I'd see 6 wins as an improvement but I think 8 wins is a good bar to shoot for.

It's hard to say. A couple guys get injured and they might win 3 games, but overall they've improved. Or a couple teams in our division have injuries and we win some games that way, so it's not as representative as it might be.

I really want to see better players, playing better. I want to see coaches making great calls and not making [BLEEP] of themselves. I want to see Tlaw make big improvements because he's got better linemen, better receivers and he's got better coaching. I didn't like the pick of ETN last year, so IMHO he really, really needs to be a major difference maker.

I think if we see more moments of greatness and fewer moments of absurdity, the record will work itself out and we'll be happy with the progress Pederson has made, in spite of the Baalke monkey on his back.

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