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Originally Posted by Schneed10
Yeah you can point to plenty:
- Losing Fuller and relying on Dunbar and Scandrick will be inadequate.
- Montae Nicholson's promising start to his career could easily be derailed by concussion concerns.
- Alex Smith can't replicate the deep ball game he had last season without Tyreke Hill.
- Jay Gruden still has not consistently proven that he can manage 2-minute and late game situations effectively.
- Jordan Reed cannot stay on the field.
- With no fullback and no improvement in the in-line run blocking from the TE position, there's little reason to believe the Redskins will block better in short yardage running situations. Guice should help here though, to be fair.
So yeah there are plenty of question marks - if there weren't we'd be the Patriots. But it's impossible for the defensive line to be anything but miles better. And even if we struggle to stay healthy in a few spots, it's nearly impossible to have lightning strike again with injuries to the extent it did last year. No matter how you cut it, we should not be a dumpster fire, and it's hard to see any scenario where we're not better than last year's 7-9 record.
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Honestly, we were 7 and 9 last year with all the injuries, and still were a couple of plays away from 10-6 (Saints game should've been won, Chiefs would've been won had Doctson held on to the ball, Vikings and Giants were one possession games...), so with a better DL, an improved backfield and in all likely hood less injuries, there's no reason why we can't
expect a better season.