I think Peters is attempting to accomplish multiple goals at the same time. He wants to field a competitive team that, surprisingly, is also in its Super Bowl window much quicker than expected. He wants to build the team through the draft without being a basement dweller for multiple years...
I see the teaming being better than last year. We are more talented than we were last season at WR (assuming Terry finally resigns), RB (I'm a big believer in Croskey-Merritt), OL, and DB. That being said, I expect a worse record as our schedule is much tougher than it was last year. I don't see...
This is a challenging game for us. Brown and Barkley match up perfectly with our weaknesses (DB and stopping the run). As much as I would love to see us win this game, I give us less than a 10% chance to pull it off.