Ryan Poles delivers talent-rich 53-man roster.
Aug 28, 2024 21:13:27 GMT -6
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Post by riczaj01 on Aug 28, 2024 21:13:27 GMT -6
All the talent was on Def; and you don't go far w/all the talent on that side of the ball anymore.
This roster has equal talent on D and the O, lord it's not even close, DJ Moore is what everyone though ARob was, and there was no Allen or Odunze on that roster. There was no Kmet on that roster; and the OL even if not more talented is far more hardened b/c Jenkins is that dude so is Wright. The closest thing you can compare this team to is the merger of Lovie Def's of the 06-10's and Trestman's 14-15 O's w/Forte Marshal/Jeffery/Bennett.
Anyway the point is we've had talented rosters before. This year isn't some aberration. We're not the Bangles of the 90s despite the moaning of some overly pessimistic fans. We've just been missing some pieces before. And this roster still has question marks.
Obviously it hasn't shown it "yet" the season hasn't started. That team also faced 9 different teams that finished below .500, and of the NFCN opponents, only Minny finished over .500, w/8 wins and a tie, so that's 11 teams(gb/det 2 more games of sub .500). That schedule was LAUGHABLY weak. You act as if that team was just dominating, of the 12 wins they beat only 3 teams w/a winning record(4 w/both Minny win's) the other 2 had 10+ wins. They beat 2 teams that year that were worth a damn. It's no surprise they lost in the playoffs, they weren't battletested. Soft as room temp butter was that schedule, and that team.
The schedule this year isn't going to be that weak, so no there won't be 12 wins; but 9-10 wins w/the current schedule is likely still better then 10 wins against scrubs. The Div alone is way harder w/both Det and GB guaranteed to finish over .500 unless there is a catastrophic set of injuries, along the lines of Minny. That def was really good, but the O was equally bad. This years team doesn't have that issue. Both sides are strong. While that def's set of starters is stronger, I'll take this defs depth. There is a lot more youth on this def also, so there isn't a clock ticking on it's key players.
The point JABF and others are making is that the talent is on both sides of the ball, which is NOT something we've have had before, it's not an aberration. There isn't one NFL team that doesn't have holes or questionmarks, hard caps don't allow it. The 06 team had question marks, the lovie teams after it had them, the Trestman teams had them, same w/the Nagy ones. But I honestly cannot remember a Bears team that looked like it had both sides of the ball w/more +'s then -'s w/more upside then oh hell we're screwed. It's normally like the 18 team where it's ya the def is amazing, hopefully the O doesn't blow it, or in the trestman years, man the O looks damn good, will the Def not implode b/c their still pissy about Lovie being let go.
