We have some pretty glaring holes in the OL, where any football fan can point to teams that struggled for a bit with GOOD OL because the line was "learning to work together". So how does a team with barely there OL that are all new to each other going to do? Well history says, there are going to be challenges.
So the Hawks can buck the trend but the data says teams with OL that a fair % are strangers, tend to have a few hiccups.
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Our defense got worse, our pass rush got worse and there seems to be a belief that Wilson can just spin straw into Gold, so that's manageable.
But unless you are Brady (and even if you are), you win SBs because of a great defense and a capable offense.
Sure superman type stuff will help you win an occasional game here and there you have no business winning, but in the long run - the stalwart D and the pass rush or lockdown secondary will win out. At least going back to the SBs where the undefeated Pats found this out at the hands of the Giants.
Brady won the SB because they got Browner and Revis, before that they weren't getting on the stage.
So, if the argument is that the Cards SB window is only open as long as their QB can stay viable, the counter is that our own window is only open for as long as we can keep the defense together. And we lose pieces every year. So unless some big infusions hit the defense, we probably also only have 2-3 years more too. Otherwise we just turn into the Steelers, a mighty offense that turns heads in the regular season but doesn't make it all the way for whatever reason each season.
We are just behind the Cards by almost any measure. And in that same measure, the Cards have less holes. Their weakness is the QB "might" be "too old". Our weakness is the OL, potentially the run game, and losing an important piece of our defense/pass rush.
We lost the division to them last year. They got better this offseason. We got worse.