[washingtonismoney]

I think a reasonable best-case scenario for C.al is to be better on the field but worse in terms of the W-L record. Hellacious schedule.

But then you can also make strong case for the upside and downside case as well.

Upside: Tedford recruited great talent but didn't coach it; a decent-to-good coach turns it around in a hurry. (See "The Neuheisel")

Downside: C.al loses a ton of that talent, however; Phil Steele has 9 returning starters for them, which is a major alarm number. Furthermore, it seems they're contemplating starting Jared Goff, a true freshman. No matter how good you are as a QB, starting as a true freshman always makes me majorly nervous. I recognize Kline is the sentimental favorite for fans, but it looks like D.ykes has always listed Goff first on the depth chart (albeit with "OR" attached) and I believe I read that Goff got the majority of snaps w/ first team in practice and spring game. To me, this looks like S.onny's preparing to start Goff, though I admit I'm likley wrong. If that comes to pass, it could get ugly in Memorial. I'm also suspicious of the Andy Buh hire, who was pretty mediocre for us. (maybe the main problem for Buh was the talent; but then, why did Vic Fangio turn it around in the space of a year?)

[washingtonismoney]

I think a reasonable best-case scenario for C.al is to be better on the field but worse in terms of the W-L record. Hellacious schedule.

But then you can also make strong case for the upside and downside case as well.

Upside: Tedford recruited great talent but didn't coach it; a decent-to-good coach turns it around in a hurry. (See "The Neuheisel")

Downside: C.al loses a ton of that talent, however; Phil Steele has 9 returning starters for them, which is a major alarm number. Furthermore, it seems they're contemplating starting Jared Goff, a true freshman. No matter how good you are as a QB, starting as a true freshman always makes me majorly nervous. I recognize Kline is the sentimental favorite for fans, but it looks like D.ykes has always listed Goff first on the depth chart (albeit with "OR" attached) and I believe I read that Goff got the majority of snaps w/ first team in practice and spring game. To me, this looks like S.onny's preparing to start Goff, though I admit I'm likley wrong. If that comes to pass, it could get ugly in Memorial. I'm also suspicious of the Andy Buh hire, who was pretty mediocre for us. (maybe the main problem for Buh was the talent; but then, why did Vic Fangio turn it around in the space of a year?)