I want to be optimistic but I have alot of questions. How is the D to improve significantly this year? New coach and assistant D staff for Gun- OK, maybe that helps the attitude, Ty Law is an upgrade, otherwise, we have added a smallish, rookie defensive end and 2 backup safeties. We already have one smallish D end that teams can run at, and Derrick Johnson who runs around blocks. Cover 2? Yeah, all I've heard about Cover 2 is that you must have a good pass rush to run this well...
Offensively, Roaf out, Richardson gone...everyone else a year older. Oh yeah, we'll run ball control. Let's see, ball control teams usually win by playing field position and having a strong defense...I'm hoping they don't ground the offense too much because we will still need to score 20+ points to win and we can't just tell people what we are going to do and be successful with Big Willie not on the line.
I want to be optimistic, but I did not see the changes in the off-season that convinced me the team would be improved much...even before Richardson left and Roaf retired.