Thread: What are you MOST concerned about, for this coming season?

Honestly im worried about everything, Cutler, the defense, Trestman. Ill still say i really didnt like him being picked up and our coaching staff. Prove me wrong is something id love to see but 8/10 times im right about my gut feelings

I voted for, "Can Emery upgrade our talent & plug enough holes for us to have a great season?"

That's not our only issue, but I believe it is our #1 issue. I believe that we suffered from both a talent problem, and a coaching problem, under the Angelo/Lovie regime. Now, with the Emery/Trestman combo, I'm hoping we can take another step and climb past the Vikings and Green Bay to win the NFC-N, and ultimately win a Super Bowl. But at this point, I'm more concerned about Emery fulfilling our expectations (of him being a GREAT talent evaluator), than I am about the coaching. Of course these new coaches have a monumental load of work ahead of them, in order to weave together a great team for later this year.

I find it interesting that the "Cutler worries" are not the big deal that you'd surmise from the many threads posted here. I think knowledgeable fans understand that Cutler and other players, need to step up their game. But these player issues are not as worrisome as the talent/coaching issues. Cutler will improve. It's not something to lose sleep over.

That's why I started this poll. I wanted people to realize that even though there are a zillion Cutler threads of worry here, it's not our biggest worry. If only it were.

Like VJ18... I'm a bit worried about everything until proven otherwise by the team's play on the field, so I voted OTHER which could have read "all of the above."

Emery told us that this isn't a rebuilding period yet we have just hired new coaches for all three phases of the game. Now we enter an off-season with a lot of our core players in place that are supposed to build off of a 10-6 season yet they all will be learning new systems and in new methods under Trestman's coaching staff. That alone is a lot of change in hopes of a seamless transition for a veteran team. Now add in that while they are teaching their new systems, they are suppose to fix the OLine, turn Cutty into a consistent QB and not let our defense falter. Those are some pretty high expectations on a first time HC in the NFL and his staff.

Originally Posted by draw2anderson35

Like VJ18... I'm a bit worried about everything until proven otherwise by the team's play on the field, so I voted OTHER which could have read "all of the above."

Emery told us that this isn't a rebuilding period yet we have just hired new coaches for all three phases of the game. Now we enter an off-season with a lot of our core players in place that are supposed to build off of a 10-6 season yet they all will be learning new systems and in new methods under Trestman's coaching staff. That alone is a lot of change in hopes of a seamless transition for a veteran team. Now add in that while they are teaching their new systems, they are suppose to fix the OLine, turn Cutty into a consistent QB and not let our defense falter. Those are some pretty high expectations on a first time HC in the NFL and his staff.

I totally agree with that ^^

If this isn't a MAJOR task, I don't know what is. We've gutted the coaching staff on offense, defense and special teams (other than keeping a few position coaches). We will have new schemes, coaches, playbooks, and there will be a number of player changes too. Even if we keep the defense similar to what we ran this past year, you know there will be significant changes made. It won't be Marinelli-II completely.