Offense: Offensive line. It could destroy our season again. Relying on Walton to be healthy and effective. Right guard who knows what you'll get out of a few guys. Beatty who knows and the backup stinks. I think Schwartz and Pugh will be fine but the rest is one big question mark for me.
Defense: Safety. Stevie Brown coming off of an ACL and we really dont know what type of player he will be. He was opportunistic prior to ACL injury but will he be that same type of player now? Depth a big concern, Demps isnt any good and who knows what you're going to get from Cooper Taylor and the rookie. Hopefully Brown stays healthy and we dont have to see Demps ever get on the field.
Add in Rolle receiving the BBI award next week. Ugh.
Hopefully the great depth we seem to have at CB can hide some of the weakness at safety.
On defense: DE. Can JPP regain his former form, and can we get some production out of the other DE spot.
If we get that I want to see a Manning resurgence. Eli at his best gives us a chance to win (everything).
DL and S are the biggest questionmarks on D. Also what can we do creatively to take full advantage of our crop of talented CBs.
DL: can we get the 2011, DPOY version of JPP? Is Hankins ready for starters snaps? I like the DT depth, but even if we get 2011 JPP where is the rest of the pass rush coming from?
Where is a pass rush coming from? Will JPP ever dominate again? Is Moore any good? Robert Ayers is no pass rusher.
DE - Moore and Ayers could turn this defense from pretty good to great, and if they can generate a pass rush - the upgraded secondary should reap big benefits. Kiwi was pissed about his pay cut - okay now prove them wrong.
Defense: Need a pass rush from several guys
I would expect to see some mistakes in the first four or five games while the o-linemen learn to play with each other. Hopefully, it doesn't cost us wins.
The first half of season has:
Lions on the road which will be no cakewalk
Cardinals is an under the radar playoff team
The Falcons could resurge and we still have the nasty 34-0 drubbing in the back of our mind;
and three division games
The back half:
Colts I cant think of when we have beaten the colts last...
At Seahawks... ok this is an L
Niners is a toss up
then we have a few games that we can get some good Wins in Jags, Titans, rams
Eli needs to persevere and pull out some wins in those first 7 games... (like 6-1) to handle the see saw of the back half through at him after the bye... COlts sewahawks niners is brutal especially have the seahawks away after playing againts the colts on monday night.
We need that man to rise and help us win.
If we could have done anything on offense last year - we might have had a chance at making game competitive.