05-25-2015, 01:05 PM
(05-24-2015, 11:57 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: I've seen last year's point differential pointed out before. Part of me wants to believe that the drop off was largely thanks to injuries on both sides of the ball. Losing Eifert, MLJ, AJ, Gresh and Andre for large chunks of the season probably hurt our offense's ability to score. Losing Burfict and MJ90, and having a hobbled Atkins probably caused us to give up more points.
Not to mention we were breaking in new coordinators on both sides of the ball.
On paper, our depth has improved tremendously and our coordinators have a year under their belts. The d-line is deeper (a better rotation should help tremendously), and we have better depth at LB and WR, which were problem areas last year. So I think the point differential will improve.
Part of me is fearful that this team could regress as the playoff frustration continues to build, but I just think this team has too much talent (experienced talent, at that) to implode. I see 7-9 as a nightmare scenario. 11-5 is probably their ceiling as long as they continue to go .500 in the division.
Great post and I absolutely agree. I think many look past the fact that we were looking at two coordinators with their first season in that capacity with the team. This is huge and has to be taken into account. I think both will be much more comfortable in their roles this season and more comfortable about using the talent at their disposal.
While I realize every single team in the league deals with injury I also realize that not all injuries are created equal. Who is injured can make a vast difference to each team or at the very least a side of the ball for that team.
