Originally posted by SmokeyJoe:
Originally posted by tankle104:
Goff is a really crappy qb when he's pressured (worse than most when they get pressured IMO). He completely falls off.
problem is they have an awesome o line. Lol if we can do what you said, our defense play awesome defense again, I really like our chances.
I'm just not automatically counting them as a legitimate SB contender again this season. I won't be surprised if they are, but they weren't good enough for me to just assume they'll be deep in the playoffs again. I'd like our chances even if we don't get back to having an elite defense (as long as our offense remains great).
The big unknown variable, IMO, for a lot of these young NFC teams is how will they play now that they're expected to play great and compete for a chip. How will they handle the media scrutiny when they inevitably struggle at times?
I think the lions are one of the best teams in the NFC but we will see if they improve or decline.
I think our offense will be even better, which will be impressive. Brock going into his third year (second full season starting). Historically (outside of Jimmy) Kyle's QBs have had massive jumps in performance in the second full season under Kyle.
I don't really count his rookie year in the equation cause he didn't really get any reps until late in the year. I'm really excited to see how he does.