Weaponry

Zombo

@flyin-j said:
we have the Eagles pick and play them week 1

Oh.

You got me.

Z

D Bone

@mr.-make-believe said:
I'm far more concerned about team defence than I am about their ability to put up points.

This right here....... I too think the offense is going to be far better than just average, but I don't know how our awful defense is going to go from truly putrid, to even OK in just one off season.

Tour2ma

"... far better than average..." Does that mean "good"?

We only have significant questions at:

QB

RB

WR

TE

C

RT

Offensive optimism at this point is misplaced.

tiamat63

@tour2ma said:

"... far better than average..." Does that mean "good"?

We only have significant questions at:

QB

RB

WR

TE

C

RT

Offensive optimism at this point is misplaced.

God sake man, it's pre-season. Just let us have this moment until the crushing reality of regular season kicks in.

gftChris

@tour2ma said:

"... far better than average..." Does that mean "good"?

We only have significant questions at:

QB - Boom or Bust, big time

RB - No question, really - the two headed Duke of Crow will be doing its thing

WR - Question is who is our #2, out of Pryor, Gordon, Hawkins, and the rookies, behind Coleman. Not perfect, but definitely scope for excitement if one or more can play to potential

TE - Gary and the Kids.

C/RT - yes, questions, but also optimism that the line can't be as bad as last year

Offensive optimism at this point is misplaced.

I completely disagree about optimism - I'm super optimistic about this group's potential. Maybe we don't score 30 points every week, but we will more often than we're under 10, there's every possibility the group clicks on a game by game basis.

The Gipper

@tour2ma said:

"... far better than average..." Does that mean "good"?

We only have significant questions at:

QB

RB

WR

TE

C

RT

Offensive optimism at this point is misplaced.

But, as noted, we have multiple options at pretty much all of those positions that could easily pan out to be good. Yes, there are question marks....but at least we have proposed answers. Sometimes in the past we did not have that.

jiggins7919

@the-gipper said:

You talking Browns...or Eagles....or both?

Don't forget: unsettled QB situation.

I personally don't see Sam Bradford being any better really than RGIII......does anyone disagree?

Ehhh...I think I disagree with that. I'm not saying Sam is a LOT better, but I do think he's the better option at QB. That doesn't mean that RG III can't have a better season, but if someone asked me which QB I wanted out of the two...I'd probably say Sam.

The Gipper

@jiggins7919 said:

Ehhh...I think I disagree with that. I'm not saying Sam is a LOT better, but I do think he's the better option at QB. That doesn't mean that RG III can't have a better season, but if someone asked me which QB I wanted out of the two...I'd probably say Sam.

I think RG has the potential to be much better if he can get his act together. I don't think Bradford has the potential to do much more than what we have seen.

I mean, figure it out.....some people on here were all up in arms because we did not get the #1 or #2 QBs in this past draft. Remember....Bradford was a #1 overall, and RG was a #2 overall.....and neither of them have proved to be all that and a bag of chips. I have been of the belief that both Bradford and RG had better potential than Goff or Wentz.

Tour2ma

"Act together" is not enough. He seems to have checked all the interpersonal boxes a certain Johnny Fuck Face could not even locate.

RG needs to show he has the mental tools to be a NFL QB....

Read... React... Execute...

... and do it a fuckload faster than it took me to type...

The Gipper

@tour2ma said:

"Act together" is not enough. He seems to have checked all the interpersonal boxes a certain Johnny Fuck Face could not even locate.

RG needs to show he has the mental tools to be a NFL QB....

Read... React... Execute...

... and do it a fuckload faster than it took me to type...

Well....he needs to show the ability to read, react, and execute....in other words, he needs to get his act together.

D Bone

@tour2ma said:

"... far better than average..." Does that mean "good"?

We only have significant questions at:

QB

RB

WR

TE

C

RT

Offensive optimism at this point is misplaced.

I'm betting that the offense finishes somewhere around 14th best in the league....... better than average.

Tour2ma

@d-bone said:
I'm betting that the offense finishes somewhere around 14th best in the league....... better than average.

I'll take some of that...

sisky fringo

@d-bone said:

I'm betting that the offense finishes somewhere around 14th best in the league....... better than average.

still feel that way?

D Bone

@sisky-fringo said:

still feel that way?

1st pre-season game, I'll wait till at least the 2nd pre-season game to cry about the falling sky.

SkippinTurtles

It's hindsight, but Ezekiel Elliott would have helped this team more than a pint sized slot receiver. Pound the rock.

Zombo

@skippinturtles said:
It's hindsight, but Ezekiel Elliott would have helped this team more than a pint sized slot receiver. Pound the rock.

Coleman is not a slot receiver. With his speed, strength and toughness he is compared to Steve Smith and Antonio Brown. Just gotta get him healthy and keep him healthy.

Elliot may have 3 or 4 good years, this was not the year to go RB, let the guys we have get beat up, add the RB last.

Z