09-11-2020, 10:50 AM
My take.
2011 had a better team the year before, but 2020 added more talent in the offseason. So it is hard to say.
Still think the biggest difference by far is the O-line. But I also have to admit that I did not have much faith in Andre Smith going into the 2011 season. Hopefully someone (or 2 or 3) on our O-line will take his game up a level like Dre did in '11. I also have to admit that I was upset when we did not add talent to our O-line before the '11 season. The team pretty much admitted that they needed help at OG when they signed Duece Latui, but when that deal fell through they did not go get anyone else.
For the sake of full disclosure I also felt we had not done enough to upgrade the defense, and that we neede to sign a veteran QB to give Dalton a year to develop. I actually boycotted by not attending a game at PBS in 2011. I only go to one game a year so I don't think my boycott had much effect on the front office, but that 2010 season had really left a bad taste in my mouth. Mainly because of the high expectations we had at the start of that season. 2-14 was horrible last year, but I did not start the season thinking we were a serious playoff contender. 4-12 in 2010 was a much worse punch in the gut.
2011 had a better team the year before, but 2020 added more talent in the offseason. So it is hard to say.
Still think the biggest difference by far is the O-line. But I also have to admit that I did not have much faith in Andre Smith going into the 2011 season. Hopefully someone (or 2 or 3) on our O-line will take his game up a level like Dre did in '11. I also have to admit that I was upset when we did not add talent to our O-line before the '11 season. The team pretty much admitted that they needed help at OG when they signed Duece Latui, but when that deal fell through they did not go get anyone else.
For the sake of full disclosure I also felt we had not done enough to upgrade the defense, and that we neede to sign a veteran QB to give Dalton a year to develop. I actually boycotted by not attending a game at PBS in 2011. I only go to one game a year so I don't think my boycott had much effect on the front office, but that 2010 season had really left a bad taste in my mouth. Mainly because of the high expectations we had at the start of that season. 2-14 was horrible last year, but I did not start the season thinking we were a serious playoff contender. 4-12 in 2010 was a much worse punch in the gut.
