Things that I am confident in

[cincyhokie]

I'll try and keep this positive but...

1. We'll play better this year. However, inconsistencies on offense and defense due to the personnel changes and new players will cause us to go 8-8 or 9-7and miss the playoffs.

2. One of the key defensive players will get injured before the season starts. With our crack medical staff that means a trip to the season ending DL.

3. Chad Johnson will not play for the team this year. The rookie receivers will step in and produce.

4. The Cleveland Browns will fall on their faces. The QB situation, high expectations with 5 prime time games, and a still very suspect defense will do them in. Expect the chants for Brady to start after they begin the season 0-2 against the Cowboys and Steelers. They finish 7-9.

5. The Steelers will win the AFCN with a record of 10-6. Hate to say it but they're a solid team that knows how to make improvements where they need to be made

6. The Ravens will rebound and play to a respectable 8-8. Key injuries last year hurt them. Their running game will be good enough to keep them in games.

Steelers

Bengals

Ravens

Browns

Call me crazy

[BengalszoneBilly]

I'll try and keep this positive but...

1. We'll play better this year. However, inconsistencies on offense and defense due to the personnel changes and new players will cause us to go 8-8 or 9-7and miss the playoffs.

Hokie, I feel if anything catapults the Bengals into the NFL playoffs, it would be the (coaching) personnel changes you just mentioned. Namely Zimmer and FitzGerald. Compared to the mess of a game plan Bresnahan called far more often than not, the odds are stacked in the favor of improvement for the Bengals defense.

As far as the offense it's a little murkier for me with the Chad deal and all. But considering the return of a healthy Rudi and Perry teamed with Watson and Dorsey, things bode well for the running game. It's hard to deny they had a rough go of it last season, but if key linemen can remain healthy, I feel the ground attack is primed to bounce back.

I'll refrain from make any predictions until after at least the second game of pre-season.

[cincyhokie]

I'll try and keep this positive but...

1. We'll play better this year. However, inconsistencies on offense and defense due to the personnel changes and new players will cause us to go 8-8 or 9-7and miss the playoffs.

Hokie, I feel if anything catapults the Bengals into the NFL playoffs, it would be the (coaching) personnel changes you just mentioned. Namely Zimmer and FitzGerald. Compared to the mess of a game plan Bresnahan called far more often than not, the odds are stacked in the favor of improvement for the Bengals defense.

As far as the offense it's a little murkier for me with the Chad deal and all. But considering the return of a healthy Rudi and Perry teamed with Watson and Dorsey, things bode well for the running game. It's hard to deny they had a rough go of it last season, but if key linemen can remain healthy, I feel the ground attack is primed to bounce back.

I'll refrain from make any predictions until after at least the second game of pre-season.

Yeah, I usually don't make predicitons on records. Who knows? I do feel that the Bengals will play better but fall short.

The reason is the changes on defense. The coaching and players changes are going to make a difference for the better but it won't be enough. That's ok. We're depending on some rookies to put us over the top. It's not going to happen. Growing pains from a rebuilding year. I'll take that as long as we continue to make progress and set ourselves up for a run in 2009.

But yes, I do think that Zimmer and FitzGerald will make a huge difference in the improvement in the defense. My point was more at looking at the "gelling" of the unit as a whole.

[BengalPimp]

I'll try and keep this positive but...

1. We'll play better this year. However, inconsistencies on offense and defense due to the personnel changes and new players will cause us to go 8-8 or 9-7and miss the playoffs.

Hokie, I feel if anything catapults the Bengals into the NFL playoffs, it would be the (coaching) personnel changes you just mentioned. Namely Zimmer and FitzGerald. Compared to the mess of a game plan Bresnahan called far more often than not, the odds are stacked in the favor of improvement for the Bengals defense.

I agree, and with a Defensive player set to wear a radio helmet this season...I AM SO GLAD THAT BRESNAHAN WONT BE RELAYING ANY INFORMATION(as if he really had any) to them. Zimmer and Fitzgerald should actually have something to offer them.

[GregCook]

I'll try and keep this positive but...

1. We'll play better this year. However, inconsistencies on offense and defense due to the personnel changes and new players will cause us to go 8-8 or 9-7and miss the playoffs.

