Its a very good question Bullseye and one i think people need to think about. The AFC took a step up again this year and its going to be a real fight pretty much every week. 

For me, i know in recent years the formula has been get a rookie QB then spend big on cap everywhere else on the roster while you have the rookie QB contract and hope you build a championship team. We havent been able to do that as the roster we had when we got Lawrence wasa dumpster fire and then we had Meyer waste a year. The one thing Pederson said that i liked most was this year was about improving the roster and improving the players we have and i think thats the path for us. I know its not exciting and may take another year or two to show those results but we arent a good draft or FA signing away from making a deep run.

I very much like the additions we made in FA and think the draft picks will improve us and Pederson and his system and coaches will improve us so i think there are things to be excited about. I felt so sorry for Lawrence at times last year as the kid was trying so damn hard and everything around him was conspiring against him. This is a fresh start with a HC who was a QB and i think we see more of the real Trevor Lawrence this year.

If the D can start getting stops and scoring points and getting turnovers we may shock a few teams and it will be good experience playing stronger teams to see where the bar we have to reach is now.

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