To my mind, this team is in too much flux to make any predictions about what kind of scoring average either side of the ball will need to achieve in order for the team to win. Or even what they could or should end up with. It's a new defense, under new command, with a ton of new key personnel. It's an offense hugely dependent on the play of a quarterback position that remains a complete question mark at this point. It's a coaching staff with new key personnel, and a head coach heading into Year Two, when one can realistically expect to start seeing indications whether his brand is "taking" with the team or not.
Not trying to be argumentative. Just thinking that this team, given the changes noted already AND the dramatic turn taken by addition of a legit general manager, this team is as big a question mark top to bottom heading into a season as any I can remember in a while. It's always hard to be patient once the games start---losses hurt even when they come as no surprise. But my only real expectation heading into 2015 is to head out of it feeling like we're better than we were in 2014, and that the key elements show promise of being on the right path.
Not trying to be argumentative. Just thinking that this team, given the changes noted already AND the dramatic turn taken by addition of a legit general manager, this team is as big a question mark top to bottom heading into a season as any I can remember in a while. It's always hard to be patient once the games start---losses hurt even when they come as no surprise. But my only real expectation heading into 2015 is to head out of it feeling like we're better than we were in 2014, and that the key elements show promise of being on the right path.