fellow fins i always wear the aqua colored glasses and have the homerism. i see potential in the season despite alot saying we're not in contention and we shouldnt be signing older players and develop the younger guys for 1-2 years down the road...
Convince me and the other homers that we're not a contender this year...
i think starting QB will be between garrard and moore (if tannehill wins it more power to him, cant wait to see the kid play) garrard is only a missed season away from playoff calibar QB'ing and Moore has proven he can win in the league. Garrard didnt have recievers and even though i pull for carolina cause they are home team (not my team but home team so i pull for them to win) Moore has steve smith who can ruin a qb's confidence. he doesnt have the rep but yes he does, he treated moore and clausen horrible
RB....Bush has the superbowl veternship, slaton is a good blocker when healthy and not a horrible runner, DT showed promised and miller was a BPA luxury pick, and teams dont take luxury picks when they are preparing for the future...even if they were preparing for miller to be out younger cheaper bush.....not a bad plan
at TE fasano is NOT a bad TE, not everyone can have gronkowski, but fasano is in the top 3rd of league as starting TE's i feel, CLay will fit in perfectly and hopefully Egnew can be a hernadez type TE. Without recievers with breakaway speed i see us in some 3 TE sets near the goaline and im hoping those 3 can work out
WR....well we know we are near bottom of league. Most teams in league would have bess and hartline has 3's MAYBE a 2. but the thing is, 2's and 3's get single coverage. these guys have proven they can get open in single coverage. maybe not the long ball but WCO is about possession then trying to make something happen. Hartline couldnt make anything happen cause it seemed like most his catches he was having to hit the ground or tiptoeing sideline. Bess was all about the middle. it'd be nice if ocho could at least chip in about 40 receptions but noone is holding breath for that. if at least one reciever can show he can contribute about 40 recepetions during preseason i think even though not great we'll be fine at reciever
OL....Colombo is gone...sweeeeet, martin might not be the best being a rookie, but if he gives up half the pressure colombo did then its a plus. Long is in a contract year, pouncey has another year under him, i think reggie and the rest of the backs should have another good season. whoever qb is should be glad the turnstile at rt is gone, even if martin doesnt start then who ever replace colombo SHOULD be an improvement.
DL...IM really hoping and thinking that the DL can resemble something of trace armstrong, JT, TImbo, and gardener......are DT's are STOUT with starks and solai, and hopefully odrick can turn into the next trace with wake taking all the attention on opposite side.
LB...LB scares me, but with the two beast DTS pressure should be kept off dansby so he can roam like ZT....not saying he will be ZT but he should have pressure kept off him. the other two positions worry me some but hopefully with a new coaching staff personal can be different and we dont see burnett being lined against players he cant cover and misi showing signs of his rookie year flashings
DB...if smith can remember he used to be a reciever at utah and can come down with a pick or four that could be +2 or 3 wins in the column, a couple dropped picks wouldve been difference last year, if davis can stay healthy and get his mind straight i really feel he could be a top tier corner. both safety positions are up for grabs and that scares me more than any other position on the team, jones is go big or go home, i think clemons can give up the deep without letting it be a homerun.....think wilson is also a little bit of go big or go home.
ST...we have no clue other than carpenter or fields. im confident with them both kicking. think we'll give miller a shot at KR and who knows at PR....as much as Bess disappointed me at PR he was consitent. No biggies but no mistakes.
SO yes......i know we havent even gotten to training camp or preseason yet, but try to convince this homer that we are not contenders. everyone is contenders at 0-0 but show me how we're worse than the others. We have a team with both a new offense and new defense that no other team in league has game film on us running, we have a few players at important positions in a contract year....BIGGIE......moore, bush, long, fasano, hartline.....
