It's a bit premature to be over-optimistic. But I think they'll be a good team.
Losing Houston plus potentially huge downgrades in the secondary could be rough. I think we forget how our defense got picked apart the first 4 games without Sean Smith. So that coupled with not having Houston scares the shit out of me.
So knowing our defense will likely take a step back, this team will need to be more balanced. To do that, we need to see Alex Smith the leader, which we saw more toward the end of the season. Not Alex Smith the game manager. I have a feeling we'll need to win a lot more games in the 20s and 30s than we're used to.
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