Oakland: Concerned?

[Bengals23]

(09-07-2015, 02:03 AM)fredtoast Wrote: They might.  Please tell me who they added that will make such a huge difference.

They have a new head coach who has had 3 winning seasons in his 9 year career.

They have a second year QB who now has to start over with a new OC and scheme.

And they only signed a couple of decent free agents in NT Dan Williams and OC Rodney Hudson.

They now have offensive weapons that have the potential to produce. Derek Carr is entering his 2nd year, and even with a new OC, will be a bit more polished than he was as a rookie. If you don't know, their OC is Bill Musgrave, who handled Philadelphia's up-tempo offense the past few seasons. That plays exactly into Carr's skill set as that is the type of offense he flourished in here at Fresno State.

Carr has two new starting WR's (Cooper/Crabtree) that are going to be miles ahead of what they had last year in James Jones and Andre Holmes. Latavius Murray is now the unquestioned starter and they have a nice 3rd down back in Helu Jr. If they can get Marcel Reece involved, their offense can be productive. 

Defense is a question mark, but we have to see if Del Rio can do something with that. I expect Khalil Mack to be dominant and make that defense better as a whole.