(06-01-2018, 07:25 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(06-01-2018, 06:37 PM)Caldrac Wrote: I think a lot of teams that were in the post season last year will end up taking a step back. The homer in me wants to say we will be in the Superbowl with this defense and running game. It really does. And I think we have a chance. But realistically it's always hard to predict these things. If I had to choose right now I would actually go with:

San Francisco 49ers Vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

I think Lynch and Shanahan will have the 49ers competing at a very high level this year and I think they could very well be the Philadelphia Eagles of last year (except we kick their [BLEEP] of course in the Superbowl). I think teams like the Rams, Saints, Eagles, Chiefs and Patriots will actually falter a little bit in 2018. And I could see us battling Pittsburgh on the road again in a AFCC game instead of it being New England like it was earlier this year.

I definitely see NE slipping a bit after all the drama they've had. No to mention the talent departure

Shanahan is a much better coordinator than Wash, as we saw in last season's game. I have no confidence in him to make in-game adjustments and keep pace with elite offensive minds. He's just too tied to the Pete Carroll system to think outside the box. Just another system coordinator without much outside knowledge to draw upon. People say Blake is the team's weakness, but I think it's Wash.

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