Right now we are a top 5 team in the NFC. The Vikings are the class of the division until we prove otherwise. I agree with Greg C. when he said the two Vikings games were the most disappointing. Favre was sacked 0 times, while Rodgers was sacked 14 times. Pathetic. Regardless of who the quarterback is for the Vikings this year, I want to see him on his ass multiple times.
"IronMan" wrote:
And since then, we did nothing about our OLB situation and our O-line shouldn't look that different.
The Vikings haven't changed a whole lot, either, but did some small things and were a better team that us already, last year. There's really no reason for them to kick our behind twice last year. Or three times, if it's necessary.
The defense hasn't proven a whole lot so far. We can stop the run, which is nearly obsolete in the league right now, but get BBQ'd against the pass against a good QB. We're coming back with the same two guys at OLB as last year. Our D-line will be Jenkins - Raji - Pickett, the way it looks now. Raji can collapse the pocket a bit, but Pickett won't rush the passer, he'll just eat up blocks.
Much like Jolly did last year.
I very much doubt that Raji at NT will make our pass rush that much more dominant.
And I'm not counting on Neal for an immediate impact. DTs and DEs very rarely come into the league and have a big rookie season.
I like the addition of a guy like Burnett and getting some guys back at CB, but that shouldn't be what we'd have to depend on. Even with Woodson - Williams - Bush we had a trio that was on par with a lot of teams. Given, the drop off between nr. 2 and 3 was somewhat big, but you can make up for these things with a good pass rush. The 2007 Giants had a horrible CB group, but dominated the LoS (on both sides).