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.

Coaches…? Defense…? Check! Now we need this Offense tweaked and we are good to go!

I think you may get your wish. I think a new scheme on defense and adequate coaching combined with new defensive personnel is going to make a huge difference. Vrabel and Thomas both are going to bring huge intangibles to the table. You can’t beat veteran backers for good play and cunning, if they can still play. That is my only concern. When our defense figures out they can not only play with the big boys, but dominate, they will be a force to be reckoned with.

Also, I think Mike Goff is going to make a big difference in our offensive line. If you add Goff’s presence for young guys like Colin Brown, I think you are going to see a major upsurge in the learning curve.

Welcome David! Glad to see a non Herm person like myself ready to jump right in there!

I want a pass rush. I want the other guys jerseys to get real dirty. I want to see hurried passes, and scrambling QBs. I want to see our D in their backfield mucking up the joint. I want fire in our defense. Maybe this is partly your wish No. 3, but specifically I want more than just a flash of dominance every so often. I just know that right now its a wish.

Like Bob Hoskins said in “Enemy at the Gates”, ‘I want our boys to stand up and fight. I want them to stop shi**ing in their pants.” I hoped Vrabel could be the guy to help them raise their heads, but it might be Zack Thomas. Keep your eye on him I say.