Need Reasons To Get Excited

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To me it will boil down to whether the improvements in the D (and I think they will be tangible) will outweigh any backslide on O. We would have won a few more games had our D not been just average, and it would have put less pressure on offensive side of the ball. I think we picked up more on D -- Swearinger, Gallette (healthy), J. Allen, Zach Brown (people seem to forget what an improvement he will be), and R. Anderson -- those are 5 solid contributors, and if McGee and McClain improve the D line (or Iannodis with another year under his belt), that's gravy. I also think Cravens to safety will help too (assuming he can get healthy). Breeland has looked pretty sharp this preseason as well. Overall, I think the D will take some significant strides forward (they had only one place to go), and should make up for any setbacks with our offensive production.

Having said that, I am worried about the O line which has not looked great, although it is preseason, and like most folks in this forum (I think), I would like to have kept at least one of DJax or Garcon.