JKool

Why not?

This is one of those cases where, the best inference is this:

Team A has made improvements a, b, and c.
Team A was bad at x and y last season.
If a, b, and c, improve one or both of x and y, they should be better this sesason.
Therefore,
Team A will be better this season.

Whether or not that translates into wins (and the playoffs, as we all hope) depends, not on what the FO has done in previous seasons, but on what other teams have done this season relative to us.

My personal opinion is that we\'ve improved very little. A TE, FS, and RT aren\'t the kind of positions that are impact positions.

Sure I think an upgrade at RT actually helped - but I would like to have seen an upgrade at two positions on the OL before I called this offseason a success. We\'ll be better here.

Changing our FS I think will have very little impact unless we change our scheme. It will be hard to change the scheme too much with Brown and Bellamy needing deep protection. If Brown amps it up, then I say we have a major upgrade. McKenzie is a MUCH bigger impact move than Smith.

Finally, an upgrade at TE? Jury is out for me. Last I heard this Schad guy is slated to be our #2. That isn\'t all that exciting.

Re-signing Bryant, Gleason, and Hodge were good moves, especially Bryant. These, however, did not improve the team. I\'ll say one thing: this FO has done a very good job of not letting the team get worse, so there is a reason for optimism - the defense can only get better and we have at least one, albeit not obviously huge, upgrade on the O.

"... I was beating them with my eyes the whole game..." - Aaron Brooks