a lot of youth at the position. I'll bet teams will just take what we give them all year just like Big Ben did the other night.

That isn't a criticism either.. even the best defenses get shred from time-to-time. In today's NFL its just as possible as ever.

So I mean.. you know there will still be a lot of growing pains involved. We'll just have to hope that the Saints are more effective at blitzing. Good thing is we'll have stuff no teams have seen from us before with a new DC in charge. Lets hope Dennis Allen can dial up good pressures and then more importantly... hopefully the players fricking execute the way they should.

pass rush can only get better, and yeah, getting Rankins back is going to be huge.

need Ellerbe to stay healthy and I hope Robertson can make a difference in coverage down field. Its one thing for LB's to tackle or cover backs in the flat but we haven't had much hope in coverage further down field from the linebackers at all hardly. Its easier said than done but the way the league is now you need that.

most of the time people just bash the secondary on here and then every once in awhile are like, "Yeah but our pass rush sucks too or our LB's can't run."

so unless they really deserve it I'm gonna hold back my comments on the corner backs this year.

I think 8-8 or 9-7 can happen. And that wouldn't be a bad thing either. You might say well that's a shitty attitude but look.. I don't want to sit through a real shitty year and finish 6-10 or worse. Nah bro.. having a higher draft pick isn't that big of a deal to me. It use to be though, but just not any more.

seen too many 1st round busts on this team and from other teams around the league to feel differently. True, the mid rounds is where the real finds are but I don't know if the order/ pick number makes that big of a difference. I'm sure I'll get roasted for that which should be pretty cool.