Hope you're right--also, though we're thin at WR and TE, the guys we have there ARE looking good in practice lately, and we're still strong on defense, the O-line, and if Gilly turns out to be as quick, tough, and versatile at game time as he's been throughout spring and summer "behind closed doors", we may be able to weather the first third or so of the season until we get some key people back, build back depth and flexibility, turn the corner and finish strong without having lost TOO much headway in the early going after all. Personally, I'm inclined lately to take a "wait'n'see" approach regarding our team and its prospects until we actually see them play 2 or 3 games...until then, I reserve judgement on what they may or may not be capable of. I'm tired of "official word", "back-channel reports", AND "informed opinion": Now more than ever, it's gonna come down to what kind of TEAM we have this year, how far they'll automatically go for the sake of that team, for each other. There's no doubt that we are stocked with talent, with more and more on the way in the weeks, months and years ahead...right now, we'll need guys to move around a bit and make various kinds of temporary sacrifices to fill some late-developing gaps--but if we turn out to have the kind of group who unhesitatingly, even enthusiastically makes those kinds of mutually supportive adjustments now, the kind of TEAM that just gets it done for each other 'cause that's what's required at a given point in time, imagine what that team can and WILL be able to accomplish as it returns to health and depth, and steadily resumes its ideal configuration. Combine that strength and balance with the kind of innate trust that will have long been proven and accepted as a given amongst those teammates and you'll have a unit whose top-end potential will be limited only by its collective goals and determination. Together, they'll comprise a force to be reckoned with.
