Stuckey has been mostly with the first team but I really haven't seen much from him... just a few short catches here and there. Clowney has dropped a few as has Smith. Cotchery catches whatever is thrown to him.
That's frustrating. A lot of people this offseason were arguing in the Braylon Edwards discussions that we should stick with what we had due to the drops issue. Hopefully that doesn't become a huge issue going forward.
Brett Favre was a huge reason we went 1-4 dpwn the strech. During that time he threw 2 TD's and 8 picks. That combined with the injury to Jenkins which proved we had no depth at the noes were huge during that time. Comming into this season, Rex has brought in Howard Green to help with depth on t he noes. Now if we can find a QB who does not turn the ball over ever few drives we should be at least respecable. around .500 is not out of the question. We have an unproven QB and receiver core. Waht else would you consider a huge issue? We have upgraded our depth or starters at D-line, Linebacker, and defensive back. Our O-line returns and have added additional depth to the Running back position. Where exactly are all these issues?
Yes there is that, I expect them to rotate an offensive lineman in as a blocking TE/FB on plays like they did at the end of last season. We'll see though. No team is complete from top to bottom in the cap era. All you have to do is look at last years SB champ to prove that. The Steelers O-line was AWFUL last year and the year before. They need a ton of work there and have no depth. If not for Big Bens ability to slide in the pocket and make plays. as well as take a ton of punishment, they would be in a world of trouble.
Take a look at our starting front line. It isn't great and it isn't deep in terms of quality. We have a great nose tackle who hasn't shown the ability to stay on the field all year and needs to be rotated out. Once he is out the Dline becomes below average. We have 3 quality starters at Line Backer and one is going to max 12 games. I'm looking forward to watching the QB's develop. I don't have big expectations for the team. I think having two young QB's with big time talent is a great fan opportunity. It's the piece we need to develop to be moving toward building a SB team. If your expectations are that we are good enough with above average QB play to make a serious run for a SB, I just don't see it. This season is about developing our QB talent in game situations so we can focus on building a team that can compete for a title. Basically if Sanchez or Clemens don't develop, Tannenbaum will be canned and we will start all over again. I'm pretty confident that isn't the case in spite of the fact that they have both looked bad in early TC which means exactly nothing.
