Ron Swanson wrote:Yes, I "watched football last year"
You can feel free to think whatever you want. I'm simply not letting the annual hot takes of the early season influence my views on where these teams will end up at the end of the year, just like I'm not crowning Carson Wentz the next great franchise QB.
You're literally basing your entire argument around Minnesota being a top 10 defense ever. Take away even one of those defensive TDs and their offense is literally bottom 10 in the league. Look at the offenses slightly above or below Denver last year in scoring, none were playoff teams. It's incredibly hard to win consistently with a below-average offense and is why I'm not buying into the Minnesota hype that apparently some people are already doing.
I'm not sure that they're a top 10 defense ever, but they're probably #2 in the NFL right now.
By the way, they won 11 games last season and Peterson was hot garbage in the 2nd half of it as he was to open the season this year. All the while they were still using Teddy incorrectly so he was not effective. And they still won 11 games and won the division.
Now Barr/Kendricks are more into their primes, Waynes looks good now, and Bradford minus Peterson has their offense as effective so far.
I'm not penning them into the Super Bowl or even winning the division. All of that said, the path is there. Play defense at this level and continue not making mistakes on offense. They may win 12-13 games that way. After that, if you're playing playoff games at home, I'm not sure you'll disagree with me that their HFA is bordering on Seattle-esque right now.
Barnwell is comparing them to the 2011 49ers who were a muffed punt away from the Super Bowl. They added Kaepernick and got there the following year.