Hokie, I feel if anything catapults the Bengals into the NFL playoffs, it would be the (coaching) personnel changes you just mentioned. Namely Zimmer and FitzGerald. Compared to the mess of a game plan Bresnahan called far more often than not, the odds are stacked in the favor of improvement for the Bengals defense.

I agree, and with a Defensive player set to wear a radio helmet this season...I AM SO GLAD THAT BRESNAHAN WONT BE RELAYING ANY INFORMATION(as if he really had any) to them. Zimmer and Fitzgerald should actually have something to offer them.

Without knowing Chad, Rudi, CPerry, KIrons, Levi, Odell and Willie's ability to play its just not real to figure out what the Bengals might be this year. Training camp always produces a couple injuries too. Right now, the Bengals are thin with little in reserve, not what you want in the NFL. If the above question marks play this season at a high level, then they are least an 8-8 team, the new coaches and draft picks will have to add up to a couple more wins to make the playoffs.

[Wraith]

Geez, Other than being thin at QB (and who isn't?) I think the Bengals have pretty good depth.

Rudi, Perry, Irons, Watson at RB, thats three first round grade RBs and a guy who has proven to be durable and effective in Watson, that constitues depth.

Chad, TJ, Simpson, Caldwell, Urrutia, Gabriel, Chatman, Purify. This is the deepest Receiving corp the bengals have had in years five guys with size that can also stretch the field and while we are short on experience I think with Carson as QB these guys will shine they have all the talent in the world.

Reggie, Utecht, Sherry, Coates. Kelly and Utecht with Sherry or Coates as a developmental prospect.

Willie, Levi, Staci, Whitworth, Guichiac, Santucci, Bobbie Williams, Collins. If your keeping track thats 4 guys who can play LT (Levi, Whitworth, Collins, and Staci), 3 guys who can play LG (Whitworth, Staci, Collins), 3 guys who can play Center (Ghuichiac, Santucci, Whitworth), 3 guys who can play RG (Williams, Staci, Collins), and 3 guys who can play RT (Willie, Staci, Collins). By drafting guys like Andrews, Whitworth, and collins who have the skill set to play multiple positions on the line, the Bengals have built one of the deepest lines in football. Yes I would like to have better play out of the Center position but we have strength, deep strength, out of the other four positions. This is the first year where I don't have to worry about what will happen if we have injuries on the line of the guys I have named, 5 of them have played near pro bowl level (or at pro bowl level) in the NFL (Williams, Willie, Levi, Staci, Whitworth).

Peko, Sims, Shirley, Myers, Thornton, Fanene. At DT we have some talent and some mass for the first time in years, is there a guy on the Defensive Line that you can say Oh No if we lose him we are done? I don't think so, we have a good rotation and one of those guys will likely be cut.

Geathers and Odom as starting DEs with Craig, Fanene, and the potential for rotateing a guy like Jeanty or Brooks into a DE position. Not great depth but good enough to go on.

Rivers, Thurman, Brooks, Dhani, Blackstock, Johnson, Jeanty. Only Jones is 30 and he just turned. When your talking about possibly cutting your starting SSOLB from last year, you are deep. They lost Thurman, Brooks, Jeanty, Miller, and Landon Johnson last year it is not likely we will have that sort of injury problems again this year and if we do...well no LBer corp in the league is deep enough to deal with that kind of loss.

NDukwe, White, Jackson, Kilmer, Hebert, Lynch. six guys to take 2 positions, we still have to see Hebert in action but I feel comfortable witht he depth at Safety as well.

JJoe, Hall, O'Neal, Jones, Castille, Adams. Ok here if we lose two guys (say JJoe and O'Neal) we could be in trouble BUT the two starting positions are young and have had no history of injury in their entire football career.

All in all, this is probably the deepest team in the NFL. We have 6 starting caliber O-Linemen, 3 starting caliber RBs (Perry and Irons each count as 1/2 because by the time Perry is hurt Irons should be healthy), A WR corp LOADED with playmakers, A solid five man DT rotation without a significant drop off in talent, 5 starting LBers for 3 positions, 4 starting caliber Safeties, and three solid starters at CB with a couple of young developmental prospects. What more do you want there are only 53 men on the team!

[Walrus]

Geez, Other than being thin at QB (and who isn't?) I think the Bengals have pretty good depth.