Pats are aging and we almost beat em last year, they gotta faulter eventually, Jets are the JESTS, they are worried more about pretty plays for tebow than working a real offense and developing sanchez if thats possible, and even with the offseason pickups the bills are still the jillls, mario is almost the same player as wake, he'll over pursue and allow the inside run, who would you rather have on an overpursued DE play reggie bush or jackson....even though jackson did have a good year....ill take bush.
if one of the 3 qbs can do the their thing im saying we can advance in playoffs........
now prove me wrong without saying <sigh> offseason post
Convince me and the other homers that we're not a contender this year...
i think starting QB will be between garrard and moore (if tannehill wins it more power to him, cant wait to see the kid play) garrard is only a missed season away from playoff calibar QB'ing and Moore has proven he can win in the league. Garrard didnt have recievers and even though i pull for carolina cause they are home team (not my team but home team so i pull for them to win) Moore has steve smith who can ruin a qb's confidence. he doesnt have the rep but yes he does, he treated moore and clausen horrible
RB....Bush has the superbowl veternship, slaton is a good blocker when healthy and not a horrible runner, DT showed promised and miller was a BPA luxury pick, and teams dont take luxury picks when they are preparing for the future...even if they were preparing for miller to be out younger cheaper bush.....not a bad plan
at TE fasano is NOT a bad TE, not everyone can have gronkowski, but fasano is in the top 3rd of league as starting TE's i feel, CLay will fit in perfectly and hopefully Egnew can be a hernadez type TE. Without recievers with breakaway speed i see us in some 3 TE sets near the goaline and im hoping those 3 can work out
WR....well we know we are near bottom of league. Most teams in league would have bess and hartline has 3's MAYBE a 2. but the thing is, 2's and 3's get single coverage. these guys have proven they can get open in single coverage. maybe not the long ball but WCO is about possession then trying to make something happen. Hartline couldnt make anything happen cause it seemed like most his catches he was having to hit the ground or tiptoeing sideline. Bess was all about the middle. it'd be nice if ocho could at least chip in about 40 receptions but noone is holding breath for that. if at least one reciever can show he can contribute about 40 recepetions during preseason i think even though not great we'll be fine at reciever
OL....Colombo is gone...sweeeeet, martin might not be the best being a rookie, but if he gives up half the pressure colombo did then its a plus. Long is in a contract year, pouncey has another year under him, i think reggie and the rest of the backs should have another good season. whoever qb is should be glad the turnstile at rt is gone, even if martin doesnt start then who ever replace colombo SHOULD be an improvement.
DL...IM really hoping and thinking that the DL can resemble something of trace armstrong, JT, TImbo, and gardener......are DT's are STOUT with starks and solai, and hopefully odrick can turn into the next trace with wake taking all the attention on opposite side.
LB...LB scares me, but with the two beast DTS pressure should be kept off dansby so he can roam like ZT....not saying he will be ZT but he should have pressure kept off him. the other two positions worry me some but hopefully with a new coaching staff personal can be different and we dont see burnett being lined against players he cant cover and misi showing signs of his rookie year flashings
DB...if smith can remember he used to be a reciever at utah and can come down with a pick or four that could be +2 or 3 wins in the column, a couple dropped picks wouldve been difference last year, if davis can stay healthy and get his mind straight i really feel he could be a top tier corner. both safety positions are up for grabs and that scares me more than any other position on the team, jones is go big or go home, i think clemons can give up the deep without letting it be a homerun.....think wilson is also a little bit of go big or go home.
ST...we have no clue other than carpenter or fields. im confident with them both kicking. think we'll give miller a shot at KR and who knows at PR....as much as Bess disappointed me at PR he was consitent. No biggies but no mistakes.
SO yes......i know we havent even gotten to training camp or preseason yet, but try to convince this homer that we are not contenders. everyone is contenders at 0-0 but show me how we're worse than the others. We have a team with both a new offense and new defense that no other team in league has game film on us running, we have a few players at important positions in a contract year....BIGGIE......moore, bush, long, fasano, hartline.....
Pats are aging and we almost beat em last year, they gotta faulter eventually, Jets are the JESTS, they are worried more about pretty plays for tebow than working a real offense and developing sanchez if thats possible, and even with the offseason pickups the bills are still the jillls, mario is almost the same player as wake, he'll over pursue and allow the inside run, who would you rather have on an overpursued DE play reggie bush or jackson....even though jackson did have a good year....ill take bush.
if one of the 3 qbs can do the their thing im saying we can advance in playoffs........
now prove me wrong without saying <sigh> offseason post
