Danno

Position Analysis

QB-Good, with excellent upside. Brooks can put up pro-bowl numbers and win games by himself. What more can you ask? Maybe not to fumble or smile? Bouman has given me a newfound appreciation for Aaron.
Grade B+

RB-Deuce-Nuff said, and Stecker is the perfect role player in a solid 1-2 punch.
Grade A+

FB- Really doesn't matter when he only plays 30% of the time but this kid is a T-rex clone, with hands.
Grade B-

TE- It appears we have as good a set of TE's as any team in this league. Too many forget about Conwell because of an off-season and injury last year. Hall is as good a blocking TE as there is and an excellent ST player.
Grade A+

OL-Good, but not great. The upside of this unit is its depth. Its not dominant but its filled top to bottom with quality players. If they gell as a unit their grade would be better, but until then...
Grade B-

WR-I have mixed feelings about this group. It has the potential to be one of the best and deepest units in the entire league, but pre-sesaon shows the drops may still be a problem.
Grade B- (With A+ or C- potential)


DEFENSE

DE-Wow!
Grade A+

DT-Uhhh, I don't know, and you don't either. Another season of untapped potential from Sully? This unit could dominate just as easily as it could flop. My bet is that Pease's rotational plan should pay dividends as the year wears on.
Grade C

OLB-I feel its the weakness of this team. Hodge really hurt us in that he was really the only other SLB on a team with 7 WLB's. Of all the off-season griping about the woulda-coulda-shoulda free agent acquistions this one holds the most water. I love the Bockwoldt kid, but when a spunky 7th rounder in dire need of a few years of strengthening makes the squad, it says quite a lot about the rest of your squad. I like Rodgers, and have high hopes for Allen, but this unit is the weak link.
Grade C-

MLB-I feel good about the Mike now. Watson is going to be a solid player in this league and I admire Ruff for busting his rear this off-season trying to get faster.
Grade B-

CB-A lot like our O-line. No superstars but is deep with quality players. I'm still scratching my head about Ambrose starting, but I like what I've seen in Craft and Brown. Montgomery seems to have become a gamer. Was it just because of 2nd string comp or can he play?
Grade B-

S- I feel much better about Tebuckey. It appears he may be the FS we hoped for. Bellamy is solid and Mitchell will only get better. I hoped Harper would make the squad over Gleason. I was pleasantly surprised to see both make it.
Grade A-