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Wraith, you seem to think that warm bodies are same as "depth". It doesn't count as depth if the guy is injured. Take another look at that depth chart. Yes, there are only 53 roster spots available in Sept, but I'm not comfortable with the 80-whatever we have right now -- the guys we will rely on to step up in the case of the inevitable injury before Game 1. In that case, we're especially thin at RB and DE.

I'll feel a lot better about our RB situation if we get to Game 1 with a healthy CPerry. If we're down to Rudi, DeDe and Watson again how can we honestly expect to be any better than we were last year? I think Marvin was foolish to bring in no other tailbacks to at least participate in the offseason program in case of injury to Johnson/Perry/Dorsey. I really hope this doesn't come back to bite us.

Yes, we have depth at WR -- this seems to have been the priority this offseason. But if Chad doesn't play, we have basically lost 2 of our 3 starting-caliber guys from last season. Who will step up? Definitely huge ??s to go along with our depth here. We're relying on solid play from rookies/other guys who we haven't been able to get solid play from in the past.

Yes, we have depth at TE. Maybe Brat will figure out how to throw to them and Utecht will be a superstar. This will be one position I expect to see improvement over last year.

I agree we have depth at OL. Nobody is crazy about the Center position, but I havent' lost confidence in Ghuiciuc. I really think he has played pretty well when healthy and seems to have the drive to improve. I think the OL can be better than last year even though they haven't added much.

DL -- we now have legit depth at tackle, but very thin at DE going into camp.

LB -- good depth here. Hopefully our new DTs will keep these guys clean enough to stay healthy for once.

CB -- pretty thin here again. 3 good starters but nothing behind them.

Safety -- Have some depth but almost no experience aside from Jackson who almost certainly will miss significant number of games to injury as he always does. I'm glad Ndukwe got the game snaps he did last season. Wish they had put White out there some more. Those other guys have done nothing in the NFL (and not much at any other level) and we have no idea what we have in them.

One area of the team that I'm most hopeful will be improved this year is Special Teams. Despite not drafting/signing anyone to come in and dominate KR, we have added good coverage guys in Hebert, Lynch, Dhani Jones (who wasn't with the team at the beginning of last season when ST got scorched) and hopefully the return of Kilmer. But notice, we actually added solid, proven guys instead of just saying "hopefully Ethan comes back and turns everything around".

[Wraith]

So...your complaining about my analysis of our RB situation otherwise you agree with me? Maybe quibbling over Safety? Factor in that Rudi still is not 30 and was also injured almost the entire season last season and we are not even far apart at RB. All we need is one of these three guys to play at close to 100% C. Perry, Rudi, and Irons. Obviously the coaches feel pretty good about that prospect because they have made no moves to shore it up and there has been plenty of opportunity to make some move (see Shaun Alexander and Dominic Rhodes) again the fact that they let Shaun walk because there was no room on the roster leads me to believe that the coaches are ok with the RB position and when you have three guys and only need one to play to potential that is depth in the NFL.

I stand by my statements about our WR corp. When you have Simpson (6'2" sub 4.5), Caldwell (6'0" sub 4.4), Urrutia (6'6" 4.61), Purify (6'4" 4.56) and you add that to Chad Johnson and or TJ Houshmandzadeh and you throw in one of the best, most accurate QBs in the league what more can you ask for. Look at what we had last year, Henry was out 8 games and nobody was counting on him because he was a screwup, Chatman, Tab Perry, Glen Holt and what? Still have Holt and Chatman and we have replaced Henry with Simpson. Caldwell, Urrutia, and Purify are all better than Perry and if CJ flakes out well...hasn't that always been a possibility? We also have brought in Gabriel who is one year removed from back to back to back 400+ yard seasons. (428 and 3 TDs 2006, 554 and 3 TDs 2005, 551 and 2 TDs 2004) I guess I am crazy but replacing Henry's production for 1/2 a season and Chad's production with Simpson, Caldwell, Urrutia, Gabriel, and Purify does not seem unreasonable and there is still a better than average chance we still will have Chad this season.

[HoosierCat]

4. The Cleveland Browns will fall on their faces. The QB situation, high expectations with 5 prime time games, and a still very suspect defense will do them in. Expect the chants for Brady to start after they begin the season 0-2 against the Cowboys and Steelers. They finish 7-9.

I've had a hard time getting a feeling for the Clowns this year. They moved very aggressively in trades and FA, but gave up the meat of their draft to do it. That usually turns out to be a poor exchange (see Redskins, Washington) but who knows. I agree that a QB controversy will be quick to erupt if Anderson falters, and that would almost certainly hurt them.

