God I hope Orton plays well, Cutler bombs big in Chicago, and that we don't trade Brandon Marshall.

I was originally all for giving McDaniels a fair shake and letting him run things and make it "his team" for at least three seasons before I pronounced judgement of his abilities as a coach. But with the way he's killing off our former star players and making what appear to be bone-headed moves, if he doesn't give us a winning season this year I'll join the chorus that has already started asking for his head to roll.

I am glad he picked up Dawkins from RB's Eagles, though. That should bring some much needed leadership to the D, even if he is getting a little old.

I'm particularly interested to see what the Patriots, Dolphins, and Cardinals are going to do this year. Patriots because they get Brady back, Dolphins to see if they're 10-games-won turnaround was a fluke, and just to see if the Cards can keep alive what they did in the playoffs or if they'll return to their mediocre regular-season form.