First Thoughts

by piyachi, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 21:54 (5459 days ago) @ Jay

Maybe all of this is already a given but what pops out to me:

1 - Start with the obvious; Floyd makes this offense go. I'd say in 2010 he was clearly more important than whoever was actually sending the ball his way. Based on diminishing returns, I hope that we can make someone else a high-level threat to balance our offense a bit.

2 - Cierre is poised to really have a break-out year. We all saw that Armando looked his best in his four years in 2010 before the injury, and yet Cierre did more with less (in terms of snaps vs production). To be fair he had the 2nd half of the season with an offense that had begun to gel a bit (QB excluded) but he could be quite the back in 2011... and we may need him to be.

3 - Pretty much the same goes for Theo. Got a lot of production while he was healthy and he is a versatile player to boot.

4 - Again, obvious, but Eifert should pick up easily where Rudolph left off. I don't know enough to say this definitively, but it seemed like he may be a better fit for Kellys offense than Rudolph. Practically an additional receiver instead of a true TE like KR. He and Welch could be quite a tandem.

Question: Was Tai-ler Jones injured for a portion of the year? I remember a few excellent deep-ball receptions of his and little else. If he joins Floyd, Riddick, and Toma we should have a serious offense opposite what is expected to be a star defense.

Gets me all tingly looking through Steele-colored glasses!