Add in that they mix in some free weight training, and we might have something here.
Add in that they mix in some free weight training, and we might have something here.
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DeVille's Early April Mock (In Progress)
1.20 - Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
2.51 - Roman Wilson, WR, Michigan
3.84 -Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, C, Georgia
3.98 -<tbd>
4.117 - Maason Smith, DT, LSU
6.178 - Travis Glover, OT, Ga State
6.195 - Dillon Johnson, RB, Washington
I'm down with the whole intent of this thread. Each NFL season is it's own unique entity. Just because injury and bad luck caused the team to underperform last season doesn't mean the same happens this year. We fought two absolute tooth and nail slugfests with the Super Bowl champs (Super Bowl champion Ravens... now THAT'LL make you throw up in your mouth).
Teams in the NFL are so even in talent these days that other factors go a long way in determining who ends up winning - which team is hot at the right time (given that the last 3 champs have been 10 - 6, 9 - 7 and 10 - 6 in the regular season, this one seems huge), great quarterback play (Eli, Rodgers, Brees, Ben, Peyton, Brady recently... Flacco has, unfortunately, done as much as Ben at this stage of his career to prove elite status as well), and strong coaching. We've got a Super Bowl winner and 2 time AFC champion coach, an OC who helped take the Arizona Cardinals (!) to the Super Bowl, and a DC who has had multiple #1 overall defenses.
Overall, I like our chances of putting together a run as much as I like just about anybody else's. Would I favor San Francisco, Denver, New England or Seattle over us to get there and win it at this point? Sure. But when is the last time the pre season (much less pre draft) favorite won the Super Bowl... without an asterisk?
If just two of the OP's points happened (Ben + OL stays healthy for 16 games), last season would have played out VERY differently IMO.
Same for this season. Healthy, cohesive OL + healthy Ben = a lot more wins than losses.
10-6 with a first round exit
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