Minuses:

1. The offensive line needs to get better. Lawrence faced too much pressure from a Redskins defense without Chase Young.

2. Lawrence also must get better. He still misses too many open receivers. I still believe he will have a very good NFL career.

3. Pederson is a very good coach, but going for 2 points so early in the game was a bad decision.

4. Darious Williams needs to tackle much better than what we saw today.

5. The jury is still out on our new kicker. No NFL kicker should miss from 37 yards out. I never sweated when Josh Lambo, Scobee and Hollis attempted field goals of less than 45 yards. That won't be the case this year.


Pluses:

1. Free agent receivers Kirk and Zay Jones are a major upgrade and both will prove to be worth the large contracts they received.

2. Evan Engram should have a solid season if he remains healthy. It wouldn't surprise me to see some games when he is our leading receiver.

3. Trevon Walker has the ability to become this franchises best defensive player once his career is over. Once he learns more pass rush moves, he will need to be constantly double-teamed which should enable Josh Allen to record double digit sacks on an annual basis.

4. Devin Lloyd's development was hurt by his pre-season injury, but he should get better every week and the trade-up to get him will be considered an excellent move by Baalke.

5. Tyson Campbell has improved tremendously, but he still occasionally fails to play the ball. No way Dotson should have been able to catch that back-breaking touchdown on him.


My projection of this team winning 7 games still feels right. They should improve each week and we won't see any blowouts like in our recent history unless Lawrence gets hurt.

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