Joe Burrow > Andy Dalton
Uzomah < Eifert

Defensively we've quietly stacked some very good players, but I still wouldn't say it tops 2015. But its getting there. This is a very talented team, IMO.

You're right about this Green Bay game though. We'll get a good idea of what this team is really capable of here. We need to beat the good teams, too.

I don't disagree with anything you said here.

I simply look at the defense and I don't see any gaping holes.  The LBs ALL are playing well....Wilson is a Pro Bowler (there, I said it), ADG is showing why we drafted him in year 2, and Pratt might be the most improved of the lot.  

Safeties?  Bates and Bell?  Not too many other tandems as good as these guys.

DTs?  Reader, Ogunjobi, Tupou, Hill with a rotational Sample?  Yes, please.  They may not have an Aaron Donald, but they have depth and are all relentless (there is that word again).  

Hendrickson and Hubbard may not have gaudy sack numbers, but their pressures are there and they are also stuffing the run.  This will pay huge dividends if you can force Baker and Jackson to pass the ball.

CB?  Shit.  Awuzie has played better CB than WJIII has in his career here except one year, and he cost half as much.  Waynes is at least on the field and shaking off the rust, and with me leading the "Eli Apple Fan Clubs" march, they have solid depth in Apple, Darius Phillips, and Jalen Davis.

They may not have the likes of a Myles Garrett, or some NFL star on defense, but they do have a lot of very solid, relentless guys that can stuff the run, cover, and rarely if ever get beat over the top.