No i just don't like arguing with you because you're an ass. But if you insist
Assuming people remain relatively healthy
Dareus is back at 100% and plays well. He was suspended and injured for much of the year.
Hughes was injured for much of the year and played through it.
Lawson missed camp and wasn't a great fit for the 2016 defense.
Ragland comes back and provides at the very least, adequate ability.
White - downgrade from Gilmore.
Hyde - even if he's a downgrade from williams... he actually plays meaningful snaps. Same with Poyer. We had Ihedigbo and duke williams taking meaningful snaps last season on defense.
On offense:
We still have mills - so even if dawkins doesnt start its at the very least a wash. Wood missed time as did glenn.
Watkins healthy would be a huge upgrade over what we had last season. Woods is better than anyone we signed. Behind woods were goodwin/street fa's. But Watkins missed a ton of time and wasn't dynamic in many of the games he did play in.
RB is still shady, and i guess is a minus with teh loss of gillislee. But i'm not paying a backup RB that much money no matter what.
I don't think we're dramatically worse, and people overreact to the schedule every year. That is my opinion.