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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well his only weapon Brandon Marshall will miss most of training camp with a new playbook and Colbert isn't an answer. They could always count on Elam but not anymore. They will find out that the league is riddled with mediocre kickers. Defense will continue to be a problem. Biggest problem is the guy running the show. Shanahan is a good coach but he's been terrible in acessing talent and now he's running out of scapegoats to blame. As a Raiders fan it would be a dissapointing season if they finished behind the Broncos.
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They will. I guarantee it.
Marshall is far from Cutler's only weapon, but he is the most promising. He won't miss any of training camp by the way. Research is your friend. Do it before spouting off.
Colbert was signed to compete for the 3rd/4th spot. You forgot about Brandon Stokely who had a nice year despite being banged up most of it.
They are sitting pretty at TE with Tony Scheffler, who is without a doubt a weapon and Daniel Graham.
The running game is never a problem which only helps the passing game and the Broncos once again have several backs that can get the job done on any given gameday.
The biggest question on offense is the protection. Some young guy will have to step up to replace Lepsis...other than that, Nalen is back after missing almost the entire season, Casey Wiegman will probably take Ben Hamilton's spot at C(out all of last year) allowing Hamilton to move back to guard.
Kicking game hasn't been addressed yet.
You say defense will continue to be a problem yet you give absolutely zero support to that claim. Doesn't hold much water. In fact, the defense was way better the last 3rd of the season and the plan to move DJ Williams back outside and with the return of Ekuban (out all year) Moss (out almost all year) and the continued development of Elvis Dumervil, there is reason to think the front 7 will be improved.
In the secondary they have added 2 veteran safeties who improve the starters and depth.
Jim Bates' departure will trump all of that however and the Broncos return to a blitz heavy, aggressive defense will pay big dividends. Scheme change will be gigantic.
I'll take Shanahan's talent evaluation over anyone the Raiders have been using the last 15 years. Your team hasn't exactly lit up the draft.