First off I didn't mean to sound like I jumped all over you and I'm sorry for that.
Secondly off-season just started, there's still the draft to add players and the eventual trades and signings that will happen.
The Wide Recivers. Roydell Williams has had 1 season starting and improved every game. Next year he will be a main target. Brandon Jones is also starting to come into his own. I'm not sold on Mike Williams yet, we'll see and same goes for Troupe. I like Chris Davis' potential and Biron Ealy is a big man who will be a big target for Young down field next year. Plus Justin Gauge had a breakout year and Alge Crumpler is a big tight end that Young can throw to in combination with Bo Scaife.
The Running Backs. You don't need a game breaker when you have Young so the fact you boast a young running back who can rush for 1000 yards, Chris Brown who can put up your random 100 yard game and is great on short yardage and still have a very young and very tankish Chris Henry is more than enough on the running game.
As far as the defense goes they still have Finnegan, Bullock, Vanden Bosch, and Haynesworth. That IS their defense. Everyone else is replaceable.
And as far as Haynesworth goes, that's his opinion but no one has ever accused that man of being anything other than a great football player. I'm just so glad he's standing by his team like they stood by him when he stomped on that guys head.
Plain and simple their young core stays together and they get better through the experience alone. They add some experience on defense (Kearse isn't a huge addition by any means but he's no worse than LaBoy) and another target for Young to pass too and you say they're getting worse? I don't see it. If anything they're slightly better than the team that made the playoffs last season. The question is are they better than the teams loading up around them? That's what the regular season is for.
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