We haven’t been able to beat the nerd schools and bottom feeders with any consistency to give me an ounce of confidence with a shit schedule.
I fully expect the OL to suck, the offense to have no identity because Frost really isn’t turning things over fully to Whip. The run game won’t mesh with the pass game so it’ll be a hodge podge of shit. Thompson will underwhelm. Frost will panic and play 3 different QBs and we suck enough and still turn the ball over enough to sully average STs and an average defense. Frost is still woefully out coached in games outside of the first drive or so, and he still falls into the trap of “throwing out half the game plan” because a defense showed something they haven’t done a lot on film.
What I hope happens.
The OL is serviceable enough and Grant bursts into the scene as the every down back. One QB is settled on and plays well enough and doesn’t piss ball games away. STs are average and don’t hand games away. The defense is above average and gets some help from the offense so they’re not on the field the whole Fucking game. We actually have a pass rusher that completely transforms the defense when the offense can score enough to force the opposing offense to take more chances and get out of their bread and butter.
The first (likely scenario) tops out at 4 wins.
The second (unlikely scenario IMO) gets us to 8-9.
Obviously hoping for the unlikely. Because if something like that occurs. It sure seems like we’ve got some difference making dudes coming. Especially at pass rusher.
But I’m Debbie downer as fuck this year and expecting to consume mass quantities of alcohol and mutter obscenities at the TV all game.