Your gut feeling this season

[Brownshoe]

(08-07-2017, 01:35 PM)Wyche Wrote: It's the line man.....they were a sieve last season. They have a TON of improving to do to make us a legit contender.  It all starts in the trenches.  If they can't open up holes for the run game.....yet again.....the defense will tee off on the pass rush, no matter how well Dalton reads.  He is very good at that, no doubt, but if they're in the backfield as fast as they were last season, it won't matter.  This season hinges on line play.  I don't think they're bad enough to keep us from 8 wins.....but I'm not convinced they're good enough to get us much more than that.

Yeah, they were in the backfield a lot last year, but we were still in a lot of games last year. The offense was actually really good from 20 to 20, but bad in the red zone. I don't see that much of a problem in the red zone as long as Green and Eifert are healthy. LaFell was a great red zone target at the end of the year last year, and with the addition of Ross, Mixon, and possibly Malone I don't see too much of a problem in the red zone. Throughout Dalton's career he's been one of the best in the red zone. He just needed weapons to get open, and last year they were all hurt, or new. The OL will be a problem, but it's not like we couldn't move the ball easily down the field last year.