How do you feel, the season is upon us.

[rbanerjee23]

New system, new coach, OL is bottom third of the leage, RG3 has a ways to go -- he strikes me as being a little immature but I don't know the guy. One thing we can all agree on is that he's not a phenomenal leader but maybe he'll get there.

That being said, the culture seems way better, more congenial compared to the tyranny of MS. Lots of offensive weapons, Jordan Reed will be a matchup nightmare game in and game out. Morris seems like the real deal and the defense might not be horrendous. I'm calling 8-8.

[backrow]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

New system, new coach, OL is bottom third of the leage, RG3 has a ways to go

There, now fixed. You forgot two words: Jim Useless! There, that says it all! 8-8? Hardly! 5-11 more likely, but would really appreciate the 8-8.

[NC_Skins]

I feel good about the football season being here, but I'm not very optimistic about our season.(I haven't seen anything in pre-season to warrant it) I'll be happy if we manage anything over a 6-10 season to be honest.

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

New system, new coach, OL is bottom third of the leage, RG3 has a ways to go -- he strikes me as being a little immature but I don't know the guy. One thing we can all agree on is that he's not a phenomenal leader but maybe he'll get there.

That being said, the culture seems way better, more congenial compared to the tyranny of MS. Lots of offensive weapons, Jordan Reed will be a matchup nightmare game in and game out. Morris seems like the real deal and the defense might not be horrendous. I'm calling 8-8.

Can we all agree with that? I've yet to hear a credible source who spends all of their time in the locker room (Keim, Tandler, al-Bashir, Mike Jones) question his leadership from anyone on the team. I give zero credibility to Bleacher Report/Pro Football talk 'articles' about things like that because they aren't feet on the ground reporters. They are aggregate bloggers whose sources are often other bloggers.

Sorry, end of that rant, back on topic.

I'm hesitantly, cautiously, pensively optimistic. While many were too high on the prospects of 2013, I feel that as many are too low on our 2014 outlook. I can legitimately see us contending with Philly for the NFC East crown with a ceiling of about 10 wins. There is WAY too much talent on both sides of the ball for this to be a 4-12 or 5-11 team. While Haslett deserves the criticism he gets, if Hatcher, Rak and Kerrigan are healthy, our defense will improve simply because QB won't have all day to sit and pick us apart. Fletcher being gone will improve our linebacking group. He is a legend but last year was a huge liability. Our mid October offense will look much better than our early September offense so as long as we keep improving throughout the year, we should be good.

Ceiling 10-6, floor 7-9 so I'll settle at 8-8.