Seattle may exceed expectations. the Packers are a mystery. Someone pointed out that Shane Waldron's rep was made when he wasn't The #1 Play-caller, Dave Canales was. Last year the entire offense under-performed. & while most people said "the o-line was injured" so was that of the Texans. That doesn't explain why the receivers weren't in synch with Geno. They & the Jags are two teams where this sudden decline in something So Basic, especially with receivers who did better last year coincides with new OCs. We haven't seen Love under pressure yet. So while all _other_ indications are on the upswing & I _do expect_ that most games he will continue to get better, this nags at the back of my mind. There are many otherwise QBs who do well except when pressured. I think the Chargers will have 1 or 2 surprise wins but overall, they have one rookie WR expected to do what? Play-calling can ruin a team. But there's only so much coaching can do with no roster. Who exactly are supposed to lose to the Chargers & how? Their D is better than they could ever have been under Staley sure & I can link a video proving that Kellen Moore's play-calling was terrible. There's just no receiving corps to work with. So even with better coaching like what the Panthers supposedly had at the end of last season, so what? Speaking of the Panthers, same question: who are they supposed to be able to beat? I can't think of a team that didn't upgrade as much as they did that weren't already way better than they were. I hope their coaches are All Patient because they may come last again. The Pats beat the Bills with a weaker roster last season. The Panthers won 2 games almost only be being less bad than those teams on those days. They're better than _they were_ last season. That ain't who they're gonna play _this_ season. As for the Lions, I suspect there's another reason they're not as strong as people think: their coaching staff Imposes Control. To a fault. This is why JAMO hasn't broken out yet, the OC Johnson is forever tweaking slightly new ways to make the mid-range passes to Amon-Ra & rushing. I don't even know who the DC is or what they do, I just notice that they stick to what doesn't work so well as if that's more important than winning.