Ducttape / Hammer : A pass rush would be nice. Really nice. Any sort of pseudo-intimidating defense would make me immensely happy. And both Vrabel and Thomas are two outstanding veterans that should be able to train this young squad of ours.

Fan in CT : Thanks a lot! Glad to see we’re on the same page too; if we can be motivated this season we might just play into late January.

Mortis : I do think we have our coaches in check, but as far as our defense…I just don’t know. Remember that we lost Gunther, so the defense is going to play different AND run a different scheme. While the talent is in place, they’re still young, and young guys need more time to learn so many things in just one offseason. But you couldn’t be any more right about the O-line. If we can get it to what it was like 3-4 years ago, we’ll be stellar.

Jeremy : Straight up we do. I can’t wait to see the new Dante Hall! (in his prime of course)

vbchief : Yeah, quarterback development is key to this new team. We got lucky in that Haley specializes in that among other things, so I bet we’re sitting pretty as far as that goes. Have fun at those games too! I’m jealous of your jersey AND of those tix.

parrothead : You’re not repetitive, you’re just helping to emphasize the fact that it’s a HUGE weakness of our right now. And if LJ can come out strong, a dominant receiver would just make our offense that much more fun to watch.

Second (and this may help the receiver situation) I want Hayley realize the beast he has in LJ. Get LJ pissed off and hand him the ball. Its like nurturing a rookie QB, if you can run the ball enough to keep the pressure off of cassel, he will become more comfortable in the pocket. Long story short – I want LJ to have (another) break out season like he did a couple years ago. He is going to be a sleeper in my fantasy league.

Second, and almost more importantly, we need a good KR/PR!!! Special Teams have sucked for far too long.