omac
11-21-2007, 12:00 AM
Last season:
Elvis with 8.5 sacks, Cutler with 9 TDs in his first 5 games, Marshall and Scheffler playing key roles on the offense, Mike Bell taking a major load of the carries;
This season:
Moss immediately contributing with pressure before his injury, Crowder making key plays in games we've won, Thomas emerging as a solid tackle, Young and Hall playing big the moment their numbers' been called;
Add to that, 3 of the 5 players on our current starting offensive line have only been in the league 2 or 3 years; if they develop into high quality linemen, that could be big. Also, we have yet to see if Harris is the highly ranked lineman he was in college.
Then DJ, who's quarterbacking our defense, has only been in the league 4 years, and also entered the league pretty young at 22.
We've got a great nucleus of young players on this team. Shore up our run defense with a good tackle acquisition, either from the draft or FA, and draft some quality linebackers for guys who might retire soon, like Lynch because of his age and injury, and we could be one of the most solid teams in the NFL. :rockon:
Elvis with 8.5 sacks, Cutler with 9 TDs in his first 5 games, Marshall and Scheffler playing key roles on the offense, Mike Bell taking a major load of the carries;
This season:
Moss immediately contributing with pressure before his injury, Crowder making key plays in games we've won, Thomas emerging as a solid tackle, Young and Hall playing big the moment their numbers' been called;
Add to that, 3 of the 5 players on our current starting offensive line have only been in the league 2 or 3 years; if they develop into high quality linemen, that could be big. Also, we have yet to see if Harris is the highly ranked lineman he was in college.
Then DJ, who's quarterbacking our defense, has only been in the league 4 years, and also entered the league pretty young at 22.
We've got a great nucleus of young players on this team. Shore up our run defense with a good tackle acquisition, either from the draft or FA, and draft some quality linebackers for guys who might retire soon, like Lynch because of his age and injury, and we could be one of the most solid teams in the NFL. :rockon: