[CBFF] Super tactic? Bears don't shuffle roster (Pierson)

[Victor Waldron]

Don just spoiled my latest blog entry that I've been working on for about 2 weeks. Between moving and some travel I haven't had a chance to complete it.

My discussion was on who has really improved and by how much. You could say that our primary competition in the NFC is just tweaking at the edges, for instance Carolina picking up an "aging" Keshawn, or that Seattle vastly improved their D with Julian Peterson.

The thing about the Bears is you have to make a series of assumptions:
1. At worst, the D will be as good as last season
2. Our "redshirt" WRs plus Berrian will produce more as a group than last year's #2 through 5
3. Desmond Clark can really be a productive TE with a good QB
4. Grossman/Griese will give us the best QB play since <gulp> 1995 Erik Kramer

My personal belief is that if 2 through 4 come to pass that the Bears will have improved more than any of the other teams mentioned by "standing pat." Numbers 2 and 4 are crucial and also the most likely to occur. I believe #3 will occur so long as Clark stays healthy.

Number 1 is where we could get into trouble. The D was mostly dominant last season but were terribly exposed against Pittsburgh and Carolina in the playoff game. I think some slippage will occur but we'll still have one of the NFL's best Ds. That said, I believe the improved offense will more than account for the slight dropoff on the other side of the ball.

V




Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com> wrote: Super tactic? Bears don't shuffle roster
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August 2, 2006