[The Goat]

Nice thread.

When I try to break the team into units it's very hard to see us above .500.

While our offense is getting lots of attention because of the Shanahans and McNabb, my bet is our defense will be the bigger story once the season starts. We're woefully short on talent to fill out the 3-4 scheme. Even if we find a way to add significant "older" talent as cuts happen is there any reason to believe Haslett can build a dominant unit? Haslett's group has been underwhelming almost everywhere he's worked.

Best case scenario I see then is we get Okung in the draft and have a few nice surprises elsewhere on offense. Somebody wins RG w/ force. We luck out w/ an older RT to play instead of Heyer. Thomas makes a huge leap forward. (My assumption already is Fred Davis will be a stud this year.) The RB rotation stays healthy.

I think all that translates into an 8-8 season after which Shanny goes looking for different answers defensively. If things don't go splendidly on offense like I assume then it's probably a 4-12 or 5-11 year.