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The Real Marty · 07-15-2019, 02:53 PM

(07-15-2019, 11:44 AM)Caldrac Wrote:
(07-15-2019, 09:43 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Well if you want to find things to worry about, sure. You're a lot like my mother. She worries a lot about everything.

But the actuality is, the players we have lost from our defense were not our best players. We lost some average players who had really good surrounding teammates who made them look good. Church, Gipson, and Smith were not our best players. Our best players are Ngakoue, Campbell, Ramsey, Bouye, and Dareus. All of those players are still there. Plus, we've added Josh Allen, arguably the best defensive player in the entire draft.

Also, I have to emphasize very strongly how much an improved offense will help our defense, by keeping them off the field and putting them in much better situations.

So, worry all you want about our defense. I'm not worried. Not even slightly.

I don't really have too many concerns. Despite everything that I mentioned earlier I have been saying all along that I still expect this team to finish in the top 10 at the minimum on defense and that it's possible they either win the division as a 4th seed or at least clinch the 6th seed in the AFC this year.

I like putting myself on both sides of the argument. Happy medium I suppose. I think despite all of the inexperience on the defense starting this year that they'll be able to overcome a lot of that by leaning on all of those great players you mentioned above. I was mostly making an argument or case for Wolfie here.

Because that's honestly what you'll hear from most of the local pundits and/or outside critics. I did the same exact thing in the other thread about ESPN's rankings with our offensive skill positions. I made a case for and against each side of the argument while leaning towards being personally optimistic about the direction they're going in with Foles and Flip.

Foles and Flip are great, and it is a huge upgrade at the most important position on offense, that is true, but don't forget, we are about to have a huge upgrade at the second most important position on offense- the offensive line- with the return of Robinson, Norwell, Linder, and the new RT, Jawaan Taylor. By the time last season ended, we were playing mid-season street free agents on our offensive line, so if you think about it, the return of our injured starters could be a bigger upgrade than going from Bortles to Foles!