09-06-2021, 10:00 AM
I have no idea about this team right now. I feel confident that the defense will be better. The secondary should be good and although a lot of us liked Alexander, I think Hilton is going to be a sneaky good upgrade. I also feel like a lot of people, myself included, may have undersold Hendrickson. He looks like more than a guy that just gets coverage sacks. The starting tackles can get it done, and the young linebackers are at least good enough. I like young potential better than I like barely-hanging-on veterans, and they have the former out there right now.
Offensively, everyone's glad Burrow is back, but what have we really seen at this point? As others have said, I'll need to see him getting it done out there before I lose my apprehension about where he is compared to last year. The cynical fan would say that they rushed him back to sell tickets. The logical fan hopes they aren't that negligent and wouldn't allow short-term profit to damage a franchise qb's long-term health or confidence. I err on the side of things being almost okay, but until I see it in a real game, I have a nagging feeling that something may not be right.
I have concerns about the o-line and Chase like everyone else. Without a healthy and viable Burrow, those issues mean little. Either way, until I see him looking like his old self, I think it's reasonable to expect a rough start to the season as he regains his feel for the game vs NFL defenses that are trying to plant him into the turf.
We're all going to learn a lot about the team's offseason narratives on Sunday. Until we do, I think Minnesota takes this one.
Offensively, everyone's glad Burrow is back, but what have we really seen at this point? As others have said, I'll need to see him getting it done out there before I lose my apprehension about where he is compared to last year. The cynical fan would say that they rushed him back to sell tickets. The logical fan hopes they aren't that negligent and wouldn't allow short-term profit to damage a franchise qb's long-term health or confidence. I err on the side of things being almost okay, but until I see it in a real game, I have a nagging feeling that something may not be right.
I have concerns about the o-line and Chase like everyone else. Without a healthy and viable Burrow, those issues mean little. Either way, until I see him looking like his old self, I think it's reasonable to expect a rough start to the season as he regains his feel for the game vs NFL defenses that are trying to plant him into the turf.
We're all going to learn a lot about the team's offseason narratives on Sunday. Until we do, I think Minnesota takes this one.