5. The Steelers will win the AFCN with a record of 10-6. Hate to say it but they're a solid team that knows how to make improvements where they need to be made

I think they mostly win it by default. I don't believe in the Clowns yet (see above), the Bengals just have too many question marks right now to project a playoff run, and as for the Ravens...

6. The Ravens will rebound and play to a respectable 8-8. Key injuries last year hurt them. Their running game will be good enough to keep them in games.

IMO 8-8 is pushing it. They have a lot of work to do on both sides of the ball, and a potential 3-headed-hydra circus going on at QB.

I see Pitt on top, Balti on the bottom, and two Ohio teams sandwiched in the middle. But it's still way early and a lot could change between now and opening day.

[Walrus]

So...your complaining about my analysis of our RB situation otherwise you agree with me? Maybe quibbling over Safety?

Well, I didn't say I was hard to please! A new guy here or there (or, proven guy) and I would feel a lot better about this team. Yes, I guess we can probably agree on a lot of the bigger points, but the devil is in the details. In this case, the depth chart.

Factor in that Rudi still is not 30 and was also injured almost the entire season last season and we are not even far apart at RB. All we need is one of these three guys to play at close to 100% C. Perry, Rudi, and Irons.

Irons is out. Won't play. But other than that, yes, either Rudi or Perry needs to play at close to 100%. Neither was healthy in 2007. That's no cinch if you ask me. I give it a 50-50 chance.

Obviously the coaches feel pretty good about that prospect because they have made no moves to shore it up and there has been plenty of opportunity to make some move (see Shaun Alexander and Dominic Rhodes) again the fact that they let Shaun walk because there was no room on the roster leads me to believe that the coaches are ok with the RB position and when you have three guys and only need one to play to potential that is depth in the NFL.

When I read interviews where these same coaches talk about wanting to draft an RB and expecting to draft an RB and then allowing that things didn't break our way on draft day to pick up an RB, I question how comfortable all of the coaches are with our RB situation.

I stand by my statements about our WR corp.

I'm ok with the WR situation. I think the team has done everything they could do to make the best of it and I'm more than satisfied there. I just don't expect to be as strong/any stronger there than we were last season. Just doesn't seem a realistic expectation.

My hangups on D are mostly DE. Everyone knows we HAVE to improve the pass rush and we really haven't addressed that need. Odom replaces Smith negligable improvement there, at best. And we have crappy, unproven depth behind the starters.

I can live with the youth at safety, which is like a wild card -- maybe a 10% chance we actually improve at this position, 30% chance we par, 60% chance we see some drop as young guys get up to speed. I can live with the lack of depth at corner -- like you said, those are young guys (mostly) w/out injury history. Probably a 80% chance we're ok there and even see some improvement over last year.

[Wraith]

I AM A HOMER! Let;s get that out of the way right now but, I really see this as a perfect storm for the Bengals this year.

Pittsburgh has lost their best offensive player in Faneca they have a very suspect O-Line. clark Haggans was a significant factor on their defense, Woodley will step into his shoes so the dropoff should be minimal but I think Faneca will be a significant loss and they have done nothing to replace him. Yes they have potent skill players but you just don't lose the best guard in football and come back the next year full strength.

Cleveland is has the previous posters have mentioned an enigma.

Baltimore is set for a major dropoff this year. McNair and Ogden are gone to retirement, Suggs is not happy, they do not have a starting QB on the team their CBs are old and for all the praises thrown at the front office, they have not done a very good job of replenishing talent through the draft.

10-6 Pittsburgh

7-9 Cleveland

3-13 Baltimore

Cincy splits with both Pittsburgh and Cleveland, sweeps Balitmore go 8-8 at Home and have road wins vs. the Ravens, Jets, and Texans and go 11-5 winning the division

[cincyhokie]

I AM A HOMER! Let;s get that out of the way right now but, I really see this as a perfect storm for the Bengals this year.

Nothing wrong with that. You know what? This could wind up being a good year for the Bengals. Only one prime time game, lower expectations, coaching changes, and some new looks on offense....we'll see what happens. I don't expect them to tear thru the schedule. I expect to see some rough games. It's all about the effort. I want to see the team from 2003-2005 on the field this year.

