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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
An improved defense is going to help the offense. More turnovers = more offensive possessions = more scoring opportunities. Better field position = more scoring opportunities.
By improving the D, the O will benefit.
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Benefit? Yes. More scoring
opportunities? Yes. More offensive touchdowns? No. Last years offense consistently failed to take advantage of defensive turnovers turnovers last year. Granted, most of our turnovers occurred in the later half of the season - when our offense was complete doo-doo - but our offense couldnt capitalize on those turnovers with regularly. Our redzone offense was horrible.
I think we will have more turnovers this year and i think we'll score
defensive touchdowns with some regularlity, but if Malcom Kellys knees dont improve so that he can be an integral part of our red zone offense and our O-line doesnt i'mprove, its unreasonable to think Jason Campbell can improve enough - all by himself - to result in more offensive points in 2010. Campbell is a game manager who makes few mistakes, but that type of quarterback cant be successful without a dominant offensive line.
Friday afternoon, Cerrato actually said that we'd address the RT position with a move we later found out was Mike Williams - a 410lb bust who was bumming a free place to stay at his buddy Derreck Dockerys house - and we're supposed to beleive this guy is really going to compete for the RT spot with Heyer and Jansen. HA. Levi Jones looks to become available soon. He is a Bengal and i'm not sure about his criminal background, but hes a good, tough tackle and certainly would be a signficant upgrade at RT. According to PFT, the bengals will either "cut or trade" him, which in my book means he'll probably be available in FA, but if we wanted to secure him we could get him cheap - kinda like with E James last year. I'd gladly give up a late conditional pick for him next year.