Record prediction.....open poll

[THE PISTONS]

(08-20-2019, 11:51 PM)NKURyan Wrote: I get the thought process, but I'm not 100% sure I agree with it. The defense was so bad last year (particularly towards the middle of the season) I'm not sure if they win any of those games even with Andy, AJ, Eifert, etc. 

I think they were very fortunate at the start of last year. I loved the 4-1 start as much as anyone but they were literally a play away from losing 3 of those games. Without the pick at the end against Indy, they lose. They barely pulled it out on a last second TD against Atlanta. They had to score 24 points in the 4th quarter with 2 defensive TDs just to beat a bad Miami team. That 5-3 start could have easily been 2-6. Would we be setting the bar for ZT at 8+ wins then?

...and I made the same prediction of 9 wins as you do, so I don't think it's completely out of line. Just my two cents on the rationale.

It's weird too because when AJ and Andy got hurt, I think opposition knew they didn't need to score 40 points to beat us and adjusted their strategy some.

The Falcons game was pretty fun last year. The defense's were horrible. But what a show offensively. That game gave me hope for the season.

Then Eifert got hurt and our offense stopped producing as highly. It seems like the Eifert injury was the turning point. Defenses focuses on him a decent bit. THAT'S where a guy like Ross stepping up would have been huge.