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In favor of their take:
1) we have a deep team. In fact, we have as deep a team as I can remember and I have been following this team since the late 70s;
2) we look like we can have a dominating defense. True, the game these days favors a dominating offense, but our offense only has to be adequate if our defense lives up to its potential;
3) we have a lot of offensive tools: a receiving corps that looks like it can catch; excellent RBs (I'm thinking of Charles and West primarily); and a top-3 TE;
4) Our starting QB does not make many mistakes;
Factors against:
1) Our O-Line is a big question mark. The pre-season has looked good at times but continuity among o-line play is a key to their continued success and unfortunately, we haven't had much continuity;
2) Our QB may not lose us games with mistakes but he won't win games with his skill;
3) Fivehead is still in our Division and his team looks to have a pretty good defense this year
If the ball bounces right, I could see us finally winning a playoff game or two. If the ball doesn't bounce right, I could see us sitting on the sideline. Given the depth of the team, I think we would have to have several major injuries before we could blame the injury bug. We had it last year. Odds would suggest we won't have that 2 years in a row, but you never know.
I get the sense that KC means business and that they've finally paid attention to both sides of the ball. Marty built a defense that caused nightmares but we couldn't score, especially in the playoffs. Dick Vermeil's teams could light up the scoreboard but we couldn't stop anybody. This will be an interesting year.
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