There's no question that he's going upfield quicker and more aggressively than last year. Anyone can see that, I think. He still bounces outside a bit too much in my humble opinion.
I think skepticism is warranted any time an athlete who has done nothing but dominate their whole life at every level of competition always doing things one particular way, suddenly tries to make a fundamental shift in playing style. Do you see how fast he is hitting some of these holes? The difference is at times astonishing! Shady seems in the process of proving himself but even if he wins league MVP I'll happily continue to be skeptical in that kind of situation. Big time kudos to LeSean McCoy for openly acknowledging his failures of last season rather than living in denial as some among us did, and being able to make such an impressive (and productive!!) transition.
I'm so grateful that the archaic Greg Roman is out of our lives and that along with Shady's renaissance, Clay has suddenly become a useful player again (Sammy where art thou!). I thought Shady was a talented player in a vacuum and more than once pointed out that there were 3 different wins last year we probably do not get without him. My thing was I just did not think he and Roman made sense together, and thought that mismatch of coach and player led to a lot of the shortcomings you've incisively pointed out over the last year. and Roman always seemed stuck in his ways, slow to adapt if ever. Kudos is due to Rex for pulling that trigger, I only wish he'd done it a few months sooner- we'd likely be 5-1 on the way to 6-1 right now had Coach Ryan taken my phone calls.