As far as the Browns go: 5 prime time games and they're not going to take anyone by surprise this year. Nobody. Derrick Anderson from the 1st half of the year or the second half? Hmmmm. Last year they ranked 32nd in schedule difficulty and had the 32nd least injuries of any team. Think that's going to happen again this year? I don't.

[JPW]

5. The Steelers.... Hate to say it but they're a solid team that knows how to make improvements where they need to be made

You mean like the way they fixed the problems on their O-line through free agency and the draft this off-season ?

[cincyhokie]

5. The Steelers.... Hate to say it but they're a solid team that knows how to make improvements where they need to be made

You mean like the way they fixed the problems on their O-line through free agency and the draft this off-season ?

They may have not improved their O-line from the draft or FA. They got a center in FA that I don't know much about. I don't know, I just have a hard time believing that the Steelers will come into the season not ready to play. They are always tough, especially at PBS.

I hope you are right and I hope we can shut them down this year.

[JPW]

The Steelers loss their best lineman in free agency and haven't really done anything to replace him.

Their O-line appears to be in worst shape this year than last year and it wasn't in all that good of shape to begin with.

That unit allowed almost Fifty sacks last year ....

But with all of the hype about drafting Mendenhall and Sweed, few seem to realize that very little has been done to address their problem up front.

[cincyhokie]

The Steelers loss their best lineman in free agency and haven't really done anything to replace him.

Their O-line appears to be in worst shape this year than last year and it wasn't in all that good of shape to begin with.

That unit allowed almost Fifty sacks last year ....

But with all of the hype about drafting Mendenhall and Sweed, few seem to realize that very little has been done to address their problem up front.

I can't really disagree with that however....the team still finished 10-6 last year, they still won the AFCN, and they still beat the Bengals and Browns 2x each. That's what I know. They are good every year, no matter what the predictions are. They have a mobile and effective QB. They have a solid defense. They are not going to be a non-factor this year. As much as I HATE the Steelers they have FAR less question marks going into 2008 than the Bengals.

[JPW]

They have a solid defense.

Actually the Steelers were the number one team in total defense for the entire NFL last year.

I am not saying that they are a bad team, just pointing out that they haven't made improvements where they need to be made.

They have weak spots like every team has and I would wager that by the end of the season they will wish that they had done a bit more to fix their 0-line.

[cincyhokie]

They have a solid defense.

Actually the Steelers were the number one team in total defense for the entire NFL last year.

I am not saying that they are a bad team, just pointing out that they haven't made improvements where they need to be made.

They have weak spots like every team has and I would wager that by the end of the season they will wish that they had done a bit more to fix their 0-line.

As opposed to taking Mendenhall and Sweed? Maybe so. I was suprised as much as anyone to see them pass on the O-line in the early rounds. Let's hope it comes back to bite them in ass. If it does to a large extent, the Bengals could find themselves at the top of the AFCN this year. That's if the Browns come out flat like I think they will.

[DesperateDerelict]

Replying to Things that I am confident in, Bengals and the AFCN 2008

That at some point this coming season (preferably very early or very late), they'll break my heart.

[TJJackson]

I am confident that special teams coverage units will be better if Ethan Kilmer remains healthy this year

(my main man Reggie - look to your left - remains available)

[Sandwedge]

There really is not a big difference in the talent on the Steelers and the Bengals... The difference is attitude... The Steelers come to our house expecting to smash us and we go there and hope to squeak one out in the late 4th quarter.... This team needs to learn to put teams away early.. Look at the SD game a couple of years ago.. Huge lead and we blow it, because we don't know how to step on the neck's of our competetion when we have them down....

[COB]

Huge lead and we blow it, because we don't know how to step on the neck's of our competetion when we have them down....

What happens when we try to step on the neck of our competition? (AKA run the ball and consume large chunks of time on offense)? Well, in the past I can think of one prima donna receiver who, about 4 plays into such a strategy, would be lobbying for the ball to both the qb and the oc. And though it may sound strange, I think in the past the oc would actually listen to him. I'm not sure if Carson would actually ever listen to Chad, rather than just nod his head and ignore him.

If he sits, this disruptive dynamic goes away. If he plays, I think it goes away anyway because I believe Chad's credibility and status on the team is greatly diminished.

So maybe, just maybe, part of our inability to step on necks will be solved this season.

An ever bigger part of the equation is Willie. How much he has left, and if he can even stay on the field with what's left, will dictate some of our success in the running game.

