This team isn't what I expected. They are definitely better than what I thought. Record doesnt look great but they've won two blowouts and every loss came to down the last minute of the game. When they play smart and efficiently they are dominating. When they play stupid, make mistakes, have a ton of turnovers, terrible penalties, etc.. the games are coming down to the wire. This is just so different than anything we've seen in over a decade (barring that fluke championship run). Now sure maybe they just dont have the players who can play smart and efficient on a more consistent basis. Maybe they don't have players that will ever learn to be more disciplined. But I'm not sure I believe that. The core talent of this team are all guys who are really young. As they develop I think we'll see them improve in these areas. And when they do this team will make it to another level. Perhaps not super bowl level but consistently top 10 team level.

Obviously there are areas they need help. Still need a true dominant pass rusher. Walker could be that guy but just doesnt feel like it's his game. Allen probably will never become that. Could still used a deep speed WR that scares opponents. The prototypical dominant pass catching TD would do wonders for Lawrence. We just don't have many truly elite level players which we would need to make it to that super bowl level. But overall this team is better than I expected. I would be surprised if many on here thought we'd be as good as we are. They were just so awful and uncompetitive the last few seasons.

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