What Vegas and the National Media is not talking about

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(08-22-2022, 07:03 PM)Soonerpeace Wrote: 1. The Continuity and gained experience of Zac,Lou,and Brian foremost but the staff in general.
2. The Continuity of Joe and his receivers
3. The Continuity of all 11 defensive starters returning
4. The improved OL will help in our biggest weaknesses the red zone and short yardage
5. The improved OL should expand our playbook. In the Athletic Podcast earlier this summer Brian and Zac lamented how it severely limited what they wanted to do on offense.
6. The Bengals weren’t a fluke. Flukes don’t beat KC twice. Flukes don’t beat Baltimore 41-17 & 41-21 Pittsburg 41-10 & 24-10 Beat the Raiders 32-13 on the road. Go win in the playoffs on the road in OT & last 30 seconds. They were 6-2 to end the season ( not counting the Browns)

All of this and I will add that it looks like as many as three of this year's draft picks might see significant snaps from week 1 (Hill, Carter, Volson) and guys like Gunter should get some rotational snaps as well as on special teams with Anderson.

The position group I think that has improved the most is the pass rush.  Carter looks like a solid penetrating 3T that will keep Hill fresh.  Ossai returning will help to keep Hendrickson fresh as well as use the two of them on the field together creatively.  Lastly, Gunter looks like a steal in the 7th round.  The LBs and secondary have been very good, but they could look even better with an improved pass rush.  

The continuity of the coaches is huge, and the world has no idea what a Year Three Burrow looks like.  It only knows that in year 2 he won an NCAA Championship and had what was probably the most prolific season in college football history and he went to the Super Bowl in the NFL as they leagues top rated passer.  All year two.  Burrow in year three?  Yes, please.