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If Alex is better than Cassel. If Fisher is better than Winston. If Reid is better than Crennel. If Dorsey is better than Pioli. I would say all of those ifs went in a positive direction.
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The only ? there is Fish. Then again he can't be worse than Winston. And we now have a QB that doesn't shit his pants at the first sign of a possible pass rush.
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It wasn't just turnovers, though.
CB2 couldn't cover anyone and it's absolutely possible that we didn't upgrade much (if at all) at that spot. Eric Berry continues to struggle in coverage Our depth at linebacker isn't very good. Dante Robinson got burnt all year last year (even Dexter McCluster beat him a bunch of times) and he is penciled in to play a lot of time. Our wide receivers (outside of Bowe) arent especially good. Our offensive line will have at least 2 new starters Outside of Charles, our running backs are somewhat suspect Andy Reid is a pass first coach that wants to throw the ball 600+ times and we traded for a QB that hasn't ever thrown more than 445 passes in a season and has a total of 81 passing touchdowns in 75 career starts. Our defensive line isn't a bunch of attacking guys, they are run stoppers that don't move especially well (outside of Poe) and the position group as a whole is in discussion for weakest unit on the team. Outside of the personnel question marks, we are installing a brand new offense and defense, blocking schemes, philosophies and are basically starting from scratch on both sides of the ball. I know that limiting turnovers will cure a lot of this teams problems, but there are just too many things that need to fall into place for this team to be branded "10 win floor" just yet. |
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If this team can't beat the Brown, Jags, Bills, plus the Raiders and Chargers at least once, then you might be right. But that's five wins, right there. The Eagles certainly don't scare anyone nor do the Titans. So if they win those seven games (which I think is likely), all they need is three more wins. |
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I predicted 11 wins after the Reid hire, free agency and draft. I'm sticking with that. The team was overall pretty good in terms of talent, but had dreadful coaching, offensive play calling and QB play. They've made drastic improvements in all three areas this off season. It's not a homer view, it's a logical view.
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If John Elway widened his buttcheeks and took a big, steamy dump on Knowmo's dinner plate, he would proclaim that it had a "nutty" aftertaste, clean his plate, and ask for seconds.
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How about Koppen and Vasquez?
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Slow down, you'll give him a headache.
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As I have ESPN going in the background, they are discussing which injury is the biggest loss to their team on PTI
Maclin to eagles Pitta to Baltimore Koppen to Denver They both said Koppen. ... Another point I'd like to make is that as far as Vegas goes, apart from losing your quarterback the one position that sways the point spreads the most... Center |
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About the Vegas thing, not the ESPN thing. |
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