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I like Pete Prisco, he's one of the good ones out there who understands how to evaluate and makes reasonable and informed predictions. While I disagree on a few games, I think he's about right with the bottom line.
James Walker is one of our better beat reporters, even if we don't like what he has to say. He is no Omar Kelly, James Walker is a decent reporter. I think he underestimates a few things though. I don't think he realizes the impact Bill Lazor had and is having. Lazor fundamentally changed our offense and after the first few games we really showed an excellent offense. I'm expecting that to really take off again this year. Our failure last year was only after Branden Albert went down ... which is still a huge problem. But, with Tannehill in the 2nd year of the offense, I think he will be able to adjust better. And, now we have 5 guys who run good routes and have excellent hands (Landry, Stills, Parker, Jennings, Jordan) and a 5th (Matthews) who looks to have finally turned the corner to delivering on his potential. Add Jay Ajayi by the time Albert goes down injured ... and we have a versatile Knowshon Moreno-esque threat who can run inside, outside and catch ... if only he could pass pro a bit better too. I think we should perform at a higher level on offense and finish stronger. Defense looks slightly better in the secondary, about the same at LB, and substantially better at DL compared to last year. I think Walker will be wrong this year ... we look like a slightly better team than he's predicting.
I'm going 10-6, but I really don't like our schedule this year. Too much emphasis on winning early. We're not going 6-0, but if we do the media pressure for the next few games will be horrible and the media word will be all about our crash as the schedule gets tougher. They will call it an implosion. The end of the season depth will be a problem as Albert gets injured. Just not any spot on the schedule to get into a nice 10-6'ish rythem. It's like those games where you go into halftime with a 3 point lead knowing you could have and should have had 3 more TD's. It always comes back to haunt you. Fingers crossed.
IMHO, to go 10-6 we need to go 3-3 inside the division ... and we probably will go 2-4. So, to me, it's all about our division games. No excuses. No losing the line of scrimmage. No baseless haughtiness. Just win those dang games.
James Walker is one of our better beat reporters, even if we don't like what he has to say. He is no Omar Kelly, James Walker is a decent reporter. I think he underestimates a few things though. I don't think he realizes the impact Bill Lazor had and is having. Lazor fundamentally changed our offense and after the first few games we really showed an excellent offense. I'm expecting that to really take off again this year. Our failure last year was only after Branden Albert went down ... which is still a huge problem. But, with Tannehill in the 2nd year of the offense, I think he will be able to adjust better. And, now we have 5 guys who run good routes and have excellent hands (Landry, Stills, Parker, Jennings, Jordan) and a 5th (Matthews) who looks to have finally turned the corner to delivering on his potential. Add Jay Ajayi by the time Albert goes down injured ... and we have a versatile Knowshon Moreno-esque threat who can run inside, outside and catch ... if only he could pass pro a bit better too. I think we should perform at a higher level on offense and finish stronger. Defense looks slightly better in the secondary, about the same at LB, and substantially better at DL compared to last year. I think Walker will be wrong this year ... we look like a slightly better team than he's predicting.
I'm going 10-6, but I really don't like our schedule this year. Too much emphasis on winning early. We're not going 6-0, but if we do the media pressure for the next few games will be horrible and the media word will be all about our crash as the schedule gets tougher. They will call it an implosion. The end of the season depth will be a problem as Albert gets injured. Just not any spot on the schedule to get into a nice 10-6'ish rythem. It's like those games where you go into halftime with a 3 point lead knowing you could have and should have had 3 more TD's. It always comes back to haunt you. Fingers crossed.
IMHO, to go 10-6 we need to go 3-3 inside the division ... and we probably will go 2-4. So, to me, it's all about our division games. No excuses. No losing the line of scrimmage. No baseless haughtiness. Just win those dang games.
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