Liquid Gold
Well-Known Member
The thing is we were 6-1 (I think) last year just on the strength of the defence before injuries hit. I think Sweat, Allen, Payne, Ioannadis, Kerrigan is a strong a defensive front you'll find anywhere but it's on the other side of the ball we'll see problems. Doctson and Crowder gone, we need to hope our receiver corp manage to do things they've never done before. Hopefully Peterson doesn't deteriorate due to age and Guice can step up. The O-line looks a terrible mess without Trent, although being a LT traded for 2 1st round picks and a 2nd gives me hope we can get a similar ransom. I think it's smart to start with Keenum, particularly with the run of games we kick off with, and bring in Haskins slowly. I do like that Haskins has improved each pre season game and not made the same errors twice, it shows a level of maturity you'd want to see from a young QB. Once you give him the keys though that's it, he has to be ready as we can't bench him again. I do wonder though if we have a bad year and are completely out of it if Gruden gets the chop and we go into next years draft with a high pick the new HC might want to pick his own guy in a QB heavy draft a little like Arizona this year.