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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Well, certainly... nothing matters until you see what happens on the field.

I look at the rookie WRs and Cushenberry as guys that will contribute quickly, with Jeudy and Cush being Day 1 starters. They'll most likely roll Sutton and Jeudy as the 1-2 WRs with Hamler as the slot guy, doing some return work.

Add in Glasgow on the line and that interior line is > than what they had in 2019, in my opinion. I believe Jeudy/Hamler are > Patrick & Hamilton. Who knows how they plan to use Albert O at TE, likely will see more action mid/late season once they've figured out what they want to do with Shurmur.

So, offensively - I think they're definitely better today. Through 16 games they averaged 17 PPG (pathetic). They had a 21+ PPG average in the games that Lock started, so right there you can see where they were improved with the change to the rookie.

Add in the new OC and the additional talent and I think they can avg 24-25 PPG which would put them in the top 9-12 teams, using 2019 as a comparison.

Defensively, they get Chubb back and they flipped CBs and should be getting the other CB back from missing all of 2019. I don't think the defense will fall off much from where they were, but I'm also not expecting them to vault into the top 5 - I think if they maintain what they were able to do last season, they'll be fine. And, a more consistent offense will help them as well.

So, sure - we shall see, but I don't think that means you can't say they're a better team today than they were at seasons end in 2019.

Your first sentence is all that matters.