I'm just thrilled to see the head coach talking about emphasizing the run game. Combine that with the recent article on the site, in which the new DC said he that he will use his own coaching style to get his guys to stop the run, and how will that coaching style be received? "A lot of these guys aren't going to like me." That's a direct quote from Zimmer.

So at least the coaching staff is committed to addressing the root of a lot of our problems the last five years - that we couldn't run the ball well enough and we couldn't stop the run well enough.

I'm not saying we're going to turn into Lombardi's Packers. But steps are being taken to turn around the soft way we've played on both sides of the ball.

[HAPPYJAQ]

I think that this year will be a semi-rebuilding year for the Bengals. They will have one of the 5 youngest teams in the league this year and one of the toughest scheduled. With the new players on D, and Odell coming back I think the defense will be much improved in '09 and all the players will have an extra year of experience under their belt. I think the 2nd place team after the Steelers will be 8-8 or 7-9 and that could very well be the Bengals. I'm still not convinced that the Browns are for real and the Ravens will be in transition with a defense that is getting OLD. The playoff teams will be Patriots, Steelers, Colts and Chargers with the Jaguars and Broncos as Wild Card teams (AFC West has a very easy schedule this year).

[DuffMan]

Despite the question marks, I am really excited about our WR and LB corps, simply b/c we have a lot a talents and depth at these positions that we just didn't have last year.

Instead of reaching towards the likes of Schlegal and Mays after a few weeks of the regular season we have players like Jones, Blackstock, Jeanty, Johnson and even Odell to fall back on.

I remember feeling way down last year when I realized our offensive lineup consisted of our #1 (CJ), #2 (TJ), and #5 (Holt) WRs with no one else behind them since Chatman, Henry, and Perry were unavailable. Our only legit TE was Kelley too. Now with Simpson, Caldwell, Maxwell, Gabriel, Purify along with Chatman and Holt to choose from as well as Utecht we can really spread out the D and toss the ball around.

I think A. Collins is really gonna make an impression this year since if at some point 2 of our OLine starters are down he can step in at T or G.

As for the AFCN as a whole, I project:

Pittsburgh: 10-6, I hate to say it, but Big Ben is a solid player and that team has enough defensive talent to pull its way to the top of the division.

Cleveland: 7-9, Sure they have some pretty new FAs, but S. Rogers still has to want to play hard in order to make an impact and last time I checked C. Williams and S. Rogers played in a 4-3, while they run a 3-4 in Cleveland. Good players, but I don't think things are gonna be so seamless for them on D. Losing Bodden hurts too. Lots of talent on offense, but a good-ole' QB controversy with Derrick Anderson in the fold can quickly make things go sour. Also, if I remember correctly the Browns' offense was surprisingly healthy all season, I wouldn't count on such good luck again.

Baltimore: 6-10, Again, I don't know how well their offense can function with the QBs they have, and Ogden's retirement will have an impact. The defense will be solid, but you have to wonder what a few injuries will do since their depth is questionable.

Cincinnati: 9-7, Defense will improve to top-20 status, but all that young talent will result in some big plays given up and inconsistent coverages. One or two injuries to the DLine will also hurt the pass rush. Palmer will have fun with some new toys and better OLine play, but CJ will be a negative factor either with poor routes if he comes back or whoever has to replace him will be a big dropoff. Running game will improve, but will not be a gamebreaking aspect of our team and everytime we get behind our hopes will ride on Carson's arm. If the offense can stay healthy and we find some surprises at RB and WR, then maybe 10-6, but our schedule is pretty tough.

Either way, I'm banking on a wildcard appearance and a winning season.

[truthteller]

The Steelers will be tough again. You just can't wish that team away. Their only problem last year on their offensive line was at center and it was a huge problem. They corrected it in the offseason.Faneca wasn't even close to their best lineman. Quit listening to the "experts" and look for yourself. His play had declined over the past 2 years.They have several good lineman they have been grooming for this year. The linebacker they released who someone mentioned will hurt them would not have made the 08 roster. Remember they drafted two lbs 1 and 2 last year. The only chink I can see in their armor is the defensive line has no depth. If injuries hit that line again this year like last we have a chance. Anyone who thinks out wr position has improved from last year is delusional. You can't run against the Steelers. To beat them you must pass. That will be our problem.